Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-16

Other business Transacted.
The regular meeting of the Belmont
Central trades and Labor Union for
the month of May was called to order
at 8: 40 p. m. yesterday, in the G. A. r.
hall, at Beliaire, by the president,
Henry Kunkel. In the absence OF
Vice President Larkin, w. S. Morrison
was chosen to fill the vacancy.
The meeting was opened with prayer,
after which Secretary CuIbertson called
the roll of officers and delegates. ind
ing sixteen members present. The
minutes OF the previous meeting were
then read and duly adopted.
A credential was received from the
Ohio Valley Trades Assembly, APP
pointing Thomas Salisbury delegate
to the Union in place of VIM. Bennett.
Mr. Salisbury was obligated.
Under the head of strikes, I. L.
Lewis, secretary of the Ohio miners,
reported strike still on at kelly's
mines.
Under the same head the following
resolutions submitted to the Union by
John NJ. Pinkerton, president, and l..
V. Deloche, secretary of Local Union
No 46, U. M. w. of A., were read by
the secretary and were unanimously
adopted and referred to the arbitration
committee:
Mr.. Michael Burns, of Martins Fer
ry, a peddling mine operator, having
persistently refused to pay the United
Mine Workers scale for mining, and
he is now employing men at scant
figures.
Therefore, L. Z. No. As, U. NJ. ". Of
A., respectfully ask that the name
of Michael Burns be placed on the
unfair list and that the product of his
mine be considered as unfair by all
friends of organized labor.
Bion Williams, chairman of the spe-
cial committee appointed to arrange
for a concert to be given at Martin S
Ferry as a benefit to the Union, re-
ported progress. The committee on
bylaws reported progress also.
A member of the arbitration com
mittee, which was previously appointed
to investigate the matter regarding a
Bellaire butcher and grocer not per
suading his clerk to join the butchers
union, reported that the committee had
lllCl Tic Illdh III quOpIiOl anu IC oeotNb
that as he does not kill live stock but
buys meat prepared for sale, he did
not consider he could be compelled to
join himself or persuade his clerk to
join the butchers union. 1t was also
reported that the proprietor of the
grocery store and meat shop and his
clerk were not butchers by trade, and
that everything sold in his establish
ment was union goods. A motiin was
passed receiving the report of the ar
bitration committee and having the
members of the butchers union work
in conjunction with the arbitration
committee toward persuading the clerk
to join the butchers union. after a
lengthy debate, during which the
clerk was classed as a journeyman
butcher.
1t was reported that the Bellaire
printers union would receive the char
ter for which they had applied in a
short time, as indications toward same
were favorable. A delegate suggested
that the Councils of the three river
towns be conferred with in regard to
the passing of an ordinance declaring
eight hours as a legal days work in
each city. This suggestion met with
general approval.
The trustees reported that the ex-
treasurer had failed to meet with them
in regard to the statement Of a diff
Guilty A motion was made and re-
corded to have the secretary notify the
ex-treasurer that a settlement is de-
| manded before June 5th. An amend
ment to the motion was then made that
if the settlement is not made before
June 5th that legal aid will be used
in the matter. The motion as amend
ed passed unanimously.
The secretary then read his report,
showing expenditures amounting to
s120 and receipts aggregating $50.
The president announced the next
meeting of the body for Sunday, June
5th Adjourned.