Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
4 large ATTENDANCE.
Meeting Of Belmont Central Trades and
Labor Union.

LdD0F UulO1.
A VERY INTERESTING SESSION OF
THAT BODY YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON-REPORT OF COMMITTEE
IN REGARD TO BELLAIRE CITY
PRINTING-THD MINERS MAKE
COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO THE
CIANS-ASSISTANicE OF OHIO
VALLEY TRADES ASSEMBLY TO
BE ASKED TO SETTLE ALL Dis
PUTES WITH THE MUSICIANS.
OTHER MATTERS THAT WERE
CONSIDERED YESTERDAY.
Belmont Central Trades and Labor
Union met yesterday afternoon in Bel
laire. There was a large attendance.
President Kunkel, Secretary Smith
and other officers of the Union were
present. List of absentees for previous
meetings was read and fines assessed.
Credentials of Messrs. Theo. Petit
cord, George Hicks and Frank Tollott,
as delegates from miners local No. 922
were received.
The committee appointed to confer
with members of Bellaire Council in re-
gard to city printing made its report
The committee had called upon the
members of Council and were referred
TO the Mayor and City Clerk, as having
the disposition of all contracts for city
printing. The Mayor had been inter
viewed by the committee, and had
promised that in the future all city
printing would be given to union Of
fee. The report Of the committee was
accepted as satisfactory and the COM
mittee discharged.
The committee in charge Of the ball
given at Bridgeport Friday night
made partial report, estimating the
net profits of the ball to be about S35.
The secretary read a communication
from the headquarters of the Ohio
Federation of Labor, requesting that a
per capita tax be assessed and a dele
gate elected to the annual convention
to be held at GAINESVILLE on December
10Th. The Union voted to grant both
requests. d. ]. Jones was elected del
egate to attend the convention as the
representative of the Belmont Union.
A complaint was received from the
miners local, stating that some mem
bers of the miners local, who also be-
longed to the Musicians Union, would
not pay their dues and the Central
Union was requested by the miners to
take some action in the matter. Aft
er some discussion the arbitration COM
mittee was directed to bring the mat
ter before the meeting of the Musi-
clans Union yesterday afternoon. The
committee soon afterwards returned to
the hall and reported that the must
clans had held no meeting. A commit
tee consisting of T. l.. Lewis, c. f.
Stein and c. A. Jones, was then ap-
pointed by the Union to attend the
next meeting of the Ohio Valley Trades
Assembly and secure the appointment
of Joint committee to represent the
| two labor organizations in demanding
settlement with the Musicians I'm
ion in regard to the Hackett band trou-
BILE and other matters in dispute
The question of hall for the Union
to meet in next year was discussed and
the matter left in the hands Of the
trustees to investigate and make some
recommendation.
The advisability of celebrating the
second anniversary of the Union in
February was considered and the mat
ter left to committee for recommen-
dation. The committee appointed con-
sists of T. L. Lewis, d. B. Williams, A.
Leach and Peter Kunkel.
Peter Kunkel was obligated as a del
egate from the glassworkers' local I'M
ion, No. 26.