Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12

The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
| Assembly met yesterday afternoon.
President Riley and Secretary Sails
bury were both present.
The credentials of John Donahue
and VIM. Doepke as delegates from
the Journeymen Tailors Union No. ISL,
of Steubenville, were received. A short
discussion followed on the question
whether the Steubenville delegates
should join the Belmont Central Trades
Union or the Ohio Valley Assembly.
The delegates from Steubenville ex-
planned that they had no objections
to joining the Bellaire organization,
but that they would not be able to at
tend the meetings of that body and
consequently asked admission to the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,. This explanation was accepted
as satisfactory, and the delegates were
obligated.
The committee, appointed by the
Trades Assembly to act in conjunction
with a like committee from the Bel
mont Union grievance of the Bellaire
body against the musical union, report
ed that they had waited last Sunday
for the Bellaire committee which failed
to appear at the time agreed upon. A
motion was made and passed that the
members of the committee, appointed
by the Assembly, be discharged.
The legislative committee reported
progress in an effort to secure passage
of important labor laws by the next
Legislature. The chairman of the
committee stated that the committee
had held conference with State Labor
Commissioner Barton, who had prom
Used his support towards securing the
adopted by the Ohio Valley Assembly,
and that the petitions of the Assembly
would be presented by Ohio county
members when the Legislature would
meet.
The Arbitration Committee made a
report in regard to the Richland min
ers' strike. The chairman read CORE
spondence which had passed between
the committee and the operator, and
contract, which had been offered by
the committee as a basis of settling
the strike. The contract had been re-
jected by Mr.. Gilchrist, who had writ
ten to the Arbitration Committee that
he would hold no further conference
with it, and would hereafter treat with
the miners as individuals only instead
of as union.
The committee also reported that Mr..
GifChrist had stated that he would OPP
crate the mine as he pleased even at
the risk of a boycott.
The report of the committee was re-
ceived and the correspondence was
ordered placed on file. The Assembly
extended a vote of thanks to P. J.
Duffy, the chairman of the committee,
for the able manner in which he had
conducted the negotiations, in the en-
deavor to secure a settlement of the
matter.
A communication was received from
the Chicago Typographical Union, con-
veying the information that the pub
fishing house of w. B. Conkey Co. had
been placed on the unfair list and ask
ing that the members and friends of
the Assembly refrain from purchasing
any publications of this firm while the
difficulty is pending. Upon motion
each delegate was instructed to notify
his local of the matter.
resolution addressed to the dele
gates of the convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, who are to
meet in Kansas City this week, was
offered by Delegate Long in behalf
of the stogiemakers. The resolution
endorsed the National Stogie Makers
Federation to give the representatives
of the stogie makers a fair and hon
orable hearing when it's claims for rec
ognition are presented to the conven-
ton Delegate Tighe and President
Riley, the latter the national president
of the Stogie Makers League, spoke in
favor of the resolution and it was
adopted unanimously.
One of the delegates called for the
final report of the Labor Day commit
tee. A report was made by the finan-
cial subcommittee and the general
committee was requested to bring in a
final statement at the next regular
meeting.
AS the next regular meeting falls on
Christmas, the Assembly voted to hold
its next meeting on the Sunday previ-
Gus and adjourned until a week later.
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