Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-19

BUSINESS OF AN IMPORTANT
NATURE WAS TRANSACTED.
The Belmont Trades and Labor As
sembly met yesterday afternoo- in
regular session at the G.. A. R. hall in
Bellaire. The meeting was called to
order at 2:30 p. m. by President Kun
kle. After the roll had been called
and the minutes of the last meeting
read, the regular business was carried
out. Only little over half the dele
gates answered to their names.
The arbitration committee reported
on the case of a non-union barber.
The matter was patched UP by the
mans employer and he pledged himself
to join the union. The report was
approved by the Assembly.
The matter of changing halls was
taken up. After few remarks by sew
eral of the delegates, it was decided
to retain the present hall until the
beginning of the new year. The trus-
tees were instructed to make arrange
ments to secure the l. 0. o. F. hall,
at the corner of Belmont and Thirty
third streets, as place for holding
the meetings of the B. T. & l.. Assem-
bly, hereafter.
A motion was made to the effect
that an effort be made to organize the
employees of the Bellaire, Bridgeport &
Martins Ferry street car lines. The
motion was made on the alleged fact
that the employees of the Wheeling
street railway, before the B., B. & M. F..
lines were purchased by that COM
pany, were receiving higher wages for
the same work than the men employed
on the Ohio side of the river. This
motion was opposed by several dele
gates, who claimed that in the first
place the officers of the Wheeling
Street Railway Company would not al
low their employees to organize This,
the opposition claimed, had been dem
onstrated by the strike of the Wheeling
Street Railway Company employees in
'92. The opposition said that the en-
ployes on the West Virginia side were
not organized. 1t was also recounted
that an attempt to organize the B., b.
& M. F. line employees had been made
before, while J. X. jolly controlled
the line. They cited that all that had
come of the attempt was the dismissal
from the company's services of all en-
ployes who were known to be in favor
of organizing. After some further dis
cussion, the matter was laid on the
table until the next meeting.
The next matter that was brought
before the Assembly was concerning
the disposition of matter brought be-
fore the Assembly by the miners at
Wheeling Creek, who claim that there
are several Bohemian members OF the
local union who will not pay their
dues. This matter occaSioned by far
LIE uCdCCu uLoCuoOlOh VI IIV oStS
One side claimed that the Bohemians
think that because they belong to the
local musicians union, that they will
be protected by the union. 1t was also
alleged that these people did not pay
their dues only when it was necessary
to belong to the coal miners union IN
order to obtain work. The opposition
claimed that the Bohemians, on &C
count of their ignorance, said that
they had already been forced to pay
the initiation fee for joining the
union three or four times. One dele
gate said that he had taken it upon
himself to go out and see the Bohe-
mians, and that after talking TO them
a while he did not think that there
would be any trouble about their pay
ing their dues whatever. The matter
was left in the hands of committee
appointed by the Assembly.
The next matter that was brought
before the assembly was the alleged
fact that Typographical Union No. 21I
were giving dances every Saturday
night at Turner's hall, in Bellaire, and
employing non-union music. The
disposition of the case was left with
the arbitration committee.
There being no other business. The
president reminded all delegates to
notify their unions at the next meet
ing to appoint delegates for the COM
ing year. The Assembly adjourned
after the president had announced that
the next meeting would be held at the
|. o. o. F. hall in Bellaire. AS the
date of the regular meeting comes on
New Years Day, it was postponed until
tho CppnnA Sunday in