Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17
THEY RESOLVED TO RIDE.


money hand over fist, making very
large profits.
He talked about the decadence of the
glass industry, but did not state the
situation correctly. Let him ask his
friend Scott about the cause of it. 1t
was due to the Internal glass trust
There is no such condition of affairs
as Mr.. Brady pictured. The street
railway strike should be arbitrated.
That is a fair method of settlement of
all differences between employers and
employees. This meeting should de-
clare emphatically in favor of arbitTa-
ton. The strikers cannot refuse to
submit. l was one of a committee ap
to endeavor to bring about an amicable
settlement of the trouble, and l must
say that we were received by the street
car people with scant courtesy. On the
very threshold Of our negotiations we
were informed that no other settlement
would be considered but unconditional
surrender.
Col. O'Brien dwelt upon the value of
the street railway franchise, for which
he held that the people got no return.
1t is due to the people, he said, that the
company show a disposition to arbi-
ho Oh rof, will
deal with them. He referred to Mr..
Brady's use of the word thugs as
applied to Wheeling people.
ABOUT THUGS"
He did not think conditions here
justified the use of such term. He
thought, however, that the railway
company made serious mistake in
going before Judge Jackson in Parkers-
burg, and invoking the aid of the Fed
eral authorities. And then what hap
pened? The thugs from the banks of
the Kanawha, and of the Big Sandy,
the thugs of a party, were taught to
believe that the people of Wheeling
were Anarchists. And the thugs from
Philadelphia and Chicago were brought
here to take the places of the strikers
on the cars.
Col O'Brien said he was as much OPP
posed to the tyranny of labor organ
izations as anybody, and he was OPP
posed to the principle of the boycott,
but he believed in justice to all sides.
He thought the company had manifest
ed no disposition to be just in the mat
ter. This was not true of all the d.
were earnestly endeavoring to effect
settlement of the trouble. The city
had granted the railway company a
valuable franchise, and the officials
placed themselves in no enviable at
titude when they strutted about saying
my property" my property"
When Colonel OBrien concluded
there was another demonstration of ap-
plause, but it lacked the volume which
Somebody called attention to the fact
that there were a large number in the
hallway unable to hear or participate in
the proceedings. Mr.. Ellingham ten
dered the use of Odd Fellows hall and
the meeting adjourned to that place.
1t was a quarter of an hour later
whom oil Moro cootad in Odd EoIlouc'
hall, and the chairman raped for Or
der No more speeches were made.
After a period of several minutes of ST.
lence, Colonel O'Brien arose and moved
to direct the secretary to send respect
full communications to the street rail-
way company and to the strikers, i'm
ploring them to submit their differences
to a proper committee of arbitration.
This was amended. to request an an
swer not later than Tuesday evening.
Before the motion was put, Mr.. Brady
went to the secretary's desk and asked
about typewriter copy of resolu-
lions. The. chairman asked who Of
fered them.
He don't want his name used" was
Mr.. Brady's reply.
A moment later, however, Mr.. Brady
offered the resolutions as substitute
for Colonel O'Brien motion They
were as follows:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas. the long continued strike of
No other soap is a welcome