Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-11

REMARKS BY A NUMBER OF DEL
EGATES REGARDING VARIOUS
MATTERS OF INTEREST SEW
ERAL COMMUNICATIONS RE-
CEIvED-OTHER BUSINESS OF
A ROUTINE NATURE TRANS
ACTED.
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly met in regular session yes
terday afternoon at 2 O'Clock and
transacted a number of business MAJ
tiers of more or less Importance. Many
delegates were in attendance and sew
eral questions requiring attention were
thoroughly and interestingly discussed
After the usual preliminary proceed
ings the minutes of the trial of ex-Sec-
rotary Salisbury on the charges of ir-
regularities during the recent railway
strike, were taken up and read careful
| ly. After a few slight changes in the
report had been suggested and approx
ed of, the document, which was rather
lengthy, stood approved as corrected.
The boycott list of the union was then
read, after which delegate from Typo
| graphical Union No. rs announced that
a boycott had been placed against
certain New York paper. A communi-
cation concerning a boycott on a st.
Louis coffee and tea company was next
read, and on motion was received and
the delegates were instructed to COM
ply with its request.
The chairman announced that the
general Labor Day COMMITTEE had been
unable to prepare a detailed report at
the last meeting, and reported, progress.
One of the delegates then arose, say
ing that he desired to have the organ
ization committee call upon the en-
ployes of a certain local mandatory,
with view of effecting among them
firm union
The finance committee made a salts
factory report upon a number of bills.
The secretary read a communication
from the Retail Clerks Association,
concerning it's efforts to bring about a
universal closing hour as follows: Six
o'clock every week day, all holidays
and Sundays, except Saturdays and two
weeks before Christmas. 1t also asked
the support Of the body in this respect
and on motion it was received and re-
ferred to the proper committee.
A communication from the National
Union of United Brewery Workmen, in
regard to the union uabel. was next
taken up, and was referred on motion to
the local brewers union.
Another delegate made a few remarks
in regard to the working card Of the re-
tail clerks union. He said that it is
gratifying to see how prominent the
card is becoming among the working
class of people and in conclusion re-
quested each delegate to ask for the
card before making purchases.
The president then stated that dur
ing the week past he attended the labor
celebration at Youngstown, Ohio, wish
ing that all the delegates could have
witnessed the interest taken in the af-
fair by the various organizations of the
Mahoning valley. He spoke Of it as
magnificent demonstration, and re-
marked that he felt pleased with the
prestige the Ohio Valley trades unions
held in the Mahoning valley.
1t was reported that the retail clerks
union had received from the clerks of
Steubenville, Ohio, a communication
requesting instructions relative to the
preliminary steps toward the forming
of union.
1t was also reported that the Retail
Clerks Association turned out five hum
dred strong in the labor demonstration
at Cleveland, Ohio, last Monday.
For the welfare of the union, Delegate
Bauer spoke very entertainingly of the
strength of unionism, saying: Every
day in the year we strive energetically
together for the cause of labor and how
often do we vote at the polls only to
break our principles of unionism into
smithereens?"
The subject of direct legislation was
next interestingly discussed by a num-
Der of delegates, after which the chair
approved Of the remarks and senti-
ments of the various speakers. On mo-
ton the meeting was adjourned.
After the assembly session the gen
eral Labor Day committee met for the
purpose of completing its report OF the
recent celebration.