Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-10

MENT TO HAVE THE SECRE-
TARY RESIGN-FIvE POINTS IN
TIE CHARGES-MR. SALISBURY
WITHHOLDS HIS DEFENSE.
The meeting of the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly yesterday
was almost as spirited as the celebrat-
ed star chamber session of the Belmont
| Central Trades and Labor Union held
at Bellaire during the agitation which
eliminated in the removal of the boy
colt from the oyer-the-river street car
line. The discussion was prScipitated
when the request of the Executive
Board for the resignation of Secretary
Salisbury and the latter's reply to it
was read, and for two hours the ami
mated debate proceeded. Delegates in
sympathy with the request of the
Board were in favor of hearing the
charges against Mr.. Salisbury then and
there, while the secretary and his
friends objected, claiming that such
| proceeding would prejudice the deler
gates before the final trial. Mr.. SaEs-
bury demanded time to prepare his de-
tense and refused to answer specifically
| the charges with which he was con-
fronted until he should be given a full
| and impartial hearing. The indiscre-
tions, however, of which the secretary
is held to be guilty are five in num-
Der, and are given severally in the APP
pended statement of Delegate Bauer.
The opposition to Mr.. Salisbury was
very determined and wanted to vote
upon the merits of the charges at once.
This course was combatted by Mr.. Sal
isbury's friends, who were averse to
taking snap judgment in the matter.
The question as to whether the hear
ing should be before the Assembly as a
body also occasioned much divergence
of opinion. Precedent, it was held,
dictated a special court committee as
was appointed { to investigate the
charges against 7. l.. Lewis, but a mo-
ton to that effect was defeated. Mr..
Salisbury will then be given a trial be-
ing.
Bion B. Williams, ex-president of the
Belmont Central Trades & Labor I'm
ion, was present, and said that the
cases of Messrs. Lewis and Salisbury
were not parallel, in so much as the
former was only a fraternal delegate,
and could only be tried before a COM
mittee. Since the two central bodies
have severed relations, the appearance
OF Mr.. Williams in the hall created
some surprise. When he attempted to
get the floor an incident occurred which
injected "a little humor into the otier-
wise serious proceedings. Delegate
Jackson, the colored representative of
the Hodcarriers' Union, objected to the
Martins Ferry man being recognized
by the chair, and gave his opinion in
the following laconic remarks:
"Dis gen'lman has no right to talk.
He comes from ODER de ribber. He's
been already kicked out OBJ de Belmont
Assembly; now what's he comm
round here raisin' de debble fo'?"
When it came to citing the secretary
to appear before the body in two weeks
to answer charges, it dawned upon the
delegates that there were no charges,
only a simple request to resign. Dele
gate Bauer was then appointed to draft
charges embodying the five points men
toned below, and have them ready in
two weeks.
Assembly was called to order at 2:30
o'clock by President M. F. Tighe, Sec
rotary T. V. Salisbury at his desk. The
roll called indicated So delegates pres
emit.
Credentials of M. E. Tracy and H. Nc
Fadden from Local No. 156 of the Re-
tail Clerks Association. and those of
Thos. Moran, Ed. Westwood and Harry
Wilkins, of Powell Lodge No. s, Tin
Plate Workers, were filed and delegates
obligated.
Minutes were read and with slight
correction were approved.
Nothing came up under the head of
strikes, and the standing boycotts were
read.
Delegate Bauer, chairman of the spe-
cial court committee to investigate the
charges against T. l.. Lewis, of Bridge
port, reported that no trial had yet
been had, and after %recounting the pro-
ceedings of the special committee, the
whole affair was laid before the Assem-
bly, for further instruction. Moved that
the report be received and the commit
tee continued. Motion adopted.
Delegate NJ. E. Tracey was substitu-
ted for Delegate Rist on committee on
privileges for Labor Day.
Delegate Stein reported for legisla-
tive committee and filed for record a
proposed resolution for consideration
by the Council of Wheeling" upon the
rights of street railway companies.
Mr.. Stein also spoke in favor of the
refunding scheme of Mayor Sweeney,
which, he said. would amount to a IA
ing of from So. 600 to $4,000 in interest