Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
SALISBURY WAS TRIED
At q Prolonged and Heated Session Of
the Trades Assembly

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At q Prolonged and Heated Session Of
the Trades Assembly
THREE OF THE FIVE sPECFIcA-
TIONS IN THE CHARGES
AGAINST HIM WE'RE SUSTAIN
ED-THE OTHERS DISMISSED
ON ACCOUNT OF INSUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE-THE SECRETARY
REFUSED TO RESIGN AND HIS
OFFICE WAS DECLARED VA
CANT-ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE ASSEMBLY.
Secretary Thos. v. Salisbury was
tried yesterday by the Ohio Valley
Trades Assembly, upon the charges
which were preferred against him as
heretofore published i'll the Register.
They were the o%utgrowth of his declina-
ton to tender his resignation, after be-
ing requested to do SO by the official
board of the Assembly. There was a
very large attendance of delegates, and
there was considerable acrimony dis
played during the proceedings. 1t was
the stormiest session of the body in
recent years, and it was prolonged until
nearly eight O'Clock.
There were five counts in the charges
against the Secretary. The Assembly
voted to sustain three of them. The
other two were dismissed by the chair
on account of insufficient evidence.
There appeared to be a disposition to
allow Mr.. Salisbury to resign, but he
refused to do this, and his position was
declared vacant. He is still an accred-
tied delegate to the body, representing
the Carpenters Union. Delegate A. l..
Bauer, who was selected to prepare the
charges, acted as prosecutor, and the
Secretary conducted his own case. Pres
ident Tighe presided, and delegates act
ed as the jurors. Upon nearly every
motion the vote was 20 to 10, those fig
ures appearing to represent the sentl-
ment of the delegates favorable and I'M
favorable to Mr.. Salisbury.
The charges against Secretary Sails
bury were read by A. l.. Bauer, as fol-
lows:
THE CHARGES.
The undersigned hereby makes the
following specifications in regard to the
charges preferred against brother Thos.
V. Salisbury Sunday, July 9th, at the
O. V. T. & l.. Assembly, but will first
state the undersigned intended to put
"officer" where he wrote member"
and would like to change the same if it
parties, but if not, it will have to stand.
The charge states conduct unbecoming
a member of this body" and vas made
ON account of numerous complaints
from different locals and delegates,
among them the following:
First, the expressmen and drivers
union presented a grievance to the O. V.
T. & l.. A. some time ago, wherein Mr..
Miller was involved. After full debate,
it was referred to the Arbitration Com
mittee, who went to see Mr.. Miller to
try and effect a settlement, whereupon
Mr.. Miller stated that it was a case SIM
liar t o the h~orseshoers, that they had
some time ago, and it was not of their
jurisdiction, whereupon the committee
asked who furnished them with this in
formation, and in reply he stated that
it was the official of the Assembly, Thos.
V. Salisbury.
Second, some time during the early
part of the street car strike, the Wheel
ing street railway line, the accused
did advise several members of l.. U.
103 that they had better recede from the
original demands of 20 cents, and take
Is cents, or lose all. and l hereby de-
clare the same was very unbecoming
for a member or officer or the Trades
Assembly lAdt ddu SHuOl oCu INC ~
cent demand, and were doing all in their
power to gain the same.
Third, the accused did state to City
Receiver Forgey that the city ought to
collect a license from all wagons carry
ing passengers during the street a
strike, and the same was certainly very
unbecoming for a member. much less
an officer of the Assembly, in view of
the fact of there being an eXpressmen's
union in this city, represented by dele
gates in the o. V. T. & L. A. and who
did not object in the Assembly to the
wagons running without license: and
further, the expressmen did invite out
side wagons to carry passengers, and
even furnished some of the outside wag-
n with union cards.
Fourth, From the National Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees local
union, that Mr.. T. V. Salisbury had
written a very uncomplimentary letter
to their national secretary, E. NJ. Hart.
Fifth, Offering a motion in Belmont