The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-25
THE TRADES ASSEMBLY
has Very Exciting Sessions Sunday
Afternoon and Night.

Has Very Exciting Sessions SUNDAY
Afternoon and Night.
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
assembly met yesterday afternoon in
regular scmi-monthly session. 1t was
breezy meeting. and a night session
was found necessary. The following
new delegates were admitted:
International Journeymen Horse
shoers-Robert Keys.
Expressmen and Drivers, local No.
6s9O-A. W. RAIDER, James Hawley'
Frank Wendell.
Delegates Of the Retail Clerks union
brought up the case Of merchant who
has announced he will keep his place Of
business open to-day until noon, in face
Of an agreement to remain closed on
Christmas. It was brought out in the
discussion that other merchants
desired to know at once what action
would be taken In this case, and 1t was
said they, too, would open their stores
IL this particular place opened. The
arbitration committee was instructed
to walt on the merchan: at once, which
It did, and reported the merchant had
said he would not discuss the matter
Sunday or Christmas day, but would
meet the committee Tuesday or at any
other time. =.
A delegate of the clerks union said
he had just seen another merchant
who had Informed him that he had
talked with member OF the trades as
sembly, who had promised that he
would "help down the clerks in the
trades assembly. This created SEN
sation, and there were demands for
the delegates name.
President Bauer-was 1T myself?
The delegate-No, It was not the dis
tinguished president Of the assembly
President Bauer then gave details OF
n talk he had had with the merchant
in question, who had called on him al
his work, and wanted to know how tc
20 about presenting certain grievances
he had against the clerks union, and
the president had instructed him te
prepare his claims in writing to be pre-
sented to the committee on arbitration
After a lengthy and exciting discus
sion the arbitration committee was in
structed to call again on the merchant
and inform him of the consequences
| ,,r,,oI in eurh casng
The name OF the delegate implicated
was given. Thereupon vote Of conf
dence In him was passed unanimously
by the assembly.
Delegate Ned Sims. who. with PresI'
dent w. H. Riley, OF the stogie Makers
League, attended the convention of Tho
American Federation Of Labor at De
troIt, made his report with reference
to the attempt to secure for the stogI'
makers organization the recognition o.
the federation. He reflected severely
on Secretary Morrison, OF the fedora
tlon, who apparently held out hopes t
the stoGle makers and then deliberately
threw them down. In conclusion. Dele
gate Sims recommended that the as
sembly refrain from afIlllnting with tn
federation, principally because It woult
doubtless be called upon to break awAI
from the stogIe makers and painters
the organization Of the latter craft II
this city being Of the branch that Il
not recognized by the federation. Thu
report was received and the assembly
thanks extended to Delegate Sims ant
to Presidents Hughes, Of the potters
and Mahon, of the street car workers
for their cooperation in the attempt t
aid the stogIe makers.
County Clerk Richard Robertson,
former president Of the assembly, nd
dressed the body briefly, and spoke o
the great strides the assembly ha!
made.
The assembly adjourned to NEE
again Mt p. M. to take up the din
Guilty between the merchant and thu
clerks union.
At the night session, the arbitration
committee reported having boon un
able to meet the merchant who pro
possesses to open his store this morning
Thereupon the assembly executive
hoard and tho clerks union officer
were instructed to be on hand thi
morning to declare strike, II neceS
sary.
Mcssrs. Emil and jacob Wilhelm ap
penred before the assembly. and state
they would require an annual rcnta
500 in excess OF what has been paid II
the past, for the assembly hall Tn