Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-13

TRANSACTED.
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly met in regular session yester-
day afternoon at two o'clock with a
godly number delegates in attendance
and President Bauer, Vice President
Byrne, Secretary Thomas and other
officers in their respective places.
Very few matters of Importance were
brought up and the session was COM
paratively short one. After the usual
preliminary proceedings, credentials
were received from Daniel O'Leary, CT
Friendship Lodge No. 2, A. A. of l. &
S. W., who was appointed as a dele
gate in the place of M. F. Tighe, re-
signed.
The arbitration committee then re-
ported that according to instructions
it had investigated the case cncerning
the discharge of a member of the hod
carriers union while he was at work
upon building. The report was to the
effect that the committee had confer
red with the contractor and the bod
carriers in turn and learned that the
difficulty arose from the refusal of the
nod carrier to fix a gum hose, which
was being used in the work. There
was a motion to accept the report and
a prompt second, after which remarks
were in order. The case was very free
ly discussed among the delegates, and
the question was raised as to whether
the bod carrier was compelled to re-
pair the hose and it was thought to be
question of right, not of what might
be. One delegate said he understood
a hose was considered among bod
carriers tools and another delegate
thought that it was the duty of a me-
chanic and not the duty of a bod car
rier to fix hose. It was said that
the discharge of the man was the cause
of other men at work on the building
to be thrown idle and that the con-
tractor acted unfairly in refusing to
confer with a committee from the bod
carriers union. An amendment was
then made that the report of the arbi-
tration. committee be received and the
name of the contractor placed on the
unfair list and it was seconded prompt
ly. The discussion continued as warm
as ever, those opposing the amend
ment holding that it would not benefit
the hod carriers to boycott the con-
tractor. Finally there was an amend
ment to the amendment that the re-
port Of the arbitration committee be
received and the committee sent back
to take further steps to see that the
hod carriers receive their just dues and
the motion as amended carried.
Quite a number of bills were read
and on motion were received and Or
dered paid.
President Bauer then reported with
reference to the proceedings of meet
ing Of the executive board of the Ohio
miners held here recently to investi-
gate the case of T, L. Lewis, their ma
tional secretary, on charges arising
during the recent railway strike, as
preferred by the assembly. The mem
bers of the official board of the o. V.
T. and L. A. and the executive board
of Local Union No. 103, A. A. street
Railway Employees of America and T.
l.. Lewis were present at the meeting.
The assembly was represented by j. J.
Byrne, of the Railway Employees Union
and Mr.. Lewis defended himself 1T
was said that the executive board will
likely lay the matter before the next
convention of the Ohio miners to be
held at Toledo in the near future. On
motion the report was received, after
which the meeting was adjourned.