Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-27

The following communication, hand
ed to the Register for publication, and
signed by the Executive Board OF the
Ohio Valley Trades Assembly, states
the Assembly's position in the contro-
versy with the Bellaire central union
concerning the boycott on the B., B. &
NJ. F. railway:
In order that our friends may know
the truth, we wish to maze state
ment of facts concerning the. present
laboc clash.
..On Sunday, April 23d, committee
from the B. c. T. & L. T., among whom
were Delegates Parsons and Lewis,
came to the Trades Assembly and
asked what action the Assembly in
tended to take in regard to the Ohio
line or blue line. The Assembly went
into executive session to consider this
matter At this session Delegate 7. ].
Duffy offered a resolution, the sub
stance of which was for the Trades As
sembly to take no action in the matter,
as the men were not organized.
Through the opposition of Delegate
Lewis and others this was lost.
Delegate Lewis, of the B. G. T. & L.
committee to draw up resolutions de-
fining the positions and action of both
bodies. His motion was adopted. A
committee composed of Delegates Lew
is, Parsons and Cecil, of the B. G. T. &
L. u; Salisbury and Bauer, of O. V. T..
& L. A., and Hasseth, La Flam and
Byrnes, of local union No. 103, retired
and drew up resolution, the substance
of which was that all sympathizers re-
frain from patronizing the Wheeling
Railway Company, or any part of its
system, the boycott to go into effect
at midnight April 24th'
This was adopted in joint session
of the two bodies at 0. V. t. & l.. A.
Adll 1NOW, We dSh oil ldil ~nlluuCu
people if the same power that placed
the boycott on would not have to take
it off? And if this is true, what right
had the B. C. T. & L. A. to lift the boy
colt? In the report of their proceed
ings in Yesterdays paper some of them,
in their speeches, stated that they do
not intend to submit to the dictation
of a few labor leaders of the o. V. T.
& L. A They also say that they do
not intend to play second fiddle any
longer
''It would be far better for organized
labor in general if they had no fiddle
to play, as their bow is misguided and
destructive. But let us see who is do
ing the dictsting in this matter On
two different occasions T. L. Lewis and
his accomplices from the B. G. A. & l..
u, have come to the Trades Assembly
with resolutions with about the fol-
lowing substance: If you don't sub
nit to our dictation we will withdraw
our support and make public declara-
ton of the same. They tried to force
the local to give them all authority
This is nice spirit to be shown by
a body of men claiming to represent
the principles of organized labor.
While the o. V. T. & l.. A. has stood
by and given its support without ask
ing the street car strikers to give up
their authority in conducting the
strike, it might not be amiss to ask
the B. C. T. & l.. U. what support they
have given to the strikers? 1t would
have been far better for the struggling
strikers if the B. G. T. & l.. U. had
never been born, for they have done
everything they possibly could to
thwart the strikers in their struggle.
They have legislated for an inorganic
ed body of men. They influenced the
men working on the Ohio line to form
sham organization with the express
understanding that they were to lift
the boycott and let the men go to work
at any terms, or terms which they could
have gotten before going out at all.
President Padden, of local No. 103,
has just arrived from Cleveland, where
he was in conference with President w.
d. Mahon, who denounces the action
of the B. c. T. & L. u, and in a day
or two Mr.. Mahon will be in Wheeling
to make known the right and wrong
of the case, and then justice will be
done to ALL