Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-13
AS TO THE PROSPECTIVE AP-
POINTEE FOR STATE LABOR
COMMISSIONER
AT Yesterdays MEETING
OF the Trades ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Endorsing Present Incumbent
Was Tabled Until After Election.
Child Labor Law Discussed-Com-
mittee Reports and Credentials
Recefved-A Resolution Adopted
and Other Routine Business
Transacted.

| anu the uSIeSaleS refused TO endorse
the reappointment of State Labor Com.
missioner /. v. Barton. A resolution
was offered, providing for such action
and on motion was tabled until the re-
suit of the State election is learned. A
number of the members expressed their
| views in the matter for the welfare oil
the Assembly.
President A. L. Bauer called The
meeting to order at two o'clock and
| quite number of delegates responded
to the }roll-call The minutes of the
previous meeting were adopted, after
which credentials were received from
James Humes, John Fitzgerald and
George Weisen, of Virginia. Lodge No
4, Amalgamated Association of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers and G.. A. Beall
in place of B. W. Connolly, of Union
No. 8, United Brotherhood: of Carpent-
ers and Joiners of America, and the
delegates were obligated.
Delegate Ditman then called attention
to the brands of tobacco on the, unfair
list and urged that more interest be
taken in the tobacco workers fight The
president instructed the delegates to
consider Mr.. Dittman's remarks and
govern themselves accordingly.
A member of the Labor Day picnic
committee announced that he had q
lot of tickets to dispose of and the chair
asked the Assembly to endeaver to
make the affair complete success.
President Bauer also stated that he
| recently advised a party of glass work
ers, miners, stogie makers and barb
| ers of Wellsburg to organize Trades
| Assembly and was informed that they
| had since organized.
Two communications were next read
| one from a printing company in New
| ark, N. j., and the other from a to-
bacco company, of Winston-S Salem, N
| c., concerning union made goods, and
both were received and fled
A copy of the Labor Day proclama.
ton by Governor G. w. Atkinson was
also read. 1t called attention to the
fact that the State, by it's Legislature
had passed law setting apart the first
Monday in September of each year as
| Labor Day, and all toilers should there
fore step aside from any employment
and give such day to rest, Improvement
and employment. Delegate Tracy an
nounced that the copies had apparently
been issued without the union label
and discussion ensued. 1t was cues
| toned if the printers were not occas-
ionally at fault in such cases, and
Delegate Sims gave assurance that the
union label was invariably used when
ordered. 1t was moved that the Assem-
bly, adopt the proclamation and take
advantage of the day. Then followed
an amendment that the secretary COM
| municate with Governor Atkinson
condemning the action of the secretary
in not having the union label put on
the proclamation.
The finance committees annual report
was read and on motion received and
filed.
A resolution previously offered by
Delegate Sims, providing that all COM
mittees and members of the Assembly
shall be paid for their services at the
rate Of 35 cents per hour, when assigned
to duty by order of the Assembly, was
again taken up and adopted by unani-
nous concent.
Delegate Prysock next offered a res
olution endorsing the reappointment
of State Labor Commissioner l. v
Barton for the ensuing term, and this
provoked a long and spirited discus
sion. Delegate O'Leary recommended
that the clause, lin case of election OF
Republican Governor" be inserted in
the resolution.
Delegate Tracy thought that such a
resolution was premature; that il
ought not to have been introduced
with the request that the Assembly
endorse it.
Delegate Boes then took the foo,
and after announcing himself as an
aspirant for the commissionership
charged Mr.. Barton with failure in one
of his duties at least, especially in
Wheeling. where he claimed there are
employed in various factories, many
children who are too young 10 work
according to law. Mr.. Boes also said
that while Mr.. Barton had, no doubt
accomplished more in this Office than
any of his predecessors, that there
were scme things he had failed 20 do
He advised that the resolution be laid
over until after election, and made a
motion to this effect. which carried
by a vive voce vote OF 20 TO 4.
Delegate O'Leary. who voted in the
affirmative, at once moved TO recon.
slider the action, claiming that the
delegates were not given an oppor-
tunity to express their views, but tht