Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-25


The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly held another brief session
yesterday afternoon, and principally de-
voted the time to discussing the prepo-
sition providing for a subscription OF
100000 by Ohio county to the capital
stock of the Uniontown, Waynesburg &
West Virginia railroad, and which is to
be submitted to a vote of the people
in July.
President A. L. Bauer called the
meeting to order at the usual hour, and
a large number of delegates responded
to the roll call. Credentials were re-
ceived from Herman Dupke, Samuel
Kindelberger and Charles Seidler,
members of local union No. SO of the
National Brewery Workers, and the
delegates were duly obligated.
One of the delegates reported that
the executive board of the typographical
union of Pittsburg has announced that
all strike benefits will cease In four
weeks.
On motion of Delegate Hayes a spe-
cial committee appointed to select a
suitable journal for organized labor of
Wheeling and vicinity, was instructed
to also secure if possible two copies of
the appeal to Reason" for the public
library at his expense.
Delegate Tracy then addressed the
Assembly with reference to the pro-
posed new railroad through Ohio coun-
ty, and offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, that the proposition of the Ohio
County Commissioners asking for an
appropriation of $500, 900 to the pro-
posed %Uniontown, Waynesburg & West
Virginia railroad be voted down by the
citizens of Ohio county"
The. Introduction of this question
was followed by an interesting discus
sion among the delegates and the reso-
luton was finally adopted unanimous
ly, the proposition for such subscrip-
ton meeting with general and hearty
disapproval, especially on the grounds
that it might be detrimental to the in
terests of the taxpayers.
Delegate King announced that the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters of America would hold their
annual convention in this city early in
July and moved that the Assembly ap-
point a committee of three to meet
with the committee of local potters to
arrange to entertain the visiting dele
gates during their session. There was
an amendment that the officers of the
Assembly be added to this committee,
and the motion as amended finally car
ried. Delegate Hales stated that the
potters would assemble here on the
9th and be entertained at Wheeling
Park. He also reported that the gen
eral committee on arrangements for
the convention will meet on July I'd.
On motion of Delegate Boes it was
decided to secure 5000 copies of the
labor paper, Appeal to Reason" to be
distributed among the wage earners of
Wheeling and vicinity.
One of the delegates also announced
that the Wheeling Railway Company
had very kindly given their employees
a voluntary increase in wages from
eighteen to nineteen cents an hour, to
take effect July 1st.
Other matters of a routine nature
were transacted after which the AS
sembly adjourned.
After the regular session the general
committee on arrangements for the
recent Assembly picnic met for the
purpose of settling up the business in
connection with the event. The same
committee was ~reappointed to begin at
once to arrange for another picnic on
the State Fair grounds on Labor Day,
September Sd.