Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-05
BELMONT CENTRAL UNION
DECLARED Against THE CLARK
LOCAL OPTION BILL
YESTERDAY.
RESOLUTIONS TO BE FRAMED
Asking State Senator Archer TO Up
pose the Measure, Which Is NOW
Pending in the Senate-Fhe Hou-
tine Business Transacted by the
Body Yesterday.

The. Belmont Central Trades and
Labor Union met yesterday afternoon
in regular session, with President
James ia the chair and the other OF
fcers in place. The meeting was
very interesting one and at some
points the discussion became quite
warm, but President James with his
usual care cautioned the debating
members to avoid personalities and to
only discuss those points which were
Of interest to this body. His advice
was taken and at times what looked
like serious situation was quieted
down by the chair.
After the regular routine of opening
the meeting a communication was
read announcing that President w. ID.
Mahon, of the Street Car Workers
Union would be in Wheeling Monday
and would confer with committee
from this union relative to the street
car employees of what Is known as
the Ohio side of the Wheeling Street
Railway. This only includes the Bel
laire and Brookside line, as the en-
ployes on the Martins Ferry line be-
long to the union in Wheeling. The
following committee from this body
was named to meet and confer with
President Mahon and try and secure a
charter for lodge on the Ohio side
for these workers: A. ]. Grouse, R.
Stead and J. Cecil. The committee
will meet Mr.. Mahon at the Stamm
House to-day.
Communications were read from the
newspapers and job printers in the
cities of Bellaire, Bridgeport and
Martins Ferry, all notifying the I'M
ion that they were willing for their
employees to become members of the
Typographical Union and would make
no objection to them organizing. At
ter some debate, the communications
were ordered placed on file for future
reference and the organization COM
mittee authorized to organize these
different employees and do 1t as soon
as possible, and that the organization
committee divide itself so as to give
the members in each town the author
ity to organize those in, their town or
city and then all meet together and
combine the organization.
A communication was read from the
Painters and Decorators Union, of
Bellaire, asking this union to pass
resolutions requesting the City Coun-
ell of Bellaire to specify and have in
all contracts for the new city buifd-
ing, that only union employees and
union made material could be used in
construction. A motion was made
that the union conform with the
communication and that committee
of five be appointed by the chair to
formulate resolutions, and in a body
present them to Council, and that the
chairman of the committee impress
upon Council the necessity of such a
step. The chair appointed Messrs.
Smith, Strobe, Hicks, Jewell and
Banford. The committee met imme-
diately after the union adjourned to
draw up the resolutions.
A communication from the Ohio
Liquor League was read, stating that
the>present Clark local option bill.
which is now before the Senate. if
passed, would take away a large
amount of revenue from the State and
would be Of no benefit as far as tenn
perance was concerned. 1t also ask