Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-19

of the National Guard.
Movements have been started among
prominent local members Of the Amer
lean Flints and the Amalgamation. to
bring the 1902 conventions Of their or
g~anizations to Wheeling. Both made
the effort last year. 1t is not a con-
certed, but two Independent move
ments. If either, or both, are captured,
it will mean a great deal for the mer-
camille interests of the city, independ-
emit of the advertisement which will be
given to the community. The Board OF
Trade will probably be more than will
ing to cooperate with the local rep
resentatives of the two crafts and to
give all possible assistance.
At the last annual convention of the
American Flint Glass Workers Union,
Wheeling was talked OF as the place
for holding the next meeting, but there
was no systematic or organized effort
LlduC. IlOluIlCAL lOSdl MIS-
who have attended the national con-
ventions feel certain that Wheeling can
capture the 1902 convention. A strong
effort will be made, at any rate, at the
convention to be held next July in At
lantic City.
There are seven local lodges of the
Flints, embracing three in Wheeling,
two in Bellaire, one in Bridge
port, and one in Martins Ferry.
Some of them have already
chosen their representatives to the ma
tional convention. When all have done
so. there will be a meeting of delegates,
at which plans for capturing the next
convention will be formulated. Coun-
Gilman P. J. Scally, who is a member
Of the executive board of the A. F. G.
w. u, said last night:
Il think we a bring the convention
here. 1t is of the strongest labor
organizations In America, and there
will be about $50 delegates to the on
vention. They will be in session about
two weeks. No delegate will come with
less than $3.50, and the convention
would bring between $50, 900 and s75,-
900 to Wheeling"
The AmalEamation.
A quiet movement to bring the A. A.
of l., S. & T. w. convention to Wheel
ing was started some time ago. Several
local lodges have elected delegates to
the Milwaukee convention, and others
will do SO within the next two weeks.
All of them will probably be instruct
Ell to use their best enorts to bring the
| convention to Wheeling.
This city was a candidate for the 1901
convention, and stood third in the bal
loting. The local delegates will profit
by their experience last year, when
Milwaukee taught some valuable les
! sons in booming. When all the local
| delegates are selected, a meeting Will
be called, at which a plan will be for
mulated, committees appointed, etc.
The local arrangements have gone so
far that the Wheeling & Elm Grove
Railway Company has agreed to fur
nish free transportation to delegates,
and give the use of the casino free of
charge during the convention. This
will be a big item in favor OF Wheel
| ing. inasmuch as the association paid
s45 a day for several weeks for the hall
used in Indianapolis.
The conventions Of the Amalgama-
ton last three or four weeks, and are
! attended by about three hundred dele
| gates. The representatives Of the man
ufacturers come to the convention city
for conferences over the wage scales
for the ensuing year.
iron and steel manufacturers of the
United States would give the Board of
Trade an exceptional opportunity for
demonstrating the advantages of the
Wheeling district, in locations for
manufacturing plants.
Incidentally, the local delegates to
the convention of the A~malgamation
are very much interested in the candi-
dacy of M. F. Tighe, of this city, for
national president of the organization.
He Is recognized as one of the ablest
men in the order, a superb organizer,
an indefatigable worker, a capable
speaker. He will not be the candidate
of any faction, and he is the man to
whom shrewd leaders in the Amalga-
nation look to reconcile the differences
which have arisen, and restore har-
mony in the ranks. Tighe stock is
away up, and it is predicted that it will
soar much higher, and eventually land
him in the chair Of the national presi-
ency.
The n. G.. Encampment.
Assistant Secretary Adams Of the
Board Of Trade has not yet received a
reply from Governor A. B. White con-