Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-21

An unusually large meeting OF steel
workers from the Riverside mill was
held in Mozart Hall. last evening, IN
der the direction OF Wheeling Lodge
No. 5, of the Amalgamated Association.
As is we'll known. not all the employees
of the Riverside steel works at Ben
wood are members of the Amalgamatcd
Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Work
ers. and since the strike was declared
last week strong efforts have been
made to get the men into the Associa-
ton The labors of the Amalgamated
workers have not been in vain. for at
yesterdays meeting of Wheeling Lodge
No. 3, A. A. of |. S. & 7. W., at their
hall at Forty third street, number OF
men joined the union. and just one
half of the number were men who went
to work at the Riverside at the time Of
the last trouble between the workmd0
and the management at that plant.
The meeting last night was an opee
one, and was held for the purpose OF
publicly explaining the cause OF the
present strike to the unorganized FORCES
at Benwood. Several persons address
ed the meeting in the interests or the
Amalgamated Association, and strong
pleas were made TO the Riverside men
TO get under the protection OF the AS
scciation.
William Hilton. president of Louis
Avon Lodge. was made chairman OIL
the meeting. Harry Evans, the hrst
speaker, briefly reviewed the history OF
the Amaigamated Association, and told
of the objects OF the organization. TO
elevate the moral, social and intel
lectual condition of the iron, steel ana
tin workers. He spoke of the origin
of the present trouble between the AS
ISOLATION and the United States Steel
Corporation. Referring to the history
of the Association, he said that 1t was
very conservative and just. and at no
time has it resorted to coercion. Mr..
Evans closed by saying: I'VE are fight
ing the battle of the American people
and we must win this fight" Applause.
The second speaker, r. J. Davis, OF
Martins Ferry, referred to the Consti-
tuition of the United States in regard TO
slavery, and said that the involuntary
servitude Of many mill men was much
more deplorable than the slavery exist
ing in 1861. He hoped that the men
would get together. for house divided
cannot stand.
Fred Williams, Jack Cecil, II. King,
Edward Pastorious, VIM. Morris. VIM.
Joy, Samuel Lloyd. John Samuels and
d. C. Moore made short addresses to
the men. Mr.. Joy was literally ap-
plauded when he said: Boys, keep out
of the saloons and we can beat any
combination of manufacturers
Vice President Larkins. of the Second
district said that the strike was not
for wages but for the right to organize
non-union workmen and to obtain the
balance of power. He said that at a
recent conference an Official of the Steel
Hoop Company said that the steel hoop
workers did not want to be organized.
andxet in one week 1000 of them had
Joined the Association. He spoke at
some length of the conditions existing
in some non-union mills that he had
visited. He closed by saying the tube
and steel workers might be called out
in week or two and urging the men
to stand firm and united and they would
surely win.
II. A. Leeds, of McMechen. was in
the audience. and gave q short talk.
urging the men to stand together and