Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-04-07
Merchants
Tackle Clerks
- ALBA IIUANANRA

Bellaire merchants have organized
to wreck the Retail Clerks Union Of
that city. They have entered into an
agreement as to observance Of clos
ing hours and holidays that is direct
ly contrary to the demands Of The
Clerks, and the leaders in the move
ment are bending every effort to ac-l
complfsh their. purpose. If they are
successful, the Retail Clerks Union
of Bellaire will be wiped out of ex-
istence and the merchants will have
everything their own way and those
so disposed will be able to work
their clerks to any lens4h-and those
not so disposed will Be compelled. by
the law of competition to follow
As has been the custom for years,
the Retail Clerks presented scale at
the beginning Of their scale year.
March 1. calling for closing hours
and holidays. The clerks do not at
tempt to set wage scale. The ma
tority of the merchants signed the
Clerks agreement, but some of the
others worked UP this counter move
ment, having for its object the de-
struction of the Clerks union. and
secured number Of signatures. The
Arbitration committee of the Bel
mont Central Trades and Labor AS
sembly has the matter in charge and
will endeavor to have the antagonists
tic merchants see things from q
iuster attitude.
The Union Agreement.
The Retail Clerks scale, as to
hours and holidays, reads as follows:
All day on Sundays all day ON the
following legal holidays: Decoration
Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving
Day, Christmas and New Year; and
whenever any of the aforementioned
holidays fall on, Sunday. the stores
shall remain Closed all day on the
following Monday. Store to close at
$3.50 p. m. during January and Feb
ruary; at 900 p. m. during the
months Of March, April. May, and to
June 18th; at 500 p. M. from June
goth to September, 10Th; at 500 p.
m. from September goth and during
October, November and December.
Store to close at 1900 O'Clock, on
Saturday nights; but lady clerks to
be allowed to cease work at 1O:30
o'clock Saturday nights. Parties OF
the first part also agree to return to
work in. the evenings ten l101r days
before ChriS*nas Male clerks TO re-
port for work at 1890 a. m, and lady
clerks at 8:O0za. m. ~.
The following merchants have
signed the Clerks agreement:
A. Klotz. 4.
H. P. Rodewig. e
w. w. Robinson. y
S. NJ Ewing. 5r
M. Hirsh, (signed both agree
ments.)
G. w. Althar & Co.
Nicholson & Ball.
]. E. Meehan.
A. Kern. a
Harry Herzberg. R
The Union Store. Ill.,
friedman Bros.
Locke Shoe Co.
c. KompaFt,
Alfred Mayors.
Mrs. Hartshorn.
Miss Mcdonald. ~
Mfg. Sample Shoe Outlet, (signed
both agreements. ss-
B. M. Bloyd.
The Counter Agreement. !,
The counter agreement, launched
and circulated by the antagonistic
merchants, is calculated to- nullify
the clerks agreement. Some OF the
merchants who first signed the union
agreement were afterwards prevailed
upon to break their sacred con-
tract, and sign the counter agree
ment. The counter agreement adds
a half hour (without extra payf to
most Of the working days of the year,
and makes the employees work half
the day on such national holidays as
/ Decoration Day, Thanksgiving, and
even Christmas. 1t is expected that
the church people of Bellaire will
take up the matter of the merchants
endeavoring to compel their en-
ployes to work on Christmas, the
churchs greatest day.
The following merchants have
united in the attempt to crush the
/ Retail Clerks Union:
Blum Bros.
,Herzberg Bros Ut.
j. e. Nef.
Julius WE'LL.
/ Albert Luches.
s. Behr. :
M. Hirsh Z (has signed Clerks
agreement as well.)
Chas. Lando.
1 s. B. Lippman.
| Mfg. Sample Shoe Outlet. (has
signed Clerks agreement as well.)
Wassman Bros,
F.. w. Woolworth & Co.
! Pickett & Hupp. s. IL.
John Jewig. ~
The exhibit which the International
Typographical Union had at the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific Exposition has been
turned over to- the Washington State
Boar dof Health and Will be shown
in the larger cities Of the state during
the remainder Of this winter and