Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-09-08

HEeS1Q6HI LEWIS dtlQ IiS Ae1Nl4OA1s
When it was announced last night
that President Lewis had met Water
loo at the hands of the miners in spec
ial convention In Tomlinson Hall, the
storm which had been breaking out
fitfully since morning rose to the point
Of fury, and ID the heat of the de-
bate that followed riot occurred in
the rear Of the hall. One Of the dele
gates, said to be from the Southwest
was cut about the head and face with
bottle.
The riot came near starting q gem
eral stampede; but President Lewis,
who had resumed the chair. after the
reign of John Mitchell during the roll
cali on the appeal from the chair sue
ceeded in bringing the convention bac[
to order after several minutes of pan-
demonium.
The forces backing William Green,
who had administered to Lewis the
first decisive defeat Of the convention,
were determined to push the main
question at once to issue--the ques-
ton of adopting the substitute report
offered by Green yesterday morning for
the report of the special committee
appointed to examine the objects Sor
which the convention was called. The
Lewis forces were equally determined
that the question should not be pushed
at once to issue, and began system
Of filibuster.
President Lewis found he was de-
| feated when q roll call vote showed
| that / POI votes against sustaining the
decision and 927 for it.
Following the report of the special
committee yesterday morning William
Green, former president Of District 8,
Ohio, attempted a substitute, but was
| ruled out Of order by Lewis on censti-
tutional grounds. Urged on by cries Of
"appealW Green appealed, and after a
great uproar had been raised. Lewis
submitted to- the appeal and called
John Mitchell to the chair.
After both sides had presented their
case a count of heads showed AS to
sustain the chair against 637. A de
mand for roll call was followed.
Illinois voted solidly against Lewis;
Indiana was fairly split and Ohio alone
gave Lewis majority.
Following the appeal decision, Green
voted to adopt the substitute as a
whole. A motion by Delegate Gillden
Of Pennsylvania to take up the substi-
tute seriatum was tangled and Lewis
boldly announced that even though the
proposition is accepted by the con-
vention those parts opposed to the con-
stitution would not become law.
The roll call occupied all of the
morning session, remaining after the
rising vote was taken, and the entire
afternoon session. Adjournment was
taken at o'clock, and after two
hours intermission the convention was
called together again.
The transportation committee made
| a report at the opening of the morn
ing, session, showing that donations
were made to 307 delegates amounting
to $4,6O5. OF this amount $2,925 went
to Illinois. This report was adopted
after Delegate Charles Wallace c
Farmersburg, Ind, explained that
while his local was not on strike the
mine where the men were employed
had been shut down for five weeks
owing to fire and for that reason he
had claimed the donation of SIS.
One of the squabbles that have char
acterized the convention took place
kabout this time between Lewis and
| Delegate Crandall, who arose to ask d
list of questions that he had carefully
preserved In the discussion it deve1-
oped that Vice President Laurence of
the Illinois District had addressed mass
meetings to Influence the delegates
against the compromise.
Hardly had the Crandall row begun
to assume the appearance OF a past
incident before the most serious Of
the breaks between Mcdonald OF Illi-
nois and Lewis occurred, and the guess
ton of the circular which Mcdonald
admits having printed on the stationary
of President Lewis, using the seal of
the International organization came
up. McDonald,s defense was that he
had not ordered the circulars printed
on the official stationary, but admit
ted that In giving the order he had
sent copy of it on the letter head,
without specifying that he wanted any
other A question of dates occurred,
and Mcdonald became confused and
finally in an angry tone demanded
where and when he would be tried, to
which Lewis replied that he would
learn through the constitution.
Mitchell took the floor and spoke in
opposition to the ruling Of the chair.
When the committee arrived in the
hall at 10 o'clock President Fahey Of.
Pennsylvania and e. s. Mccullough
of Michigan were called to the plat
form to represent the special commits
tee and Mccullough as secretary of
the committee read the report with
the preface: we have done our best
to bring in a report that we believe
this committee can adopt. We have
listened for several days to the con-
tending parties and here are our de-.
auctions:
.sWe. your special committee ap-
pointed to consider and report the OBJ.
jects for which this special conven-
ton was called, have carefully consid-
cred the situation ID the different
strike districts as well as the situa-
tons Ia all sections Of the country.
The situation now confronting our
Organization Is critical and requires
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