Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-10-26
Building Trades Unite
On Auditorium Scheme
Timers Join Painters and Announce
They Will Not Work With
Non-Unionists.
Conferences of All Building Trades
Local Unions Called for Next
Week.


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All the building trades local unions
will unite in attempting to prevent the
scabbing of the Market Auditorium.
The members of the building trades
locals are showing spirit of solidarity
that is most commendable and which
argues well for the future of Labor or
CARNATIONS.
They are coming to realize the
truth in the motto: can injury to one
is the concern OF ALL" They are COM
ing to discover that separated with
finely drawn craft lines they are only
inviting their own destruction, that the
employers, crushing one craft after
another, will eventually wipe out all
organized opposition. Therefore, they
see the necessity of banding together
before it is too late The Market Au-
ditorium open-shopping scheme has
been the turning point. It has been
the straw that has broken the came's
back. 1t is driving them together in
self defense.
Timers Make Stand.
At the last meeting of Sheet Metal
Workers No. 131, a resolution was un-
animously passed to the effect that no
union timer would be allowed to work.
on the auditorium building in the
event that any other craft was dis
eliminated against. This action, fol-
lowing so closely on the heels of SINH
lar action by Painters No. 81, tells the
tale Of solidarity. Other locals, though
in the brief time that has elapsed.
may not have taken formal action, will
undoubtedly do likewise, las the mem
bers are EXPRESSING themselves y no
uncertain tones that they will not.
work on the building unless the entire
job is straight.
Call Conference.
Under instructions from the Assem-
bly,, after discussion that took up
hours in bringing out all the phases OF
the cases and the united opinion of
the delegates, the Executive Board
has called conference of all building
trades locals for Wednesday evening,
November 1. Three delegates from
each local in the building trades will
be present, and the Market Auditor
ium open-shopping scheme will be
thoroughly discussed.
Labor in earnest.
Labor is in earnest in this thing.
If, in spite of all the efforts of the or
ganized workers, the building is erect
ed by non-union labor, this city will
undoubtedly experience results that
will be reflected in wide radius, as
Labor will take a position that every
body connected with the building in
any manner whatever, is unfriendly to
the working class. and will actsaccord-
ingly.
Already decided action toward this
Gnu HAS DC6u CdhOA Ny OAOoSCAC A<CA6O
of Whitaker mill. This lodge passed
a resolution and offered it for publica-
ton in all the papers of the city, stat
ing that they considered as unfriendly
to Labor all the directors Of the Com.
pany, including the mayor of the city
and the two members Of the Board of
Control, these three being the city's
representatives on the Auditorium
Company's Board of Directors. 1t is
understood that these three resent the
implication. but Labor feels that their
remaining ON the Board Of Directors
is an evidence of their satisfaction
with the affairs of the company, and
insists upon their resigning to show
their good faith.