Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-23
To Join Miners
and RaikOad6rS
Belmont Assembly Asks For Detailed
Information of Mine Work
ers' Plan.
WOULD FORM GIANT
LABOR COMBINATION.
to Be Asked to Reaffiliate
With. the Belmont
Body.

Are the mine WORKERS ands the rail.
readers of the country to be brought
together?
This plan was proposed at the last
convention of the United Mine Work
lers at Columbus, and Delegate Tom
Hughes brought up the matter in the
Belmont Central Trades and Labor AS
sembly Sunday. He explained the
purport of the plan, and stated that
with the coal and metal miners of the
country and the railroaders united
Labor would begin to come into its
own. On motion of Delegate Crunelle,
Delegate Hughes was instructed to
map out the plan in writing and pres
ent it to the next session of the Bel
mont body.
No Street Car Workers.
Division No. 103 of the Amalgamated
Street and Electric Railway Employees
had a communication before the Bel
mont Assembly, stating that their or
iganization did not feel able to pay per
capita tax to both Assemblies, but that
they had about rs members working
under the Belmont jurisdiction, but
that they intended, paying tax on 1oo
members in case the Belmont Assem-
IDLY accepted them on the proportionate
plan. Chairman Tharp Of the special
committee, reported making report
to the locals meeting of the action of
the Assembly in demanding all or none.
No action was taken.
BARRIERS.
| A communication was received FROM
the National headquarters of the Jour-
lneymen BARRIERS International Union,
asking the help of all organized labor
in making all barber shops union. A
motion prevailed. that the Assembly
notify the national office that the Bar
bers unions of Martins Ferry, Bridge
port and Bellaire were not affiliated
with the Assembly. The delegates
hoped that the communication would
result in the local BARRIERS joining the
central body.
Union Label Show.
1t was determined to include Mar
tins Ferry in the itinerary Of the NOV
ing picture Union Label show to come
here shortly. Both Martins Ferry aAu
Bellaire will see the show. A Martins
Ferry committee was appointed as fol
lows: ISAIAH McFadden, James Blinco,
w. H. Jones.
Bricklayers.
Delegates brought up the matter OF
the Bellaire bricklayers not being af1i-
lated, stating that they we're dissatis-
fed over some previous matter that
had been up in the Assembly. Dele
gate Blinco went into a detailed Ak
PLANTATION of the whole affair, in which
he commended that the bricklayers had
lbeen given fair treatment. Delegates
Suggested that the organization conf
mittee be instructed to call uron the
bricklayers and urge their utilization
chairman Snyder recalled time when
the bricklayers received very sub
stansial support from. thu central
body, when scab bricklaying was going
lon in Bellaire, which the bricklayers
were unable to prevent, and which was
Strengthened out by President Snyder
IThe committee was so instructed.
The WooIworth. Trouble.
Delegate O'Toole reported visiting
1.-THE Woolworth store to secure the ad
dresses of the proper officials of tn:
lWoolworth Company to send communi
Ications in regard to the failure of the
store to agree to closing hours agree
Iment of the Retail Clerks Union. This
communications were accordingly for
warded.