Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-01-19
Belmont Assembly
Holds Good Meeting
FIood and Ten Gent Car Fare Holds
Down Attendance at
Session.
TAKE UP UNION
LABEL MATTERS.
Effort to Be Made to Bring All Locals
Into The As
sembly.

Assembly sunday was held down
somewhat by the flood and ten cent
car fare that came between Bellaire
land the Bridgeport meeting place, but
| it was a well attended meeting with
al, and an interesting and instructive
one.
President Snyder was in the chair,
as usual, but Vice President O'Toole
was delayed by the car service until
late, Delegate Crunelle being appoint
ed by the president to take his chair
until his arrival.
To Bring In Locals.
Delegate Francis called attention
| to the fact that many local unions in
Bellaire were not affiliated with the
Assembly, and urged that some effort
be made to bring these locals into
the Assembly and to organize the un-
organized workers of Belalire. Dele
gate Tharp explained that the Bar
bers' Union of Bellaire had already
elected three delegates to the Assem-
bly,, but that possibly the floor pre-
vented their attending today.
81 don't think that there is much
chance of organizing the employees of
the Stamping works." said Mr.. Tharp,
(this having been suggested) "as the
owners of this plant are as bitterly
antagonistic toward any thought of
I organization of labor as the Steel
Trust. Besides, times are slack in
that industry just now, with employees
being laid on. and ! think that all
organization work among them just
now is futile, and that as rapidly as
an employee is interested in the forma-
ton, of a union, the management
promptly discharges R1p."
Delegate Blince suggested that the
organization committe help him bring
Martins Ferry locals into the Assem-
bly,, and President Snyder said that
Delegate Tharp, district organizer OF
the American Federation Labor,
would be at his disposal at any time
| to visit local unions and present to
them the advantages Of afiliating with
the Assembly.
New Committees.
President Snyder named the follow
| ing new committees:
Organization committee ISAIAH NC
Fadden, Martins Ferry, chairman; An
drew Crunelle, Bellaire.
| Arbitration Committee. r. Fran
els. chairman, Bellaire; James Blince,
Martins Ferry.
Il On both committees vacancy still
exists, which on motion, was laid over
until the next meeting Of the Assem-
!. bly,. with the objetc of filling it with
bridgeport men.
Union Labels.
i A communication was received
from the Union Label Trades Depart
ment of the American Federation OF
Labor, calling particular attention OF
Labor. to the three organizations who
| have union store cards, the Butchers,
BARRIERS and Retail Clerks. The mem
bers of unions generally were urged
to, patronize such places as displayed
the union cards of the respective or
foundations.
ON motion of. Delegate Tharp. the
Idelegates were instructed to take this
hack to their locals, and to take it to
their families, inasmuch as the Wo-
men folks do most of the buying.
New Delegates.
i The following credentials for new
delegates were read and delegates re-
lceived:
Ohio valley Trades and Labor As
lsembly-Frank zottz. VIM. Miller
George Cain. Clyde Wilson. Charles
Gallagher.
Branch No. 7S, Glass Bottle Blow
Iers. Bellaire b. 3. Tharp. William
Ebbert and Walter Dunlap.
brewery Workers. No. S4S. Martins
lFerryEd Rappold. Anton Geneyier
and George Albert Hores.
United Mine Workers, No. 1878.
shadvside james Mofitt, John Long
land Rudolph Swartz.
| Retail Clerks No. 126. Bellaire
ROSS Jump.
Assembly Notes.
Andrew Crunelle made q good vice
president.
some Of the Bellaire delegates had
3 swim to get there. But It takes
4 more than Z HOOD to drown real I'M
!ionism.
cSsDlain ]. p. Francis doesn't have