Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-20

AUDITORIUM JOB is UNIONIZED AND SCALE SIGNED
BY ALL CARPENTER CONTRACTORS IN THE DISTRICT

port of the Board of Control confer
ence which reports Mr.. Woods as say
ing: 81 plead guilty to that charge
the charge of employing non-union
on the auditorium"
Henry B. Vessel and H. P. Corcor-
an followed for the Assembly and then
j. w. Frum, from the audience, ask
ed some leading questions which
made Attorney Somerville most I'm
comfortable. Asking for the dates
when the mayor had notified the
Auditorium company, Mr.. Frum got
under Mr.. Somerville's equanimity,
and the latter, trying to bring out that
Mayor Schmidt had not actually heard
the words Mr.. Woods was quoted as
using, finally forced a direct answer
and got it: Eyes. sir. / heard him
say it"
In the applause and laughter that
followed Mr.. Somerville appealed
childishly to the chair, and President
| of Council w. o. Alexander announc-
ed that it would give him great pleas
ure, or words to that effect, to clear
the hall, if the audience of working
men repeated such an offense of vote.
| ing their sentiments.
Mr.. SomervilIe continued to plead
| for trial court and the hearing Of
sworn testimony. and finally Council
man Keldsing moved to hear the
sworn testimony then and there. This
motion prevailed, and another, to go
| into Joint session with the First
Branch, also passed, but just as they
got ready to get down to business,
motion to adjourn was carried amid
Kisses and hooting from the disap-
pointed auditors who wanted the thing
fought through to the end.
The Second Meeting.
The adjourned meeting was held on
Wednesday evening and sworn testi-
monv taken. Tie Labor side was
presented first. E. J. Weekly, bust
ness agent Of the Carpenters District
Council. was first on the stand, and
Attorney Somerville questioned him
long and menotonously on the rules
and regulations of the carpenters ane
every other union. He was followed
by Messrs. T. v. Salisbury, R. p.
McEihaney, R. j. Herstman, e. M.
Jewell, W. J. Grassland and J. y.
McNerlin, all of whom testified that
thew were eye witnesses to non-unlon
men being employed by the W.. W.
Wood ocpmayn on the Market Audi
forum.
A motion to adjourn at this juno
ture was voted down, and the Audi
torium Company began its testimony.
Row B. Naylor, secretary of the Board
Of Trade. was the first to TESTIFY, ana
his evidence was for the purpose OF
bringing out the inception OF the Mar
ket Auditorium plan and the organiza-
tion of hte company. George w. Lutz'
president of the company. was tnen
nlaced upon the stand, and the grilllng
given him by Attorney TRoplnson
caused much amusement for the au'
Ld;ence. While this spectacle was go
ing on, the fateful conference searteu
The Conference.
i II had been reported during the
evening that the contractors woulo
no willing to sign up and end the
gonv and the Harmony committee
crashed at this straw. They got some
~ the contractors together. Drougn'
tho union officials in, and got the TAX
fest started in the First Branch coun
al chamber while the proceedings
wore going on in the second FMS
vas begun at about II o'clock. BY
o'clock in the morning the tentative
ooreament was reached, and with tnls
- course. came the dropping OF tn'
proceedings before council. the pro
ooedings had been halted with TN
, erst announcement of the conference
:, tba other room, but the counclimei
!. -onoo;nad in session, ready to go OF
-,.h the case in the event that SCI
! It,ament was not reached. The ma
announcement of the signatures nav
80 hean nut to the tentative agree
!. mont caused. general rejoicing.
- =. $3.50 ~ fsnectators had stucl
.s thsn 1t 1880 .. M. and Ties
un... . s their way homewarc
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