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

ne agreement
First-Master builders to sign this
scale at ence, involving outside car
penters only.
Carpenters to declare strike
on at once.
/ Third-Closed shop rule not to be
enforced on outside carpenters for go
days from this date.
Fourth-Inside carpenters to be
subject to a separate scale and a sep
aarte organization to be formed with
in six months, chartered by the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America.
Fifth-Scale of outside carpenters
to be on a sliding basis-$3.2O for the
first year, $3.4O for the second year,
and $3.50 for the third year.
Sixth-BOna-hde stockholders in
firms not required to join the union.
| Seventh-All claims for fines
against carpenters to be withdrawn,
and all non-union carpenters to be
accepted in the carpenters' union,
without prejudice.
Eighth-Au conflicts with respect
to compliance or noncompliance with
the terms Of this agreement to be re-
Iferred to a joint committee to be
selected from the joint harmony COM
mittee and the Trades Assembly.
Ninth-In the case of H. w. Fair,
| it is understood and agreed thai the
following persons shall be exempt
from joining the carpenters union, If
they SO desire: H. W. Fair. W. J..
Bennett B. E. McCulley, j. H. Fair,
and A. NJ. Fair. No objection shall
be made by H. W. Fair to their join
ing the union r. they SO desire.
Tenth-It is understood and agreed
that this agreement is to be attached
to and made a part Of the carpenters
scale now in force with other con
tractors.
Dated this goth day Of June. 1912,
I.and signed:
! For Ohio Valley Carpenters District
Council: I
E. J. WEEKLEY,
THOS. v. SALISBURY,
J. C. BRINDLEY.
For Master Builders: n
j. W. BELTz & SONS co.
H. W. FAIR,
KLIEVES LUMBER co.
For Harmony Committee:
WILL H. COLVIG, chairman.
JOHN H. RENNARD. Secretary.
CHARLES D. RINE.
Witness for Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly:
LEO J. LA FLAM.
The Final Conference.
The final conference was held
Thursday afternoon in the office OF the
Board of Trade. It was attended by
1.-THE representative Of the Assembly
1.-The Master Builders, the Carpenters
and the Harmony Committee, whose
names are signed to the agreement.
At this conference blu tone change
was made in the tentative agreement
and this was finally unanimously
lagreed to. although 1t looked for
time that it would be the rock upo1
which there would be anothre split
1.-The tentative agreement provided fol
Ia separate organization for the inside
| men, men employed in the planning
mills, and President LaFlam insisted
THAT this organization should be char
TERED by the bona ffde international
the United Brotherhood. This was
objected to by some Of the Maste'
Builders on the ground that ther'
, shonld be no change whatever in thu
Tentative agreement, but they finall!
agreed to this, and the end CAM
speedily in sight. Two other conten
, tons of much importance to Labo
, were won by President LaFlam in tn
/ Wednesday evening conference whel
/ 1.-THE tentative agreement was reached
That any violation Of the agreemen
| lshould be considered by commits
: not alone Of the Harmony COMMITTEES
: but also of the Trades Assembly, an
THAT there should be nothing in tn
{ contract binding the carpenters to q
) Iany time work with non-union men Q
|. Iany other craft. Against the hrs
Icontention there was practically n