The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-18
STRIKE MAY BE
SETTLED SOON
HoO CARRIERS AND coNTRAc
TORS AGREE TO Ar
BtTRATE.
At Conference Held Last Niaht With
Joint Harmony COMMITTEES Hod
Carriers Name REPRESENTATIVE

NeHc representative
What promised for a time TO be-
come a serious difference cen the
nod carriers unions and local contrac.
tors will doubtless be settled within
the next few days. satisfactorily TO
all parties concerned. At a confer.
ence held with a special committee
OF the joint harmony las,
the bod carriers "A freed TO
submit their grievance 10 an arbi,ra,.
ton board and an agreement was
signed To that effect. while the con.
tractors agreed TO do the same.
Presided over by Will n. Colvig.
chairman OF the joint harmony com.
Inittee. the meeting last evening was
held In he assembly room OF the
board OF trade. in the Market-Audi.
forum. and was largely attended by
or local No. ~ and II. of
no carriers. The special committee
from the Joint harmony committee con.
sisted OF Chairman Colvig. Secretary
'iohn h. Rennard. \. W. PAUL. & n
Cuddihy. w. n. l~iusgins and Richard
Robertson.
Addresses in favor OF submitting the
proposition 10 arbitration were delI,.
cred by +. V. Weekly. president OF the
buiiding trades council; Hr. Higgins
former secretary OF the same o~rganiza.
iion. and by Mr.. Cuddihy. the present
secretary. Chairman Colvig. Secr..
tary Rennard and MIR. Robertson. on
me part OF the joint harmony commit.
lee. also urged the arbitration nod
OF arriving at IN agreement. Members
or the joint harmony committee then
withdrew from the meeting. prrmit.
ting the hOd carriers To hoid con.
terence with the result that they we're
almost unanimous in favor of an ar
bitration board. the vote resulting %
IN V Of such a movement while
only > opposed IL.
Basis Of Agreement.
An agreement was then drafted on
no following basis Each side j. 10
select n representative and these TWO
are 20 select tho third member of tho
board from lists OF men suggested by
The contractors n hod carriers
Zach side is 10 submit to tho
side "A list OF ten names and all names
satisfactory 10 both sides are To be-
submitted 10 the two members of the
board for the selection OF the third
man. II nc selection can then he made
another list is provided Violations of
the agreement are TO be referred 70
the joint harmony committee.
Three copies OF the agreemen, we're
made and signed by che hod carriers
one copy was etained by them. an.
other will be submitted TO the contrac-
tors. while the third will b. KEEP bv
the Joint harmony committee. The
agreement was signed by Dan Zepriesf
and " III Freese representing local
No. 81; and Anderson Foster and
charles Clark. representing local No.
al. The contractors were rrr pres.
ent as last evening conference bur up-
on learning the action of the hod car.
riers agreed 70 submit their side 10
an arbitration board.
The strike has been in progress for
nearly ten days and irterfered con.
siderably with progress OF several
buildings under course of construction.
although there were no evidences of
violence whatever. The hod carriers
arc striking for an advance in wages
wanting $500 per day. They nov 70.
ceive $3.50 per day They have 50.
lected r V. Weekly as their repre-.
sentative on the arbitration board. and
the contractors will probably name
their representative within tho next
few days.