Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-01-09
Belmont Body
Elects Officers

I The Central Trades Assembly of Bel
mont county started off the year 1913
with a large and enthusiastic attend
ance which speaks we'll for the com.
ing period. The following delegates
filed their credentials and were obi
gated: A. F. g. W. U. IS, Bellaire Geo..
Barrett, Thomas Tracey and Freeman
Davis. G. B. B. A, Branch No 70, Bel
laire, E. E.. Tharp, w. c. Upperman
and Claude Bagley. 1. U. of S. E.,
Local 172, Martins Ferry, John y.
Sheehan, VIM. A. Gainor and A. D.
Kelley B: of P. D. and P. H :. of A Il. +,
Local 1853, Martins Ferry, Isaiah Nc
Fadden. U. B. of G. and ~ Local
No. 1929, Martins Ferry, Frank Carpen-
ter and VIM. Becker. A.. G. w. u,
Local No. "a, Bellaire. Howard Cline,
Chas. Hall and Ross Logan. ]. B. l. u,
of A.. Local No. 118, Martins Ferry,
Alfred Hensley. U. B. of C. and j.,
Local No. II, BeIlaire, o. E. Wright,
o. P. Wright and Harry Wright,
Box Factory Unfair.
The LaBelle Box Co., Martins Ferry
was reported still unfair to organized
labor.
Endorse Stand Against Locke's.
The action Of the Ohio Valley
Trades Assembly in placing the Locke
Shoe Co, of Wheeling, upon the unfaf
list, was endorsed and the secretary
authorized to notify the Locke Co. by
communication.
Elect Officers.
The nomination of officers for the
ensuing year was declared open and
the following delegates were nominal
ed and elected by reclamation: Presi-
dent, NJ ]. Snyder, Bellaire, fifth con
secutive term; vice president, Andrew
Crunnelle. Bellaire, succeeding ]. B.
O'Toole; recording and financial secre-
tary George W. Pyle, Bellaire; treas
urer, o. E. Wright, Bellaire; chaplain,
Walter Upperman, Bellaire; sergeant
at arms. o. P. Wright, Bellaire; trus-
tees. E. E. Tharp, J. J. .Sheehan, Bel
laire, and L. 3. Feldman Martins Ferry
arbitration committee T. P. Tracey,
Local No. 10. Flints, Bellaire; Walter
C. Upperman, Bottle Blowers No. 70,
Bellaire, and Ross Logan, Flints "a,
| Bellaire.
w. C. Upperman was chosen by bal
lot to act as business agent and chair
| man o fthiS committee.
Wants to Hear Both Sides.
Delegate Upperman in a statement
to the meeting. outlined the future tao
| tics of the committee in connection
with dispues and strikes; his policy
being a careful investigation into both
sides of a controversy before taking
action and only supporting a strike
after all other means had failed. The
general opinion prevailed that all ex-
penses sustained by the arbitration
committee in the discharge of their
duties should be sustained by the To-
Gals affected.
The board of control, Wheeling Ma
jority, will for the coming year be
composed of delegates as follows. M.
]. Snyder, Andrew Crunelle, Geo. w.
lPyle E. E. Tharp, Isaiah McFadden,
@. E. Wright andlW. e. Upperman.
/ May Have Clergyman.
An application for representation in
the Belmont Assembly from the Ohio
Ministerial Association was considered
and Delegate Upperman appointed to
make necessary investigation.
Tharp Explains.
Everett E Tharp in explanation of the
necessity in calling off the Packers
strike at the Imperial Glass works,
read the proceedings of the joint con
ference held relative to their differ
ences held Dec. % 1912. 1t seems from
the facts brought to light that the
strike was illegal and contrary to the
methods of the A F. of L. President
Rowe qof the Flints, in the course of
remarks to the various committees at
the conference, cited the existing con
F, ditions of the Packers throughout the
glass industry showing how poorly
they were organized and thesvast diff
ference of wages in union and non
union lacking rooms, but said that the
Flints were to great extent interested
in the Packers. and ha he already had
taken the matter up with the A. F.
of L., and in the near future would
press the Federation for special man
to do organizing work among the
Packers and then in due time the
Flints will take the packers into the
International organization, but not un'
der present conditions. PThe strike
has since been declared off officially
by the Packers Union, but none of
them have returned to work, preferring
to give the trade UP as business and
seek elsewhere for livelihood. Re-
ferring back to the eelction of officers,
Delegates Hensley. Barber, Barrett,
Flint and Carpenter, boxmaker, were
selected as fraternal representatives
to the. Ohio Valley Trades Assembly.