Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-11-26
Assembly Won Recogniize
Local Union Boycotts

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Hereafter the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly will recognize no
hovcotts placed by local unions with
ont first appealing to the Assembly to
nse it's best endeaEors to bring about
an adjustment of the difficulty.
This has always been the law of
tho. Central Body, but some local un-
ions have recently been paying little
attention to this provision. and have
upon their own initiative declared GER
tain establishments to be unfair. A
lengthy discussion in the Assembly
Saturday resulted in the passage of a
motion instructing the secretary to
write every afilfated local union, call
ing attention to Article LEX of the Con
stitution. This provides that the As
sembly shall declare no concern I'M
fair unless the local union making
complaint. first brings to the Assem-
bly, it's grievance, and gives the AS
sembly an opportunity to use its best
efforts to reach settlement of the
affair.
Wheeling Traction Matter.
The matter of organizing the EN-
ployes of the Wheeling Traction con-
pany other than Motermen and on
ductors was brought up, on ~ dscla-
ration of the Stationary Firemenss
delegates that they did not wish to de-
clare strike that would affect on
other. organization, but that they
would be forced to do so if there was
not a speedy end to the difficulties
which have been laid in their way o
completely organizing their craft in
the power. plant 1t was decided tC
instruct the Executive Board of the
\ Assembly to use it's best Judgment IN
getting the different organizations t.
gether whose membership is Or should
be represented among the employees OF
the Wheeling Traction company, and
endeavor to bring about a Joint agree
ment. 1
Bloch Switch.
Ed Hughes and GouncilmaR Note
came. in for some unfavorable CRIT
.cism for theirsoDp osition to the grant
ing Of a privilege t6 the Bloch Eobac 4
co Co. to layya switch to enable them
to erect-ea new power plant AT For
teith street. The delegates were tola
to remember that Nolte would be 3
candidate for Board of Control. Cnadr
man Fisher of the Legislative Com
mittee asked all ia remember that
Nolte, so bitter in his opposition to
this switch, had voted away an alley
to the Wheeling Can company ovel
the protests of Eighth ward peoples
s'If this doesn't prove. that he is
specially interested in this case, or
was in the, other, what does it p ove?"
he asked.
Detective Bill.
Chairman Fisher also reported that
he had endeavored to get the or
dinance against private detective agcn-
cies enacted by council, but that he
had been informed that it had been
lost. Nobody knew where, or how, or
when. But it seems to have happened
in committee.
Ohio Valley Hospital.
Delegate Hogl reported for the Ar
bitration committee that they had
visited the Ohio Valley General Hos
pital and. interview 'Supe rinte ndent
Pliny O. Clark, in compliance with the
request of the Painters, who complain
ed that non-tnion painting was beinG
done, and that while they found this
particular work completed, Superin-
@endent Clark had said that hereafter
union men would be employed to do
any work where there was union
now in existence here.
Hospital Fund.
A report from Superintendent CLARK
showed that the Assembly had 500
to its credit under the bequest OF the
late Augustus Pollack, to be applied
to cases sent there for treatment by
the Assembly. and the matter was re-
ferred to the trustees. y
-: Receipts.
Street Car Men, No. 1t3. - SIS. 10
Fairmont Central Body 1885,. :. 300
Hall Rents =. 1901
Total ..$40.1O
~ Expenditures.
A. Gorbin (Carfare) ,..:.... E.,.$ 1.2O
]. NJ Hogle (Time) ....:.... j. LOU
Charles Higgins CTime) ...+. 100
T.. j.. Latham tTime3 ...... ... l5O
Coleman Sharp CTime) So. -. 1s50
A. v. Fisher (Time) ....... =. 800
Stratford Springs (Water) -. 6.75
National Telephone ....... -. 500.
"A. Langhan (F1owers) 80. -. 2.2o
.,%s,>. :" ii -. N