The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-02

which was addressed by Clyd" liartir-
haugh, president of local No. ln''. volc
was taken and the men ratified the ac,
ton Of their special committee ana
agreed In return to work thiS hiurninG
pending the settlement Of ihcir diner
enr"S by Il committee to be- Sclecl"u TO-
day.
Chamter Of Commerce.
The Wheeling Chamber Of Commerce
is Ia he CunEratu latrd for me manner
in which The matter was handled. EaFi!
yesterday morning President |. NJ. Sc"-t
and Assistant Manager Harry /. l"Fco-
ran appeared hrfure tn" traction mana
gers and asked them if they would No..
crpt tho good offices Of tho chamber OF
commerce To make an effort to frtch
some tentative agreement. if S:ttiSihr
tory arrangement could he made with
thn union officials. This they agreed To
do and a short time later these two gen
tlcmrn appeared before tho union men
in session at the Ohin Nall"y traces ana
Labor Assembly hall and they also
agreed "a accept the OFFER or Inc Two
men.
Tho meeting was called FOR six thirty
o'clock y. m. and al that time the &C
credited representatives OF the unions
and the traction managers were anInllteo
10 tho Offices of the chamber In the Mar
kct Auditorium. Ry agrccmnt OF both
factions. Walter Il. Hilton. representing
tho Ohio Valley Trades and Labor AS
srInhly: Thomas b. Mont Eomcry. state
labor commissioner: &lonzn Prince. state
factory inspector; Fred Sundcrman, fed
oral labor agent and Peter Floyd and H..
II. Z. Parish. two newspaper rcprcScn,
tativ"s. were admitted 10 the special
conference.
Officers Are Named.
Mr. !. NJ. Scott called the meeting 10
order and introduced Harry p. Corcornn
the assistant manager OF the Chamber OF
Commrrcc and he explained what the
meeting had been called for. following
which he went into detail on the matter
chairman. Thr name of Walter 3. Hill
ton was called and was followed by the
name Of /. VI. Scott. Mr.. Scott asked
that Mr.. hilton hc allowed TO occupy the
chair IL satisfactory and by reclamation
he was chosen az tho spokesman OF the
meeting.
Mr.. Hilton in his opening rcnra rks
asked the two factions to Try ny some
peaceful means 10 roach some kind OF
an agreement that might lead TO sat
isfactory settlement. and. in turn. call
upon J. G. Billings and j. p. Whitta-
more of tho traction companies. to cN-
plain their. grievances. Following In
order were explanations by the heads
Of the various unions. There was Il
general friendly feeling and the mem
bcrs toketi and jostlcd with each other
over trivial matters. Mt. Fred SON
dermon. nf the federal labor bureau.
simply misunderstanding between the
men and the companies and he dwell
upon the friendly feeling that Ind al
ways existed following which he sug-
EcStcd that n Il committee Of ono MEM
her Of each company and each union
meet in tho small room. or private
chamber. with two or three men as an
advisory committee. and he selected Mr..
Samuel Mont Eomcry as the chairman Of
this special committee. His motion
was seconded and ny agreement OF all
present the men wrnE into session, with
the results rs stated above.
Will Please Public.
The announcement that matters have
been satisfactorily settled pending an
agreement of arbitration will mrn, with
approval by tho general public. which
was much iuconricnCcd yesterday. Mail
was hamprrcd to an extent, as was also
tho delivery of newspapers and pack
ages. to say nothing Of freight.
Traffic was completely tied up and
not a single car was operated on any
division. There was no disorder and
no violence or manifestations OF hos
tility Au,omo bilcs. bicycles and other
means of travel were reSortcd 10. while
many persons walked back and forth
to their work. The general traffic will
be resumed as early us possible this
morning. and it is likely that n just
and satisfactory settlement will be
reached by the arbitration committee
N a short time