The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-12
rwENTY-TRST ANNUAL CONVGH-
TON OPENED YESTERDAY
MORNING AT BELLAIRE.
Feature Of initial Sessions was Address
By Vice President Lee
Hal.

An address BY state vice president Lee
Hall of tho coal miners. featured the
FIRST day Of the twenty-first annual con-
yention of The miners Of suo-distrlot NO.
Is which opened yesterday at Bella1re.
His address N part follows:
MANY changes hav" taken place since
our last convention. The miners from
the man who yielded the pick to the one
who held tho biggest army office mas
been a credit 20 the organization IN the
prosecution Of IN" war. Nc organization
has proved itSrl" NOR" loyal and truer
Americans han ~" c"al miners
The "mpl"yInon: condition Is now
bad. however II tn. Hooking. Jackson
and pcms-oy ii'.lds many mines nave
not WORKED s:uco last November and
conditions ar,rnS tho miners arc de-
plorablc
The flr situatinn played havoc last
fail in many II, ming districts and many
families are in bad shape financially
MANY hay. ca$:,"d their bonds to nlset
their LIVING cX;,. Asses. The miners should
endorse q proposition providing fuHd
for meeting zach emergencies should
they again arise.
"a bill is now pending before the
state Legislature. providing TOR tho cree
ton and maintenance OF wash houses Al
all mines whc.r ten or moro men are
EMPLOYED Afror favorahly unanimous
consideration il tho house the Dill went
to tho senate whor" tho operators Go'
busy and had !, referred TO the health
cornn,ittco CprratnrS have declared
themselves IN opposition to the bill.
xror'd recommend that a teleGam be for
yarded BY the convention 10 Chairman
white Of the Senate Health committee
asking fo- reporting the bill out ut once
Po- consideration and another telegram
to Senator White Of thi. district asking
him 20 move that it he taken up II
Chairman White should refuse TO oTine
the bill out Of committee.
Following his address. which was
heartily appiaudcd a motion was Of
fered instructing the sub district OIL
Gers 20 for VI I'd the kilograms. The con
rcntion then adjourned until WEDNESDAY
IN order tha, special committees maEn'
complete their reports.
More than 100 delegates attended tbs
opening sessions. Only tw" unions
were denied s"ats IN the convention
thor having failed to pay their building
fund assessment.
~. convention opened with an ad
s,nss Nv. Naror Charles Ttllhertson. Of
RetInirc who thanked tn delegates ane
officials for having their convention II
+his CITY. and also thanked tn" miners
ro- having voted to erect their now tenn
pln hero.
Tho address Of wHlcnne was delirerec
3r On eloquent manner by David n
Joncs local flint glass worker.
District President William Roy re-
srordcd 70 tho address by Mr.. Jones.
Following these addresses the cnnvcn'
ton organized with tn" appointment o,
tho following committees:
Rules and Ordcr-C. Fl. Caldwell. lor
Iashlcy. Tony T"n"nrat". Jehn Hoohk
Peter CatSuls and Pat MrGorigal
Officers Rcp"rtS--Frank Anderie. joe
Rick. John I.opo. Lewis Ske'sNl' Johr
weekley and Ettcr DeiGuzzi.
Constitution - John Merrill. Coo
Wright Julius Sylvester. Isaac Nelson
cboS. Pratt and George Mauth".
D;strihutinn--A. T. T"th. IT, Johr
I5crtc and P. o. Jennings
Neutrality-suspicious. Armatagn, W. T
Robert. Peter Mellozza. Nick Hekler
berk and J. W. Hawkins.
observation-disclosures kunick. Roy FrIt
ter. willard Raker James Forbes. ThoS
as Ryan and stephen Fitzpatrick.
These committees will begin to subni
their reports TOMORROW.
Roy's Report.
That more than 4 t"uF'h III >il' '"'0
mine accidents in Ohio during the paS'
year occurred in Belmont county wa
tho startling information contained II
o. annual report OF Suh-diStrict Fresi
Asrt YIN. Roy submitted at the twenty
Rarat annual convention which opened
Hwo Yesterday. OF III coal mine fatal
ma, in the state during the year. a
secured N belmont county.
Cmfraetors for the erecting OF TN
SuDsrr Tonple will be let just as soor
a rood business is consistent. Ar
R15S report saia.
Re estA Of the establishment o. lexa
0auA@knrrot oof the miners With ". \"
Ee,w~n ~ its hess.
IA 4eclaecd the nrieSrs rs Oppose: