Jack challenged Ralph to go up the mountain to look for the beast with him in the dark. Ralph responds by accepting the challenge and bringing Roger along with him.
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Ralph is angry
because he wants to be leader himself
Jack creates a tribe of his own and invites everyone to join him for a feast. When everyone sees that he has meat and lots of food, they prefer him to Ralph so they leave Ralph and join Jack's clan
They took Piggy´s glasses, but didn´t take the conch. The conch is only a symbol of authority and has power only when the society agrees that it does. For Jack, the shell is, now, only a shell. The glasses, however, give him real power because he is the only one with the ability to start a fire. "He was a chief now, in truth." (Pg. 168)
Ralph and Jack never liked each other. Once they met and Jack wanted to take the power from Ralph there was instant friction between the two. It's was obviously Ralph's job to be chief and Jack just expected to get it instead of Ralph.