Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-12
TRADES COUNCIL
Nominates officers for the Next Term
 Legislative Committee Makes a. Report.

Birmingham Trades Council held ! regular meeting in Elks' hall Sunday afternoon, with large attendance.
 In the absence of the president, Vice President J.sJ. Pagan presided in a credit able manner Secretary J. H. F. Nose ley was at the desk.
 On motion the roll call and minutes were not read.
 A communication from MT. J. J. SchmaItz, of Cincinnati, secretary of the American Federation of Musicians, was read. The purport of the message was to solicit the aid of the council in organ izing local here. The, communication was antagonistic of the local Musicians union and its international. and its read ing was not received with favor by the members of the council.
 A motion to lay it on the table was adopted, but on motion of President Ar rico, of the Musicians union, the secre- tary was instructed to refer the sender of the communication to the Musicians Federation.
 MT. w. H. Stanley, of the legislative committee, read. the following report:
 Your committee would respectfully re- port that since the last meeting of the council we were before the legislative committee, now in this city investigat- ing the convict system, and stated to the legislative committee why, in our opfn- ion, the state should work the convicts on it's own account. We also. stated to the committee that the bill known as the Cunningham bill, while it did not give us all that we needed or desired, would we thought, meet the approval of all fair minded wage-earners. We feel confident if the Cunningham bill is enacted into law that 1t will only be asyery short time until Jeffersonl county will be rid of all the conVictS.
 .,vo,,r oorop,,t+ea u-o,,ld reooumend the adoption of a resolution indorsng the child labor bill introduced by Represen- tative Cofer, of Cullman; also asking the Jefferson county delegation to render all aid and assistance to Mir. Golfer in their power to have the bill enacted into law.
 Your committee will also recommend that a vote of thanks be rendered to Gov. Johnston for the great interest he has taken in the cause of education.
 "We would further recommend that committee be appointed to call on the citizens and ask them to help us finan- cially in defraying the expenses of com mittee to Montgomery to look after the legislation that is so badly needed in Jefferson county by the business and pro- fessional men as well as the wage earn CTS.
 Your committee would not make this recommendation if the funds of the treasr~y were not exhausted in keeping a committee at Montgomery during the IISt DdTI OI lHe SeSSlOU. we leti IL Dul just to all parties that, as the business and professional men will receive as much, if not more benefit from pending legislation than the wage earners, they should bear their part of the expense.
 Respectfully submitted.
 ". H. STANLEY, Chairman"
 The report was received and adopted.
 Nominations were then made for off cers, as follows:
 President-W. H. Stanley, American Railway union, No. 9.
 President-T. T. Mock, Typo graphcial union, No. 104.
 Secretary-J. H. r. Moseley, Typo- graphical union, No. 104
 Treasurer-Frank Arrico, Musicians union, No. 52.
 Doorkeeper-George Barber, local as- sembly No. 500S Knights of Labor. Pratt City.
 Trustees-L. P. Smith, of E. L. Bridges lodge No. 8, Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers w. s. Lopez, Typographical union. No. 104; J. J. Pagan, American Railway union, No. 9.
 An amendment to the constitution was read and adopted. The amendment pro- vides that all local unions three months in arrears in dues should be dropped from membership in the council.
 On motion of MT. Geo. Harrison, of the American Railway union, it was resolved that the next meeting, which is the one at which officers are elected and obli- gated, be held with open doors.
 On motion of Mir. Stanley, seconded by Mr. Moseley, each local union represented in the council Is requested to adopt reso- lutions indorsing all bills introduced in the general assembly favorable to wage earners, and to forward same to the Jef- ferson delegatio under seal of the union, properly signed by the president and sec retary.
 On motion the following committee was named to act jointly with a like commit tee from the merchants, to solicit funds to defray the expenses of the legislative committee at Montgomery: L. P. Smith, G. l.. Harrison, J. Venice, E. Banckhart and w. S. Lopez
 Aside from routine business at the next meeting, Mr. w. H. Stanley will deliver an address on Eugene V. Debs, and the Elk quartette and Grambs' orchestra will furnish interesting vocal and instru- mental music