The age-herald., 1900-08-27
WANT UNION LABOR
 CLAUSE INSERTED In Contract for Building the New City Hall. ACTION OF TRADES COUNCIL Will Also Ask the City Fathers to Give Home Architects Preference
 Interesting Meeting of Cen
 tral Labor Body
ACTION OF TRADES COUNCIL

I An interesting and largely attended meet
 ing of the Birmingham Trades Council was 1 held yesterday afternoon and much im- l portant business transacted. l A resolution was adopted, fnstructing the
 grievance committee to call upon the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and request that a l clause be inserted in the contract for building the new city hall that none but
 union labor be employed, and that Blrm-
 ingham architects be given the preference | Arrangements were completed for the 1 State Federation meeting to be held in this l city next Friday and for the labor day 1 celebration.
 Several new delegates were obligated and 1 other matters disposed of. The Meeting The meeting was called to order by President Williams in Bricklayers' hall at the usual hour, with many delegates pres- ent. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. and the regular order of business taken up. VI | Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers of Ensiey, Tailors' Union No. 75, and Carpenters and Joiners' Union No. 75 wes obligated. The special committee on the entertain
 ment to be given at the auditorium on Sep
 tember 1, for the benefit of a fund for a
 labor temple reported that 2.3O0 tickets had
 already been sold, and that two hundred
 seats would be reserved at 10 cents each.
 Attention was called to the State Feeder
 alton meeting to be held in Bricklayers'
 hall next Friday, and delegates and per-
 sons in sympathy with the movement are
 urged to attend. Visiting delegates will be
 looked after by the officers of the coun-
 cil.
 The question of the building of new
 city hall was brought up, and resolution
 unanimously adopted, fnstrueting the griev-
 ance committee to call upon the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and request them to in- sert clause in the contract that nothing but union labor be employed in erecting | the building The committee was further in- structed to request that Birmingham archi- | tects be given preference Labor Day eefe bra ton The committee on labor day celebrations reported progress. All organizations wishing to parade and all union merchants wishing to display oats are requested to communicate with Secretary David Williams of the council before next Sunday. of oraI, was agreed upon: Capitol Park down Twentieth street to | Avenue B; countermarch to First avenue l down First avenue to Eighteenth street; l Eighteenth street to Second avenue; Sec l ond avenue to Twenty-first street; Twenty | first street to First avenue and take the cars for East Lake. The parade will be in five divisions First division. Grand marshal mounted. Chief of police mounted. Platoon of police mounted. | Memolfs Rand.
 Hack with president of Council and l speakers. l Mayor and Aldermen Police Commission. Board of Trade. Trades Council. Second division
 Marshars aide David Williams. mounted. | Boilermakers l Electrical Workers. United Mine Workers. l Barbers. Carpenters and Joiners Nos. 454 75 and l 296. .....az.a l Brewery Workers. Plumbers and Gas Filters. l Third division: l Marshals aide, Harry White, mounted. Bartenders. l Railway Car Men. Horseshoers 1 Retail Clerks Nos 12s and 145. l Machinists. l Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel | and Tin Workers. Nes. 1, ?. 3, 4. 5. 6, 7, 1 and g. l Shoemakers. l Fourth division: Marshal's aide, w. H. Mitchell mounted. l Iron Moulers. | Blacksmths. Typographical Union. Tailrs. Bricklayers. Painters and Decorators. | Fifth division: | Marshars aide, J. H. Mckay, mounted Paper Hangers. Sheet Metal Workers. l Core Workers. | Cigarmakers. Invigorating and refreshing -Moerlein Beer. ssscstsssssts.zsss.ssxssssssszssessss Is ~. Man." E Is "Charter Oak," E