The age-herald., 1901-01-28
Open Meeting of the Central
 Labor Body
OFFICERS WERE INSTALLED
Able Addresses by Mayor Drennen, Samuel UIIman and Other Citizens, and by Members of the organi-
 zation The Programme.

streets, yesterday afternoon, at which off,
 cers for the next six months were installed
 A number of very interesting addresses were
 delivered by prominent persons and a de- bghtful musical programme rendered. The audience was quite large, the hall being filed with members of the labor organiza- tions and their friends, both men and women.
 The newly installed officers were as fol- lows:
 President-Fred J. Williams. Vice-President-J. P. Ogiltree. Secretary-David U. Williams Treasurer-Harry l.. White.
 Sergeant-at-Arms-Jame Wiedeman. Doorkeeper-Nat l.. Smith.
 Trustees-Rev. G. A. Sharits, H. c. Hall, Henry Keller and Al. Harris.
 After the opening prayer by Rev. Dr. J. P. McFerrin, the members of the Birming- ham Musicians Union rendered an overture.
 which was followed by an address by Mayor w. M. Drennen.
 The Mayors Remarks. Mayor Drennen began his remarks by say ing that 1t was always pleasure to him to be with any organization that had for its object the upbuiding of the city or dis trict, and especially was 1t pleasure when it was a labor organization which is the very backbone of the district. He said that never before had the necessity for organiza- tion of labor existed to such an extent as now and referred to the reported combina- tion of the big steel companies of the United States mentioned In The Age-Herald yes- terday. He said that the American people had been fighting trusts both in Congress and the State Legislatures, but that the only
 effective way to fight them is through the organization of labor. Do not organize solely to fight trusts, however, but for your own protection added the Mayor. He said that organization was necessary in every business or trade; that the hospitals were conducted by organizations, the churhes, the mercantile establishments, and, in fact, every line of business He predicted that
 within few years the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association would be one of the
 biggests trusts in the country; that 1t now paid it's president about $5OOO year salary.
 He said that he understood that the main
 object of labor organization was to ascer-
 tain what compensation labor should res ceive for certain work and to establish and maintain wage rates.
 l. Following Mayor Drennen's address, the orchestra rendered a selection, Mrs. J.
 M Satterfeld Frank Arrco and l=. J. Her. bert sang a trio, Come Holy Spirit" The Installation. The new officers were obligated by James H. Leath, district organizer of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. After they had taken the oath MT. Leath made a few re-
 marks admonishing them to faithfully dis charge their duties and to be faithful and just in the exercise of their respective of fees.
 Phil Memoli rendered "The Holy City" as a cornet solo.
 Jerome Jones, editor of the Journal of Labor of Atlanta, was on the programme | for an address, but he was detained in At lanta by sickness. w. H. Stanley, former l president of the Trades Council, was call | ed on to make talk in his place. MT. | Stanley congratulated the Trades Council and the labor organizations of the district | on the progress that had been made in the past few years. He said that people some times wondered why labor organizations did not grow more rapidly, but If they would stop and reflect they would con- graduate the organizations on their splen- did progress. He said that in 1875 the Phil adelphia Times made the first publication of labor organization and charged that it's purposes were to destroy property, that | it was body of men banded together to tear down and disrupt the country that the
 members of the organization were anar- chists. He then enumerated a number of organizations, such as the United Mine Workers, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and similar organizations with hundreds of thousands
 of members, saying that these organizations
 showed the growth of labor unions in the United States. He said that it had been
 only few years since the Birmingham
 Trades Council was composed of Typo-
 graphical Union No. 104 and the Musicians
 Union, and that now thirty two locals had
 representation in its councils. Three or four years ago. he said the council had a
 public installation of officers to which a
 number of men were invited and that none
 responded. He said the change in this con- dition was brought about by the men who constituted the labor organizations of the
 district, they having conducted themselves
 as gentlemen and good citizens. He said
 that in no community could more God-like
 men be found in the labor organizations, | and in no walk of life, better men. nor in any community more laboring men who | owned their own homes. This condition he | said, was due to the men being sober, hon. | est and industrious.
 MT. UlIman's Address. | Prof. Ezra Wyatt rendered a piano solo, | after which Dr. Samuel Ullman addressed | the council He said that he was glad to | be with the Trades Council on the occasion
 of the installation of its officers, and glad to know that labor organizations were not
 afraid to publish their purposes to the
 world. He said the last century made
 wonderful impression on the world which
 was emphasized by great material prog
 ress, but that the twentieth century should
 emphasize the ethical, the moral and the