The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-03
TROUBLEN BIRMINGHAM Union Men Boycott the
 Street Cars. SEVERAL FIGHTS RESULT Detail of Policemen Attempt
 to Keep Order. Several Arrests Made--Labor Day Celebrated on Large Scale in
 Many Cities Throughout
 the United States.
 

Birmingham, Sept. 2--(Speciai)-Inci. dental to the Labor Day celebration here
 for six hours this afternoon and evening
 a crowd of union workmen. numbering at times as high as fifteen hundred. stood I at the corner of Second Avenue and Nine. teenth Street and undertook to dissuade other uiiion men and the public generally from riding on trolley cars manned by
 non-uniun motormen and conductors. On-
 ly fraction of the street car men are members of the union. the street car cenl-
 pany having opposed unionism among its
 employees. Several first nights occurred be- tween union men and individuals who ln-
 sisted on riding. chier oF Police Austin finally detailed ten patroimen to keep or- der. A number Of arrests were made and this served to keep down further violence. but at a late hour tonight the crowd. ai- though 1t had dwindied to hundred men or so. was stiil on the scene ana was being watched by the police
 Lapor Day was celebrated in Birming- ham today on quite an elaborate scale. The weather was all that could be deeif- ed. the sun, shining brightly and cool early with hundreds of members of ..,s various labor unions and shortly before noon the throng began gatnsEing at parade The parade began moving shortly after noon. 1t passed through the principal streets of tho city and at tracted much attention. 1t was com. posed or marchers on foot, mounted po- lice. members or the City Council and Police Commission and prominent lapor leaders in carriages, trades displays anu divisions. Fred Fred j. WiIliams. % viee. .I Press ras ident of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, was Grand sss Msrsna, ,st ,h Lne & procession was the long
 ln 1t were some very unique and at- tractive Representations. The Amalga- niated Association had float consist tfatipn. A mlniatGre telephone exchange vas exhibited by tue Eiectricai work srs; A AosssshafEs Inlos . eon.is.ed 4 caps and pants, wnaring leather aprons. float which they accompanied showed g horse In process Ok being shOd, The macnlnists carried large banner show. aupposed to appear both before and after the strike now on at two of the local railway shops. The Brewery workers large cask on which sat Gambrinus. He was dishing out the amber fluid by tho wholesale. The second float represented the wagon. The Salesladies Union turn. cd out in tally-ho and presented very attractive appearance. These were a few ot the unique ard interesting sights to be seen in the paraae.
 At the Fair Grounds this afternoon a varied program of athletic sports and horse racing was given. Prizes which had been donated by merchants and cit dulged in during the afternoon and even. ing. Tonight there was a concert and Il display of fireworks at the Fair Grounds. The Birmingham and New Or leans Southern League ball teams Dlay- ed two games of base ball at West End Park and this feature also proved an attraction for many hundreds of people, various mining towns throughout the Birmingham district, work being sus- pended at nearly all the mines and iron industries for the time. Rev. Father F
 Labor Day celebration at Blocton, speak. ing in behalf of St. Vincent's hospital in this city. ,ltl