The age-herald., 1901-08-13


 Took trip around the Mineral Belt in the afternoon, starting at 2:30.
 PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
 First Sesson-9 a. m. to f2:3o p. m.
 Second Sesson-2 D. m. to 4:3o p. m.
 Barbecue at North Birmingham Park in the afternoon and evening-cars will leave Morris Hotel at 5 p. m.
 President Lynch looked into the faces of 600 coatless men, when he called the Forty-seventh annual convention of the International Typographical Union to or- der in Elks hall yesterday morning. It was oppressively warm in the hall, not withtanding the fact, that three large electric fans were going. and it did not take the delegates long to endorse the shirt waist fad, by practical demonstra- tion instead of by resolution.
 The. convention was in session two hours and thirty minutes, when it ad- journed out of respect to the memory of Ira Gilbraith. member of the Birming- ham local, who died at St. Vincents' hos pital earlier in the morning. A resolu- tion of sympathy for the striking steel workers offered by MT. Phillips of Mem- phis was adopted as follows:
 Be 1t resolved that the heartfelt sym pathy of the International Typographical Union be extended to the Amalgamated Association of Steel Iron and Tin Work CT in their fight against the United States Steel Corporation, and other combina- tions, and that a copy of this resolution be wired to the officers of the Amalgamat- ed Association.
 The resolution was adopted unanimous ly by rising vote, and a copy will be telegraphed by Secretary Bramwood, to the officers of the Amalgamated Asso- citation. resolution was adopted creat- ing a committee of five with President Lynch as chairman, to confer with the job offices of Birmingham now closed to union printers in regard to effecting a settlement. s-s President Lynch said that the commit- tee would not confer with the proprietors of these offices till Wednesday or Thurs day. He thought it advisable for the convention to make itself felt first. Uaughter).
 The Convention Opened.
 The delegates were seated two at a table and the hall Is barely large enough to accommodate them. As soon as Presi- dent Lynch obtained order invocation was invoked by the Rev. I. D. Steele as fol- lows:
 Almighty and every living God, Thou who has given us our lives and given us our minds, Thou who has protraoted our lives until this present hour, as we come before Thee this morning in the opening of this Typographical Union. We recog- nize Thee as the God of the universe and the giver of all life. We thank Thee for all past blessings. We thank Thee for all the things that Thou has given us; and as this convention come together this day, oh, Thou great God, we would invoke Thy guidance and wisdom. Grant we pray Thee, that every member of the union may conspire to help the presiding officer that the legislation and all things done may be for the betterment of the order and the advancing of the cause of humanity. Bless oh God, and keep in security the many who have been left at home as wives or families or children. Keep, we pray Thee, the lives of all these delegates who are here. May they be guarded, protected and guided by Thee. Now may Thy benediction rest upon us and grant that the gifts and the tall ents with which Thou has endowed us may be used for the glory of God and the benefit of humanity. All we ask in Thy holy and great name
 Nook Welcomes Them. President T. T. Mock of the Birming- ham local was introduced by the chair man of the entertainment commit tee. Allen M. Holt. Among other things he said:
 Tt is peculiarly appropriate that con vention of the International Typographi- cal Union be held in the city of Birming- | ham. Of almost the same age, these two | leaders have with equal pace kept ster | in the march of progress. In bygone days | when the International, held together by | the faithful few, was struggling for its proper place in the great army of organ l ized labor, this city, then a struggling | village, was endeavoring to demonstrate | to the world the vast mines of mineral | wealth hidden beneath her surrounding | hills only awaiting the magic touch ol | capital The story has been told The on | ward march of Birmingham has been and | is the marvel of the industrial world. The I rapid strides of the International Typo