The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-13
NOTES AND PERSONALS.

The regular meeting of the Birmtng-
had Trades Council will be held at Brick
layers Hall this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
An election will be held to fill the vacan-
cy in the office of president, occasioned
by the resignation of President Fred j.
Williams. The term expires August l.
The names of p II. Moore w. L. Mozart
ney, d. N. Williams and j. p. Ogletree
are prominently mentioned for the place.
The special committee on street fair will
be expected to report but they will like
ly ask for further time as nothing def
mite can be determined on as yet
The Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
Iron Ship Builders No. 4 will present
working rules in the near future. They
have not yet been made public.
The delegates from this district to the
national convention of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tinwork-
ers at Wheeling, w. Va, left yesterday
and last night The convention will
come together Tuesday morning.
The delegates for this. the Seventh dis
trict, composed of Alabama and Geargia
are:
Alabama No. l. Gate City, John Wise.
Noble No. p Admission, w. NJ May.
E. L. Bridges, finishing department.
Birmingham Rolling Mill, Albert Harris.
]. C. Kilgallon No. old mill, Birm-
ingham Rolling Mill, Dave Costello.
Phoenix No. g. Gate City, William Jen-
kins.
Jefferson No. G, pudding department,
Birmingham Rolling MILL Henry Evans.
Sheffield No. Z, Sheffield, not heard
from.
John Collins No. s, Bessemer, Richard
Miles.
Helena No. Q, Helena, Thomas Arm
strong.
Fred Williams No. 10, Admission, w. F.
Kenna.
Peerless No. 1, Atlanta, not heard from.
The election of a vice-president for
the district will come up at the conven-
ton. w. E. Wins of Gate City is filling
the brief unexpired term made vacant
by the resignation of Fred ]. Williams.
of Gate City are prominently mentioned
for the place. Little change of the condi-
lions in this district is expected to re-
suit from the convention.
The carpenters open meeting Tuesday
night at Magnolia Hall under the auspices
of Carpenters Union No. TO- was one
of the most largely attended affairs of
the kind ever given In Birmingham and
only the limitations of time brought it to
a close, the large gathering being highly
pleased from o clock until near midnight
ments.
The addresses covered a wide scope and
were delivered by able men, thoroughly
conversant with the subjects on which
they talked. Education was the prin-
ciple theme, and this was particularly ap-
propriate, as the trades union movement
is one of education. The subject was
handled by those best qualified to speak,
such as DR.. J. II. Phillips, pre-emnently
one of the leading educators of the State
and Superintendent of Public Education
in Birmingham; Mr.. Allen j. Krebs, a
contractor, who has given much time and
attention to educational questions; Mr.
w. f. Mccartney, Mr.. ]. H. Leath and
Mr. w. c. Cunningham, who have studied
the question from the standpoint OF
trades unionists and good citizens
Mr. f. x. Waldhorst, president of Car
penters' Union No. rs, welcomed the
gathering in a speech that made all feel
tho cordiality of their entertainers. Mr..
j. III. Phillips went deeply into the subject
of education and urged organized labor
to assist in securing a chronological
school for Birmingham. In the eight
hour day he could see Improvement of
the conditions Of the citizenry and the
proper adjustment of the toilers' problem,
and he advised that the hours of respite
from work be used in beneficial pursuits,
recreation, study, mental and bodily i'm
provement, and not In carousal. drinking
and gambling. His remarks were instruc-
tive and greatly appreciated.
Mr.. Allen j. Krebs, the prominent local
contractor, was the next speaker. He
thoroughly endorsed every word spoken
by Dr. Phillips and pledged himself to as