The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
EACH USED A PISTOL
LABOR LEADERS HEATH AND
 FLYNN FALL. OUT.
The Revolvers Were Emptied, But No One Was Hit-Work of the State Federation of Labor
 in Sslma.
Advertiser Bureau, !,

Selma, April 24.
 Ex-Representative J. H. Leath and Ei l Flyhn, both delegates to the State Con- ! vention of the Federation of Labor, had
 a. personal difficulty after the adjourn
 ment of the Convention at the pavilion
 this afternoon.
 | Both men drew their revolvers and emp tied them at each other but neither man
 was hit.
 | All of the delegates were in the pavii- ion at the time and that no one was hit | was a miracle.
 | The delegates of the Convention tried | to suppress the matter but 1t leaked out | through an employe of the street car company who witnessed the shooting. There has been bad blood between
 Leath sr, and Flynn for several years past. | When the Federation was called to or- | der at. the pavilion yesterday Afternoon | the first business to be transacted was | the report of the Committee on Creden- 1 tfals-, Chairman Mccartney read the l names of those entitled to seats on the | floor Eof the Convention and the number | of votes that each member was entitled
 to. based on the membership of the local organization to which he belonged. 1t
 was found that there were sixty-six dele
 gates present..
 MT; Randall then moved that the report of the Committee on Credentials be ac-
 cepted, which was done. after a few mi-
 .made.
 The report of the officers were then called for. President Kirkpatrick called Vice-President l.. Broks. colored, to the chair and then made his annual report in r verbal manner. He opened by telling was glad to meet with them on this oc- : casion. A year had rolled round since . they had last met, and during that time the organization of which he had the hon.
 | hQ6 itD n n n
 downs, sometimes up and sometimes
 down. but sometimes they had had more r downs than ups. At the meeting year Q ago there seemed to be a crisis. a divld- = ing line, in the career of the future use- 2 fitness and life of the organization. It Q looked then as If some had come to the
 ana for s the purpSss Of creating k they wanted went way back and sat r down. He was of the opinion that the n organization would be better off without
 | such as those.
 !; At the meeting year ago the Conven- Il ton went along smoothly until the color e line. was reached. he said: j. "A good many of you fellows who have
 learned a trade do not know what 1t Is
 to come in active competition with col
 ored labor" he continued. We in the
 mines come in contact with them and l. know what it means. If we do not take | the colored men into our organizations , the corporations will take them up and , whip the white men into submission. Cor : porations are no respecters of persons. r They. are going 10 employ the men who , can do the most york for the least mon- . ey. This organization, looking at thu J question from all of its different aspects. s has attempted to make our bulwarks so e strong that they cannot be broken. and . in order to protect the weak points. there Y by protecting ourselves in an endeavor
 to support ourselves and those dependent
 upon us. we have taken Into this organ
 ization all who make a living as we d6,
 by the sweat of their brow. and hope l that this order will be a shield and pro2 a lection to all who are admitted into It's . fold"
 a President Kirkpatrick then went on to say that there had been no strike In Ala ' bama this year, therefore there were no ? grievances to settle. In December last ! the number of locals had dropped down
 to fifteen, but since then had increased
 to thirty. He then made strong appeal
 for an eight-hour day. The laboring man. ! he said, ought to have such day. All labor organizations in the North are de- ] manding it. and labor organizations in Alabama ought to commence to work for the same thing. He said that there was an overproduction now, markets are glut- ted and they were not getting as much for their labor as they should. The eight hour labor law would go long ways. he intimated, toward rectifying such a con- dition, hut he had his serious doubts as to whether this is the year that they would see the eight hour law enacted in
 He then touched on the fight of the
 striking brewers in Cincinnati, and
 thought that they were In position 10 | assist tbe strikers, and advocated put
 ting the ban on the products Of union | breweries. The engineers of Cincinnati
 were making the steam to run these non l union brewerles. therefore, there was
 conflict between the striking brewers ana | the engineers. But the strike had reach- | ed the point where, war was being wageo
 on organized labor and 1t was their duty ! to assist their striking fellow workmen
 as far as fin their power Hes.
 Mr chamblee at the close of President
 KIrkpatricks address made the state
 ment that there was no strike among the
 brewers of Cincinnati, but that It was
 President Kirkpatrick asked Mir. Cham
 blee to explain the difference between a strike and lockout. which he proceeded to do. The President closed tne oIscus c,,.a
 sion with the remark that there would | be evidence placed before the Convention at the proper time to convince any mn mn that the union brewers or Cincinnati were not being fairly treated.
 | Secretary Williams read his report
 which was lengthy paper: He was | delegate to the last National Convention 1 of the Federation or Labor ana gave tne | delegates a synopsis of what was done at the meeting
 wear was held this morning ana resuI,eu B,, l as follows: William Kirkpatrick or BIT 1 n,ingham reelected President: J. II. Reanc. colored. Selma. promoted 10 tne | nosition of First Vice President. D. i., | Brooks, colored, who has heretofore heln | inc position of First Vice -Presldent s WAS | elected Second Vice-President; D o' WI | Hams was reelected Secretary-Treas4rer' | TrIistecs-B. w. Brumley. George Bar, | hour, Frank Aricco, J. H. Emanuei anu l F. X Waldhorse. ., ,,.D,. R. W. Brumley was reelected fre9s | Agent. - ,,s.o.io,, of | I,abor-Edward Flynn. D, | Auditors-H. \. Randall and w. r. Me | Cartney. , .,..,,,ro, tho l street car company for the use or 9he | naviIion and also another resolution | 1 thankinr Commandant Creagh for ten dering the use of the Confederate vet
 era' committee to select the next place l of meeting was appointed consisting or frank ArrIcro. H. N. Mcdonald and Les iie p McConnell after which the conVeh- tion adjourned until 1:3O D. m
 Elks' Social Session. Selma Lodge. No. 167. B. P. o. E., held T social session last night in the Dra- sscons' armory, which was a success from every standpoint The session was called to order by Exalted Ruler Lotus Flemish. who explained the objects or the order and the social session tofthose pres ent who were not members of the organ
 ization He then called for nominations
 for presiding officer of the social session
 Chamhlss Keith arose and in very
 neat sDeech put Win Craig in nomination.