The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-12
TRADES COUNCIL
HOLDS MEET INC
Committee Reports on the La
Dor Day Parade
NEW DELEGATES OBLIGATED
Brewery BottIers Have a Grievance.
Standing Committees Appointed.
Paper Hangers Signing Up
With Employers-clerks.


At the semi-monthly meeting of the
Birmingham trades council held yester-
day afternoon the Labor day committee
reported. standing committees were APP
pointed, new delegates were obligated,
the brewery bottlers' matter was refer
matter Of certain merchants not employ
ing union clerks was discussed.
Press Agent Ed K. Smith gives out the
following report of the session:
The meeting of the council was called
to order by President L. K. Scherry, II.
L. White occupying the secretarys seat.
Credentials were received in the follow
ing order and new delegates obligated by
the body. Birmingham Printing Fress-
men and Assistants union. No. 121, Frank
Miller, 7. Strickland, Robert Pope, r. &c.
Carlisle, e. C. Crews; International AL
lance Stage Employees Local No. 49, C. T.
Wardell w. P. Lother. C. G. Cooper, A.
Marx John Boockholdt; United Garment
Workers Local No. 81. Miss Ida Lester
Miss Hattie Payne and Miss Unia Hood
who have been withdrawn as delegates
by the Garment Workers.
Labor Day Parade.
Treasurer w. W. Bradbury of the La
Dor day committee, reported that though
the parade on Labor day was not as large
as the year before 1t was in Its entirety
a grand success. He further stated that
because of the division of the different
organizations in regard to the celebra-
ton of the evening the committee did
not do as well as expected, but notwith-
standing the competition in labor's rank
that day, the committee had netted $105
out of the celebration at the Fair grounds
for the trades council. This amount he
turned over to Treasurer Tom w. Hall.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by President L. X Scherry to
serve the body for the next six months:
Grievance committee, c.. c. Hudson,
chairman, B. H. Ryder, A. Marx, ]. H.
Mccay and M. w. Baggwell. Agitation
committee. Ed K. Smith, chairman,
Harry Marley, Charles Hess, ]. B.
Drake, and A. F. Lindemand.
Brewery Bottle Workers.
The Brewry Bottle workers through
Chairman Ed. K Smith of the agitation
committee reported that one of the brew.
cries had violated part of their contract
with the bottlers and was working more
helpers than agreed upon by the two
parties; that the bottlers had suspended
work one day last week pending a de-
mand for arbitration as per their con-
tract and further when this was done
they never returned to work but found
that the president of the bottle workers
who had been employed for some time
at the brewery had been discharged.
with no apparent cause other than that
he called out the men. The bottle work
ers requested that the council refer the
case to the grievance committee and ask
the reinstatement of the discharged work.
man. This was done by the body.
The Paper Hangers.
Ed. K. Smith reported that local IS
Paperhangers had suspended work for
two hours September l. pending the sign
ing of a new scale for the ensuing year
and that the Paperhanger's scale had
been signed by The Colby Decorating Co..
J. H. Roll, J. II. Harris, Meyer Bros,
Haygood e. Anderson, and w. J. Crock
ett and that the other employers of pa
perhangers In Birmingham were ready to
sign the new scale.
Chairman Harry L. White of the Clerks
delegation reported the two prominent
r1t.o
employ any union clerks. Upon motion,
the entire delegation were instructed
by the council to report these firms to
their different unions In executive ses-
sion for their action.
Ed. K. Smith reported that the fol-
lowing merchants had donated prizes fort
the Labor day feats at the fair grounds as
follows: Varley & Bauman, one suit Of
clothes; ]. Blach & Sons, one pair Doug
las Shoes bunker Bros, one box of ci-
ears; T. C. King. one pair of ladies' slip
pers; Collins Shoe Store, one pair of
fancy satin slippers; Steele-Smith Dry
Goods store, one pair hose; ]. r. Brown,
one box of cigars; Stage saloon, one quart
of whisky; Boston Shoe Store, one pair
fancy slippers; A. s. Smith, one stick
pin; Shoffner g. Dannaher, one razor; La
Dor Advocate. subscription. one year to the
Labor Advocate; J. Friedman & Co., one
dress shirt; Gotten, Odom & Bowers,
one umbrella; Jacobs Drug Co., one
razor strop; Louis saks. one hat; Simon
Bros, one quart Paul Jones; Housman's
Pharmacy, one fountain pen.
Short Talks.
Good of the order brought forth short
talks from Hudson, Williams, White,
Smith and others on different subjects
beneficial to organized labor In gen.
eral in which discussion the clerks organ
ization came In for the best part OF the
argument 1t being the sense of the body
to report from time to time through their
delegates the different merchants who
will not employ union clerks. The meet
ing then adjourned.