The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-07-25
TRADES COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICERS
ARRANGEMENTS ARE coMMENc-
ED FOR LABOR DAY, WHICH
WILL BE PROPERLY cELEBRAT-
ED THIS YEAR.

ED THIS YEAR.
Birmingham Trades Council met yester-
day afternoon at 2:s0, in the Bricklayers
hall, 21Hz North Twentieth street, and
! elected officers for the ensuing term.
President w. W. Bradberry presided at
the meeting. Credentials were received
from the United Garment Workers union
presenting the names of Mrs. NJ Wise.
Miss Nina Hood Miss Mary Oats. Miss
Hattie Payne. and c. L. Garst. also Gre
dentials from Sheet and Metal Workers.
No %. presenting the names Of P. Bro
gan, r. q. Hinkle, VIM. Hawkins, c. Nc
Can and Frank Silver as delegates to
the council These delegates were re-
ceiyed and obligated.
A lengthy communication from the Chi
oago Trades Council, inelosing resolu-
lions and credentials from that body.
asking that the council elect two dele
gates to attend a special convention to be
held at Victor, Col, for the purpose OF
investigating the Colorado trouble was
read and referred, upon request TO the
carpenters district council.
Chairman Thomas Hall of the labor
day committee, reported progress and re-
ouested the council for financial aid, also
that a committee of three be appointed to
arrange a program for the horse racing
for that day. this report was accepted
and the labor day committee given power
to draft such additional committeeman
whom they might deem necessary for the
success of the races.
The following officers were elected by
acclamation, there being no opposition;
President, L. K. scheny; vice president,
J. II. r. Mosley; recording secretary
Harry L. White; secretary treasurer,
Thomas w. Hall; doorkeeper. A. P Brag-
don; trustees, B. Fl. Rydes, T. A. Powell
and Miss Harry Oates press agent Ed K
Smith.
For sergeant at arms A. r. Luideman
defeated Charles Cankle, his opponent, by
fair majority and was declared elected.
The election of delegate to the conven-
ton of the American Federation of Labor,
which convenes in San Francisco, Cal, re-
suited In the choice of B. II. Ryder of the
machinest Mr.. Ryder defeated his OPP
ponent d. u Williams, by q small ma
1ority. Mr.. Williams was unanimously
, elected alternate.
Upon motion the installation Of new Of
fcersy was deferred, subject to a call Of
the entertainment committee. who will
give a smoker and public installation of
officers before the next regular meeting,
notices of which to be advertised in the
daily papers
Under the head of good of the order
speeches were made by Scheny, Marley
Mosley and others upon the question of
convict labor and the competition Of con-
Wet labor with free labor in this state
upon motion 1t was decided that the coun-
/ ell should use every fair means In its
power, through it's agitation committee
and tn eaffiiated locals to try to procure
laws through legislation to stop this
competition in the state of Alabama as
has been done In other states.
two years ago, and its right nice for US
all to be here together"
/ The larger boat floats just back of the
woman's, and slender plank reaches
/
the atmosphere changes indefnably. The
boat is divided into three rooms, first
workroom at is in the STERN, then kitch-
en- then bedroom not in a comfortable
| litter of pictures and furniture like the
| foremost boat, but severely clean and or
Derby
| Social Lines Drawn.
This man has had the gypsy strain all
his life; he has wandered up and down
| In the shanty boat for years, yet there
are homogeneous conventionalties In the
cross-stitched God Bless Our Home"
which hangs above his bed, and the
screens of wire netting over every door
and window. His kitchen Is roomy and
clean. with a safe swinging In one cor
ner and breakfast food apparent on the
white pine table. The woman takes a
visible pride in Its cleanliness.
"Jes' as clean as this all the time" she
says. land jes as comfortable. tell you,
l wouldn't be paid to live on shore. It
took us two years to get here from st.
Louis, what with tyin' up at one placen
another, and it'll cost us a hundred dol
lars to be towed back; but it's worth it.
| 1t sho Is.
Sometimes the tugs take as many as
thirty or forty shanty boats up the river
at once. They won't take one at time.
Has to have a bunch. And the mo- they
is the less you has to pay. Once you
starts back, though. you can't do no
tyin' up-if you do. you're left.
I'VE like company; we has visitors real
often, we're people that's people Now,
them vagabond shanty boats, the kind
that ties up about a mile farther on
they jest nachally steal their way down
here. Why, the park commissioners don't
low any shanty boats to tie up at the
levee there jest because O. them steal
in tramps. We're keepin' away from en-
here by ourselves. Us respectable people
gets the blame for all the tramps and
thieves what lives on shanty boats, and
Lawd knows theys lot of EN-.
Them thievin shanty boats tries to
mingle up with us people, but ives peo-
pie that is people and we amt havin
nuthin' to do with en-"
Cripple Creek Busy.
The precious mineral production of the
frirr,ie Creek district Colorado's great