The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-03
THE UNION MINERS
To MEET IN JUNE
Call for Eighth Annual Con
ventiOn Has Been Issued
WILL CONVENE ON JUNE y
The Official Ballot for Officers of Dis
trict No. 20 Has Been Pre-
pared and Has Been
Sent Out.
WILL CONVENE ON JUNE Y

The eighth annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of District No. 20
will be held in Birmingham on Monday,
June 20. The following call has been
issued by President Edward Flynn:
Birmingham, Ala, May ?. 1905.
To the Officers and Members of Local
Unions in District No. 20, United Mine
Workers of America, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that the eighth
annual convention of District No 20, Uni
ted Mine Workers of America, will be
held in the knights of Columbus hail.
corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth
street Birmingham, Ala. commencing at
10 o'clock a. m, Monday. June u, 1905,
for the purpose of electing district Of
fieers,. also to consider a scale of wages
and conditions appertaining to the inter-
est of our organization.
The basis of representation as provided
in article T. sections and of the dis
trict constitution is as follows:
Section 2. Representatives to the district
convention shan have one vote for fifty
members or less; additional vote for each
fifty members or majority fractional part
thereof, and no representative shall have
more than FIVE votes.
Section g. All newly organized and re-
organized locals must be organized three
months prior to holding the annual con-
vention to be entitled to representation in
said convention
Delegates to the convention should be
elected sufficiently early to enable the
secretary of the local unions to forward
the duplicate credentials. so that they
will reach the district office not later
than June 2. 1905.
Delegates to the convention represent
ing local unions that are on strike will
be paid their railroad and hotel bills by
the district organization. hotel bill not to
exceed s125 per day. Local unions on
strike must not send more delegates than
are required to cast the full vote of the
local union he or they may represent
unless 1t be mixed local that has five
90 votes or less Such local union can
send one white and one coiored delegate.
The joint conference of operators and
miners will be held on Monday. June 49,,
1906 All operators are respectfully In
vited to participate in said joint confer
ence. EDWARD FLYNN.
President.
J. L. cLEMo, Sec Treas District 20,
U. M. w. of A.
The official Ballot.
The following circular showing district
officers nominated has been sent out:
Office of Secretary Treasurer. District
Twenty, United Mine Workers of
America.
Birmingham Ala, May i. 1SuJ.
To the Officers and Members of Local
Unions in District Twenty, United Mine
Workers of America:
Brothers-In compliance with sections 2,
8 and 4. article s. of the district consti-
tuition, the candidates for district officers
as named below have received the en-
dorsement from two or more local unions,
namely:
For national board member-W. r. Fair
ley. Pratt City; for president, Ed Flynn,
Pratt City: for vice president, B. l.. Greer.
Blocton; for secretary treasurer, j. L..
Clemo, Adger
For district board managers-J. H.
Orange, Sayreton; George Barbour, Pratt
City; Joe Walwork, Blocton; j. G..
Fowler, Belle Elem Thomas H. Tinney,
Pratt City; /. H. Chambers, West Pratt;
N s. Pringe Johns; William Clark Har-
grove William Witherspoon. Bell Sumter;
r. II. Skinner. Dolomite; w. S. Swiney,
Johns; r. l. Ayres, Dolomite; George
Smitherman, Wylam; p r. Murray St.
Mountain; S. f. Banks, Bloeton; Robert
Brown. Warner; w. H. Webster, Brook
side Stephen Watstick, Blocton; A. P.
Lawley. Maylene; r. A. Statham, Lee
high d. D. Davis, Brookwood
For district auditors-G Jackson, Bloc
ton; Arthur Biakeley, Pratt City; Mike
Lynch. Sligo; l. B. Farris, Pratt City;
H. e. Robinson, Wylam.
Fraternally yours,
J. L. CLEMO,