The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-13
OFFICERS OF MINERS.
CONVENTION AT BIRMINGHAM
 HOLDS ELECTION.
w. R. Farley is National Board Member and Edward Flynn President-Re- ports are Read to the Mem-
 berS Assembled.

Birmingham, June 12.-(Special)-
 The miners have elected the following
 officers so far: National Board Mem
 Der. W. R. Farley; President. Edward
 Flynn: Vice President, B. L.. Greer; Negro district board member: J. H.
 Orange. Sayreton; George Barbour. Pratt City; Joseph wallwork. Blocton; J. G. Fowler. Belle Ellen; T. H. Tin ney. West Pratt. The negro members of this board will be elected tomor- row.
 The eighth annual convention of the Alabama District No. 20. United Mine Workers of America, convened in the Knights of Columbus hall this city this morning with 1os delegates present. entitled to 230 votes. Edward Flynn, president of the district organization. called the convention to order and Is presiding. W. D. Ryan, secretary treasurer of the Illinois district organ ization. is among the visitors. The cre- dential committee made it's report first and President Flynn appointed the committees for the convention, the first being the scale committee. Committees for constitution. resolutions, appeals and grievances and officers report were in the list.
 The negro members of the organiza- tion have a strong representation in the convention.
 After appointing his committees.
 President Flynn submitted his annual report. It was mainly concerning the
 strike which began last July and Is still on. The various dickerings before the strike were told of by the president and the action of tfe furnace compa-
 nies in operating the -'uPen shop" plan was stated at length. The president
 recalled the explosion in the Virginia
 mines. He also mentioned the fact that a number of local officials had
 embedded money belonging to the orr der and the president suggested that
 better bonds b required from the men handling money.
 The report of the vice president was
 a verbal one. Secretary Treasurer J [. l.. Clemo presented a report mainly
 as to finances, a large sum of money
 being handled during the past twelve months. His statement showed that at the close of business on April 30th. 1904, there was in the district treasury, $1S,- 174.90. The income during the year was $466. 6.169.26, making a total of S4S6.- 344.16. The expenditures for the same period were $440,940.75, leaving u bal- ance on hand April 2oth, 1905, of $45,-
 403 Al. On the 18th day of August, 1904, there were 9,122 men on strike. There were approximately 1 .000 men and their families that were able to care of l themselves, At that time there were 2S,122 men. women and children to care for. At present 4,203 members and their families are being cared for, a total of 16.S72. The amount paid for provisions to maintain the members on strike was $365,2S4.33. Cne thousand, five hundred and sixty-three men and
 women made application to the local and district officers for transportation
 back to their homes and were assisted
 to the amount of $21,9S4.05. More than $500 members of tine union are at work at present.
 This afternoon w. R. Fairley, Ala
 bama member of the national executive
 board, delivered a strong address to the convention. He told about the man. agement of the strike and made reply to statements in the annual report of President Don H. Bacon, to the direc- tors of the company. concerning the
 strike. He announced that the negro members had proven loyal and he con- graduated their representatives in tho convention on this loyalty. He said
 that the organization realized that the struggle was one of life and death and that the conditions were such that the fight on could be kept up another twelve months. The speech was loudly cheered.
 W. D. Ryan also addessed the con- vention.
 The various committees appointed have gotten down to work already and no time will be lost whatsoever. The election of officers Is only interesting so far as the selection of members Of the executive board goes, there being no opposition to Presidnt Flynn, Vice
 President Greer, Secretary-Treasurer J. l.. Clemo.
 Absolutely not a word was heard to- day in regard to a possible strike among the commercial coal miners. The convention will be on for two weeks.