The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-11
TRADES COUNCIL
 OFFERS A REWARD
WILL GIVE s25 FOR ARREST AND CONVICTION OF ANY ONE CUT TING TELEPHONE WIRES OF THE BELL COMPANY.

At the Trades Council meeting yester- day afternoon the following resolution was unanimously adoped:
 Whereas. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company of Birmingham, through Alderman Moore, has made com plaint to the Mayor and Aldermen that their wires are being tempered with and their business damaged; and
 Whereas, the said complaint sought to create the impression that the striking electrical linemen were the perpetrators; and
 "Whereas. the Electrical Workers union has offered a reward of s10O for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons for cutting or otherwise damaging the Southern Bells telephone wires; therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Birmingham Trades Council condemns the attempt to prejudice the public against the electrical linemen, and does hereby supplement by the sum of S25 the reward of the Electrical Work ers' union for the arrest of any person or persons found guilty of damaging or oth- erwlse interfering with the wires of the Southern Bell Telephone ana Telegraph company"
 The report from the labor day commit tee showed splendid progress toward ar ranging for the demonstration on labor's annual holiday Steps are being taken thus far in advance to insure its com plete success in every detail. The com mlttee will meet again next Sunday morn- ing at 9.3O in Trades Council hall, when permanent officers will be chosen. Each union in the Birmingham district is in- vited to send one representative to meet with this committee
 President Andy Marx and Delegate F. P. O'Brien were elected as fraternal dele gates to visit the annual convention of the District Mine Workers union, which meets in Birmingham this week.
 Credentials were presented by the fol- lowing newly elected delegates: Typo- graphical union George " Hess, James H. Leath, C. C. Houston, Henry c. West W. F. Jones; Boiermakers' union, c. T. Ro- den.
 ~-~~~~~--~~~~-~-~-~>~@-~~ vile division. with headquarters at Louls- vile, succeeding R. l. Curran, resigned ]. B. Ford will succeed MT. Behring as chief clerk to the assistant freight traf- fic manager. A. K. Orr has been appoint ed division freight agent in charge of the Asheville traffic division, with office at Asheville. All changes were effective on June 1.
 w. H. Oliver commercial agent of the Macon and Birmingham at Macon, mas been appointed commercial agent of the Georgia Southern and Florida at Atlanta succeeding W. C. Davis resigned F H, Humphreys has been appointed commercial agent in place of Mir. Oliver.
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 '---'''=r Sealed Verdict. Peggy Williams, a negro woman was shot and killed at spaldlng early yes terday morning by negro man. who has not vet been identified. It is said that Jealousy was the cause of the killing. Yesterday after an investigation the eoro- ner's fury returned a sealed verdict. Anniston. June o.-(Special)-Pat H. o,Rrien, who has the contract Tor grad ,,e four and a half miles for the Sea hoard Air Line from Ohatchie to Chaiy- heate mountain, has put large force 10 work and the work is progressing nicely. The grade Is for the laying of track to a mountain of rich iron ore and when the railroad is completed 1t will develop a very rich mineral section. The work IS 'o ,o ,.oDonIetpd fin ninety days