The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

is ready to put up the money it is said, for it's location.
 Montgomery has been asked to give ESQ., 600 for the location of the school, which is to be the college of the church in the whole state, and means that the schools. now supported at Tuskegee and Athens, getting appropriations from the church, will not do so. thus centering all the funds here. The Methodist people of the city have raised $3Q,00O which they were asked to raise, and the city Is we'll along to the full amount asked.
 An interesting feature of the situation Is the report that Rev. James H. Mccoy of Birmingham is going to be urged to take the agency of the school and raise the endowment MT Mccoy is president of the Birmingham college, and 1t will be hard to break him loose, but Montgomery men are urging him to take 1t.
 The Farmers union and the state fed eration of labor have agreed to cooper ate for the interest of both.
 They have decided to buy and use each others products. The federation has elect ed a committee Of three to confer with a like committee from the Farmers un- ion to transact all the business necesl sary to make the cooperation plan ef- fective.
 The joint committee will designate places throughout the state as exchanges for the sale of the farmers product and where information may be obtained in reference to where union made goods may be purchased.
 Will Go operate.
 The Farmers union has pledged that the members will patronize nothing which has not the union label upon it. The executive council of the Alabama State Federation of Labor, composed of Presidenty Andy Marx, Secretary Treas urer J. B. Drake, First Vice President w. R. Fisher and Trustee George Bodine, met in session In headquarters at the Ex- change hotel this morning. Work for the ensuing year was outlined
 First Vice President Fisher was elected chairman. Several matters referred to the council was gone Into. Namely, the mat ter of treatment of convcts at Brewton and other places in the state. The state board has the matter well in hand and will cooperate with the district attorney of Escambia county In prosecuting the of- ficials who are on trial.
 Considerable work was outlined for Sec retary-Treasurer Drake in conducting the office for the ensuing term. Instructions were given that the office be fitted out with every modern convenience, and to, use every means in his power in get ting the locals interested and affiliated with the state body.
 Another meeting of the council will be held in Birmingham on May 20, when President Gompers of the American Fed eration of Labor will be present and or ganization work will be outlined for the next year.
 At the meeting of the state federation the question of assisting the street rail- way strikers was brought up. The con- vention unanimously donated the sum of s25 and the various locals present donated $75 to Secretary Treasurer Drake, making a total of S100.
 The president of the Street Railway em- ployes being present. Secretary-Treasure Drake turned over the s10O to him which will be used to the immediate relief of the striking street railway employees.
 Each delegate was instructed to report back to his local and request that contribution be made