The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
SPOKE 10 HIS UNION
PRESIDENT o,cONNELL OF MAcHIN-
 IsTs IN BIRMINGHAM.
Addressed the Local and Was Guest of the Members at Elaborate Dinner---
 Serious Row at Wylam.

Birminghams January 16, (Special)-- James o'Connell president of the In- ternational Association of Machinists, and w. Mnlhollandd, advisory of the counsel to the organization, both from Washington. delivered addresses to- night at an open meeting of the local machinists' union.
 The attendance was large. The pres. ident of the international association Is making tour of the Southern. States and at each rlace he is receiving much attention. A dinner was given this af- ternoon at 5 o'clock at the Hotel Hill- man by the local union to their hea6 officer.
 French Globe Trotter.
 Louis Avenel. a French globe trotter arrived in Birmingham today and win spend couple of days here securing data for book. He is making a trip around the world. He claims to be q reporter on the Petit Parisiene. of Par Is. and is securing autograph letters from city and town officials, newspaper men and prominent citizens where he stops. He asserted today that Birming- han. is one Of the livliest places he has been In for some time.
 Had &k.g Fractured.
 As a result of personal difficulty at wylam. mining town In the western part of the county. Dave Chandler. a man of family, lies in a serious con- dition with his skull fractured over the left ear. his nose badly injured and other wounds, the result of a blow with g heavy piece of slag. Will Kemp. a we'll known young man of the place Is charged with the assault The difficult ty Is said to have started over a remark made by Chandler about a relative of Kemp. Both men were arrested but Chandler was unable to appear in court and the case was put off to such time as his condition improved.
 Killed by Railroad Car.
 M. J. Keith, check weighman at the coalburg mines, is dead as the re- suit of an accident which happened while he was allowing a car to move under tipple. No one saw the acci- dent but from the position the fatally injured man was found afterwards 1t is surmised that he fell off the car and was crushed by the wheels of the car. He leaves a widow and six children. The deceased was 5s years of age The remains will be Inferred at Blocton.
 The annual report of Robert wal drop. warden of the city jail. has been submitted to the mayor. It shows that of the eight thousand and forty three prisoners placed in the city jail during the last year. five thousand one hundred and fcrty-seven paid fines as- sessed In the. police court.
 The remaining two thousand. eight hundred and ninety-six were returned to the jail for work on the streets.
 The percentage of those who paid fines is large Of the number convict ed and returned to the jail. 7s were white females. 34s colored females, e49 white males and f.521 colored negroes.
 In making recommendations Warden Waldrop recites the bad condition of the jail and urges immediate remedy, He does not think that a paid warden on the inside of the jail should be much better than the prisoner stevedore as now used. He says the walls of the prison are too thin and many escapes have been recorded. The cells, he says, are cold in winter and hot in summer. He urges that something be done to improve conditions.