The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-25
THREE MEN SUSTAIN PA|NF u INJURIES Peculiar Accident Occurs In Car Plant At AnniSGon MEAT BOYCOTT POPULAR Lawyers Say Movement Is No Viola tion of Anti-Boycott Laws.
 Mass Meeting a Success
 Houses Burned.

Anniston, January 24.-(Speclal )-As a the Western Steel Car and Foundry com pany here this afternoon. c. Y. Richey, d white man. and two unknown ne- groes were injured. The accident was caused by the dropping of what is called a hot cinder tap into some wa ter, which caused the cinder to explode. The flying fragments struck MT. Richey and the two negroes about the head and inflicted painful but not necessarily seri- ous cuts. Medical attention was given the three men at once and they were soon able to go to their homes unat tended As is known this company is engaged in filling an order for 3OO0 car axles for the Kilby Locomotive and Ma chine works and the accident happened when the men attempted to remove a large cinder from one of the furnaces.
 The agitation against the meat trust and the attempt to put a national boy colt movement into operation. is the sub- ject of quite a lot of discussion here and a number of individuals have expressed themselves as favoring the movement and willing to abstain from meat eating 90 days if necessary to bring about the de- sired result
 At a. meeting of the Anniston Trades Council yesterday afternoon the subject was brought up, but action was deferred pending the receipt of information on the Alabama boycott laws. It was at this meeting that R. E. Gam, a prom inent union man and a member of the Anniston Typographical union, delivered a rather sarcastic speech anent the ap- parent favoritism shown in the making of laws. He said in part: Tt seems to be permissible by the laws of the government for the financial interests to band themselves together in order to control the food situation and crush the life from the countrys tolers; there is very little being done to put a stop to the centralization of power among the great accumulators of wealth. They are not considered as conspirators. But when the workingmen of the country seek to better their condition and make a. movement in the direction of combating the powers that be we form a conspir- acy-which is something most horrible 1 to contemplate"
 The feeling favoring the boycott seems to have gone so far that one person has sought the advice of a prominent attor ney as to whether or not the refraining from eating meat could be construed as a violation. of the boycott laws or not The opinion given will no doubt have
 
 ed. It follows:
 'I think there is absolutely nothing in the suggestion that those who join the present no-meat crusade would become violators of our anti-boycott laws. A simple reading of the statute shows conclusively that these laws are intend ed to prevent attacks on specific business concerns and not self denial in the use of their products. It might as well be ,41 flaaf ybn ttor1f fn tr converts to the ranks of Christian Science would be criminally liable for boycotting the medical profession or that he who breaches economy and sim plicity in dress would be imprisoned at the instance of the jewellers and the milliners or, worse still, that the tenn perance orator must go to prison be- cause he has conducted a boycott against the brewer and the distiller.''
 The mass meeting at the First Metho- dist church last night for the attendance at which the congregations of all the other churches in the city were dis missed and which was held for the pur- pose of effecting the organization of a. local branch of the national laymen's movement was a success in every par ticular and the organization was put through with great display of enthu- siasm. The meeting was held under the auspices of Assistant Secretary Perry of Montgomery and resulted in the election of w A. Davis, chairman, and B. P. Connor, secretary-treasurer. Representa- tives will be named from all the churches in Anniston and it will be the duty of the representatives to secure delegates to the state convention to be held at Montgomery, February 4, and g.
 Preceding the organization and the election of officers, several splendid talks were made by representatives from diff ferent churches, the subjects and the speakers being as follows:
 Men and Missions"-Prof. C.F E. AL len.
 .The Business Man and Missions"-W. A. Davis.
 why I Believe in Missions ford Lapsley.
 "The Spiritual Value of Missions''-C. D. Kline.
 "The Iayman's Missionary Movement" -Dr. J. D. Simpson
 Yesterday afternoon a residence in West Anniston, belonging to Mrs. M. F. Dick