The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-27
LABOR FEDERATION CONVENTION ENDS R. B. Gam Is Reelected
 President ANNISTON NEXT PLACE J. B. Drake Is Recommended to the Governor for a Place on the Board of MediatiOn-Ban-
 quet Last Night
ANNISTON NEXT PLACE

The Alabama State Federation or
 Labor closed its eleventh annual con- vention yesterday afternoon with
 final session at which the election of officers for the ensuing year were
 elected, the time and place of the next
 meeting decided on, and number or reports heard.
 R. E. Gam of Annston, who has been the able head of the organization for the past year, was unanimously re- elected president, and the following ad-
 ditional officers were selected: J. A.
 Hines of Birmingham, first vice presl- dent; Nj. E. Bargaineer of Montgomery, second vice president; J. B. Wood or Birmingham, third vice president; J. P. | Wunpee of Mobile, fourth vice presi- dent; Miss Ennis of Sheffield, fifth vice
 president; J. H. Alfred of Bessemer, sixth vice president; Miss Ella Talon
 of Mobile, seventh vice president, and
 Lewis Bowman of Birmingham, secre- tary and treasurer
 Anniston was selected as the place
 of the next meeting, and the time of the convention was set for May instead of | April Andy Marx was appointed by
 the convention as a delegate to attsnd | the. American Federation of Labor con- l vention which meets in Atlanta next | November, and James B. Drake was i named as alternate. To represent the federation at the farmers convention M T. Judge was appointed with J. A. Robinson as his alternate for the place. | With the adjournment of the after noon session the convention was off cially terminated. and it was pro- nounced as one of the most eventful
 in the history of the Alabama federa-
 ton. The organization has been busy
 during the entire session and a number of important matters have been acted
 on. At the session yesterday morning | the name of James B. Drake, proml-
 nent local labor leader. was selected
 as that which will be recommended to
 the governor for appointment to the
 place on the board of mediation and arbitration recently created by the leg | islature.
 | Tn selecting James B. Drake as their candidate for arbiter the federation
 also took occasion to vote thanks to Senator Moulthrop for his work in the | Legislature in behalf of the 1aboring
 man. Another matter of importance to
 the federation was resolution pro-
 posed by J. B. Wood of Birmingham instructing union men to take active parts toward the adoption of the ini- ] tiatiye and referendum in all state elec- tions.
 W. H. Wisner of New York of the l mi d.
 dressed the body briefly at the morn-
 ing session, telling of the labor con-
 ditions in the east and also mention
 ing the shirt waist factory fire in which I129 persons recently lost their lives Another speaker was w. R. Fairly, for
 mer president of the United Mine Work CTS of this district, and at present com missioner of United States labor immi- grafton.
 While the convention was formally closed with the session in the afternoon | tl1e delegates were entertained by the local members at various functions last night. A theatre party was rendered
 the ladies at the Bijou, and the men were guests at smoker and banquet at the Knights of Columbus hall on Third avenue.
 Andy Marx, who Is one of the most enthusiastic members of the organiza-
 ton, presided at the banquet last night
 in a most graceful manner and called
 on the various speakers of the even ing who responded with appropriate re-
 marks for the occasion. Many other functions have been held in honor of the visitors who say that they have been
 made to enjoy this convention more than ever before.