The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02

with it. I believe that you are going to continue to keep the peace. Let them wreck their mines. The organized dis tricts of Pennsylvania and Ohio want men. They can use 25,00o miners there and II the Alabama operators want to wreck the mines you can get employment elsewhere.
 The unions of Indiana and other places will help you to get to other fields where employers are begging for men to work eight hours, under good living conditions and at living wages
 The negroes have held fast and if I thought the negroes wanted social equal lty 1 wouldn't be here today. All the negro wants is an opportunity to work under decent conditions.
 We propose to make 1t clear to the public that we don't want a strike, we will not strike unless it is forced on us. We are going on and work just as long as they will let us work but we are going to have something to say about the conditions under which we work about the air in the mine, and about all other conditions governing our work
 We are basing our fight on justice and with the help of our God we are bound to win. The people will be with us and we can't lose"
 Considerable argument was heard dur ing the morning session over the adoption of the report on wage scale, the conven- tion adjourning at noon and converting again at 1:S0 when the discussion was resumed.
 The report was finally adopted in full, after all points had been #threshed out Iby the members and leaders.
 CRITICIZE FOREIGNERS
 There was some opposition raised by the members as to the foreign organizers taking all of the time of the convention with speeches and this sentiment finally crystallized in the shape of a resolution but it was promptly tabled. Organizers Harrison and Houston were aimed at in the resolution. Organizer Harrison, 1t was explained by President Kennamer was an Alabama boy, and held the ere dentials from the local that he was a member of, while Organizer Houston took the floor and stated in reply to the charge that he had talked the convention to death, and that matters had been rail- roaded through, that there was not a word of truth in it and that the speaker knew it.
 At this point H. w. Wester, Blrming- ham director of the Boy Scouts, ad- dressed the convention and resolution was introduced and adopted which called for full indorsement of the Boy Scouts and for the encouragement of the sons of miners to join the scouts.
 NEGRO CAUSES AMUSEMENT
 An amusing incident of the convention yesterday afternoon was the point-blanll statement made by Jim Arnold, negro, to the effect that there had been ''h-- of a lot of racket, but nothing had been done yet" This was in the nature of backing up the organizers, and Jim stated that he believed that they were needed in order to accomplish something.
 A message was read during the day from John P. White president of the United Mine Workers of America, in which he extended greetings and wished for Alabama miners their full justice, which has so long been delayed"
 B. w. King of the machinists' union made the statement that Frank P. Hayes vice president of the International or ganization, had been invited to address Birmingham labor advocates on Labor Day, September 3, and that he desired the miners union to follow up the invi- tation and urge Mr. Hayes to accept.
 There was no attempt to hide the anx- iety that prevailed among delegates and headquarters' officials over what the mor- row might bring, when these men were seen last night fin the Farley building. They know that whatever happens today will mean much to them.