Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920

Index

I N D E X Adams, Oscar W., no Alabama Federation of Labor: policy toward blacks, 50, 125 Aldrich, Truman: and creation of Pratt Coal and Coke Company, 12; on early labor problem, 16; on black labor, 29 Alexander, Magnus W., 117 Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers: recruiting of workers, 19; governanceof shop floor, 27-29; and hiring of blacks, 29; conflict at Birmingham Rolling Mill, 31-36; recovery in the 18905, 39 American Cast Iron Pipe Company: production innovations, 97; employee welfare program, 115-17, 128-31; education reform, 120—21; worker housing, 137; social work and recreational program, 139-41 American Federation of Labor: policy toward blacks, 50; strikes during World War I, 105; National Committee for the Organization of Iron and Steel Workers, no Antiboycott legislation, 103-4 Anti-Saloon League, 147 Avondale Iron Works, 19 Avondale Stove Foundry: strike at, 104 Bacon, Don, 98; and employee benefits, 116 Baldwin, W.H., 118-19 Barber, Arlie, 151; in 1915 city commission race, 161 Barrett, Nathaniel A.: in 1917 city election , 162; term as president of city commission, 162-63 Bascomb, L. B.: as principal of the Negro ACIPCO School, 121 Baxter, Nat: on shortage of unskilled labor in 1886, 50 Beggs, Hamilton T.: and Shelby Iron Company, 10; builder of Beggs Foundry, 17, 21 Beggs Pipe Foundry, 57 Bethel Baptist Church, 146 Birmingham Citizens' Alliance, 99-100, 156 Birmingham Civic Association, 161 Birmingham Machine and Foundry: 1918 strike, 105-7 Birmingham Metal Trades Council: 1918 strike, 106-8, Birmingham Pastors Union, 147 Birmingham Rolling Mill Company: established, 12; labor problems in the i88os, 31-36; worker housing, 56 Birmingham Trades Union Council: established, 39, 153-54; and child labor legislation, 155; opposition to city commission, 158—59 Boggan, M. M.: arrest of, 85 Bond, Horace Mann: on racial division of work, 4 Bowron, James, 108; on worker drinking, 148 Brotherhood of Boilermakers: racial policies , 29-30 Bush, T. G.: defense of open shop, 100 Caldwell, W. B.: finances Birmingham Rolling Mill Company, 12; and labor problems in the i88os, 31-36 219 C. A. Tuggle Normal and Industrial Institute, 121 Citizen's Reform Union, 83, 154 Claxton, Jesse, 30 Comer, Β . Β ., 149: labor opposition to, 154- 55 Commercial Club, 154 Convict lease system, 78—79 Cooperative Experimental Coke and Iron Company: production of coke pig iron, 12 Crawford, George Gordon: and 1918 metal workers' strike, 105, 109; employee welfare plan, 116 Curry, J. L. M.: as promoter of industrialization , 16; on benefits of worker education, 117,119 Daly, Sylvester: migration to Birmingham , 20; owner of Rolling Mill Saloon, 71; and politics, 77, 82 Davenport, Hattie, 140 Davis, James: migration to Birmingham, 20 DeBardeleben, Henry E: owner of Cooperative Experimental Coke and Iron Company, 12; partner in Pratt Coal and Coke Company and the Alice Furnace Company, 12 Democratic Party, 77 Dickenson, A. J., 150—51; political activity , 161—62 District Exemption Board: withdrawal of draft exemptions, 109 Drake, James B., 149- 50 Du Bois, W. Ε . Β ., 120 Dwyer, John: representative of Birmingham Rolling Mill, 31- 32; hiring of strikebreakers, 34 Eagan, John, 116; and industrial democracy , 129- 30 Eason, J. H.: on black emigration, 128 Edwards, Giles, 10; superintendent of Eureka Iron Works, 42 Elyton Land Company, ι ο - ι ι , 12; and creation of Avondale, 61 Employment of women, 65- 66 Ensley, Alabama, 50; segregation in, 135 Ensley, Enoch, 135 Ensley Land Company, 135 Eureka Mining and Transportation Company: production of coke pig iron, 12 Eureka Stove Foundry, 104 Evans, Frank, 150 Fairley, W. R., 106- 7 Farrell, James A., 107 Fink, Albert, 10 Flynn, Edward, 150 Fox, David, 77; in mayoral election, 82—84; ar >d P°uce commission controversy , 84- 86 Fraternal orders, 69- 70 Furnacemen's Union: 1899 strike, 50- 52 Gary, ElbertH. 107- 8 Gilmer, Frank: industrial promotion in the 18505, 8; stockholder in South and North Railroad, 9; and Red Mountain Iron and Coal Company, 9 Haley, L. J., 157; as candidate of the Alabama Manufacturers' and Operators' Association in 1919, 163 Hardie- Tynes Machine Company, 105, 108 Harrison, William L., 163 Hart, Hastings Ν ., 117 Heater: work described, 25 Hill, Herbert, 3 Hillman, T. T.: and the Alice Furnace Company, 12; on problem of labor turnover, 49 Industrial education, 114, 118- 21 Industrial suburbs, 61- 63, 133 International Association of Machinists, 39 220 : Index International Correspondence Schools, 120 International Iron Molders Union, 39: organization of blacks, 125 International Union of Mine, Mill, and...