The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-16
THESTREET CAR STRIKE
NINE OF THE MEN ARE STILL
 OUT.
They Demand Is Cents an Hour, Reinstatement of Discharged Men and Dismissal of
 an Inspector.

It developed yesterday that the trouble between the Montgomery Street Rail- road company and its motormen and con- ductors is not yet over. Nine men are out on a strike. and one of them said yesterday that just as soon as an agree ment could be reached by the men the entire street railway force would quit their work. In fact, he said it was eS- peeted that the men would go out on a strike the day before the beginning of the Street Fair in the hope of embar- rassing the company.
 One of the strikers said that twenty two conductors and motormen had en- tered into a written agreement Sunday to go on a strike Monday morning. but that all of the men except nine had yio- lated the terms of the agreement, say ing that they would not quit work until all O. the conductors and motormen. of which there are about forty. had signed it. He says that when the remaining motormen and conductors have signed the agreement the strike will become effective and they hope to tie up the street railway system.
 The following signed agreement was furnished The Advertiser by striker who claimed that it was bona tide copy of the agreement signed by the men Sunday. The names are signed in the same Thanksgiving: no o,. |,
 "We, the undersigned, do hereby take oath and swear that we will not work for the Montgomery Street Railway Company any more unless we can get l5 cents per hour. and the man who stands on the square to watch and tune the cars must be discharged, and all of the boys who have been laid off must be put back to work and regular mems work from 6 o'clock a. m. to p. m. The extra men to take cars and run
 "Thomss A. Lewis. W. ". ,Talley. ,. " Bailey. J. F. Padgett, F; A H; Fsrsn- Ms..siey s E. F. shSrss R%tesesVn w A TEfst Eand Hudson, John Erickson, J. r. Grear. Al len Porter; s. ". j. psy,a Heaaiey Y. Rrvsn h Sims stands on the square" mentioned in the bill of complaint. It is demanded that Thomas A. Lewis and W. w. Talley bs discharged Saturday. by R. F. Scott. General Manager of the company on the ground that they were at the bottom or the disaffection existing among the men:
 Of the twenty-two menwho 1t Is alleged signed the agreement nine are still on 8 They are W. A. Trott. F. H. Ferguson. John Ericksen, D. Talley. s. N: Wells. T. A. Lewis, w. w. Talley. W. H. Bry- ant and F. o. Moseley.
 w. w. Talley, who Is said to be the leader of the strike. has gone to his home in Fort Deposit. T. A. Lewis. also charged with being a leader, Is stiu in the city He says 1t will be no trouble for him to get another position. lie came to Montgomery from Lowndes- boro.
 "The foreman tried to get me to take a car out of the barn Monday morning." said Lewis yesterday, and I refused to do 1t. The company only pays ten cents an hour, and a man has to work fifteen hours a day to make a decent living out of 1t, This has been the trouble all along with the service; they cannot get expe- rienced men or even intelligent men for ten cents an hour.
 Another striker said that nearly every man employed by the company was from Chiffon, Autauga. Fillmore or Butler counties. The company can only get boys from the country to work for such little pay he said, and the men were ire quentfy changed.
 In the meantime the cars of the Street Railway Company appear to be running as though nothing had happened. The strikers state confidently that strike of more importance Is impending.