The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-16

montgomery, Ala. July II. iSux
In your issue OF the 18th instant, APP
peared an article headed Coppers Dis
pleased or friction between them and the
street railway men. Stating that the trou-
BILE grew out of an order issued by ths
General Manager OF said street car COM
pany denying free rides TO policemen
not In full uniform. The result OF which
you claim two OF the street car men have
been hauled into the Recorders Court,
Now, IL you had said instead of Cop
pers Dtspieased Copper Displeased" Or
tow mafe 1t even as strong as your iiten-
lions seem to apply TO mypeif. should
have said c. A Sheaiiy dispisased and
that would have from the tone and tenor
OF said article fulfilled your purpose. !
do not know how you came into possess
sin OF such bureau OF Information Tor
no such evidence WAS ever brught out In
the Recorders Court as You would make
your readers believe. Personally / have
only the best of feeling for the street
car company and its employees. having
chips and DRAWBACKS they have to con-
tend with. / was not on Messrs. Elr4and
and Smiths car last Monday. nor had I
been for nearly week prior to that
time. / have never known OF Smith rum
ming as conductor since he came from
Mobile, few weeks ago. and he has
never asked me for fare since he has
beei connected with the street car serv-
ice. nor have / ever had any words with
he or Eirland about fare, nor made any
threats to them about fare. ] made this
arrest solely on what | conceived to be
very bold violation OF the law and not on
account VI any unpleasantnRss whatever.
but for the sake Of Argument let us adj
init that the best OF feelings did not ex-
list, am l, as one Of your officers. 70
stand by and see man openly violate
the best Of terms? No. this Is not the
kind of men you want as your officehs and
such as this sounds windy to me snd
without reason.
Messrs. Elrland and Superintendent n,
r. Scott were the only men put upon the
stand in their defense and Elrland's tes-
timony was substantially the same as
that of my own and i think that their
discharge In this case was due solely to
said car could not be repaired nearer
than the Office or shops. though I am OF
the opinion that Il could. for there are
several negroes connected with the COM
pany that could have gone out there and
repaired II In less than two minutes and
any competent Inot0rman or conductor
properly supplied with fuses. etc, could
have done the same thing. Mr. Scott, so
] learned. was considerably wrought up
himself over this arrest and made the re-
| mark after the arrest was made that
was fixing myself 80 would not be able
to ride at all Well, ! learned TO walk
some time before did to ride and II do
Ing what I know and conceive to be my
sworn duty win knock me out of riding,
then will walk. I perhaps can arrange
my schedules 30 can always be on time
pointments. This is more than l can say
for his train. No. 1 do not know OF any
friction on the part of the police depart
ment whatever and know that they are
always ready to answer any call made
upon them by the street car company,
some perhaps to their regret. + know OF
two instances of late. One where one Of
our men was ordered to arrest, lady
/ for refusing To fare WhRn abe
had already paid her fare and had to be
transferred on account Of q break down.
The other where serious charges have
been brought against two of our men for
making an arrest, ordered by one Of the
conductors / think, however, II will he
well enough to be little careful in the
future as some Of the boys,5ior the COM
pany itself. does not show the proper
appreciation for ar efforts and are liahle
to get some good man of the police de-
partment yet into trouble Respectfully.
c. A. Sheaily.
In regard to tho first part of the COM
munication, the conductor OF the car,
(Eifand. not 'Smith-Smith was the
motornan) yesterday repeated in sub
stance the story told in police court. lie
said:
''In collecting the fares ! came up to
Mr.. Sheally. He showed me his badge.
told him l knew he was policeman.
but I had orders to collect fares from
all who did not have on full uniforms.
Mr.. Sheally then insisted on not paying,
but / still insisted on his paying.
Finally he gave me the fare. but said:
"'It will be better for the car company
II did not pay this fare.
Mr.. Eiland and Mr.. Viewer. both
street car conductors, also said that
another conductor. Mr.. Afford had trouble
collecting Sheally's fare when he was
not in full uniform and when at last
Sheally did reluctantly give over his fare
he said threateningly:
81 pay 1t. but it will cost the company
$50 in less than twenty-four hours.