The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-09
STREET CAR MEN
THEY ORGANIZE A LOCAL IN MO-
 BILE
President Eyeretta Explains that Unisn Wul Npt Try To Dictate To, Com
 many. Nor Exclude NOu-uniOn

Mobile. Feb. s--(Special.) )-The form atton of a new union was perfected to- night at special meeting held in the Central Trades Council hall.
 The local was formed several days ago, and when re-organization has been completed, it will be known as Mobile Local No. fs0. Anlaigarlated Associn- ton of Street and Electrical Railway Workers of NoBth America. The first president of the Mobile local is w. J. Evcrette; all other officers have been elected. but the 5president declines 10 make them public
 The international organization is af- fiiiated with the American Federation of Labor. and President l1verette says the local in Mobile will make apphca- ton as soon as 1t is thoroughly organ ized. for aff1 ietion with the Central Trades Council.
 Tonight's meeting wes held for the purpose of tinishinE the work which had not been done at the first meet ing, on February |, to appoint the va rious committees for agreement and for by-Iaws. Nothing will be given out as to th.s special meeting until the bus mess tor which 1t was held has h"on entirely finished.
 President Evcrettc says the uNion is not formed in Mobile for the purpose ot making any complaint against the way the men nave been treated, Har to tore" others to join the union, nor to mako new rules under which the coa1pany shall operate it's lines. He states taai the men of Mobile are paid better pc" diem than anywhere else in the south, that they have received i've raises in salary in less than three years without asking for them. and that nc never SAW 1 n moro contented lot Of street car men in his long experience.
 i This street car mems union is uplv ! for those who operate street cars; Ii dces not include linemcn, trackmen or any of the other wnrkmen who are not 1 in the truer sense street car men. IL Is not a closed shop" organization, but Is willing to let u man choose whe> ther he shall be member and does not try to keep non member from holding a 1 position with the railway.
 The pay oI the street car plen-iD Mo bile is eighteen and twenty cents m hour at the present time, This means that new mer receive the lower pay when they have been in the service of the line for year they rcceivethc high CT salary. The day Is from ten {" tif' i teen hours long.
 nmost of the cities where the union ! Is represented by d local, the pay is so arranged Dy agreement that there is no ullIe16HcC D6lNtSu Olu anu teN HiNlt also tha day is made ten hours. Both these questions are optional with tho local. the international rules not saying anything of 1t. If the Mobile local wishes to continue the long day, the in ternational vii say nothing.
 1 President Everette said today that the local in Mobile would say nothing al the present about either subject. since the men are thoroughly satisfied, He says that no complaint will be made against the company and that none has been made: that the Committee on Ar greement which Is appointed to meet | with the officers of tie railway compa- ny to arrange the terms Uf working may not see MT. Wilson for a year that 1t will not act until the men who belong to the union find reason tol complaint against the company, and have formally discussed and passed uron IL at a regular meeting of the b. cal.
 The advantages which the local of fcrs are that 1t is social, fraternal and beneficial. that 1t offers sick and funer- al benefits, old age pensions. and pay for total or partial disability. It is i more along the lines oS club insur- ance and benevolent order than union in the more commonly accepted usc ot the term.