Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
STREET CAR STRIKE
ON IN LOUISVILLE
ONLY SUBURBAN AND MAIL CARS
RUN SUNDAY IN KEN.
TUCkY CITY,
No Resort to VioIence-Company
Promises Resumption of Service at
Once Without Strike-Breakers -
What the Men Demand,

LOUISVILLE, ky., March IL. With
the exception of the suburban lines
entering the city and a few cars car
rylng United States mail to and from
the post Office substations, not street
car moved in Louisville Sunday. The
strike of the union employees of the
Louisville Railway company, which
had been pending for over a week and
which was declared Saturday, became
effective at five o'clock Sunday morn
ing. At that hour the "owl" cars
which had been in operation during
the night ceased running and none of
the union men showed up at the barns
to begin their days work.
Although there were left nearly 300
employees out of total of LOO, who
were not members of the union at the
time the strike was called, and part of
these showed up for work, the COM
pany made not the slightest attempt
to run passenger cars. Only the pos
tai cars bearing the signs UNITED
States mail'' were operated and suf..
fcient force to man them was ap-
parently secured without difficulty.
The men operating them were not mo-
Tested in any way. The details of po-
lice at the barns, etc., had nothing to
do.
Pickets we're active in an inconspic
uous way and Sunday night the union
leaders announced that over a fourth
of the remaining nOn-union employees
had been won over and joined the
union.
Will Resume Service Monday.
The company officials denied that
they had ordered a force of profess
sional strfke-breakers from other
cities. They stated that counting the
number of individual applications on
file since the strike loomed up and the
number of old employees holding out
from the union, they would have a,
force sufficient to operate their main;
lines Monday and would start the
service promptly and maintain it. The
officials would not state what percent
age of their total number of cars
would be operated, but intimated
about one-half of them, promising
full resumption before the end of the
week.
The union officials deny that the
company will be able to operate one
tenth of it's cars. Neither side made
any overtures Sunday, the company,
standing pat and the men declaring
that their second request for arbitra-,
t1on sent Friday night was their last
word.
Demands Of the Men.
The demands on which tho strike
is based are: A ten-hour work day.,
with 22 cents an hour pay; As min
utes for meals; pay for extra work to-
begin when report for duty is made;
time and a half for overtime; subse-
quent employees to be allowed to join
the union, and a board of arbitration.
The inconvenience to the general
public was not greatly apparent Sun
,da. In fact, the crowds in the busi-
ness sections and the attendance at
churches and Sunday theaters seemed
if anything greater than usual. All
sorts of vehicles, from delivery wa
gons to automobiles, were carrying
passengers at fares ranging from ten
to 25 cents. Two youths were doing
business with Shetland pony carts
and one urchin had impressed the
motive power furnished by a pet goat,
apparently to his profit. There was
no sign of violence Of any sort.