The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-28
STREET GAR STATUS
 REMAINS UNCHANGED
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMIT. TEES OF ALL LABOR oRGANIzA. TONS CALLED FOR WEDNESDAY, NloHT-FULL SCHEDULE.

Nothing new developed in the street railway situation yesterday and cars were run on all the lines throughout the day and until midnight without interr11ption. No accidents of any kind were reported.
 The union labor element of Birming- hams citizens are standing firm fin their expressed sympathy with the unionized car men, and will not ride on the street cars, preferring to walk or use any other Kind of conveyance. Numbers of hack lines have been put into service from ina suburban towns and they make trins morning, noon and night handling pas- sengers in and out of Birmingham. stnee the Alabama Great Southern and other roads discontinued train service a great many people who will not use the street cars have been compelled to walk into the city to work or patronize the hack lines. Hundreds of bicycles have also been sold during the past week to those "ho i've at q distance who are thus en- abled to travel at will.
 According to the statements of Organ izer Ben Commons yesterday the sitna- ton remains unchanged. He announoad during the day that proposition for arbitration of the differences hatv,aa, the company and the car men world ba presented to President Jemison. b,,t it was not done.
 MT. Commons also announced that :, meeting of the executive officers of evar,, labor organization in the district had boo, | called for Wednesday night In tba 1rra,das council hall. The object of this maat ,ns IS to discuss general suspension of puSiness unless the demands for arbitra- ton are acceded to.
 me officials of the street railway oon- pany yesterday said that the ear service "as very complete as cars were bain. uh on all the lines on regular schedules ana that little trouble was experienced | Wi'h the new men. Superintendent Har- iiS S1ited that more than fifty of the old men had returned to work and that mora would come in today. No arrests of car- men were reported for violation of citv ordinances such as occurred lost ,,,oo,r Ihe saloons of the city observed tba rue laid down by Mayor Ward last week. that Of opening at 8 a. m. and closing at D. m. An unusual number of arrests were made by the police from o'cIocl, to Io o'clock last night but most of these were plain trunks and no unusual excite fnent or disorder was noted
 A large number of the new street car men and deputies were very tired and sleepy yesterday as the result of late hours the night before occasioned bv tb, lire which destroyed the Birmineha1n Cooperage plant. This fire burned the light and power cables on Fourteenth street and put all the cars in the west end of the city and the Bessemer and Ensley lines out of business until o'clock yesterday morning.
 Cars on the Bessemer, Ensley and other west side lines west of Fourteenth street stopped suddenly wherever they we're caught when the current was cut off ard fully fifty men slept all night on the cars. Some walked to the nearest sta- tons and telephoned but no aid could be given them. A few walked home but nearly all slept on the cars while their pay accumulated.