The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-11
No Passenger Cars Move in
Ciy Of Louisville
NO DISORDER IS REPORTED
The Officials Promise Resumption
of Service on Main Lines To-
day-Federatio Holds Mass
kEIR Meeting.

Louisville, Ky, March 10.--With the ex-
eeption of Suburban lines entering the
city and a few cars carrying United
States mail 70 and from the posteffice
sub-stations. not a street car moved In
Louisville today. The strike of the union
employees of The Louisville Railway COM
pany, which, has been pending over
week, and vas declared yesterday, be-
came effectite at o'clock this morning.
At that hout the owl cars, which had
been in operltion during the night ceased
running ail none of the union men
showed up lat the barns to begin their
days work.
Although there were left nearly 800
employees oft of a total or 100, who were
not memb9s of the union at the time the
strike waj called and part of these
shovel uH for work, the company made
not the slightest attempt to run pas
senger Gals today. Although the postal
cars bearing the sign "U. S. Mail" were
operated, md this being Sunday, sufficient
force to pan them were apparently Sc
cured without difficulty. The men operat-
ing them were not molested in any way.
The details of police at the barns, etc,
had nothing to do. Pickets were active
in an iroenspicuous way. and tonight the
union leaders stated that over a fourth
of tBe remaining non-union employees
had been won over and had Joined the
uniqh.
Officials Make Denial.
| The company officials tonight denied
That tliey had ordered force of profess
siopal strike-breakers from other cities.
! Tlky stated that. counting the number
! of individual applications on file since
ne strike loomed up, and the number
81. old err hnlSinG q sass,k ,,lle
,-.--4-----ef1ey No.lid sl,sy5 suff c5errr
| to operate their main lines tomorrow and
would start ~ service promptly and
maintain ii. me officials would not state
what pereshtage of their total number
of caes would be operated but intimated
that about one-half of them, promising
a fun resumption before the end of the
week.
THE union officials deny that the com
palny will be able to operate one-tenth
of ITS cars. Neither side made any over
lures today. the company standing pat
and tht' men declaring that the second
request for arbitration sent Friday night,
was their last word
The enly national officer of the Inter-
national Street Railway Employees union
in Louisville is President W. II. Mahone
and he has beefl confined to an infirmary
by rheumatism for week
Unions Demands.
The demands on which the strike is
based are:
A ten-hour working day, with % cents
an hour pay.
Forty-five minutes for meals.
Pay for extra work to begin when re-
port for duty Is made.
Time-and- for overtime.
Subsequent employees to be allowed to
Join the union
board of arbitration.
Mass Meeting Held.
mass meeting called by the Louisville
Federation of Labor was held today at
which all the unions affiliated with that
body pledged their moral and financial
support and arrangements for u strike
fund to be contributed to by all unions
in Louisville were made. Speeches were
made eXhorting strict obedience to the
law and the leaders of the strike pledged
rigid abstenance from any form of vio-
lence and coercion.
The inconvenience to the general pub
lie was not greatly apparent today. In
fact, the crowds In the business sec
tions and the attendance at the churches
and Sunday theatres seemed f anything.
greater than usual All sorts OF vehicles
from delivery wagons to automobiles were
carrying passengers at fares ranging
from 10 to % cents.
Two youths were doing business with
Shetland pony carts andj dne urchin had
impressed the motive power furnished
by a pet goat, apparently to his profit.
There was no sign of Violence of any