The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
ISSUE CALL
FOR STRIKE
Entire Birmingham Dis
trict Affected.
JEMISON WOULD NOT BULGE
Conference at Mayors Office Was
at Times Heated.
Believed By Conservative People That
Order VIII Not Tie Up Indus
tries but VIII Have Serious
Eject.
JEMIsoN WOULD NOT BULGE


Birmingham, June 1.-(SpeclaL)-
Following conference held this morn
ing in the Office of Mayor Ward In
the city hall, attended by Mr.. Ward.
j. e. Shelby. President of the Board
of Trade. and the committee OF the
labor union mass meeting OF Wednes-
day night, at which the committee was
informed that Robert Jemison, Presi-
dent of the Birmingham Railway. Light
and Power Company. had refused 10
reinstate the dismissed street railway
employees or arbitrate the matter of
union among the men, J. e. Jacobs.
President of the Birmingham Trades
Council. issued the following CALI,
Birmingham, Ala, June !, 1907.
To the Working Men and Working Wo-
men of Birmingham and District:
In compliance with resolutions
adopted at Majestic theatre Wednes-
day night. settlement having been re-
fused by the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power Company, you are
hereby urged to cease work Monday,
June 3, at IL o'clock. noon. and remain
idle until such time es a satisfactory
and peaceful adjustment of existing
troubles is brought about.
(Signed.) j. L. Jacobs.
President Birmingham Trades Councli.
The following notice to the public
was given from the office OF the COM
mittee of the laboring men:
Birmingham. Ala. June l, 1907.
To the Public of Birmingham and Biz
mingham District:
Your committee appointed at the
mass meeting of working men held In
the Majestic theatre "wednesday night,
in compliance with resolutions there
adopted and carried out instructions
contained therein and has been unable
to settle the grievances complsspsd Of.
Two meetings were held in the May
or's ONCE, and your requests for set
Element were presented to President
Jemison, of the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power Company by Pres
ident Shelby and committee OF the
Board of Trade.
Mr.. Jemison has declined to REIN
state the locked out men. We re-
duested. as a further chance for adj
justing the trouble, special meeting
OF the City Council for this Saturday
evening. which request was declined by
Mayor Ward. who volunteered the
statement that he considered the res
olutionss adopted by the mass meeting
and unfair. The commit
tee therefore. is of the opinion that
the only ather and last recourse Is to
appeal to the entire people of Birm-
ingham and vicinity as the final arbi-
traitors of the vital question at issue,
which Is the right of working men in
this city and vicinity TO exercise their
personal liberty as free men.
James Drake.
Chairman.
w. Jerry Williams.
Secretary.
J. r. Jacobs.
c. c. Houston,
Andy Marx.
r. e. l.. Connally,
]. L. Clemo.
Conference with Mayor.
The conference in the office of Mayor
Ward this morning was tinged with
sensationalism. The committeeman
from the labor unions after a request
to have a special meeting of the City
Council called, intimated that the city
administration leaned towards the
street railway company. This was
more or less resented. When the CON
ference came TO an end. Mayor yard
gave out the following statement to
the newspapers:
81 wish to say that I regret that
no amlcable arrangement could be
made between the railway company and
its employees.
I'm the meantime I wish 1t under
stood that I propose as far as in my
power 10 guarantee to every citizen
of Birmingham his right as a freeman
and the exercise Of his personal lib
erty and the assurance of his inalien-
able rights under the Constitution OF
Alabama and OF the United States.
]. f. Shelby. President of the Board
of Trade. reported at the conference
that President Jemlson of the street
railway was unaltcrable in his purpose
and plans for the conducting of the bust
ness of the company. He said that no
committee nor any set of men could
have any influence on President Jemi~
son at any time. Mr.. Shelby stated
that -Jemisen- had said that II any
OF the old men wanted to get BACK 10
work without joining the union they
could make APPLICATION separately TO
him and he would consider them, May
or Ward stated that as a representa-
tive of the city he had done. all he
could to bring about settlement OF
differences and he did not think that
there was any necessity for calling n
special meeting of the City Council,
He announced to tho committeeman
present that +he Board of Councilman
would meet Wednesday night next and
he would be pleased to receive the la
boring men or any one else
The members of the committee from
the laboring mon stated that the Bir-
mineham Railway. Light and Power
Company had by its action thrown
down the gauntlet TO organized labor.
Expressions Heated.
The expressions from all sides in the
was quite heated and before
the close the mayor announced that
all men violating the law would h"
arrested and fined, The laboring mon
called attention to the fact that the
strike breakers and others now on
cars were carrying concealed weapons
and the mayor stated that everybody
violating the law would be punished.
Before the meeting was closed, the
MAYOR assured the committee that
they would get a square deal, although
he had been charged with partially
He said he was not partial. however,
and intended to perform his duty
AS soon as the announcement that u
strike order had been issued got
around. there was much gossip ana
many are now figuring as to how the
order would be obeyed 1t Is known
that a number of the locals cannot
strike as a body though the men can
go out as individuals. To strike as a
body II will be necessary for some of
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