The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-03
ARBITRATION
 EFFORT FAILS Detroit Man Comes to
 Settle Strike. THE COMPANY IS SATISFIED General Manager Says There is
 Nothing to Arbitrate. Full Number of Cars Are Running Night and Day, But Organ
 ixer Behler Declares strfk-
 CTS Will Win.
THE COMPANY IS SATISFIED

The striking street car men made Ilother effort yesterday to settle their differences with the Montgomery Trac -.on Company. but without avail
 A. l.. Behler, third vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes or America, came to Montgomery for the sole purpose of trying to arbitrate the affair. MT. Behler came all the way from Detroit and as soon' as he ar rived conferred with President Apper- son of the Traction Company, who i'm mediately referred him to General Manager Ragland. MT. Ragland posi- lively refused to consider any propo- sitions whatever looking to arbitra- ton
 It was over the telephone that the conversation took place, and Mir. Rag land said he would be pleased to dis cuss any subject with the labor man
 that he might choose, but that he had already expressed his opinion on the street car proposition, so far as the Traction Company was concerned. ana that he had nothing further to add. MT. Behler announced later that he
 had made no farther plans. but tbat the men now on strike would be cared for by the national organization so long as they were out, and that he had hopes of yet being able to win the fight through the medium of public sympathy, which, he said, was strong ly in favor of the men who had for | merly worked for the company but
 were now out of employment.
 Tt is not my intention to adopt any | harsh measures" said the national or- | ganizer. ''Our organization has al- ways frowned on anything of the sort. We would rather lose this fight than
 resort to rough tactics. But we are not going to lose. The fight is not at an end, but is just in its infancy ''The Traction Company is losing | money every day and will continue to do so as long as these men are kept | out of their positions. They ask noth- | ing unreasonable and believe the people are for them in their fight for | better wages"
 Commenting on the condition of af | fairs, Organizer Behler took occasion | to remark that Montgomery was thu | first city in the United States to oper | ate an electric car, and that 1t was , sad commentary in this connection tt note that smaller wages are now beini | paid here than at almost any other cit. | in the country. He said that in Lo l Angeles, Butte. and other cities, tn | men were paid as much as 35 and 4
 cents an hour for their work. In connection with this, the Traction 1 people said that entirely different con l ditions prevailed in these cities an, | that it was difficult for the compan'
 here to make money even at the pres
 ent scale of wages, which would gladl, | be increased If such were possible. In the meantime cars are running 1T | the usual way on all the lines and the | Traction Company officials say that l while the strike has cost money, ths
 worst is over, and no further trouble ii
 anticipated.
 Thirty cars were running yesterday
 which is the usual number operated by the company. Last night 'ourteen cars
 were running on the various lines. More men are coming in on evory train to add to those already working
 for the company, and the chances are
 that all the cars in the barns will be iu
 operation both today and tonight