The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-30
U1timatum Goes to Car
Company.
MASS MEETING WANTS
REPLY MONDAY AT NOON
jefferson County Threatened by
Sympathetic Strike.
Business Men Are Urged To Use Their
Good Ofices To Secure Recog-
milton of Organization--Mr.
Jemison Ia Silent.

&. Birmingham, May 2s-(Special. 1T
by Monday at noon. the street railway
company does not recognize the union,
a general strike of all organized labor
will be ordered in the Birmingham dis
trict.
This was the result of a mass meet
ing held tonight at the Majestic Thea
ire. -
Committees were named by the
meeting to make an effort to bring
about conferences between the City
Council, the Board of Trade, labor or
PLANTATIONS and the Birmingham Rail-
way. Light and Power Company, to Sc
the recognition of the union.
he Majestic Theatre was crowded
q doors with union men called to
der a general strike in the dis
in sympathy with the locked out
t railway men. The two doors
ng to the main part of the theatre
closely watched by past presi-
of the Trades Council and police
RS. SO that none but those show
union card could gain admission
the stage were representatives OF
st every union in the district. Sew
speeches were made, among the
being one by C. C. Houston, of
Typographical Union, who said that
1tions were likely to be like they
in Idaho as far as Labor unions
concerned.
Rev. +. w. Barnett Speaks.
". Francis Willis Barnett, editor
he Alabama Baptist, addressed the
meeting. He said the men had a
to their principles and he be-
I'd they could carry their point He
d the name of Jesus Christ during
speech and counseled the men to be
abiding.
..hite Gibson, who made thessensa-
ltional speech Sunday. advised the men
to unite and stand together
number of men of almost every
craft made short talks saying the or
der to go out Monday would be obeyed
and a general tie up would take place
on that day.
Resolutions were introduced and
adopted to the effect that the city
council, board of trade and CONNER
cial club called to use good Of
fees to secure recognition of the union
by the street railway company and re-
instatement of all men, If the recog-
milton is not Forthcoming the president
of the Birmingham trades council is
given power to issue a proclamation
to call out all union men in the
district in sympathetic strike, the
strike to begin Monday at noon.
Considerable discussion took place,
many. wanting the strike to begin at
once. A representative of many I'M
ions announced intention of following
the lead and assuming sympathy in the
movement.
Unions Issue Orders.
The meeting was supposed to be
made up of the executive committees
of all of the various union organiza-
tions in the Birmingham district
There has been strong movement in
favor of a sympathetic strike for sew
eral days. which had its elimination in
the action of tonights meeting Nu-
merous unions have passed resolutions
forbidding members to ride on the
street or to use gas or electricity,
this step being taken with the object
in view of Gripping the Birmingham
Railway. Light and Power Company.
After the meeting the men paraded
the streets and INDUCED in n general
jubilee. There was much bantering of
the union men who are operating
the street cars, but no violence was
reported. Special mounted officers pa
trolled all of the downtown streets
and good order seemed to be preserved
everywhere.
If all of the union men in the dis
trict obey the orders of the Trades
Council something over 10000 men Will
quit work Monday. 1t is understood
tonight, however. that a number of
unions are not in sympathy with such
drastic action and will not fall in line
zeal Union, which received orders from
the international organization today
not to take part in the sympathetic
strike.
president Robert Jemison of the Biz
rnineham Railway. Light and I%wer
Company stated tonight when inform
ed of the action of the Trades Council
that he preferred to make no state
ment at this time.
Cars were operated on all lines today
on good schedules
Two electric cars ran together this
afternoon on Second Avenue and Tween
ty-second Street and two white women
and a negress were injured One or
tbe cars was badly damaged.
brewers In sympathy.
rhe brewery workers held a meet
inc this morning and after adopting
resolutions of sympathy to the locked
orr street railway employees made a
donation of $50 to the fund and decided
that in case a general strike was or
dered they would quit Immediately
other unions made donations to the
fund.
/ II. F. Moseley. editor of The La
bor Advocate the official organ of the
birmingham Trades Council and one OF
the advisers of the leadersof the street
railway men, when asked today for
news concerning the situation said that
everything depended on the outcome OF
the meeting tonight.
special meeting of the Birmingham
Board of Trade was held this after
noon The merchants do not deny APP
prehension that general strike will
injure business extensively.
Mayor Ward today announced that
until further orders saloons would be
allowed to open at a. M. and must
close at p. M If a general strike is
ordered the saloons will in all likeli-
hood be kept closed altogether.
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