The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-30
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 The officers of the Montgomery Traction Company, after hard fight. are of the opinion that the worst is over and that the street car service will soon be fully resumed. Seven teen cars were operated yesterday with thirty-eight new men in charge of them.
 An ultimatum was issued yesterday by General Manager W. H. Ragland when he made this announcement:
 strikers may as we'll understand right now that no man who was for meriy employed by the Montgomery Traction Company and who joined the strike will ever again be employed by this company. regardless of any pres sure which may be brought to bear.
 MT. Ragiaud said he was approach ed several times yesterday by private citizens in the interests of certain men who had formerly worked for the company who would now like to return to their duties, but he was unable to ofrsr them any encourage nent.
 ssTheae men will do well not ec waste any more time looking for a settlement of this strike in the hope that they will again go to work for the Traction Company. We absolute fly decline to have anything to do with these strikers and they might as well begin to look for other jobs.
 Men are Here Permanently.
 It has been reported that the men now working on the cars were sent here from other cities for temporary employment, while the Montgomery Traction Company bridged over its difficulties with old employees.
 These men are here to stay, said Mir. Ragland, in contradiction of this report. They are not strike break ers,' but the best street car operators we could secure on short notice and they will run the cars to the satts- faction of the company and the pub lie, ust as soon as they become fully accustomed to the various routes,
 ssEleven cars were operated yester- dav morning and six more were added at i o'clock in the afternoon. The new men were somewhat at a loss to eet their bearings at first. but after going once over the lines it was easy sailing.
 "Alonr the route they were greeted with derisive shouts by boys and strike sympathiEers, but no violence of any sort was offered.
 Former employees of the Traction f.omnanv dressed in uniform and wear ing their badges rode on some of the cars and talked with the new motor men and conductors. They were evi- dently being urged to give up tneir work and return to the places rom which they came.
 These men wearing the insignia of their former positions flashed their badges and declined to pay fare. In each case the badges were recognized hv the conductors in charge. In re- gard to this MT. Ragland said;
 sNearly all these men have some money coming to them from the com nanv When we settle with them these badges will be taken up. The nrJforms belong to them and they can of course, do with them as they More New Men Arrive.
 rhe number of men at work who came from other cities to operate the cars was augmented yesterday py nl- tsan and there are more on the way Srha comnany announced yesterday 3hat quite d number of men would sr~tva today and that it would be cuastion of only a few days unti all the cars in the barns would again pc in operation. 4h,. r,or,l inr at o'clock again instead or later fin the morning. as they nave been uo- ing during the past rev uayS' o, dutv and their hours being long, witn- out a relieving shift the cars were raturnAd to the barn at o'clock last .srht as on the two preceding nights.