The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
Car Service Practically
Normal,
MEN BOYCOTT SYSTEM
Numbers Of Non-Union Operators
Brought Int City.
Engineer Refuses To Haul Them Until
Threatened With Prosecution.
Sheriff's once Ready To Meet
All Emergencies.

Birmingham, May 2S.-(speciaL)-
A number of strike breakers were
brought to the city today on special
train over the Southern Railway, 10
take the places OF street car employees.
who have been locked out because OF
their Joining union.
More than half Of the regular num-
Der of cars were put on this morning
early and by night almost the run
quota was reported to be In service.
A deputy sheriff or a policeman was
on each end of the cars in operation.
At the Office of the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power Company this
morning the statment was given out
that the service on all lines would be
resumed Immediately and by tomorrow
at the latest the old schedules would
be taken up again.
The union among the former en-
ployes of the street railway company
held a well attended meeting this
morning in the Birmingham Trades
Council hall on Twentieth street.
DR.. Dozier who has recently taken
a great interest in the controversy on.
siding with the men, made an address.
Ben Commons. the organizer of the
American Federation of Labor, gave
out a statement this morning that the
men who had been locked out because
of joining the union would be able to
hold out for months. He announced
that number of the unions of this
district had adopted resolutions ex-
pressing sympathy for the men out OF
employment and Offering assistance
Several of the unions adopted resoIu-
lions calling on their members not 10
ride on cars, use electricity or gas
Prosecutions under the anti-boycott
law will probably follow.
Track Was Creased.
wo ears on the ldlewiid line COL
nee4 tooay ana deputy sheriff was
snsn'y hurt' II Is stated that the
1870 was creased on hill and the
oIakes would not work, The Inform
a.on was given out at the sheriff's
vsce, Inc saloons Were closed again
.yuay anu anotner saloon proprietor
AHs aires - On rReH OF vfateting
ssssaE Iiis f19tiona Of the Mayor that ali
1Vaor essAplisn ments remain closed
l TIL a. Trouble was over The mat
yer OF reVoking the license VIII be re-
ierred 70 the CITY Council at the meet
,ns 10 ne neiu the nrst wednesday In
Jun m
ms mayor may aiiow the saloons to
open FRIDAY II there are no indications
OF trouble. several or the larger
stores IN birmingham have relieved a
NUMBER OF clerks OK work because of
the guinness caused by the abbreviat-
60 car service a nagman on the
ooutnern railway crossing on First
avenue ana Twenty-Seventh Street
was arrested today by city police
mn LOT violating the ordinance de-
scrloing the duties OF hagmen. He re-
fused to nag street car over the
crossing.
me iabor leaders announce that the
mass meeting called for Sunday af-
ternoon at the BiJou Theatre VIII be
the largest ever held mere and thai
NUMBER OF speeches. VIII be made
Ben Commons reiterated today that ht
was counselling all men to be law
abiding. A delegation from the ma.
chinists union called on Mayor Ward
this morning and again this afternoon
In reference to the lockout, and re.
quested him to order a full resump.
ton Immediately of the car service
In accordance with the contracts be.
tween the city and the street railway
company. The machinists also asked
the MAYOR for "a fair deal for the
union men, thew claiming that they
intended being law abiding at ali
times.
sberifYN once Ready.
All off1cials at the Sheriff's Office
are on the tiptoes of expectancy. hold.
ing men In readiness to send them