The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-30
STRIKE SITUATION STILL UNCHANGED Attitude of Railway Officials Re-
 mains the Same FUNERAL OF w. H. WEST Body of the Man Who Killed Himself Wednesday, After Attempting to
 Kill Frank ]. Frazier,
 Is Buried.
FUNERAL OF w. H. WEST

I far as has been learned there has been no | change in the attitude of the officials of the Montgomery Traction company to the companys strikers since yesterday. Ali attempts at arbitration have failed owing to the inability of the men and the of flcers of the company to agree on mat l ters relative to the union feature of the 1 tangle, and so far no further attempts at arbitration have been reported. The chief matter of interest on the streets this morning was the egging of l one of the cars on Court square last 1 evening, and the police feature relative l to the same disturbance. It was claimed | by company sympathizers that the city police took no part at all in the quellng of the disorder, but that the matter was left entirely in the hands of the deputies. | Acting upon this report which, so far as concerns the smelling, was true, May or Teague and Chief Taylor this morning made an investigation of the charges, the result of which completely exonerated the members of Chief Taylors department.
 Chief Taylor Talks. | In conversation this morning with | the city executive he said "I have made l an investigation of the report, and 1 1 have become convinced that police of the | city were present at the time, and that they did take steps looking towards quiet | ing the hostilites. Bicycle policeman D. 1 T. Toe, in particular, was on the scene 1 at the time, and from what I have been able to learn he protected the peace of 1 the city to the best of his ability and l took very active part in ending the dis 1 turbance."
 An eye witness to the scene says that he noticed, in particular, that Officer | Loe took especial precaution to put an end to the violation and that he did succeed in dispensing the loterers who l were around at the time. He says that MT. Loe not only endeavored to the best 1 Of his ability to detect the offenders, but l that he also searched the pockets of all the boys who were standing by, and that l ne then ordered them all to clear the l street. This bystander, with a humorous | twinkle, also declares that the eggs were as fresh as any that could be found in 1 the city.
 l Chief Taylor explained that the par 1 Icipants in the matter of eggng the car were mere boys. It was learned from a reliable party this morning that he had seen about one-half dozen of them pur- chase the eggs though for what purpose he did not at the time know.
 | irack Was Creased. 1 Concerning the general disorder of last 1 evening, Manager Ragland said that he | had no remarks to make He did state l however, that one of the track walkers discovered yesterday evening that the | Pickett Springs incline. having tracks | running over the city pasture, was greased, but that the danger was noticed | in time to save accident.
 In regards to the greasng of the tracks at this point, the Amalgamated Associa- ton of Street and Electric Railway Elm ployes last evening had a meeting of the strikers and passed the following l resolution:
 1 Tt is reported that some one greased the track of the Montgomery Traction company on the Pickett Springs line some time yesterday afternoon.
 'This association desires to state that none of their members had any llnowl- edge of same until this morning, and even now it is only an unconfirmed rumor 1 Furthermore, we desire to state emphat- ! ically that any one who would commit any such crime is not a friend of this association and that we are bitterly op- posed to any such underhanded work
 Also that the disturbance caused by some little boys on Court Square last night, by throwing eggs at the strike breakers, was not sanctioned by this as- sociation, and had any of the officers 1 been in a position to do so, they would have stopped it. The fact is, there were very few strikers present at the time. A l statement that the police made no effort to stop the disturbance is untrue and 57e the undersigned, are in a position to substantiate the same, the police
 instructed the boys to leave the square and stop throwing the eggs, or they l would be locked up.
 1 Any one whether sympathizer or not | who commits violence breaks the | peace in any manner. shape or form. is not q friend of this association, though the.' may intend to be. All of our 1 friends are urged to keep the peace and help us maintain order. Respectfully.
 'M. A. MINTO | President.
 "W. J. Townsend.
 Acting Secretary"
 Tonight a mass meeting was held and | speakers asked that the matter be ad- | justed by arbitration. The officers of the | ca company deny that friends of the l company had any interest in the meet in.
 Funeral of West.
 | The funeral services of William H. | West, the locomotive engineer who killed | himself on Wednesday after an attempt | at killing Frank J. Frazier, also a loco | motive engineer, were conducted this | morning from the residence of the family, 5l6 Jefferson street, at 10 o'clock. The
 impressive burial ritual, conducted by Dr
 O. C. McGehee, pastor of the Court Stree Methodist church, assisted by the Rev.
 John Bass Shelton and by Dr. Holloway,
 was listened to by a large crowd of
 mourners and friends of the dead engi'
 neer and stricken family
 The death of West and the critical con
 dition of the man whom he sought tt kill have aroused the sympathies of the public. and of those who knew and re- spected both parties. Representatives
 from the local lodge of the Brotherhood
 of Locomotive Engineers were in atten'
 dance upon the services of their associate
 and friend: the same representatives after . the funeral were as solicitous over tn,
 condition of their other comrade as the.
 were grieved over the tragic end of tho one now buried. The barrier of deatf threw no veil over their loyalty to boti | parties. While their sympathies may O may not be with the one now living, the! have been loyal in their offices so for al
 concerns both parties, and their heads