The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-30
Trades Council Gives Street Railway Company Till Mon-
 day Noon to Comply
COMMITTEE TO VISIT
 MAYOR AND OFFICIALS
President Jemson Prefers to Make No Statement About Action Taken at Majestic Theatre
 Last Night.

trlct, unanimously adopted resolutions which in substance demand that Robert Jemison, president of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, re- instate the locked out" motormen and conductors; otherwise a general strike of organized labor will be called in the BI- mingham district beginning Monday, June B. at 12 o'clock noon.
 The Majestic theatre was the mecca last night to which all footsteps of organized labor turned in response to the call issued by the Birmingham Trades Council Tues day morning. A great crowd gathered at the theatre long before the doors were opened, and the building was crowded and had the IS. R. O." sign up by & o'clock, when the meeting was called to order.
 Commons Presides Over Meeting.
 National Organizer Ben Commons pre- sided over the session. and made the first address, laying before the assemblage the case of the carmen and detailing the pres ent status of the street railway situation. Ed K. Smith was appointed secretary of the meeting
 Upon motion all addresses were limited to five minutes each, after which the res- olutions relative to a general strike were offered. For two hours these resolutions were discussed, representatives from every labor organization in the district be- ing given a chance to express an opinion upon the resolutions.
 Finally the discussion was brought to close, and a vote taken upon the reso- In ubf fnh The resolutions are as follows:
 Text of Resolutions.
 Whereas, For the past ten days there has existed in Birmingham and in the Birmingham district an industrial dis turhance. brought about by the action of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power compAny in locking out about BOO of it's old, experienced and faithful en- ployes for joining an organization of their craft; and
 Whereas, The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company has imported several hundred undesirables,' commonly known as trike-breakers,' who have been placed in charge of the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company cars, to the imminent danger of life and property in this district; and
 Whereas. These 'strike-breakers' havs been armed by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, contrary to the criminal laws of our state: and
 Whereas, the Mayor of Birmingham ant the sheriff of Jefferson county have seemingly permitted the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to use them in their official capacity in securing the appointment of an unlimit- ed number of special police officers and deputies, who are riding the cars and walking the streets and highways of this district with no other apparent purpose than tbat of coercing and intimidating the resident working men and women of this community, and
 Whereas, this Is operating greatly to the detriment of commercial interests and tends to bring about a general dis ruption of business. and
 Whereas, the working people protest that there has been no occasion for the creation of armed guards and the clos- ing of legitimate places of business which, in effect, implies that the orderly and honest working men and working women cannot be trusted to adhere to the rec ognized rules of peace; therefore. be it
 Resolved. That the chairman of this mass meeting be, and is hereby in structed and empowered to appoint a committee of seven recognized working men, who are hereby instructed to re- quest a conference with the Mayor of Birmingham and the authorized represen- tatives of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company, and represen- tativeS of the Birmingham Board of Trade, looking to the reinstatement of the locked out street railway employees, without prejudice, and the removal from our midst of the aforesaid 'undesirables,' who have become law-breakers, and the restoration of normal peaceful conditions in this city and district; and be further
 Resolved, That in the event the pro- visions of the foregoing resolution can not be brought about then the presi- dent of the Birmingham Trades Council Is hereby directed to issue a proclama- ton calling upon all wage-earners in the city of Birmingham and district, or ganized and unorganized, to cease work at 12 o'clock, noon. on Monday June B. 1907, and to remain idle until such time as the city and county administra- tions can guarantee to us our rights as freemen and the exercise of personal liberty without being shadowed by afsned guards, and the assurance of our in- alienable rights under the constitutions of Alabama and the United States of America"
 The following committee was appointed to wait the Mayor and the Board of Trade:
 James B. Drake, chairman; c. c. Hous- ton, Andrew Marx. J. E. Jacob, Jerry Williams, J. l.. Clemo, George Carlisle, R. E. L. Connolly.
 Many Wait to Hear.
 Numbers of citizens waited on the street corners last night to hear the result of the mass meeting but no one was sur prised to hear that a general strike was contemplated as the ultimatum in case the demands of union labor were not com piled with.
 President Jemison of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company when informed of the result of the mass meeting last night said that he considered 1t advisable to make no statement con- cerning the resolutions.
 The committee having in charge the