The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-25
Day Passes Without
Further 0utrages.
no VIOLENCE TO STREET CARS.
Positive Statements Of Governor
and Mayor Prove Effective.
various Car Lines Are Patrolled Better
Than Heretofore And Active
Lockout Maintained Be
cause Of Reward Of
fered.

Midsummer never had a auieter day
than was yesterday in Montgomery. The
calm that follows tho storm filled yes
terday with peace and quiet.
The quietest days since the strike
was the day following the bold ana
positive announcements of Governor
Conner and Mayor league that no fur
Their violence in tho street car strike
would be tolerated. and that the power
and resources of both the state and the
city were pledged to restore and main
tain order. That announcement was
suficient yesterday.
stranger would not have known
that street car strike was on. Cars
ran with more regularity. more people
rode and a general air of security was
manifest. The unrest and apprehen-
sion of other days was notable by its
absence 1t Is now confidently believed
that the worst is over. It Is now be-
lfeved that no matteS how the strike
may ultimately end. the violence that
aroused the city will no longer play
part in the AFFAIR.
The lines of the company are being
patrolled better than at any time since
the strike. The order maintained yes
terday was easily the best since the
men put on the force by Chief Taylor
at the direction of the Mayor undoubt-
eddy had a beneficient effect in the
restoration of order. 1t is believed,
however, that the general INDIGNATION
over repeated acts of violence and the
r.
and the Governor had more to do with
restoring complete order than any 9TH
It is known that the Governor was
determined that the shooting and dyna-
hitting of cars in Montgomery should
not continue. II Is known that he
stood ready to call out the State troops
Before he annotinced the reward on
behalf of the state, Governor Conner.
took occasion to denounce IN unmeas-a
ured terms the act OF any vandal who
would go to the extent Of placing dy-
Mantle under a car which might be
filled with citizens of Alabama.
He called General Manager W. III.
Ragland, OF the Traction Company, into
conference and obtained proof of the
repeated acts of violence that had been
reported through the press of the city.
He let 1t be known that II the city
authorities could not cope with the Sit
uation that the Safe had power enough
to guard life and property.
It was said by an official of the
Traction Company yesterday that more
men were working yesterday and more
cars were running than on any day
since the old employees went on a
strike. No attempt was made to DO
violence to any of the men. AS re-
suit the people of Montgomery had
better schedule than on any day since
the strike started.
The belief was EXPRESSED that the
violence was resorted to as a means
of intimidatinK the motormen and con-
ductors Of the street ear company and
the passengers who might still use the
cars.
The motormen during the past few
nights have been very careful. After
leaving the business section of the city
they have run their cars very slowly
and watched the tracks closely. They
were ready to stop at a moments no
thorities had had it's effect and there
was no lurking dynamite or sudden
shots from the darkness.
An investigation of the reported at
tempt to dynamite the Cloverdale car
Tuesday night throws some doubt upon
It. The report grew out of the appear
ance of two suspicious men on the
en- that the men put any dynamite on
the track or that they attempted 1t,
bu the motormen on that line were in
formed of their presence and they
watched the tracks with unusual pre-
caution.
It is evident that several men have
been engaged in the outrages. When
the first Cloverdale car was fired on
a week ago several of those in the
neighborhood heard the shots and ran
to the doors. Four men were plainly
seen running away from the direction
from which the shots came.
When dynamite was found on the
track OF the same line Monday night
the passengers on the car plainly heard
the whistles and signals of the men
who were hiding IN ditch not a hun
dred feet away
The large rewards offered by the
city, the state and the Traction Com
pany have spurred on a number of
amateur detectives to look for the
men who have been doing the bastard
ly work. The county and city officers
are also keeping a keener lookout, for
such heavy rewards are not to be light
ly considered.
The Traction officials said yesterday
that the strike was at a practical end.
IT was said that cars were running
on almost regular schedules and that
in a few days the old complete sched-
ule would be restored and the strike
completely a thing of the past
The company has suffered a some
what heavy loss financially by reason
of the bricks, the dynamite and the
pistols