The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-11
STREET CARS
 ARE TIED UP The Louisville Traction
 Strike. SUBURBAN LINES RUNNING Union Employees of Street Railway
 Walk Out. Inside City Only Postal Cars Marked "United States Mail. Were 0perat- ed--0osnAany VIII Fight to 

Louisville, March i0-with the ex- ception of suburban lines entering the city and few cars carrying the United States mail to and from the post office sub-stations, not a street car moved in Louisville today.
 The strike of the union employees of the Louisville Railway Company which has been pending over a week and which was declared yesterday, became effective at o'clock thIs morning. At that hour the 'owl' cars which had been in operation during the night ceased running and none of She union men showed up at the barns to begin their days work.
 Although there were left nearly 500 employees out of a total of HOO who were not members of the union at the time the strike was called and part Of these showed up for work, the compa- ny <~~de not the slightest attempt to run passenger cars today. Only the postal cars bearing the signs ''U. &. Maip' were operated and this being Sunday, sufficient force to man them was apparently secured without difft- eulty. The men operating them were not moiested in any way.
 The details of police at the barns etc had nothing to do. Tickets were active in an inconspicuous way and tonight the union leaders announced that over fourth of the remaining non-unioE employees had been won over and jolns cd the union
 The company officials tonight denied that they had ordered force of pros fessional strike-breakers from other cities. They stated that counting the number of individual applications on file since the strike Iooomed m ana the number of old employees holding out from the union, they would have a force sufficient to operate their main lines tomorrow and would start the service promptly and maintain ft The officials would not state what per centage of their total number of cars would be operated but intimated that about one half of them. pRaniisfnn 4 week
 The union officials deny that ths company Will be able 10 operate one tenth of it's carsh Neither side many any overtures today. the company standing pat and the men declaring that their second request for arbitra- ton sent Friday was their last word.
 The only national officer of the Ins ternational Street Railway Employes Union Is president W. IT. Malone and he has been confined to an infirmary by rheumatism for week
 Demands of Unions.
 The demands on which the strike Is based are: A ten hour working dav with twenty-two cents an hour pay. forty five minutes for meals; pay for extra work to begin when report for duty Is made: time and a half for overtime; subsequent employees to be allowed to join the union; board of arbitration.
 mass meeting called by the Loufs- vile Federation of Labor was held to- day at which all the unions affiliated with that body pledged their moral and financial support and arrangements for a strike fund to be contributed to by all unions in Louisville were made. Speeches were made exhorting strict obedience to the law and the leaders of the strike pledged rigid abstenance from any form of violence and coer- cion.
 The inconvenience to the general public was not greatly apparent today. In fact, the crowds in the business sections and the attendance at churches and Sunday theatres seemed. if anything, greater than usual All sorts of vehicles, from delivery wag- ons to automobiles, were carrying pas- sengers at fares ranging from 10 to 25 cents.
 Two youths were doing business with Shetland pony carts and one urchin had impressed the motive power fur- nished by pet goat apparently to his profit There was no sign of violence of any sort.