The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-04-17

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car passed through the suburbs. The
BRICK struck the car but did no dam
age, and the boy was arrested.
Gen. j. Clifford r. Foster. who came
to the city the first of the week and
who has been endeavoring to get
settlement, tonight stated that he had
reached the end of his resources.
The state has about 600 men here
and Gen. Foster is desrious Of having
some of these men return to their
homes :3 soon as possible. He has
called upon the mayor to organize a
police force sufficiently large to take
care of the situation so that the troops
may return.
On account of the men being here
there will be no state encampment
this year though the exercise cOntem-
plated with the regular coast artillery
may occur during the latter portion of
May.
Negotiations Are OFF
The settlement of the street railway
strike seems no nearer tonight than at
any time since it's commencement. 1t
was admitted today that the negotia-
tons which have been in progress
during the past four days, through the
agency of the governors representa-
tive here, Gen. Foster, have practical
ly failed, for although many minor
concessions have been made by both
sides, one or two vital points remain
upon which the company and it's for
mer employees could not get together
The negotiations therefore show, as
hoir hot OF ho
strikers and the company have been
disposed to try to settle the differences
and to receive proposals from each
other which heretofore, it has been
practically impossible to bring them
together at all.
The adjutant general has admitted
that an immediate settlement of the
dispute seems improba BILE. That he
used his best endeavOrs, however, IS
testified to in the final letter of the
company, in which they refuse the
last proposition of the strikers and in
the closing paragraph of which they
express their appreciation of his pa
thence, ability and courtesy in the con-
duct of the negotiations between them
and their late employees and their
sincere regret that his efforts have not
successful.
Ben Commons Letter
Ben ,Comons, the strike leader, has
also issued the following statement:
Pensacola, Fla, April 16, 190S-To
the Public and to Organized Labor in
the City of Pensacola take this
means of expressing my thanks To
Gen. ]. c. r. Foster in behalf of the
street railway men, for the valuable
service that he has and is rendering
in the interest of our cause. l do, this
for one particular reason, and that is
that up to this time it does not seem
to me that we have been able to re-
ceive anything definite from the COM
pany in any shape except through the
efforts of Gen. Foster and l sincerely
hope that the public will cooperate
with. him in maintaining peace and
quiet so that he may be able, through
the powers that be, to withdraw the
troops from Pensacola. which l be-
lieve he will do. He has devoted his
entire time while here endeavOring to
settle this strike and while nothing
final has been accomplished, / still
hope that through his untiring efforts
he may be able to bring about a set
Element of the present controversy.
Very respectfully. Ben Commons,
Seventh Member of the international
Executive Board, international
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees of
America.
The adjutant general again called
hxyl fn
whether or not the city of Pensacola
was undertaking to organize force
for it's own protection so as to relieve
the troops and permit them to return
to their homes, which letter the mayer
at a late hour tonight had not replied
to.