Connecticut western news., 1895-01-24

 men are on duty, int:amural traffic is suffering virtual paralysis, in which all the industries of tho ely participate to gr, ater or lesser degree Lawlessncss is rampant and altogether conditions are such as may we'll excite the grayest appre- hension. -..
 The disordorly element in the city has been largely recruited from New York and other cities, and has, as is usual in such cas S, arrayed itself with the strik- CTS. n selfish advocacy of whose cause may afford a pretext for the perpetration of graver crimes than have yet marked the progress of the pending contest
 Mayor Wants No More Mnitia-
 Governor Morton has evidently become restive over the failure to restore order. It was by his direction that Adju,ant Gen. eral McAlpin came here from Albany to take n close look at the field of conflict. General MoAlpin has returned tn Albany and will report to tho governor that Mayor Schieren expresses confidence in his ahil- ity, with tho police force and national guardsmen at present available, to enforce the law.
 That was the purport of the mayors re- sponse to the offer of the adjutant general to order to this city the Third brigade of the Now York state national guard. com posed of companies in the smaller cities of the state. Though the proffer was de clined with thanks the members of tho several commands are under marching or ders and can be concentrated in Brook Sn within comparatively few hours should an emergency arise.
 The police force Is being recruited to the utmost possible limit. The available list of applicants was exhausted, and it was azx. s.. 506 applicants who had failed in the civil service examination. These mon will be assigned to patrol duty. making an equal number of experienced men available for the protection of street railway property and the suppression of street riots. The members of the police boat squad have been ordered to duty on shore. which, while 1t wcakens the city at one point, strengthens it at another.
 The ope ating of street railway lines has be in a measure experimental It has not been wholly satisfactory to the city and military authorities. nor has it in even | a comparative degroe met the requirements | of the public. The admission was made by the suno. intendent of one line, who was asked hy the authorities to explain why, with all the protection that had been so- corded, with two policemen to accompany
 
 power stations and carhouses, so few cars had been run, that the company was crip- | pied by the lack of men capable of manag- ing a car. The inference from this ad- mission might be that the companies are waiting until experienced men can he | brought from other cities or green hands s.hooied to their duties.
 Street Car Companies at Fault.
 At all events, there is strong fe ling in official circles that the street railway cor DO. ations have not kept faiih. for they have alleged from the first that if guaran- teed prot ction for their property and for tho persons of their operatives they could operate all the cars upon all their lines.
 On the other hand the managers of trolley lines may allegc. with all fairness | that tho protection they have received Is | far from complete.
 It has not prevented the frequent out ting of wires or the stoning of cars as they were making thejr runs. 1t has not been such protection, it might b5 urged, as in- spires would be patrons with the conf dence that they may safely travel to and fro in street railway cars. And right hers the public might put in a word to the ef- feet that 1t is not conducive to mental tranquility on the part of those compelled to ride in trolley cars to reflect that be- tween noon and s o'clock last night there were no less than seven collisions of cars with vehicles of one kind or other
 Cars have been moved upon several lines ] not hi iherto ope ated since the strike was 1 begun. and to that extent there has been progress toward a solution of the contro- versy that is vexing the public and parllyz- ing the industries of a city of 1000. GOO in- habitants All branches of trade feel the effects of the tieup. The dry goods and | department stores admit that their trade tho last eight days has been 90 to 30 per cent less than they had right to expect it would be, and one serious consequence Is a large reduction in the number of salcspeo- l pie they were employing.
 The theatcrs arc reported to be taking in s5, 900 less each night during the con ! tinuance of the strike than they would be receiving under normal conditions Even the saloons complain of diminution of trade