Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-03

published reports to the above effect have not startled the strikers here. They say they were expecting such a statement and that it is all right as far as it goes. They say that 1t does not go far enough. The men who will be affected by this measure have been prepared for it, the men say, better than the members of the metal trades association expect.
 There is one young man among the strikers who dearly and sincerely wishes the strike was over; for he has promised pretty girl to give her his name this month. The men bid him keep up his courage and tell him that if the strike is not settled he shall get married no matter how the wind blows and they will start him house keeping. Organizer Donahue is at the machinistS' convention in Toronto, Can, and will return Wednesday,.
 A strike has been declared in the foundry department of the Matthews 6 Willard concern. Trouble of var l ious kinds has been brewing for some time. and it eliminated Saturday morning with eight of the nine union men quitting It is said by some of the men that the trouble is this: The department is conducted according to the advice of one of themselves and not by the foreman. This man, they claim. is given 10 cents for a certain
 kind of work which when, they, do it they are paid only 6 cents. This morn ! ing strike was declared, which, how ever, has not been officially sanctioned | yet. The executive officers will be mo- l tified of it tomorrow. Advertisements l for help appear to have been sent out for this morning about IT men applied \ for work. When they were told there
 was a strike on they said they were
 not aware of that. Some of the men were promised, it is said, $3 and over | for eight hours work, but they declin- ed the offer. They said they would | spread the light as they went home. In Q few days the executive officials
 may be here.
 At noon to-day some excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the Blake l 6S Johnson concern on North Elm l street, and continued to Hawkins
 street. This morning Truman S. Jones', living at 30 Hawkins sreet went back to work at the above named factory. As he was leaving 1 the shop at noon for dinner he was l greeted by shouts of "Scab" from a
 number of the employees of the Clock
 factory who were rushing down Cher
 " avenue, The cry of ':.scab" was
 taken up by a number of school chfl- dren, with whom the vicinity of the disturbance is always crowded at that
 hour every day. Jones continued on
 his way under the hooting of the school children, an occasional man l joining in. At North square the pres
 ence of Officers Bowling and Phelan
 somewhat cooled the excitement, but up Bishop street the man was fol
 lowed by the cries. It was reported I that he was struck, but the statements
 of the police officers contradict tlfis.
 It is that Jone returned to work in a
 hack. Jones' brother reported the
 matter to the chief of police. There
 were VaEofus wild rumors afoat, but | the above is the correct version. I Jones had an aplication in to he rein stated in the union. He was a mem
 Der of the Hartford branch of the
 union, but for some reason 'he dropped l out some time ago, and three weeks
 ago he asked to be reinstated in the To-
 cal lodge. Men who witnessed the ex-
 citement on Bishop street said they
 would not have been in Jones's shoes ct that time for all the money they
 could ever earn.