Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-14

to encourage the strikers in various ways and do not know how. By ad-
 dressing the secretary through box SSS they can be enlightened.
 Organizer Charles Donahue, re turned from the convention in Toronto last evening. His entrance was loud ly cheered. After half an hour he went to his home in Derby, remarking that he would probably be very busy
 in Ansonia to-day and that he may re- turn here this afternoon, and would give the men detailed account Of the strike situation in general.
 Those men who returned to work are having anything but pleasant time. A few days ago one of them was 1n- vited to attend a wedding. Following the usual custom he bought present, but could find no means to send It to the bridal couple, all express of1ces having no business in the direction II was to be sent that day. He finally took it to the store where It was bought and from there it was con yeyed to it's destination. The man had the same difficulty when he set out to
 procure a conveyance to take him to
 the wedding scene.
 News from the strike in Ansonia SHOW lHdE lHG HIGH " AO LOOfA lLC PAAN~o of the machinists are not living on the
 fat of the land Their keeper and host
 appears to be Sheriff Parmelee. Last
 night the. larder ran short and the
 sheriff was forced to hustle around the city for provender for the men. Amaz- ing information confronted him every
 where. Meat was way up. Not a pound could be had at less than Sl. Sugar was. proportionately high, and bread could not be reached with a ten foot ladder That was $1 loaf. The letter did not state that the sheriff bought any food.
 It was reported to-day that the strike of the moulders at the Matthews & Wil- lard,s factory has been declared off by President Lynch who came to the city to inquire into the matter Wednes- day night. The factory was not pick eted to-day by moulders as every thing has been adjusted. While the ex- act conditions were not obtainable, it was said that President Lynch had ad- yised the men to seek for work else where in case they would not get back their old jobs. Still, one of the men said that so far as he understood the settlement the men were to return to work next Monday.
 Half dozen men left town this week. One of them went to Montana.
 Some of the men compare the en- p1oyers' disposition toward granting the nine-hour day with their method of running their factories during the dull times of '93. Then, it will be remem- bered, almost all of the factories ran seven, eight and nine hours a day, ac- %o fhn danaan6 of huCinnCC one or two closing at noon Saturday. The men say that if the short day was the more profitable method of running the factories then than closing at noon Saturday. why should it not be so now. This leads them to surmise that if they had requested half holiday Sat- urdays they would more readily be given the nine-hour day.
 A large supply of provisions, incIud- ing meats and vegetables of many kinds, as well as some delicacies, were received by the Farrel foundry this morning for the feeding of the new men. They have put in a large refrig orator for the preservation of the food and are apparently settling down for long siege along their present lines. Their employees who left work more than three weeks ago seem just as firm and there is no sign of a break in any direction. No conferences have been held between the foundry management and the committee of the strikers, and we are not advised that any have been arranged. Meantime the business paralysis is being intensified. people look more gloomily at the sftua ton, and the anxiety to have it terminated grows more acute.-Ansonia Sentinel.