Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-07

ASpOCISs
 New Haven, Aug 1.-The state board Of mediation and arbitration has no
 tified Mayor Studley that the members of the board will arrive in New Haven
 at 2 o'clock this afternoon to investi
 gate the strike of the local trolley men. At o'clock the board had not arrived and the probabilities are nothing further will be done toward 3 settlement until the members get to town.
 New Haven, Aug With the strike of it's conductors and Lnotormen tWen' ty-four hours old the system Of the . Fair Haven and Westville Railroad Co remained still paralyzed this morning Not a passenger car was running and traffic was confined to the operation of a single mail car. Yesterday the com pany was successful in operating half a dozen mail cars, but during the night most of the men who had been man ming these cars deserted and the com pany at an early hour today aban- doned all but one of the mail cars. The sub-postofice stations are HOW served by team.
 The night brought practically no new developments except those arising from the attempts of citizens and officials and organizations to bring about arbi. tration. There was no disorder. The crowds thronged the streets far into the night, but the police had no tur- bulence to contend with.
 The city at an early hour to-day be. gan to feel seriously the consequences of the traffic paralysis, and the temper of citizens and business men is not as cenciliatory as it was while the novelty of the first day was on.
 At 8 o'clock this morning the situa- tion appeared to be as critical as ever. There were no surface conditions indi- eating an early adjustment of the trou- 1ble. but men of all classes waited with keen anxiety to learn what action the officials of the trolley company. would take in the face of the activity of<yes- ferday. when citizens joined forces with the largest business organizations and the city's officials in an effort to bring about arbitration.
 The arrival of the president of the trolley company, Fl. F. Parmelee, now absent on yachting cruise, Is expect ed some time to-day, and it is believed that 20 settlement can be effected until he gets here. Meanwhile fears are ex. pressed that all may not remain quiet until that official does arrive. Dis quieting reports are persistent in, cir culation to the effect that an iTnporta- ton of strike breakers is imminent. One hundred cots placed in the com pany's ear sheds on Grand avenue last night for the use, 1t was stated. of strike breakers. were not occupied last night, but rumors of the present ar rival of new help has caused the strikers to station pickets at railroad stations and steamboat docks It Is. felt to be certain that an effort to run cars under the present conditions would result in very serious ouble.
 Up to 10 o'clock there had been no excitement of any kind The strikers were conspicuous by their very general absence from the city streets, and no- where were the crowds of yesterday in. evidence.
 The calm that prevailed probably ac- counts for universally expressed be- Ter that suddenly cropped out in many quarters that the strike would soon be settled. An effort to trace the causes for this sentiment brought nofhjns more tangible than a report that "an officer of the trolley company had stated this morning that the strike would be adjusted and cars running within forty-eight hours"
 The most important deyelonman+ of the day up to 10 o'clock was the arrival In the city of President ParmeIee of the trolley company. It did not take long after his appearance at the offices or the company for the various com mittees appointed yesterday to get into com munication with him. Later if was announced that he had consented to meet the committees of the chamber of commerce and the Busines4 Men,s as- sociation for discussion of the sit1a fion. se'
 Meanwhile a committee of the strik- CTS had gone into consultation with . joint committee of fifteen representing the chamber of commerce. the New Ha- ven Business Mems association and the merchants independent committee.
 To this committee of fifteen inc. strikers committee presented fha da- mands made upon the trolley company The document was one of twenty-fiva1 words. It reads:
 We demand that the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad Go reeoon;za our union and that the men who wera ulscharged without cause shall be re- instated."
 After a brief discussion the two com mittees separted and shortly after ii o'clock the committee Of fifteen went into conference with the president and directors of tha raf1road connanv
 Prior to this meeting President Parmelee and his directors were in l session for a short time and it was in- mediately after this that the president of Sthe company with a committee of the directors met the triDle committee of fifteen. This meeting was con cluded at 1:15. The citizens comnit-l tee presented the demands of the strikers and the railway people re hearsed the position of the company. l That settlement of the strike was not effected was made eyi- dent by the fact that another meet | ing of the citizens committee will bel held at 3 o'clock. The position of the | railroad company In regard to the site .Qation is uncertain.