The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-07
THE TROLLEY STRIKE Tie-Up in Fair Haven & West vile Roads System
 Still Intact.
NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT
NEV MEN EXPECTED FROM OUT
 OF TOWN THIS MORNING.

Efforts oE the Business Men to Bring the Matter to an End-Four-HOur Mass Meeting of Strikers Yesterday Afternoom-Another This MOrning- Mayor Sends Letter to Vice Pres. Snm- uel nem.ngway-SO Far No Violence Has Been Reported-How the People Get About-some Incidents of the Strike.
 The strike of the conductors and mo- tormen of the Fair Haven and Vest vile road, which was declared at an early hour yesterday morning, has com pletely tied up the trolley system here, as far as carrying passengers is con- cerned, and up to o'clock this morn ing not wheel of any car of the com pany had turned, excepting those of the cars which carried the United States mail to and from the surrounding towns and of the few that were out when the strike was declared. These cars were run few and far between, and as night drew near they ran at greater intervals than they did in the morning and early afternoon.
 The strike was declared at AIS yes- terday morning, as announced in our yesterdays issue, and at that time a few scattering cars were in and about the city, but as soon as they could be taken to the big barn of the company on Grand avenue the crews deserted them and they were left with the hun dreds of others there.
 It is believed that in the whole his tory of electric roads in Connecticut there has never been such complete tie-up of system in any city, and up to late hour this morning there was absolutely no chance for an immediate settlement. Every one of the 400 men who are out has pledged himself to steadfastly stick to his new union, not withstanding the fact that on Monday notice was posted in the barns stating that every man who refused to go on his regular trip Tuesday morning would consider himself discharged, and that he need not apply at the barns again. The men gave up their badges and suits, left their cars and offered a VOW that they would remain firm until eith- CT one side or the other had won. The result was that only three or four New Haveners had the pleasure of ride on the mail cars, and these trips were short ones. On one or two cars a pas- senger or two would be seen when the car reached Church and Chapel streets, but in almost every case the passenger, man or woman, would alight when the crowd at that corner, which numbered two or three thousand persons, began to jeer and yell.
 Of course a great deal of inconven- fence has been experienced by the strike. but the New Haven public have taken it so far in the most sensible and good-natured way. Everybody walks, it seems, but old bicycles have been dusted and repaired, stages have been put on and almost any old mode of transportation has been ,resorted to by the public.
 So far acts of violence of a serious nature, which usually accompany a strike, have been absolutely an un- known quantity, and it is to be hoped that none will occur. Of course the jeering and yelling have been heard on corners where the strikers and their sympathizers have congregated, but not an arrest-a rather remarkable fact has been made by the police in connec- tion with the strike.
 Prominent business men, representing New Haven's greatest enterprises, have come to the front during the past eight I, might put speedy end to the big strike, but whether their plans will materialize remains to be seen. Their efforts will, no doubt, meet with the general approval of the public.
 Mayor Studleys letter to Vice Presi- dent Samuel Hemingway last night in regard to his calling the attention of the State Board of Mediation and Ar bitration to the strike will also be found in another column.
 As has been stated above, the busi- ness men of the city, on account of the interests involved, met yesterday morn ing in the Tontine hotel and made plans to bring about speedy settlement Several prominent New Haven mer- chants including E. L. Howe of Howe & ECeISOn s, MT. DaVlS or DaV1S & CO, John D. Desmond of the Gamble-Des- mond company, Walter Leigh and oth- CTS addressed the meeting of perhaps forty men. A committee was appointed consisting of E. L. Howe, chairman; M Sonnenberg, Benjamin Slade, Solomon Davis and M. R. Durand to meet com mittees from the New Haven Business Mems association and the chamber of commerce for the purpose of agreeing on what steps to take in regard to bringing about some sort of settle ment
 E. l. Atwater, the president of the Business Mems association, later in the day issued call for 6 meeting of the executive committee of the association and 1t was held in their room in the Insurance building.
 At this meeting the situation was dis cussed and the telling effect that the strike had on the business of the mer- chants was clearly laid before the mem-
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