The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-07
THE ECONOMIC LEAGUE.
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 Following this burst of enthusiasm William Gay eXpatiated at some length on the possibility of suing the company for heavy damages for falling to trans port the people. He said their inability to do so was not owing to any act of nature-"it was not owing to lightning, earthquake or flood. Rather 1t was ow- ing to perfectly avoidable cause which cost the company nothing more than decent regard for inherent natural and social rights of it's employees" At this point the committee on resolutions re- ported the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
 Whereas the conductors and motor men of the Fair Haven 6 Westville Railroad company are now on strike for the right to organize to protect their just rights as free and independent WOrkmen. and
 Whereas, labor is entitled to receive its just reward financially, ciyilly and socially in every field. and
 Whereas, in no other period of history has capital assumed more powers of combination than at this time for pur- poses of monopoly and exploitation, 1t must be clear to all fair-minded men that the WOrkmen have rights Of com bination far superior to the claims of capital in this direction and that these rights must be maintained at all haz- ards unless human rights are to be re- garded in this republic as inferior to the power of money and the greed of wealth as shown in the action of this public corporation which operates by virtue of the suffrages of the very men whom they now refuse to treat with as an organization of workmen while itself enjoying all the advantages of combina- tion, besides the privileges of legal mo- nopoly of the routes through which the lines run.
 Resolved, that in accordance with our state platform, which reads: We favor unionisn, t!:e right to form and join unions, and the right of unions to strike and by all peaceable means to protect the rights of their members we, the members of the New Haven Economic league, endorse the attitude of the motormen and conductors of the Fair Haven & Westville railroad and extend to them our sympathy and sup port, and be it further
 Resolved, that we condemn the arbi- trary attitude of the company in re- fusing the right of the men to organize for mutual protection as shown in the discharge of some of the more active workers in the organization; and be 1t further
 Resolved, that all those formerly us- ing cars in this city be requested to put the amount of their fares into fund to be used for the benefit of the strikers of the Fair Haven & Westville railway.
 CHARLES GAY, Chairman.
 Following the adoption of the resolu- tions Organizer J. O'Neill of Bridgeport addressed the meeting and emphasized the point that whatever action the busi- ness men and citizens would take they should keep in mind that the employees of the railroad had an organization of which the executive committee was the most important factor. If any attempt was made towards arriving at peace full solution of the difficulty 1t would not be satisfactory or harmonious without the cooperation of that committee. The strikers must certainly be recog- nized as very potent element in the controversy. Minor other business was transacted and the meeting adjourned.