Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18

herday's serious rioting, the officials or the Connecticut Railway < Lighting Go made no effort to start cars on their lines in this city early to-day, prefer ring to wait until the question of DO lice protection was decided. To con sider this matter, meeting of the po- lice commissioners, Mayor Mulvihill, Sheriff Hawley and some ex-mayors and other prominent citizens was ar ranged for 10 o'clock this forenoon. Mayor MuIvihills alleged interference Vesterday with two deputy sher1ns who were trying to arrest a stone fhrower. was afterward angrily de- nounced by Sheriff Hawley, who in formed the police commissioners that so long as he remained in office, the / peace would have to be kept. and that unless the police were able to cope with the situation, he would take the reins of authority to-day and summon state aid without further barley As a result of the sheriffs representations, the conference of this morning was or dered.
 Pending the outcome of this meet ing. it was agreed that the company should not send any cars out or tne barns. during the morning. The addl- tional force of strike breakers who ac- cordino to statement made yesterday, were fo be brought into the city to-day had not arrived when the conference began.
 The conference began shortly after n o'clock and was still in session at 11:3O.
 At ii o'clock the company started raYs on inc line to Stratford, but did onu l L was announced, however, that the Bar mum avenue line, on which the rioting occurred yesterday, would be re- opened for business during the after noon.
 The only incident of the morning was the arrest of painter on charge of shouting an opprobrious epithet as one of the Stratford line cars passed the corner of Stratford avenue and East Main street. The painter was at work on the roof of house at that point and when his shout was heard Deputy < Sheriff Mallory of Milford, who was on the car. Jumped off, going up to the roof of the house and arrested the man. 2 He was taken to the police station and locked. up He gave his name as Joachim W6lkus.
 Sheriff HaWley will swear in 100 ex- Ira. deputies early this afternoon.
 Tn the city court this morning Mich ael Bona and Andrew Janendo, two of the men arrested during the rioting yesterday. were arraigned on the charge of riotous conduct and were held in bonds of S1 GOO each for the superior court. They were remanded to iail Two policemen testified that they saw them throwing stones. Mich ael Kelly's case was continued until tomorrow. He is charged with sim liar offense.
 When the conference adjourned at noon 1t was announced that Mayor Mulvfhill had agreed not to interfere with the conduct of the police during the strike and that Superintendent Birmingham and Sheriff Hawley will be allowed to work together. The con ference was lively one and the may or, who presided, came in for some very direct criticism.
 Among those present were the board of police mmissioners, the board of , npportfonment and taxation, eX-May- ors Pyle, Taylor and Sterling, Isaac w. Bfrdseye, president of the board of trade, State Senator McNeil, E. l.. Graves, president of the Business Mems association, Thomas Mcdonald, superintendent of the American Graph ophone Co, Judge A. B. Beers, Allan W. Paige, counsel for the railway com pany, and General Manager Sewell. Siheriff Hawley opened the proceed ings after they were called to order Mand related the riot scene of yester-
 y. He declared that Mayor Mulvi-
 Rll interfered with two deputies who
 lad man under arrest for throwing
 homes at the cars and that his inter-
 erence allowed the man to escape. rhe two deputies were called in and sold the story of the interference.
 Mayor Mulvihill f1atly denied that he ever had any intention of interfer- fng with any person making an arrest nor did he give any adverse orders to the police. .His only object, he said, was to scatter the crowd and this he endeavored to do all through the riot ous scenes.
 Allan w Paige declared that Mayor Mulvihiu did more than any other man yesterday to cause a continuance of the riot.
 To this Mayor Mulyihill quickly re- torted by saying that the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go paid no taxes 10 the city and they got more protec- tiom than all the other concerns in the city put together.
 Fx-NTayor Taylor expressed the opin- Ion f1lait the mayor had oyerstepped his l authority and that he was not good man to continue to have authority at his critical time.
 Senator MeNeil did not doubt but that the mayor was actuated by hon. est motiv Nsrout he believed such riot ing snoul Je stopped.
 The question then arose, would May or Mulvihill allow the police board to .cnndl1ct the department without inter
 rence? It was made plain under
 e charter that the mayor can assume
 sntrol during any actual state of riot
 lt the charter does not distinctly state
 lat he can assume authority in any
 Preparation that may be under way
 Dr any expected riot.