Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-21
Strikers Downcast Over Report
 from w. D. Mahon.
WHERE DOES KELSEY STAND?

In Relation to The Trolley Company
 and the Strikers Those Who Attend
 ed Meeting Thursday Night Were Re-
 quested to Report Gases of Boycott
 to Him-A Smile Was All He Gave
 the Reporter When Asked About It. Everything is moving along very smoothly in the trolley strike situation. The contention of the strikers from the beginning, that the company was not willing to agree to any sort of a settle ment of the questions at issue has been made plain to all by the failure of MT Mahon to get the local manage ment or the directors to assist in end ing the difference by arbitration so that no matter how much citizens may differ as to the merits of the strike, it | cannot be denied that the men were willing to play fair. Some time ago the aldermen refused to appoint com- mittee to inquire into the case and see what could be done to bring about peace. At that time nobody had been killed nor seriously injured and it was | thought that peace commission repre- senting the board of aldermen might be able to accomplish something, and much comment of an unfavorable na- ture was heard because a resolution to | this effect was voted down, but per- haps the opponents of the measure were more familiar with the plan of action mapped out by the company than those who talked in favor of such ac- tion. Now it is public property that the company wants to try it out in 1 trial of endurance and the proper thing for those not directly concerned 1 is to mind their own business and let | 1t settle itself. But it seems almost everybody is interested in the struggle one way or another, so that it is hard to occupy neutral ground. It looks as if everyone has a duty to perform and it behooves him to do it regardless of consequences. But it would be we'll to give the question a good thought before taking sides and make sure that you are standing for the right.
 A great many are losing their heads about the snarl and curiOusly enough I 1t would seem that those who are wor- ried most over 1t have little or nothing at stake and won't be out much no matter which side wins. It is amusing to see man that the trolley company nor anybody else for that matter. cares much about falling out with his neighbor because he is not riding on the cars, while at the same time l Colonel BuIpee and Manager SewelI look radiant and happy and don't ap- l pear to be losing any flesh over it. They recognize all their old acquaint- | n i1ySf fhn yI, !, they are riding in the cars or on the l 'buses and can enjoy joke with them just as well as if the strike was never heard of. Yesterday afternoon a cou- pie of reporters told Mir Sewell about the girls calling the little mule team tha propels one of the buses "Burpee and Sewell,'' and after indulging in a fit of laughter at it he told of similar incident that came under his own per- sonal notice when crowd of girls in n bus shouted "Git up there. Sewell whoa, Burpee." at pair of tired ami mals that were hauling ebus full of passengers up North Main street. Many will say that the situation is too serious to warrant people in mak. ing light of it, but if man can show how he can help matters by falling out with his neighbors as to whether they shall or shall not patronize the cars, all right, but 1t is doubtful if this can be done. for no matter what may be said on the question most people will use their own Judgment about 1t and will refuse to ride until they get good and ready. What is wanted is q strict ob- servance of law, and if we have this all could afford to wait until either side got tired of the conflict and sue l por peace internationally. It looks now as If the fight will go on until we reach that point. What else is there Tn sight in the face of the following telegram to Mir Ryan
 New York. March 20.
 M. J. Ryan. Waterbury. Conn: Results or conference barren. Will forward assistance to men Monday Many thanks for favors.
 W. D. NATION.
 The strikers executive committee this afternoon issued their seventieth daily statement, as follows:
 We received late yesterday after
 noon the following disappointing tel egram from President NTahon: "Re- suits of conference barren; will for ward assistance to men Monday. Not withstanding that this news is not in line with q settlement of the strike. We are hopeful that something more cheerful to the public may develop within q day or two It is possible that President Mahon will be here on Monday and we expect Committeeman l Dilworth to return from Boston this l evening.
 AS this is Saturday, we take the oc- casion once more to urge everybody l friendly toward our cause to be careful to preserve the peace tonight and en- deavor to have everybody else do like wise. We have had no violence in some l time now and we want the good work to continue.
 Friendship for our cause is still con- tfnuing to be shown by the daily do- nations received. Yesterday afternoon $50 was received from some friends in Meriden and bright and early this morning half dozen more good size donations came i'm from local friends. We are glad to note that the large rewards offered for the conviction of | 40 NT .y.V r...