Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-27
.HEAD|NGOFF STRIKE BREAKERS
Strikers Get Some of The New
Men In Tow

mOA AA AOW
Four of Them Entertained at Strike
Headquarters This Afternoon
Strikers Issue Their Forty-eighth
Statement-Many Lights Out and
Some Windows Broken Last Night.
-Four trolleymen who We're brought
here from brooklyn, \. Y, on the l.ou
tram on the NauS atuck alvlslon, THIS
afternoon, did not JOIN the strike break
erS, but instead We're taken Ill cnarge
by the strikers, We're gwen a dinner
and were entertained by them at their
headquarters. The new men We're
hired by one Charles Fitch, who was
formerly superintendent OF the New
York and Queens County railway, but
has been working here for the past
two weeks, and now claims to be en-
ployed as an inspector by the trolley
company. The men claim that Fitch,
with whom two or three Of the men
formerly worked asserted that there
was no strike here anu that it was all
settled. He promised them $3.50 q
day and board. He paid their trans
portation to this city, where they were
to report to Superintendent Wales. He
also gave them special tickets for free
rides on the trolley cars, The men
came to this city alone, no officer Of the
company being with them. On arriving
here they were much surprised to hear
that there was a strike on and said
that such being the case they could
not get back to New York quick
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here has been engaged of late in trying
to form union among the trolleymen
in Brooklyn.
The executive committee Of the
strikers issued the following statement
to-day:
'This, the forty-eighth day Of our
strike, finds our men standing firmly to-
gethsr in our effort for justice and fair
play.
1--WE have to again thank our friends
and the public for their generous sup
port, both financially and otherwise.
eve also wish to extend to the Off
GERS and members of Court Linden, f..
of A.. our sincere thanks for their ex-
pressions Of sympathy and support
"Our bus lines are doing an immense
business. As it is some time since we
said anything about automobiles, we
will now state that we will have some
in commission Sunday. We mean what
we. say, they are coming to stay"
Stones We're thrown at a North Main
street car last night and some arc light
globes were reported broken in other
parts of the north end.
Some one aimed piece Of iron at
trimmer on Bank street yesterday af-
ternoon. The missile hit the mans hat
and put a hole in it. The incident oc-
CURED near the Naugatuck railroad
crossing.
Alfred Hopson. the strike breaker
who was fined i'm the city court this
morning for carrying concealed weap-,
ons. was sent to Jail inasmuch as his
fines Were not paid.
twenty-five new men came here last
night from New York. some of them
attired in uniforms of the Metropolitan
Street r. r. Go of New York city, and
the others belonging to the trolley
company in Brooklyn. They were es-
corted to the car barns and went to
work to-day as mbtormen.
The Hartford trolleymen have no
union, and they don't intend to form
one until they have grievance. This
emphasizes the truth of what one Of
our ministers made pretty plain the
other day, that abuse Of labor by capi-
tai was primarily responsible for
unions.
More deputies arrived here to-day
and spent the greater. part Of their time
looking over the field. A couple of
Officers will be stationed at short dis.
tances from each other on all the lines
tonight SO that anybody who NEEDLES
with the cars or the lights will do SO
at great risk.
Martin Clark, clerk for M. T. Nc
Evoy, called upon Mayor Kilduff to-day
and asked that he be granted license
to carry revolver Mr. Clark is the
gentleman a strike breaker pulled a
gun on yesterday. The mayor refused
TO issue the license, adding that these
are unusual times and that he has not
issued a license for this purpose since
the trouble started
People are getting accustomed to the
darkness now and appear to take no
particular notice of the lights Very
few of them burned last night. So far
as can be learned the comDany has Sc
cured no new lfnemen or trimmers.
such work in that line as Is being done
not amounting to much. Three bosses
and two helpers are hustling but there
is considerably more work than they
can reach.
MUST PAY THEIR OWN WAY.