Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-11
Investigation is Proceeding
 Quietly And Diligently.
SAYS TRERE IS A FAINT CLUE.

May Have to Adjourn Inquest Until
 Later in Week-Some of the Striking
 Linemen Have Left Town-Trim-
 mers are Having Only Partial Sue
 cess and as Result Lights Burn Dim- ly-Strikers Issue Their Daily State
 ment- Money and Sympathy for Mrs Mendelssohn.
 Deputy Coroner Pond came here this morning and resumed work. Much speculation is being indulged in as to whether or not any arrests will follow the coroner's report, but this is some thing nobody knows anything about. 1t is certain that the coroner is sparlng no pains to hear everybody who might reasonably be expected to be able to throw any light upon the mystery, but beyond this nothing official has reach ed the public.
 Deputy Coroner Pond was seen by a Democrat representative this noon and asked if he would disclose any thing in regard to the situation as far as he had gone. He said that there
  nesses he was to hear this afternoon were not more fruitful than the ones he had already heard he would have to adjourn the inquest until later in the week. He would not close the in quest in it's present state. He was then asked if there was anything which pointed to- there was anything which pointed to- ward the motorman or conductor and he replied that this was a question he could not answer, that his first answer covered everything. He said there was a clue, but a faint one, as to who were the guilty parties, and further than that he said he could not answer until the Investigation was finished.
 There is nothing new in the strike situation to-day. Everything was quiet last night and nothing unusual occurred up to press hour to-day. The cars, buses and the automobile are ac- commodating all who care to patron tze them without interference from any source and it appears to be generally admitted that things will continue along these lines until the thing wears itself out if something does not turn up which will bring about a settlement sooner.
 On0 or IQo New Ork pdp6TS publishes this morning story about something which it claims leaked out at the hearing before the coroner re- garding the falling of the mask from the face of nesOf the parties that at tackled the car on which Officer Men delsso1ln was killed. and that the mo- torman got good look at the man. The article stated that the reporter inter viewed Chief Egan about the matter and that all they could get out of him on the question was a query as to what authority he had for mentioning anybody's name in that connection. The chief said to-day that two men called on him yesterday and wanted to know what he had to say about this matter and apparently not liking the way they were received, they left, one of them indulging in a sort of grin which he took for an insult The chief fol- lowed them into the hallway and promptly reminded him that he didn't propose to allow anybody to come in Hhere and insult him. This was all there was to it.
 It was stated to-day that some of the Hnenlen who have been out on strike grew weary waiting for a settlement of the trouble and have secured work in other towns and that the rest can find positions as soon as they care to accept them. The company is man. aging to take care of the trolley wires, but it seems to be handicapped in the management of the lights owing to the difficulty in securing sufficient num- Der of trimmers and also the trouble occasioned in repairing broken lamps Many of the lamps are being used without globes and while they do not shed as much light as with them still they are greatly appreciated. People who live in the immediate vicinity where lamps are installed should make an effort to prevent damage to them Such work helps nobody and results in serious inconvenience to many tC say nothing of the losses which some body will haxe to make good later.
 The strikers executive committee issued their sixtieth daily statement this afternoon, as follows:
 We are sincerely pleased at the ac, tion of the trolley company in so lib orally contributing to the aid of the family of the late police officer, Pau Mendelssohn. This act disproves tht general belief that mighty corpora tions are heartless institutions May this generous sentiment be the fore runner of more in that line and an in dication of the settlement of the strike
 One of yesterdays papers has a head ing in the form of a query asking, 'sI! the strike lost?" Much as we desir, to see the strike brought to a speedy settlement, we must answer thousand times "No," that 1t is not lost. How can the strike ever be lost when eign thousand union men and women, ane the members of their families, ar, pledged not to patronize the cars whil the strike Is on?
 This same paper has quite a story il connection with boycotts. in which ", have taken no interest and do not in tend to. Inconsistency is shown, how ever, by discourdging it on the part O syrnpathizers with the strike, and the1 suggesting that 1aggard business mel (being business men who would no agree to ride on the cars) be boycottet hv the merchants who agreed to ride