Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-20
Rumop Says So--The Statement
 Says Nay, Nay.
sEWELL PLEASED AT THE IDEA.

Places and the First Appplications
 Received Will Be the Lucky Ones.
 The Daily Statement Says There is
 No Break in the Ranks-It Also
 Talks About Wages in Other Places.
 A report that was all over the city before today and which was given considerable credence was that six or ten of the strikers were going to work at their old positions on the cars to- morrow. or had offered to do so. Ey- erybody seemed interested in the report and it was surprising the number who said they hoped it was true, because if it were, it would mean the official end of the strike. Business men stop ped reporters and asked them if it were so. Manufacturers asked busi- ness men about it. Policemen, body of men who hear everything, asked re- porters if there was anything to it. The whole town, it seemed was eager to know what there was to the report. It was the most sensational incident since the arrests of the strikers.
 Manager Sewell was asked and he said that he knew nothing more about it than what he had heard; that SIX CT eight or ten of the men intend asking for their old places tomorrow morning. He said that it would be wise thing fo,. them to do for there are a few po- sitions vacant now, and they naturally world he given first choice. Further than this he knew nothing about the report.
 The following statement was issued Inv hha stuikers' executive committee this afternoon:
 s4One hundred days old is our strike fo-day. Bright and early we foun0 ourselves confronted with another oid chestnut in the shape of a run1of ailal some of our men were becoming weak kneed and had signifed their intention of returning to work at tne1r olu places and for their old salaries. All
 ye can answer in reply is that there is not an atom of truth in the rumor. It is simply another underhanded method adopted to break the strike. When we brought the matter up at this mornings meeting, one of our men Init the nail in hhe head when he said: What, any of als going back! Why. the strike breakers won't even speak to Miller, who Went back. We would be despised by not only the pub lie, but by the strike breakers now working here
 f When the company tried to place a pole in front of the property of a man named Houlihan on the Water- town road some time ago, he raised an awful row and threatened to anni- hilate the company if they dared atr tempt to plant it near his property. To-day Houaihan is working for the trolley company as a strike breaker. The other men have titled him Happy Houlihan.' There is truth in the say ing that time works many wonders.
 Despite statements from the other side to the contrary, we are informed upon reliable information that the present patronage given the cars does not come nearly high enough to meet the expenses of the company We understand Farley received $5 a day from the company for every man he had here. and out of that had to feed them and furnish them proper sleep ing contrivances. Such items of ex- pense consume a great many fares. Despite this, however, the company shows no sign of disposition to end the existing pIeasantness, although we have time and again repeated that We are ready and willing to do any, thing in honor to bring the strike to an end.
 Now that the company has endeav- bred to show how bfg-hearted if is. we will give another illustration of what other companies are willing to give to their men. Ill our last state- ment we quoted from letter received from Chairman Di1lworth showing what fine agreement he secured in Sharon. Pa. This morning we re- ceived another letter from him giving us some information about the agree ment he effected in Mahoning Valley. Pa. He got for the men there 21 cents an hour for the first six months; % cents for the second six months: 23 cents per hour thereafter, and time and a half for all overtime or extra work. Mr Dillworth also states this: They are allowing motormen to use stools something they never conceded before, and pay the men for the time they are at their meals. which is prac- tically eleven hours wages for ten hours work This is not our or Mir Dillworth's statement and needn't be taken by the public for such. It can be proven if anybody doubts 1t. Ev- cry man in the Mahoning Valley diff culty has had his wages increased $119.20 per annum. Place our de- mands beside this settlement. The company thought we were outIandish because We asked for 20 cents per hour for the first year of service and 221a cents per hour thereafter. We leave it to the intelligent public to in dorse the big-heartedness of the Con- necticrlt Railway and Lighting Go
 "At our meeting yesterday we re- ceived numerous communications con taining financial assistance from un- known friends. who are evidently the ones who have recently been asking the press to let them know how they could reach us. Among these com munications was one signed by A