Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18

the trouble started, so that no matter which side wins out, Inc row may prove beneficial to the whole people, for all will be more familiar with such matters in the future than they ever would be if the strike had not forced a closer consideration of the subject upon them. To be sure the trolley will stay, but 1t is very evident that the public will be more exacting in their demands for some returns for the use of the streets than they have been in the past and public officials will be obliged to govern themselves accordingly. John O'Neills remark last night that the street raiIload com pany got what It has because people did not know the real value of these fraI chises has set many to thinking, with the result that men who thought 1t would ray the city to build streets and thcn trrn them over to the com pany have experscn' cd change of hcart aDt; low SC t;.c matter iu new Isl,t.
 A The company is enreavoring ro make the best land 1t ean of things as It tinds~them, and while every possible effort is being made to maintain some sort of a regulation schedule the result is far from satisfactory. Whether on account of want of patronage or want of help, does not appear. The company does not show much disposf- ton to run to the end of the line on Rank street and it is not very particr- lar whether or not 1t penetrdtes to the termination of the North Main street route. There is no appreciable in- crease in the number of patrons of the cars, notwithstanding the fact that Dame Rumor has it that tickets can be had for the trouble of picking them up on the factory floors, while others claim that they find them in punches on the sidewalks. Anyway, Mir Big gerstaff's assertion, and also that Of John O'Neill, that the company makes its expenses before 10 o'clock in the morning, would not bear investl- gation just now. No doubt 1t would have been all right, but If the company took them up on it at this time Big gerstaff and O'Neill wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
 Things are moving along very nicely with the strikers. During the first
 
 men didn't know what to do with themselves. They had been accus- toned to regular work and time hung heavily on their hands, but since the inauguration of the bus scheme they have all they can. swing into and have now become quite contented, and while all would be glad to see the strike set tied, still, they do not manifest the same uneasiness which was so appar- ent in their looks and actions some time ago. At the meeting this morn Sng every man was accounted for. Those who were not at headquarters were attending to the buses, and the returns from the carryalls showed that the business is on the increase.
 n. l.. Dillworth and Organizer Weed are still here and attended the morn ing session. Mir Dillworth told a Democrat reporter that so far as he knew there were no signs of q settle ment. He said he came here on n peace mission, but that he had not met anybody representing the company. He had not sought an interview with the company because he had been assured by parties who were in a position to know that they did not desire to see him and he was not forcing himself upon them. He had hoped that he would br alI- to do something tow ards bringing about an amicable set tiement of the difference, just as he had been instrumental in doiag in oth- CT places, but so far he had not made any headway in that direction. He thought the situati had now reached a stage where it was not question be- tween the company and the trolley men. He believed the time had come for the public to take the matter in hand and stated that any impartial committee representing the people oi &his town who would look into the case and show that the men were in error would find no trouble in dealing with them, and added that he saw no reason why the public could not com pel the company to yield provided the decision should go the other way. MI Dillworth remarked that the men have been holding out the olive branch since the strike was declared and that they still occupy that attitude, but that if the conditions on which they would now be willing to return are moi accepted speedily they will be with drawn and others offered embodyine many things that have not yet beer asked. He also stated that the mer had not exhausted all their resources md that he hoped they would not Dc obliged to, but in case they should Dc they would not be in any way bashfu about going the full length. MT Dill worth didn't explain what he meant bv tbis b,1t the reporter understood il to mean that in case it should be fight to a finish the trolleymen in ev cry town where the Connecticut Rail way and Lighting Go operates lines will be called out.
 MT Dillworth appears tS~ be very conservative man and spoke as if he were very anxious to bring the men and the company together and leave town after settling what threatens te be long drawn contest.
 4 union bus will leave the center fol
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