Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23


 Last evening the president of the company, A. M. Young, was in town and 1t was said his visit was connect ed with the strike, but apparently it was not At least no effects from 1t were apparent up to this afternoon. Even on that point Manager Sewell would not speak definitely. All he would say was that he had seen by the papers that MT Young was in town.
 This morning it was impossible to see MT Sewell at his office on Bank street It was said he was closeted with MT Young and could not be dis turbed. About noon MT Sewell was at liberty and he was asked if there were any developments in the strike.
 "I have nothing to say for the news papers or to them." he replied, "only that yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock I received a communication from the men informing me that they had not accepted the offer of settle ment made them last Tuesday even ing. That is all that know of to- day"
 He was asked when he expected to get the trolley system in full opera tion and he said he did not know that was in another mans hands. "But we are getting along very we'll" he said: i've are satisfied with the pro- Rress we are making, and that's good thing, isn't it?''
 He was asked if he had any state ment to make regarding the statement < of MT Barrett refuting the charges of Mr sewell He replied that he had not 50 far.
 Well, Colonel Burpee has spoken to you about 1t, has lie notY
 If he has it's up to Colonel Burpee, then, to do the rest of it," said MT Sewell.
 sColonel Burpee told me yesterday that you would probably make a statement regarding this point In the strike for publication today
 have nothing to say. Colonel Bufpee, suppose, will take care of that.''
 Well, MT Sewell," said the scribe. tsThis is the point the public is clamor- ing for information about. You have made your charges. Mir Barrett has denied them and also has asked to he heard by a public committee.'' VI,
 T have no more to say for the news papers" said MT Sewell, and then he took the elevated road in the Odd Eel lows building for Colonel Burpee's of , flee.
 { To-day the company made the big gest effort since the strike to get the full, system in operation. Cars ran east as far as the Sacred Heart church and as far as the railroad bridge on Bank street Superintendent Stark z said this morning that very soon he expects to have the full system run ming.
 Very near to the regular complement ]. of cars ran to-day and almost on schedule time. But there was no per- ceptible increase in the passenger traffic all the forenoon. About noon eight cars, or little more than the us- ual number, met on Exchange place During the forenoon it was generally reported that the officials of the fac tories would make an effort to have their help use the cars. In one or two places where the help had been al lowed fifteen minutes additional to the dinner hour this time was taken off for the purpose, 1t was reported, ot inducing the help to take the cars. Ii is very probable, however, there was no truth in this report.
 However. whether true or not, the increase in traffic was not noticeable When the eight cars met in Exchange place 1t was easy to count the passen. gers. They did not exceed fifty. The usual number of cars is fourteen and every one of them Is over crowded a1T &t4 ,tyor /%I the day into consideration it may bt said there was no change from tht condition of the situation since Tlht start.
 The Protestant clergymen of the cit. met in the f. NJ. c. A. parlors las night to discuss the situation, but gay' out nothing for publication.
 Two cars collided on South Mail street this noon near the watch shop Nobody was hurt, but the lenders anC bulkheads were badly battered I was quite a crash and just littl' more would have brought the vesh bules together with sufficient force tt knock them into smithereens.
 Butchers union, local No 205, at meeting held last night, voted to as sess each member the sum of 15 cents the same to be devoted to the aid O striking employees. The union als' passed resolutions of sympathy ant voted to fine any member $25 wh' should be proved as having ridden ol q car while handled by non-union men
 Burton e. Bryan, president of th' Fourth National bank, director O the company, sa'd that since the com pany became absorbed by the United Gas Improvement Go. which is practi cally the Standard Oil Go, the local di rectors have not had much say in th' management, and that the settlemen of the strike is virtually in the hand of one of the directors residing il Philadelphia, whose name he could no recall.
 The Ladies' auxiliary, A. O. H., helt an interesting meeting in K. of c. hal last evening, Five new members wer'