Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-20
Made No Such Announcements As
 Published In American.
STRIKERS EXPECT WORD SOON

At Any Moment, and of More Pleas
 ing Nature Than That Credited to
 Him-Trolley Go Offers Reward for Arrest of Peter Brennan-S Strikers Is-
 sue Their sixty-Ninth Statement To
 Day.
 Now that the fake dispatches from New York regarding MT Mahons al- legged threat to tie up every wheel Ill Waterbury has been laid bare 1t Will be interesting to note how many Will take any stock in it. MT Mahon gave out nothing so that it is but fair to as- sume that what he was credited with saving must have been manufactured by somebody interested on the other side of the question. There never was any intention OH the part of the officers of the International Association of Street Railway Employees to carry the fight into the factories, but people op- posed to united labor are making su- preme effort to make people believe that it will lead to this, with a view of course, of inducing people to with draw support from the strikers ana turn the tide of popular sympathy apainst them Let us have the truth and then every man and every woman will be in position to decide Tor hlm- self and herself whether they ought or ought not patroniZe the cars. There should be no coercion one way or the other. Those who want to should be permitted to exercise that privilege without interference and on the other hand citizens who prefer to walk or use the buses should not be regarded as exceeding their rights. Many desirable citizens never rode 6n the cars regularly and it is hardly fair that they should be obliged to step on now in order to prove that they are in favor of law and order. This is the general opinion of almost all the sober minded citizens in the community and time will prove that any attempt to do otherwise will amount to nothing, except to continue the trouble and cre- ate q feeling which will not help any, body. Whatever there is wrong in the community will not be put down by methods matched up in secret meetings and confided to few. The blinds should be thrown open and let everybody see the good and the bad and in this way 1t will not take long to rally all honest men on the side of right.
 The following is MT Mahon's dis patch:
 M T. Ryan. city clerk of Waterbury:
 Statement in local press and New York papers yesterday evening and to- day that I had declared a sympathetic strike would be called and every busi- ness in Waterbury tied up, is absolute " untrue. I have given out no state ment since the signed statement given out in your office Tuesday night. Please. make the correction and oblige
 w. D. MAHON.'
 The strikers executive committee issued their sixty-ninth daily state- ment this afternoon, as follows:
 Although it is ten weeks ago since we went on strike, our men are still holding together with that remarkable energy and steadfastness which has caused this strike to become famous throughout the world. While great share of the causes for this is undoubt- edly the feeling that the men are fight ing for their rights, no doubt the en- couragement of frierids has consider able effect Donations keep coming in
 
 from all over the country One good sized sum was received this morning from Baltimore.
 ''At this writing the only news we have received from President Mahon is a telegram stating that the state ments in the local and New York pa- pers that he had declared a sympathet- ic strike would be called and every business in Waterbury tied up are absolutely untrue and that he has given out no statements whatsoever since the signed one given out here after his conference with Colonel Bur- pee.
 ''We are inclined to think that Pres ident Mahon is succeeding in his mis- sion i'll New York and are convinced that our not hearing from him is only an indication that he has something important in the works. When he does communicate with us, we feel sure that the information will be of great in- terest to all.
 we are glad that the meeting in City hall last night disappointed a general impression that it was to be in the nature of an anti-strikers' move ment. We are informed that it was simply held to discuss boycotting and have also been told that some of the speakers endorsed our unions, stating truthfully that they had as much right to be formed as trusts had It is too bad that the meeting was not an open one, as many objected to crawling under the canvass so to speak We understand members of the press were refused admission unless they would agree to submit their writings to the press committed Laymen hay ing no tickets and desiring to attend had to be 'vouched for A collection was taken up after the meeting to de fray the expenses, which were given out as $50 or 800.
 As stated yesterday. any informa- tion from President Mahon, will be given out immediately to the general public, either through the press or by bulletins.
 The state of Connecticut. through Governor Chamberlain offers a reward sAf S6 00O for the af.rast of tha mnrder.