Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-27
BUSINESS MEN GIVE UP.
Full Report of Strike Committee Read At Last Nights Meeting Could Not Bring
 Company To Terms.

s The following is the report submit ted by the special committee on the strike situation at the business mems meeting last night:
 Friday, Jan Is, Il 80 p. m, Odd Eel lows banquet hall-Committee appoint ed by the Business Mems association held it's first meeting. Agreed to in- ter1ew first the strikers committee, who had written the association re- questing them to use their influence to bring about a settlement
 Saturday, Jan 1.-Two appointments made with strikers committee were posbponed at their request. Finally agreed to meet Sunday afternoon.
 sunday, Jan IS, 5 p. m., Young Mems christian association building-Busi- ness mems committee met strikers committee of three with two represen- tatves of the Central Labor union and representative of the Amalgamated Union of Street Railway Employees The business mems committee listened to statements of the strikers and re- celved from them in writing the fol- lowing requests to be presented to the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go:
 We wish to have him (Mr SewelD meet committee of three members rom the Central Labor union, in con- Junction with the three members of the striking committed
 IT he refuses that, then we want this committee from the merchants as- Soc1afion to ask him to arbftrate the question by referring the whole diffi- culty to an arbitration board consist ing of five members-he (Mr SewelD to select two, the men to select two and those four to select the fifth.
 Fred Weed. Lynn, Mass Howard Dennis, Cornelius Horgan, John E. Col lins, John T. .Daly, James Donahue. M. J. Ryan,
 Monday, Jan 19, ii a. m, Colonel Burpee's offfce-Business mems com mittee met MT Sewell and Colonel Bur pee, presented the strikers requests and listened to MT Sewell's story of the strike with his evidence and reason for discharging Barrett. MT Sewell stated that if Barrett's case could be dropped he would consider all the other propo- sitions originally presented to him by the strikers He agreed to meet the strikers committee of three with five additional strikers suggested by the business mems committed The busi- ness mems committee then secured a position for MT Barrett which they were informed he agreed to take pro- yld1ng all other difficulties were amica- ply arranged and the matter of his dis charge by the company was not dis cussed Tn any subsequent conference.
 Monday, Jan 19, 2:30 p. m., r. M. .. A. building The business mems committee met the strikers committee ana reported their interview with MT SeWel and Colonel Burpee. Tn this meeting the strikers committee agreed to meet MT Sewell alone without his attorney or anyone else being present, tney m turn not to have present any representatives of the Central Labor
 Monday. Jan 19, 4 D. m.. Y. M. O. A. puhdIng-By appointment made through the business mems committee MT Sewell alone, for the first time. met a company of his old employees. com. posed of the strikers committee of tnree and five others, and had a pleas ant interview with them, like old times. During the interview the busi- ness mems committee remained in an- other room with City Clerk Ryan. MT Weed of Lynn, and the Rev MT Buck ley Of the local minister's club, ready to offer any services if called unon..
 At this conference the strikers com mtttee made concessions regarding non- recognition of the union, and MT Sew ell made concessions concerning hours Of work and agreed to look into the matter of increased pay for the barn men and to allow 25 cents per hour for snow blow work instead of former rate.
 Tuesday. Jan 20. 9:30 a. m.. Y. M. c. A. bulding-The business mems com mittee met the strikers committee and received their report of the strikers meeting the previous evening. The strikers had accepted their committees report as progress and had expressed satisfaction with the results obtained so far.
 Tuesday, Jan 20, p. nn., Y. M. 0. A. building By appointment made through the business mems committee. MT SeWell met the strikers committee alone while the business mems commit lee remained in another room.
 At this conference everything was considered settled except the wage scale, which the strikers agreed to re- ouce to 2lA cents per hour The busi- ness mems committee prepared and signed a report outlining their work " " tniS tlAue. IHe report was SIb- mitted to the directors of the Business Mems association and was later given to the press as follows:
 The committee of the Business Mems association appointed to confer with the striking employees and inc Connecticut Railway and Lighting 70, with instructions to try to brine about some settlement of the strike nave done considerable work during tne past lew days with the result that committees of the strikers have had several conferences with MT Sewell the general manager of the company, and much progress was made in the matter"
 The committee was successful in re- moving two or three of the most inn portant difficulties in the dispute. but they nave been unable up to the pres ent time to bring about any agreement or concessions On nno o,s 4,,~o