Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-06
Men To Give Up Everything and Apply Personally
 To Manager SeWell.
EVEN THEN ALL WILL NOT BE TAKEN BACK.
Last Evenings Conference Was Failure and Strikers and Company Are Still Far Disappointment Every Side at the
 Outcome of the Session.

the Session.
 the military, combined with the re- ports of the conference to be held, created i'll the public mind a general feeling that a conciliation was at hand. He replied that the two incidents had no connection whatever; that the au- thorities who ordered the withdrawal of the military knew nothing about the intended conference.
 The members of the New Haven companies of the Second regiment who have been here since Sunday night, left for home on special train consisting of six coaches and two baggage cars, which left the Naugatuck station at about 10 o'clock this morning. It is needless to say that the boys were in jubilant spirits and were happy to know that they would be at home soon and could once more enjoy little freedom, partake of good meal and have q soft bed to rest their weary limbs on after hard
 days work. No hard floor will be their resting place and no half yenti-
 lated places will be their quarters to- night. The appearance of the sol
 diers was not half so good as it is af- ter a weeks stay in camp. The boys
 suffered much from inactivity. They
 had little to do while in this city and found it hard to kill time. They be- came tired and listless. But to the credit of the New Haven companies it must be said that the conduct of their members during their stay in this city was fine and is worthy of much praise. Few were the cases of drunk enness or disorderly conduct among the members. A local officer of the
 militia, in speaking about the stay of
 the Elm City soldiers in this, city, said:
 "I am sorry that the boys are going
 home. They have acted finely dur ], ing their visit. The department at
 camp could not be compared to the de-
 pertinent of the boys while here. l have not seen single case of drunk
 enness or disorderly conduct among
 them during the week.
 l The following from the New York Sun was the cause of some talk among | General Frost's staff to-day:
 sIn one respect the strike at least
 has done a good thing It has served
 to show that in order to cope with q
 really serious strike, here or elsewhere l in the state, more discipline must pre- I vail in the ranks of the soldiers. The
 ranks are made up of good many
 union men and they have been openly in sympathy with the strikers. Many have worn strike buttons on their coats
 without protest froms their officers. On Tuesday night some of the men stood in mob and heard vile epithets ap- l piled to motOrmen and saw them stoned, while they laughed and talked l with union men and never lifted a l hand. One motorman declared that he
 had been stoned by soldiers, but the officers deny this. This lack of disci-
 pline reached such state that the off,
 cers of the road had to ask that two
 companies be taken away from the I car barns which they had been sent to
 guard and others sent in their places.
 These reports have been circulated
 throughout the state and they are be ginning to arouse some serious doubts
 in the minds of sober citizens and those
 who have property as to whether the
 militia can be depended upon"
 The officers said this is nothing but
 rot. Some of them bought buttons, and one of them wore his under his
 dress coat, but they were bought mere q ly as souvenirs. Some of the officers
 sent their buttons home to their chil-
 dren One officer said that he has never yet been with troops that did not 1 sympathize to some extent with the
 crowd, but yet never failed to do their , duty when called upon. The wearing of a button by soldier does not signi fy disobedience to orders. Then he told story of an incident that oc cured in the famous riots in New York ss during the civil war. A company oi men refused to fire when ordered anG
 the officer withdrew them. Later - speaking to a fellow officer, he asked him what he would have done if his . men refused to fire. TT would have ordered them to cease fire; I would be , obeyed anyway" was the reply.
 A drummer who travels for whole 2 sale house out west, stated to one ot < his customers here yesterday that the g accounts of Saturday nights law1ess - ness and the subsequent events in the
 trolley strike were even more sensa 2 tional than those in the New York pa I pers. One paper had it where tht t soldiers were walking over dead bod l ies in the streets. The drummer hat l decided not to visit Waterbury. fol q the present, when he received inrorma e ton concerning the true state of ar k fairs.
 A non-union conductor on one of tn, :; North Main street cars com ' mitted a breach of tn ' peace yesterday. E. c. Pouart of Simonsville was out yesterday fo F the first time in some weeks. after severe fit of illness. He is still yer, :. weak and yesterday afternoon wa : passing along the road near the trolle,
 terminus on North Main street whel
 he was seized with a fit of coughing . The conductor jumped off his car ant : abused Pouard in a terrible manner
 calling him names and winding up wit an invitation to fight. Pouard was S ! weak that had the conductor strucl , him he could not have defended him 2 self at all He would have been com - pletely at his mercy. When he reache, ,. the home of relatives in PearsaIlvilI he was so scared that he had barrel. 5. strength enough left to tell them c f Fl s.&3H nI~ <5<S