Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-04
Miles Booth Who Left the Union
 Several Weeks Ago.
HAS BEEN WORKING IN SHOP.

A1lOWdAC0 uSSOL O0S DOAOSNNO~
 From Trades Unions Discuss Car
 penters' Strike-Master Builders to Meet Tomorrow Night-Builders
 Afraid Strike if Prolonged, Will Be Very Injurious. .} The strikers executive committee issued their usual daily statement to- day as follows:
 We are out on strike just 114 days to-day and our true and tried members are sturdily facing the enemy with the same determination as displayed on Ehe first day.
 'sOne whom we had supposed in per feet sympathy with our cause has proven that our confidence was mis- placed and gone ito work for the trolley company. His name is Miles Booth, who was member of our union at the time the strike was declared and went out with us at that time. Some time \ afterwards he secured employ yment at Plume & Atwood's, and then sent in his resignation to our union, stating that he had decided ito give up rail- road work in the future. What infiu- ences were brought to bear-and we have every reason to believe there were many-we cannot state, but they must have been great in order to cause q man to violate his sacred oath, glv- Ien to us on two occasions However, such events only bind us closer togeth- Ger and renew our energy and determln- }ation. The company gains nothing by having Booth return to it's fold. We { lose nothing The company would give more to get one of our old relt- able members than to get forty Booths and Millers to go back. The company . knows them. The company will have no qualms of conscience in drop- ping such fellows in case settlement is arrived at later. In the Hudson Valley strike, six men returned to work. When the strike was settled they had to get out as neither the com pany nor the men wanted them.
 "One of the strike breakers from ( New Jersey, in writing to friend in Jersey City, stated that he thought 1t only question of 8 short time when his gang, which comes from Brooklyn and vicinity, will be bounced. He stat ed that the company was making pre- parations to man the cars entirely f with local help. The contents of this letter came to us accidentally and we cannot at this time say whether or not there is any truth in them. We under stand that the company is having con- siderable difficulty in getting, the local help that it would be willing to have work on the cars.
 we sincerely thank our friends who work in Waterville for the sympathy they displayed for our cause by walk ing all the way to Waterbury in a body last Saturday noon. As stated in our last statement we were unaware that the factories up there closed at noon, and therefore had no bus aceommoda- tions on hand. We will in future, how ever We also thank all of our sympa- thizers throughout the city for the noble way in which they have support ed us by walking. We hope they will not need to do so much longer and that the strike will soon be settled. We as sure them all that we will do all in our power to bring about an, honorable ad- justment of the present trouble.
 ''We had large meeting yesterday morning. and the men were encouraged by receiving their usual weekly wages It was one of the most enthusiastic meetings held in some time
 we expect to hear something to- morrow from our local representative at the Pittsburg, Pa, convention, which convened to-day for five days ses sion."
 Delegates from the different trades unions held meeting in Carpenters and Joiners' hall yesterday afternoon and discussed the pros and cons of the reference card. The opinion was gen eral that all should combine to oust the card and a. committee consisting o1 { Business Agent Moran of the Trades Council, Business Agent Smith of the Carpenters and Joiners' union ant Business Agent Corr of the Bricklay CTS, Plasterers and Masons' union were appointed to notify the Master Build CTS association where the severa ( craftsmen stood on the question.
 The Master Builders association vii hold a meeting for tomorrow night fol the purpose of instructing their dele { gates to the session of the Inter-Statt Builders association what action tt take on this matter and arrangement! have been made to have the committee appointed by the trades council appea before the bosses tomorrow evening and state their case. Much interest il sC6Hb6Eeu HI WIldL tu0 MdSI0E will instruct their committees to do Tor it is quite likely that the state bod, will make hard fight to force the us, of the card regardless of how it works Many of the Waterbury contractor hope to. see it abolished and it ii thought that they will gotto the meet Ing tomorrow night prepared to mak things interesting for those who forced 1t upon the carpenters and joiners thus upsetting everything when tn prospect for good summers worI never was brighter. According to tn rules of the Interstate association it i binding upon all contractors to use tn { reference card so that it concerns al crafts alike and on this account ever, tradesman is up in arms over it. Unit very recently some folks thought tha the carpenters and joiners were to hay it all to themselves, but in this the were entirely mistaken, the obligation A sx,o, f<f ho 7oov hfiv a