Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
.ONL AXE RUMOR
Daily Statement Says No Sign
 of a Settlement
WILLING TO MEET COMPANY

But Trolley Officials Hold Of and
 Make No Proposals The Next State
 ment May Give Out Important News
 Quotation from the Great Fourth
 of July Grafton of Daniel Webster.
 The strikers executive committee is- sued the following statement this af-. ternoon:
 The eve of the commemoration of the declaration of independence finds us on the eve of our twenty-ffth week out on strike. To-day is the 174th dav of the greatest battle ever witnessed between the powers of labor and capl- tai in this section of the country.
 And at this time it appears apropos to quote the following from a speech delivered by Daniel Webster at Fourth of July celebration. He said. The poorest being that crawis on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression. is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man. Continuing. Webster said: If there be at this date any advocate Of arbitrary power, we wish him the hap piness of living under government of his choice. If he is in love with chains we would not deny him the gratifca- ton of his passion And in winding up his eloquent oration. Webster de- claimed: From every lisping inhabt. tant of the cradle to the aged warrior whose gray hairs are fast sinking in the western horizon of life, every voice Is, this day, toned to the accents of Libertyl Washington! My corintryf
 Another we'll known icharu41kas of' our country speaks as follows: rxzax ance was thrown down that sAerA wasf no heaven ordained class to Kcveru man; that man, by virtue of his extat< ence, by reason of his creation, was sovereign in his own right.
 There has been consid dernbie excite~ n1ent about town since we iswrssd our last statement. and all on account of another one of those fake rumors which we have been so often called upon to eradicate. At our meeting this morning, which was largely attended and very important, every effort was made to find out where such runor started, and the general impression was that 1t was given out by those directly interested, for the purpose of getting the old-time patronage on the cars on the Fourth of July. We are now, as always, ready to do anything to settle the difficulty, but We feel that it is up to the company to make a move in that direction. The strike is not settled. ana at this writing we are Just as united and determined as we were twenty five weeks ago. The following telegram from Bridgeport this morning is self explanatory: No truth in ru1nor. Strike not settled. Boys are firm. Frank J. Wood, President The only thing we can suggest to the public Ia to wait until you see 1t in the strikers statement then it's so We could not help but smile at the statement in the local morning paper that ihe strika might be settled in few borrs A few weeks ago that paper said there was nd strike
 The startiDg cs this rumor was ev& dently brought about by the accidental meeting of an official of our union and an official of the company. What was said we are not in position to give out at this time. We will undoubtedly have some information to give out however. in our next statement, on Monday"