Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-14

say It LOOKS as II the company 1nCenu~ ed to resist the demands of the men and were stocking up with help to be used in the event of a strike.
 Some of the more experienced of the employees say it would not be safe to take into the union any of the new men until positive proof is forthcoming that they are not being brought here to get into the body for the purpose of disrupting it.
 '"The employees are splendidly organ | ized in this city now and they do not | propose to allow anything to happen if they can stop it that will iniure their organization.
 "Of course 1t will not be necessary for the local union to ask the national officers to come here if the company IS willing to agree to the requests of the men or if the two interests can efectuate suitable compromise" The strikers executive committee is- sued the following statemenr this ar | Lernoon:
 Our strike is rapidly nearing the century mark, for this is our nlnety~ fourth day out, and nothing in view that would indicate a possible settle | | contrary, 1t Is beginning to appear as If We were to be reinforced by our Bridgeport brothers. 190 strong. We have been repeatedly asked for opin- | ions concerning things down there, but | have refrained from giving out our opinions. We will now state, however. that we believe our Bridgeport broth CTS will stick to their guns exactly as we have and if their demands are not | complied with, or some action taken by the company which will prove sat 1sfactory to them, there will be strike in the Park city Waterbury people are watching Bridgeport with consid- erable interest, but we know f4om ex- perience that our Bridgeport brethren have been studying Waterbury's strike with equal interest, and have gained considerable knowledge therefrom. What will be the outcome of the | strike here? Is a question We are often | asked. How long will this thing drag | alongY is another query. In reply we | will say as we have always said from the beginning, we are willing and ready l at any and all times to do our full 1 share toward brinsfn this unpleasant | situation to an end. We will meet the l company more than half way, and have | always been willing to do so. What more can we do? If we wanted to set l tie the strike alone, it would mean that we must throw up our hands after d l gallant struggle of fourteen weeks and go down in disgraceful defeat. That, of course, we will never do. and the public evidently does not desire Us to take such action, judging from the l sympathy shown our cause. Mo- the l company must help in bringing the strike to close. It takes two to make a fight and 1t also takes two sides to settle a strike. The public is being shown no consideration by the com pany, as is evidenced by it's apparent lack of interest in doing anything to bring the battle to an end
 eve have Just been put wise to an alleged scheme of the company to in- crease riding still further. Not satis- fled with working upon the clerks in office factories through their employ l CTS, they have now, 1t is said, entered the fashionable homes Of the city and made a siege against the servants. In l days of yore, the servants were lucky l if they got one afternoon a week off, | Now, 1t is said, most of them can get off every day on condition that they l will use the free trolley tickets placed l at their disposal. Thus it is the cars are apparently being well patronized by the public, whereas these servants are having snap riding over the vari- ous lines and enjoying daily vacation besides. The company will hardly de- clare dividends upon such patronage. however. It simply goes to show the extremes a corporation will go to some times in order to crush the laboring I men in their employ.
 We have made arrangements to | give a good bus service to all those desiring to attend Father Traynor's $ big festival in Waterville tomorrow night. There will be accommodations ! galore for all '7Lo intend to go."
 Attorney James A. Peasley said to- day that he is suffering for his rash ness in riding on the ears a few days l ago. He has bad cold.
 Norwood extra went down Bank street this morning by mistake and kept going ahead until passenger kicked about being carried away from home.
 If you have been observing of late you will notice that Judge Burpee is presiding in the police court more ire quently than he did a few weeks ago.
 Deputy Judge Peasley seems to be busy getting Ben" Sedgwick's allega- tions against the police department into shape
 If the men who worked for the trolley comEany and went on strike, but have grown tired hanging around and want to work elsewhere are to be discrimi- mated against i'll the factories and oth- I IL
 course open to the men but continue the fight to the end. Many friends of the strikers have been thinking for