The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-20
WATERBURY MEN SPEAK OUT.
1000 At A MASS MEETING d.
NOUNCE THE BOYCOTT.
Addresses Made BY Leading CITIZENS ana
the People Told 10 Patronize the
Trolley Cars--Threat OF Genera
strike by Mahon Not Credited In the City

the People Told 10 Patronize the
Trolley Cars-Threat OF Genera
strike by Mahon Not Credited In the C'ty
WATERBURY, Conn. March is-Near'y
1000 persons attended a mass meeting to-
nisht at the City Hall to discuss the 'iniqui-
tous boycott" here and to agree TO en-
courage riding on the trolley cars. clergy
men and others spoke. The public interest
in the non-union cause was visibly aug
mented by the meeting.
Tho meeting was addressed by Senator
Cornelius Tracy, father OF the Tracy olh
TO incorporate trade unions; the Rev. r. b.
Stockdale Of the First Methodist Church,
the Rev. John n Lewis Of st. Johns Epls-
copal Church, Walter A. Wooster and DR..
A. A. Crane.
The meeting, In addition to vigorous
denunciation OF the boycott and the we
walk movement, condemned the recon-
mendation Of the city authorities here that
the State pay the city $40 for use OF the
Waterbury High School Building by the
militia during the strike representing the
cost of the coal burned to make the build
ing comfortable.
Senator Tracy was literally applaiided
when he told the meeting OF the experience
I
the advice of Col. Burpee. the Senator car
ried tho bill to the Attorney General and
requested him to place II in one OF his pock-
cts and never find IL.
The Intellectual attempt OF President
W. D. Mahon Of the International Associa-
ton Of Street Railway Employees TO secure
an interview with President Alden M.
Young OF the Connecticut Railway and
Lighting Company In New York yesterday,
in an effort to settle the trolley strike com
IL H.
denies that he has had a conference with
President Mahon. who was quoted as saying
that he would call out all OF the unions here
in a general strike and stop every wheel
in every factory in the city
Labor Union, said
There will be no such thing as general
strike Not even President Gompers could
order such a strike. II anything like. this
should happen every union man would have
majority voted for such q thing it would
come but not otherwise
Col. Burpee. counsel for the company,
ridiculed the statement said to have been
made by President Mahon. He did not
believe that the national officials of the
such statements az those attributed to
them. MIR. Mahon and Committeeman
Dillworth both appear to Ire reasonable
men, he said. and they both know that
they made no propositions or offers what :
ever TO the company. The men repre-
senting the union appeared to desire moth
ing more than to he informed a. TO the
position and intentions OF the trolley COM
pany. That ended the conference
secret meeting was held here yester-
was present. the meeting being attended
by delegates from every trolley line in the
State now operated by the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Company. No de-
tails were made public.
Incidents OF the strike include the dis
employee Of the Smith Ivory Button Fac;
tory In Union City. Mrs. Gary attained
notoriety by punching a strike breaking
conductor. Two girls employed in Blan,.
chsrd's restaurant say they were discharged
because they refused to wait on 'scabs.
A. Barton Croes, Jr., secretary OF the
Central Labor Union, was discharged by
the Apothecariee Hall Company, the firm a
name appearing on the unfair list, Union
sympathizers draw a connection between
Mr.. Crosss afiliation with unionism and
the boycott on the firm. -
After a conference with several labor men
in this city yesterday. William d. Mahon,
president Of the International Association
OF Street Railway Employees, sent an APP
peal late last night to Samuel Gompers:
president Of the American Federation OF
Labor, and TO the affiliated unions Of the
latter, asking for assistance for the striking
trolley employees IN Msternary MShon
granted by the courts In Waterbury ties up
the bank account OF twenty local unions
so that they cannot do anything for the
strike fund.
Mahon .sid with reference to the die.
charge OF William Barrett. president Of the
local union Of street railway men that Bar.
rett was discharged for violation Of a com.
pany rule known a. the Rule OF Missing