Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-13

a William H. Branch, a freight inspector of the Consolidated Railroad Co. Branch, while waiting in Oakyille TOT . car. was accosted by man Who asked him if he was going to flde on 4he trolley cars. Branch said he Was, Whereupon tue man struck him ana knocked him down. When Brancn Te- covered, his car had arrived and ne boarded !, without delay. Arriving Ill town he entered complaint ana, fe7 furning to Oakyille with Detective Kennaugh and Patrolman Mclean, search was made for the man ana ne was arrested; at least Branch felt sure he recognized his assailant in the man who was taken into custody. .
 Another feature of yesterdays incl dents was the arrival of half dozen more non-union men to take the place of others who had left. Thus it seems, that non-union men come and non- union men go, and the cars go2on daily without hardly any passengers, and the company loses at the rate of l,0Oo day.
 A car was derailed at the Naugatuck terminus last night. This was the car at which the young fellow named Griesbach, living in Union City, threw stones. It will be remembered that he was arrested and bound over to the su- periour court yesterday by Judge Hun gerford of Naugatuck
 According to the men in charge the car has had run of hard luck lately. 1t was struck by an iron bar near Clay street one night recently and it's side penetrated. 1t had scarcely left the terminus last night when it seemed to go all to pieces. The motor box got loose and threw the trucks off the tracks. This was the worst case of the kind that happened since the strike. It was some time before the construc- tion car arrived and it was found necessary to dig deep hole under the car to get at the motor box. 1t took some time to do this. about two hours.
 Last evening. while a car was on the Norwood switch, a woman took up a position near by on the sidewalk. Very soon window in the immediate neigh borhood was raised and woman's head appeared.
 'tAre you waiting for a carp she said to the woman on the sidewalk.
 The latter looked up and asked her if she was speaking to her. If you are" said she, q wish to inform you that it is none of your business wheth- CT am waiting for a car or not"
 "Well. if you are waiting for a car. came the reply, 1T wish to inform you that>you will have to get off that side walk That belongs to me and the trolley company did not pay penny for building it." The window closed and the waiting ear on the switch went along without the woman who was standing on the sidewalk.
 Pie throwing is getting to be habit on the South Main street line. Yester- day again this performance was re peated. This time by a man. He had something circular resting on his left arm as he took the front platform of the car. When the car got well under way he quickly removed the paper GOV ering from the article and let the mo torman have it square in the face. It was a lemon pie. Of course the man took to his heels the moment he threw the singular missile.
 Court Oregon, No 13S, Foresters of America, voted last night to exempt those members who are among the striking trolleymen from their dues while the strike lasts. All members were requested not to ride on the cars while the strike continues and the court voted to give moral and financial sup port to the strikers.
 The people were sorely tried Wednes- day, evening by the downpour of rain after leaving the factories, and they seemed to have stood the test The cars did no more business that evening than on any other evening, while on the other hand the strikers buses were crowded. There never was such a street car strike as this. It will go into the annals of labor disturbances as the most orderly for the time it has pre- vailed that ever occurred. Excepting one occasion the only disturbances that took place were in the pages of the New York papers.
 The strikers executive committee and the committee from the Central Labor union held meeting last even ing and discussed the situation. War Ten l.. Hall, who has been moving in the direction of a settlement for some days past, talked the matter over also. He had some propositions to make to the men, but like others who have in- terested themselves in the matter. came with no authority. After he had made his propositions he was in structed to see the representatives of the company and see what he could do with them, and then report to the strikers committee.
 Daniel Dillworth, chairman of the executive committee of the Ama1ga- mated Association of Street Railway Employees, said this morning that from what he has learned of the situation since he came to town he is pleased with the prospect. MT Dillworth was one of the main instruments that brought about the settlement of the Montreal trolley strike. This lasted eleven days and ended in complete victory for the men. The situation there was slightly different from what it is here. Some of the capital in vested was owned by local parties, but the greater part of it was owned by capitalists in New York and Philadel- phia. MT Dillworth took a part in the settlement of the Hudson Valley strike, which lasted eleven weeks and was attended with great disturbances. The non-union men employed by the company in the places of the strikers so11f