Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-29
THE DAILY STATEMENT.
Strikers Look on Bright Side and Are Relieved to be Rid of Miller-His Dropping
 Out Clements Union
 More Strongly.

The following statement was issued by the strikers executive committee this afternoon:
 To-day, the nineteenth day of our strike finds our ranks diminished by one< AS the removal of q defective link and the binding together of the staple ones makes the chain q trifie smaller but stronger than ever, so the removal of Frank J. Miller from our ranks, instead of weakening our un- ion or our cause in the slightest de- gree, has bound the men more closely together. We expelled Miller from our union yesterday afternoon and imposed fine of $50 upon him. This means that he will have $50 fine hanging over his head if he ever again attempts to join I labor organization. It is not our intention to abuse Mill Ter or criticise him for the way he has acted since the strike began. We were going to expel him about ten days ago, but he appeared so penitent that he was given another. chance We
 have felt it necessary not to trust him ill the slightest degree and have even
 had him watched between meeting hours By this means we gathered sufficient evidence to convict him of violating the obligations he took as a member of our union and yesterday af- ternoon expelled him. We now feel that we can safely transact our busi-
 ness without fear of having our doings reported to the company. Miller
 made no delay in getting back into the arms of the company after his ex-
 pulsion. And the company was so
 overjoyed on the return of the sort of
 man that President Eliot of Har-
 yard college describes as a "hero''
 that they elevated him to the position
 of whistling car-starter in Exchange place. Miller's conscience may not
 trouble him over his action, but we
 doubt it.
 Accidents and undesirable incidents keep going on merrily with the expert enced @ gentlemen at present run
 ming the cars. Last evening it was reported that a car was stalled on one
 of the lines with n fuse burned out. Tn vestigation on our part brought out
 the information that two of the strike breakers found it impossible to pass a certain saloon without stopping and l imbibing. They became so interested | OAl OAAC VI LA1USC fSALE l1luL iIltsy IOIAUI about their car and n tracer was sent out by the company to tow them home. That's the story of the burned out fuse. This morning, on the, Oak vile line, team which was obliged
 to go upon the track to avoid another vehicle, was crashed into with the re suit that the occupants. were badly in- jured and the wagon demolished. The
 car was going at an illegal rate of
 speed at the time. We presume the
 newspapers will give more detailed , account of this accident today
 Despite the volunteered information ]. of the company's officials that our bus !, line was good way for us to drop ] money (and we haven't $10O,O00 to drop, either) we can assure the public that our "overland'' system is a big success. The demands made upon us from our friends all over the city
 have almost staggered us with our present paraphernalia, but with q lit | tie patience on the part Of our patrons we hope to be soon running system that will accommodate the greatest number possible.