Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
STRIKERS ACT
Denounce Perpetrators of Last
 Nights Dastardly Outrage.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED TO-DAY,

They Explain About the Bus
 Which Went Through North Main
 Street About Time of the Assault
 They Appeal for "Heaven's sake' to
 the Company to Meet Them and
 Settle the Strike.
 The executive committee of the striking trolleymen issued the follow ing statement this afternoon:
 To-day, the fifty-eighth of the strike, finds our city bowed down in shame and in mourning, and the strike apparently, as far from being settled as ever.
 The dastardly murder of Police Off, cer Paul Mendelssohn has cast gloom over the entire city. His assassination was one of the most despicable and cowardly acts ever recorded in the an- nals of our city, and few of our citizens can bring themselves to believe that we have an element here capable of performing such an outrage.
 At this mornings meeting of our un- ion the murder of Officer MendelSsohn was the only topic discussed, and the expressions of the men were in no measured terms, but to unit were condemnatory. A resolution was unan- 1mously passed by rising vote, de- nouncing as daStardly outrage the | murder of Officer Mende1ssohn, and pledging the members of our union in- dividually and as a body to assist the authorities by every means in our DOW CT to bring the perpetrators of that foul crime to speedy and effectual jus tice: The following set of resolutions was also unanimously adopted:
 Whereas, A foul and atrocious mur- der was committed on Sunday, March l s, 1903, whereby an estimable citizen and efficient police officer has been called from our midst in the person of Paul Mendelssohn, therefore be it l Resolved, That we, the members of Division No 193, Amalgamated Associa- t1on of Street Railway Employes of America, in session assembled, do pav tI9Olite to the memory of the dead off, ceT by expressing our sorrow at the JOSS or such good and upright citi- zen, and be 1t further
 Resolved, That copy of these>reso- lutions be spread upon our minutes and copy of same transmitted to the bereaved widow or the late officer.
 And now, once more, we plead for a settlement of this strike by arbitra- tion. If we have in this city an ele- ment of lawlessness which can bring about such terrible crimes as that of last night, let us remove t1ie strike barrier behind which they now hide in committing depredaHons. In heaven's s name let there be no more bloodshed or disorder. Let both sides get togeth- CT. We are willing and have always l been to meet the company more than half way. The penalty for a life is too great for either side to overlook, yE and we assure the public we want to seenomore such sacrifices made or law lessacts perpetrated. We have no doubt the trolley company feels the same I way, therefore, there should not be much difficulty in getting together and ending difficulty which is disagree able and a financial loss to the public and business houses.
 "We regret the necessity of branding as base and false insinuation the statement of one of the strike break CTS in this mornings paper concerning our bus in connection with last night S crime. The facts, which can easily be proved, are as follows: Our bus left 1 Exchange place at 9:35 and went to the second house beyond Belleview street, where it left two passengers. | nd 4{a employed by Al. w Castle in his meat market. The bus turned around at this point and came back to the center, as can be vouched for by bartender employed in Stapleton's saloon who met the 'bus going up and rode as far north as it went and came down in it. We think further comment on this matter is needless on our part.
 "The men will meet again at 5 o'clock this afternoon, when further action in connection with Sunday nights awful murder will doubtless be taken"
 "The situation Is very grave" now say hundreds of citizens who hereto fore have gone on the principle that they ought not to say anything ''The New York Journal and American has published more articles calculated to inspire violence, threatening letters have been written to officials of the trolley company and paid lawyer fo1 the strikers has been keeping the poi boiling in an anonymous but very skillful manner. The attacks on the cars have been passed over, the reports have been called 'exaggerated' and the lawless element has met with no rebuff , officially or by public indication of wrath. Here's a continuation, and ii may not be the end. The idea tha, anybody may do anything he likes te the trolley cars and the non-union men who run them has prevailed since the night of the great riot, when the police were quietly tipped off-not by Chief Egan-'not to see anything Chie1 Egan's orders were not to usa clubs