Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-11
THIRTY SECOND DAY OFTROLLEYST STRIKE
..Nothng Doing Only the Bus Lnes-Ca Kun Empy-
 Strikers Issue Daily Statement-Notes of the Strike

DuSlu6SS VIII pC EIAV A@ASAStA''S ~N-SA properly handled in time the trolley company will want to buy them out. It is certain that the 'buses nave a monopoly of the business and if the company was making a fortune at it the strikers ought to be able to make it pay.
 sChe screens on some of the cars give the coaches the appearance of Black Marias," and are likely to prevent any body from going into them. Many take this as 8 clever move on the part of the company to excite sympathy by leading folks to believe that they are being persecuted and cannot do business un- less at great risk to life and limb. If this be true it is astonishing how quick ly Waterbury became a bad town. The company has been operating here for many years and up to a month ago the breaking of window was a very rare thing, so much so that the public never heard a complaint about such things.
 A detective has no business wearing whiskers. They attract the attention 0f youngsters and subject the owners to all sorts of abuse. A couple of men who came in here with Sheriff Dunham sport very peculiar looking hirsute adornments, and although they have been changed around the boys manage to keep rack of their movements and never tire of poking fun at them. It does not seem that men who arouse so much curiosity can be of much use as detectives. That young fellow with che light mustaehe and soft hat that stands at the corner of Excnange place and West Main street, apparently a strike synnpathizer. is worth wagon full of the hairy jokers as a spotter. He has sympathetic, appealing coun- tenance and can say This whole shoot Ing match is too bad and I think one Is as much at fault as the other, in such a frank, open-hearted manner that one would easily mistake him for q pri- Yate citizen instead of one of the high sheriff's deputies.
 some of the tout east" people were so much interested in the trolley hesr- ing which was scheduled to come off last night that they came downtown without reading their. evening paper and consequently knew nothing about the matter being postponed until they reached the City hall annex. This shows how necessary it is to look over the paper before going out.
 Sheriff Dunham stated this afternoon that if there are no disturbances this evening all the sheriffs will be sent nome tomorrow. There are now sey- teen or eighteen deputies here besides the local deputies.
 The strikers executive committee. is sued the following statement this after noon:
 This is the thirty second day of the strike. Matters remain about the same as they have for the past ten days. 1he tug Of war between the men and the company is still on, things having now apparently assumed a test of endurance betwen those two bodies. Meanwhile the public still walks, with the excep- tion of the few who have ridden from the start. When we consider the great discomfort many of the pedestrians are putting up with to show their sympa- thy for our cause, we cannot but ex- press our heartfelt gratitude to our friends for the encouragement they are affording Us in our struggle.
 We have endeavored to follow out the policy indicated in the remarks of Drf Davenport, to show charity at all times, and what we are now going to say is not intended to be uncharitable, and Is given out at the request of the man referred to. This man has not ridden on the cars since the strike His family also refrained from riding until day or two ago, when his daughter rode home. The father states that she will not ride again in hurry, as she was obliged to burn all of her clothes for very good and readily understood feasons-aIld her father had to supply new wardrobe
 We understand many deputies have been removed from the city, as things are very quiet here. Notwithstanding this, however, the company has fitted wire screens around the outside of the cars to protect the glass windows from assault
 We have added three more buses to our overland line. There are now eleven buses running in the city and affording fairly good accommodation We are not in a position at this time to give out to the public the negotia- tions under way toward securing auto mobiles
 We are selling hundreds of tickets for the concert to be given for our bene Tt at Polls theater next Sunday eyen- ing. Buses will run to Naugatuck Oak vile and Wateryille after the concert. We have been requested to say something about the excessive charges being made for electric and gas light ing in both stores and private dwell ings. We are Investigating this matter and will report our findings Iater.''