Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18

struck him in the head Sheriffs Hen drie and Plumb were apparently tar gets for the mob as we'll as the strike breakers for each of them was struck
 in different parts of the body at least
 dozen times.
 Mayor Mulvihill in statement giv- en out last night stated that when he
 interfered at Barnum avenue he was
 endeavoring to protect the sharffrs
 from the violence of the crowd.
 Michael Kelly was arrested by Dep uty Sheriff Doolin and two policemen for stoning car. He is locked LID at
 police headquarters. No cars are be- ing run.
 Two union trolley men who returned to work for the company shortly after
 the strike was declared, returned to the
 ranks of the union last night Why women should have stood in such a mob as that of yesterday and waited to be drenched with water be- fore they could be induced to move on passes comprehension, but they did. | An inch and a quarter nozzle was used by the Bridgeport fremen yester- day in wetting down the crowd. Had ! it been one of the two-inch nozzles
 there would haveS been but little left of
 the crowd.
 It is stated that just forty five people | took passage on the Barnum avenue l trolley line during the hour and a half
 that the seven cars were run yesterday. This would mean an income of $2 225 if all paid fare.
 The striking trolleymen on the l Westport division met last night and 1 held a meeting to talk over the situa- ton, but it is not known what was
 done The cars ran there all day.,
 manned by strike breakers.
 It was stated yesterday that the ! strikers had won over one man from l the ranks of the strike breakers and l that he was initiated into the union. Saturday night and that others are ex-
 pected to follow the same course. Late in the afternoon it was report l ed officials of the trolley company | succeeded in communicating with the
 mayor by telephone. He was asked
 why he had not furnished protection and replied that he had. His last re- ! mark in reply to the question as to why mob rule held sway was: "I will
 never admit that the city got away
 from my control"
 Saturday afternoon 15 of the strik- ing trolleymen are reported to have deserted the union. Among them are
 two members of the strikers execu- tive committee. With these men the Connecticut Railway & Lighting Go
 was able to operate eight cars on the Stratford and Seaview avenue lines, l but the cars were stopped at dusk, as
 the men did not care to risk the dam ger of night runs.
 ! The trolley strike has resulted in an 1 other strike. The paint shop at the
 Barnum avenue car barns was being fitted up yesterday morning as bar
 racks by non-union carpenters. l.. M. l Hopkins sent timer out to erect tin
 oven for cooking purposes and he re- l fused to do the work and was dis
 charged by his employer. All the un- I ion timers in MT Hopkins's employ
 promptly quit work.
 The strikers committee Saturday
 presented to Manager Sewell propo- sition for arbitration of the trouble. The plan proposed by the men was for
 the company to choose a man, the
 strikers another an the two to select a
 final. Following out the policy Of the | company, MT Sewell informed the com mittee that the company would have
 no further dealings with the strikers,
 but if they wished to apply for rein
 statements as old employees on the old terms they could do so
 Saturday evening a bus driven by strikers drew up near the Stratford
 avenue bridge and at the same time a trolley car came in. A woman was
 seen to be making her way in that di-
 rection and the crowd of several hun l dred people watched to see which con- l yeyance she would take. She looked l toward the trolley car, hesitated a mo- ment then walked toward the bus. ! The crowd cheered. She got into the
 'bus and the driver backed it up. and then she got out again and walked 1 away.
 | President Hope of the New Haven | trolleymen's union, was asked what
 would be the attitude of the New Ha- ven trolleymen on the Woodmont line,
 in the matter of handling the Bridge port trolley cars in case the Connecticut
 Railway & Lighting Go attempted to
 run their cars into New Haven, using
 non-union men to bring the cars to the
 exchanging place with the Fair Haven
 road. He replied that the New Haven men would refuse to take the cars from non-union trolley car men, but would
 receive passengers brought to that point by the Bridgeport cars
 One man who stood beside build 1 ing across the street from the car barns refused to move when ordered to do so and the firemen turned the hose
 on him. It hit him in the back and sent him spinning. He jumped up and started toward the firemen as 1 though he would annihilate them. A stream of water hit him in the face and nearly knocked him down. He rushed across the street in q shower of icy water and up to Chief Coffin l and threatened to lick him. The chief
 told him he was acting under the or