Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
PRESIDENT DALY TALKS
1t is Now the Battle of United Labor Against the Company

Strikers Gut Only Their Proportionate
 Ratio in the Contest-The Unions
 Have Spent Thousands and Will
 Continue to Spend-There are Still Number of Irons in the Fire Ready
 for Action.
 John Daly, president of the Central
 Labor union, was asked regarding the
 return of two of the strikers to work
 this morning and as to what effect it would have upon the strike. He said that the return of the men was not un- expected, particularly that of Kerrigan, because he was cut off from benefits last Sunday. For some time this man
 has been grumbling and lately his com plaints became bothersome to the rest of the strikers and the Central Labor union, and he was finally told that there were no strings on him and he could return to work if he liked. As to the effect it must have upon the
 strike in general, he said that it will have none, so far as the labor unions
 of the city are concerned: that the Gen. tral Labor union will have something to say regarding the final settlement, and that it would be the principal voice heard at that time in view of the large
 sums of money that have been paid to the strikers by that body. However, if a settlement satisfactory to the strik- CTS themselves was agreed upon, the Central Labor union would not stand ! in the way MT Daly was sensible to
 the great inconvenience the public has
 been put to, and he admitted that a l large number of people were riding, { but solely for business purposes; pleas ure trips have not been indulged in so far this summer He said that the l Central Labor union have a number of l irons in the fire and he shall be great l Iy surprised if some of them will not | be heard from in a week or less.
 Authentic authorities in labor mat I tens contend that the strikers as body cut very small figure in the conten- ton now. It is the cause of every l labor man in the city. There has never 1 been a strike in this state so well con l ducted so admirably fought and re- suits so satisfactory to the cause of ] labor obtained as in this. Labor had its ups and downs ill the strike, but so |
 l has the company, and in view of labor, | the company is down now. It has lost 1 more thousands than it can earn 1n some time. The main difficulty with ! labor's cause arose from labor men
 themselves, principally the painters,
 electrical workers and store clerks.
 The latter is considered very ungrate- | ful concern. But the painters and cleo I trical workers are more so, say these I authentic sources. A year or two ago painters were working for anything and everything and working all kinds of hours for everything they could get,
 Their average wage rate, 1t is said, was l very low To-day they are united, ],
 earning high wages and working the | union day, eight or nine hours. Of all of the building trades unions in the l city, it is said by the sources herein quoted, that the painters have bene- | fited most by unionisfI1.
 It was reported this afternoon that leight men will return to work, or re port their readiness to do so at the company's barns tomorrow morning. I + was also said that late this afternoon l there will be a conference with Man
 ager sewe1l and that the strike will be settled then, if it can be settled at all.