Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
STORM STILL TIES UP THE TROLLEY SERVICE
Some the Lines Partially CoedThis is the ThNnth Day of the Nrike---Boss Farley Had Hard time With Snow Plow- Ex-STike Breaker Would Like to Air his
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The executive committee of the strikers to-day issued the following statement
 This is the thirty-ninth day of the strike and it finds the men toeing the scratch as strong as ever and with de- termlnation unabated. No new devel- opments toward a settlement have transpIred slnce our last. statement and none IS in sight at this tune.
 'Bouncer tarley was put out or business by the trolley company last nlgnt. mat IS, through all agency oI the company he was lncapaciraIeu. At seems that the Douncer was operating the snow ploFw ln that expert manner we hear so much about, when the lever he was handling flewbackan gave him q rap on the side of the head that opened a gash something less than foot lon~ and which had to be sewed up when the victim came to- an hour or two later. Strange to say, Farley bled The lever which struck the blow was union made. Possibly that infor- nation will enable the company to place the blame for the accident up to us. A fellow who saw Farley's crani- um patched up since the accident took the opportunity to jokingly remark that there would be another 'scab' on the road when the wound healed.
 Another big bluff on the part of the company has been called Each of our men received a typewriter notice>to return the company's property in the way of buttons. tools, etc. on or before 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. If the company expected that the men would return these goods individually it was mistaken At precisely 3 o'clock yes- terday afternoon the men were at the company's office on Bank street in a body and the company's property was returned in neatly arranged packages. The men left their hall at quarter Of and marched to the company's office In body which attracted much atten- ton and applause along the line, espe- cially when the strikers quartet start ed up the song, Tn the good old summer time,' In which the entire eighty men sang the chorus.
 And now that the company has seen fit to call upon the law to get it's prop erty from the men, the mems turn has come to turn the tables on the com pany. When we went out on strike considerable property belonging to us and consisting of clothing etc, was left in our lockers in Exchange place and at the West End. These lockers have been broken into, the property of the men has been taken out of them and we have seen some of this clothing cov- ering the bodies of the gentlemen the trolley company has brought into our city to break the strike. Several uni forms belonging to us have been con- fiscated by these visitors It might be we'll to suggest to the citizens at this time to be sure their doors are locked before retiring or going out. We un- derstand things are in pretty mess at the mems stables, anyhow. We hear that the first come. first served plan applies to everything, the early bird catching the first bed and the un- lucky bird sleeping standing up or any other old way possible. The early bird 1n the morning gets his choice of suits, and one fellow must have gotten up pretty late yesterday for he was seen on an East Main street car wearing two sweaters wrapped about his feet.
 Fred Weed, one of our national or ganizers, whos has been with us for several weeks and who has been of great assistance to us, left to-day for Massachusetts, having received orders from headquarters to go there We un- derstand that although the public press has been giveninformationwh which would lead the public to infer that salaries have been increased up there about l2R per cent, the fact is the men real ly got reduction, so cleverly did the company arrange it's sliding scale of wages. The men are wrought up over the matter, hence the calling of MT Weed to that scene of action
 Buses will leave Exchange place at 6:2O a. m. hereafter for the Model laundry on the Waterville road, to ac- commodate the employees. Speaking of the buses we want to thank the pub lie for the noble manner in which they have patronized them. The bus busi- ness is increasing rapidly"