New-York tribune., 1903-02-05
MORE MOB VIOLENCE.
SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED.
Waterbury Strikers Resume .Ston'ng
of CarS-SaloonS Not Closed.

waterbury. Conn. Feb. 4.--Qulet prevailed
in the city until about II o'clock, when in the
Brooklyn district symptoms Of disorder were TO
he detected in gangs emerging from over
crowded saloons. For half an hour Company
F. ID Regiment The Grays,. had a warm time.
crowd Of drunken men, evidently by pre-
arranged plan. rushed from saloon and hurled
beer bottles at a passing trolley car They
then scurried away in the darkness. This in
cident seemed tn act as signal for the re-
sumption of stone throwing tactics from behind
houses and other places Of ooncealment.
Almost coincident with this trouble re-
port. evidently important. was brought in from
the end Of the line 10 the quarters of Company
F. at No. Engine House. \ moment later
word VAS sent tc General Frost's headquarters
It later became known that at the end of the
trolley line in Brooklyn where a detachment Of
Company F had been on guard. there had been
some lively shooting. Most of the shots We're
directed toward the cars hut = soldier was
found Who insisted that the troops had been
shot at.
The officers Of the guard refused to discuss
the matter and denied that anything Of the
kind had occurred. Just before midnight how
ever. Major John Q. Tilson. Of EewHaven.
came out from General Frosts headquarters,
and proceeded rapidly to the quarters Of Com
psny F. There he Informed Captain Gruener
night
In the centre Of the city there was nothing to
he seen out of the ordinary. except in the un-
usual number of people on the streets
Waterbury prepared at sundoWn 10 meet
crisis in the trolley strike. Last Saturday was
: psvd11 for thousands Of Waterbury's labor
ers and those Who were on the ground atf1rm
that the riot Of that night was result of not
unusual pay day csrousals. Wednesday is
hon a1IS N
city's employed. It Was with great relief that
the tnha bitants heard the news from the State
capital this afternoon that Governor Chamber
lain had decided not to withdraw troops to-
night.
So far as the peace of the city vas con
cerned the day has been quiet one. y heavy
doWnpour of rain kept idlers within doors, but
it was recalled that the darkness and thick
fog on Monday night had afforded effective
cover for lawlessness. The authorities did not
overlook this phase of the situation. and early
in the day prepared to meet it. The military
headquarters were equipped with telephone
system reaching out to every important point
in the strike territory. The Signal Corps put
into place powerful searchlights at the carbarns
and powerhouse, and similar apparatus in a tan
building on South Main-st. near headquarters
The alleged presence in the city of several
detectives from out of town agency in the
service of the trolley company was the subject
Of some discussion among the strikers and
their friends late in the day, and when the gen.
eral manager, MIR. Sewell. was quoted as ad-
mitting that such Vas the case there was some
feeling of bitterness displayed.
The afternoon brought out another effort on
the part of city clergymen to induce oompro-
mise conference between the officials of the COM
pany and the strikers. The eergynen waited
t1pon Colonel Burpee but their mission. il is
stated, Was fruitless
Just before O'Clock Sheriff Dunham arrived
i'm Waterbury from New-Haven. With him
we're thirty deputies, newly The little
uosse was escorted TO the courthouse where IL
is now quarfered. The Sheriff himself mme-
diateIy went to military headquarters.
Sixteen more non-unon men reached town by
2 train at I:2U tonight. and
hustled into waiting trolley car and started
for the barns of the street railroad company
Saloons and amusement resorts we're wide
omen tonight as usual. The Board of Safety
considered the question Of closing them but de-
cided that there no necessity for such
step.
At S O'Clock tonight action taken which
is significant Of the determination 10 operate
cars at all hazards. High Sheriff Durham. after
a conference with Colonel Burpee dispatched
T., the car barns OF his new deputies They
we're armed and their orders bade them board
the trolley cars and that they We're un-
,,aalesred The deputies were further instructed
Ia cooperate fully with she Local police and the
state militia in the presery alton Of order.