Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14
FIVE FULL WEEKS OF THE TROLLEY STRIKE.
No Settlement Sight Ye Although Committeeman DWor has Hopes -Nkes also have HopesPay of Winchester Street Railway EmpIoye Raised Voluntarily YeserdaySrikers Issue Daily
 Naement--IncidentS of the Strike

The strikers executive committee issued the following statement this af- ternoon:
 To-day the 35th of our strike, finds our men in the same good spirits and standing firmly together. Since going out on January 11th, we have held over 60 metings and at each roll cali every man has been satisfactorily ac- counted for.
 At this writing we have received no overtures from the. trolley company toward a settlement of the present diff ficuIty since our interview with Colonel Burpee some days ago, at which time he offered to take back 25 of our men at once and the balance when positions could be found for them, and which proposition we promptly rejected.
 Ut seems to us rather strange that petty offences committed by the old employees were considered so gravely serious by the company, when they can stand for such proceedings as those carried on by drunken conductor on the Bank street line last night. He was so intoxicated that he could not handle the lenders and probably found some difficulty iii ringing up the tickets, or fares, which are being free ly distributed by the company to have the cars patronized The antics of this man were disgraceful and finally he was relieved when he came into Ex- change place.
 We understand there same near be- l ing a very serious accident on the North Main street line this morning. j A thc aal~ al yn I just before entering Forest park. and came within an ace of landing in the swamp on the west side Of the road. Had this accident happened tonight there would have been great tales of Dynamite on the track" Plugged switches, etc., The real cause of the accident was running the cars at an 1 illegal rate of speed.
 l If all accounts be true Boss" Far 1 ley must be having high old time with his men at the stables We know 1 for fact that a Black Maria leaves l the car barns every night at about men. This armored train makes a cir cult of the entire city and what it's purpose is we can only srrmise. We 1 would suggest, however that the au- thorities investigate this matter, for if | more temperate than most of the | strangers we have in our midst at present, they are too dangerous to have | at large, especially when armed with guns"
 A trolley car jumped the tracks near the terminus of the North Main | street line this morning.
 
 l The managers of the bus lines had better get hustle on so that better time will be made. The bus which Jeff the center for Waterville last night al 6:10 reached the postoffice at the Ville at .7:2O
 Mir Dillworth, chairman of the ma tional executive committee, stated this I morning that he could not say how long he will remain here. As to the report that unless settlement is sooI effected all the men on the company's lines will be called out. he said there was no truth in it. That if such were I the intention it would be undertaken in a manner that would be more effec tive than by giving it to the newspaper first.
 One of the conductors on the trolley fears was somewhat injured last night about 8 o'clock at the railroad cross ing near the Naugatuck depot He alighted from the car to see if there were any trains coming before the cal should pass. As he did SO, he was struck in the knee with a stone whicl gas thrown with great force by some person unknown. His knee was SC badly injured that he had to discon l tinue work during the remainder o1 the evening