Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-19
THn DAILY STATEMENT.

Replies to Some of the Comments on
 Strike and Trial.
 The strikers executive committee is sued the following statement this after noon.
 "This records the 1eoth day of our strike, which is now going on with re- newed Yigor and with things looking brighter on our side than they have for several weeks.
 i've find ourselves this morning up against another human being who does not like the men out on strike, their daily statement or anything connected with them He quotes scripture. He calls the large majority of the public which has not ridden since the strike absurd He tells that he predicted in March that we would not win and he also insinuates that our men who have just been set at liberty should have been found guilty but not proven This human beings name is Albert Sherwood, employed by Chatfeld $ Chatfield As to his quotations from the bible we will state that even the devil can quote scripture for his ad- vantage As to his calling the walk ing public absurd, why that shows bigotry. If he wants to walk or N2c on free tickets, why let him use his l own Judgment We don't want him to walk if he can ride free-or even if he 1 forgets his passes and has to pay. But he ought not to call others absurd if they see fit to show their sympathy for us by walking. As to his predictions, If he wants to pose as wizard let him start fortune telling tent out In ] the suburbs and we'll all walk out and 1 have him read our palms, which have not been soiled by handling nickels 1 lately. He makes himself ridiculous and comes pretty near the contempt of court line when he intimates that SUI perior court judge and twelve citi- zens carefully selected in this state. made mistake which appears so plain to his mammoth brain pan. MT Sher- ! wood is evidently only getting a small salary where now employed and is put l ting himself in line for fatter posi- tion with the trolley company. The public loses nothing from the fact that MT Sherwoods communications appear only in qua.ter-year installments. MT ! Sherwood refers glowingly to the, character of the men now employed as strike breakers. He does not tell the | public he feels so sorry that one of them is a Prospect farmer who has ! gained such notoriety by his inhu- man treatment of colored girl some I time since. Neither does he tell that those quiet, gentlemanly fellows all carry f1ve-shooters along with them for what? Would they use them? Or are they little premature and only holding them for the Fourth of July? | Congratulations keep pouring In on us over the freedom of our boys. Many citizens who started to ride after they were arrested, believing from the ac. counts given out that they were surely going to state prison, have informed us that now that we are once more standing clear of all charges of law lessness. they will back us up by walk ing as they did of yore On the other hand we hear of some so bitter as to express sympathy because our boys were proven innocent and regret that they did not go up for ten or fifteen years. One citizen, whom we have al- ready had occasion to reply to through our statement, and who formerly held l a political position here but is now liv- ing on his interest, had the audacity to refer to the verdict in language typical of him, as follows: It was terrible miscarriage of justice If somebody doesn't get hauled in for contempt yet, it will be very lucky for him.
 Meantime we are as ready as ever to do our full share to bring the pres ent unpleasantness to an end. If the company says the word, we will gladly meet their representatives on fair basis"