Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-06

sued the following statement this alter noon:
 To-day, the twenty seventh day of our strike, finds the settlement of the present difficulties as far away as ever and the men firmer in their dedermina- ton to fight this battle to finish.
 At the conference which took place last night, the details of which are pub lshed to-day in all the papers, was q very friendly one and brimful with
 good natured remarks on both sides.
 Briefly told, the offer of the company
 was this: If we would agree to drop
 Barrett and Kelly out of the problem the company would generously agree to take back between twenty and twenty five men, provided they made personal appl lication to the general manager, and
 the remainder of our eighty men would be taken back as soon as the company
 could make room for them. Under no
 conditions, however would the com pany discharge any of the strike break
 CTS now operating the cars. 1t is need less to state that the committee looked
 unfavorably upon such a proposition and shall refuse to entertain any over-
 lures on the part of the company that would in any way lower our men, We have at all times tried to have this diff ficulty settled by fair and honorable
 means, but up to the present time the company has shown no disposition to ! act fairly in the matter. Up to the present time we have been unable to
 meet any of the company's officials l who have any power to settle the mat ter. Colonel Burpee says he has not 1 the mower to settle the matter, acting 1 merely as the company's lawyer Man ager Sewen says the company has 1 taken their stand and as far as he is concerned he can only recommend any suggestions offered. If this be true, l we believe the time has arrived for the company to send some one here vested with authority to settle the matter. l ssOur committee reported the result of last nights conference to the meet l ing of the union at 10 o'clock this
 morning and it was received in tragic
 manner One man stood up, held up l his right hand and swore that he would never return to work for the company l under the propositions submitted by l Colonel Burpee last evening, and that under no conditions would he return to l work while a single one of the strike breakers remained in the employ of l the company.
 "One by one the other men followed 1 suit and as the last man finished his l oath and determination, the pent-up l feelings of the men gave way and
 cheer after cheer rang through the
 meeting hall.
 1 From the numerous accounts of ac- l cidents reported each day the strike ! breakers are evidently using their best
 endeavors to help the company get rid
 of that $100, GOO which Manager Sewel
 says has been allowed to help defeat 1 us. Three accidents occurred yester- l day and last night none of which re- ] suibsd disastrously. but which might l just as well have if fortune had not
 smiled upon the participants. About
 half-past Il last evening drunken mo- 1 forman on car No 72 ran into car No l 56 in Exchange place. The man was l taken inside his car and allowed to
 sleep it off on the seat. Of course he
 was discharged and later was arrested l by couple of the sheriff's posse. We
 understand he has now engaged law i yer to collect the money he claims the company owes him.
 l Manager Sewell was visitor at l General Frost's headquarters to-day duH T0L0dlHeu some TlulG.
 Major William Marigold of the | Fourth regiment, member of Briga- l dier-General Frost's staff, reported for
 duty to-day. Major Marigold was for
 merly a printer here.
 l Judge Peasley has decided not to 1 draw up a bill for compulsory arbitra- 1 ton in case of strikes. It was more I than he wished to tackle, he said, and
 besides that a bill for the same pur-
 pose has been already filed from a local resident.
 ] One of the soldiers left town to-day l taking with him a neat little black dog
 tied to me end of rope. Waterbury l could well afford to have made every
 member of the two regiments present l of canine and still have enough CUTS
 about the streets and some to spare. A trolley car running through Union l City at about 6 o'clock last evening at
 q high rate of speed struck team in l front of Alexander Sokoloski's saloon
 and demolished the rig After the ac- cident the car did not stop, but ran on
 to the terminus of the line. Edward
 French of Union City was driving the
 team and attempted to cross the tracks l in front of the saloon. The car was.
 according to the stories of the affair, exceeding the legal limit in speed. The ! wagon was demolished, the horse was
 knocked down and French thrown out. He was taken to his home, where it l was found that his injuries were not l of very serious nature
 l Not report of damage or disturb
 ance reached the military last evening.
 It was the quietest night since the be- l ginning of the strike, which is now almost a month old. Nevertheless, l there were rumors of damage done. It
 was said that the military stationed
 at the car barn ran car out on the
 tracks and were unable to get it back
 until after considerable difficulty. An
 other rumor had it that the men made things very interesting at the barn for the non-union men, obliging some
 of them to decamp. But the gener- ais headquarters heard nothing of
 these rumors, and the probability is l that they are merely rumors