Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-16

cases where you are told that the Wat, erbury trolley strike is over.
 It must come as surprise to Man. ager Sewell that the ''cool-headed, conservative men, in Bridgeport, who were perfectly satisfied" should go out on strike. 9.
 The next meeting of the Walters un- ion will be held on Monday evening, May 25. At that time the charter will positively close, so all who wish to be- come members at the low rate should hustle in their applications.
 At St Louis and Belleville, Mo, the brassw workers are out for the nine-hour day. Most of those engaged In the brass industries in Connecticut appar- ently believe in making haste slowly" but propose to be in the van when the good old 8 hour day come around.
 Several of the striking trolleymen have secured positions and should the strike continue much longer it is prob able that large percentage will en- gage in other lines of labor. They all declare emphatically however, that no matter how many are working their organization will be kept up and the fight continued until the cars are again manned by union men.
 The news of the trolley strike in Bridgeport came as no surprise to the Trolleymen's union of Waterbury, They stated early in the week that something would be doing in trolley circles shortly" and such has proven the case. Those in a position to know assert that this is the beginning of the end and much interest is felt as to the result of President Mahon's visit to this state, which is expected within few days.
 Political movements. get-rich-quick schemes and all sorts of movements spring up in a night, flourish for a short time and then die natural death Even old political parties sometimes. at least, change their name, and many times go out of ex- istence entirely The trade union movement has it's setback occasional ly, but has never been entirely wiped out of existence and never will be. Trade unions are the natural result of our economic condition. They are built on q solid foundations; they mean something and will last.
 At the meeting of the Central Labor union held on Monday night the name m of William S. W7audby was unanl- nlously1 endorsed flor. United States commissioner of labor and the secre- tary was instructed to inform Presi- dent Roosevelt and Senators Platt and Hawley regarding the same. This ap- pointment is to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Carroll D. Wright, who goes to Worcester, Mass, to accept the presidency of college. As Mir Waudby has carried a union card for thirty years and through spe- cial work under Mir Wright has shown his fitness for the position, organized labor will consider it just recognition for him for services rendered and an honorable recognition of their cause should be be appointed.
 A small item in a newspaper may cause a vast amount of work. A short time since one of the local papers pub | lished an item that led many to believe that the 15-cent assessment for the benefit of the trolley strikers had been declared off by the Central Labor un' l ion. This caused many who were ill l the habit of making the collection in 1 the shop, factory or office to suppose | such was the case and consequently nc l contributions were received at the reg ular time. Matters as soon as ex- plained, however, brought forth the us ual amount of money and the ghost will walk as usual for bhe striking trolleymen tomorrow. By a five-nlin- utes' walk the reporter who wrote the story could have discovered it's falsity and whether done through malice oi ignorance it was certainly inexeusable
 The Waterbury correspondent of the Journal of the Buffers, Polishers, etc always writes interesting letters. but 1 in last months issue he drifts into DO etry. The following is his produc- | tion:
 The time is fast approa ching,
 And 1t dsn't far away.
 :! When the trusts will gobble every thing That can be made to pay.
 Don't talk so glibly of the way ..
 You'll put them all to rout-
 For the trusts will surely gobble yor
 If you
 Don't
 Watch
 l They've got the tobacco factories,
 And they've got the whiskey stills;
 They've got the cotton compress,
 And they've got the textile mills;
 They've got most all the railroads,
 And there's scarcely room for doub That they'll get your little merchant
 If you Don't
 Watch