Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-19
Strikers Incensed at Wrong Stories Sent Out By
 Mana9er SeWeII.
STATEMENT ISSUED TO-DAY IS PLAIN TALK:
hey Regret the Sudden Ending of Conference Saturday Night fore They Had Time To Present Their Cae-Engnecr GiI bert Assaulted To-Day for Riding Cars
 Another Man Was Josted About

- Inr wno1e incident took place in such a short time that many f1s the great throng knew nothing of fl. Those who did gave the fallen man s,f, assistance, but encouraged his assaiIz ant with such expressions as .sSoalS hlm!' Give it to himl" The assailan1 IS unknown. About the same tima $, clerk named Bond, in the employ. of fs1.sa Holmes, Booth & Haydens Go. WIS .a4 lacked near the Farrel foundry. T4a aiso was riding and had aIighted f1.an3 tne car near the Farrel foundry. Tn. medlately he was set upon bv fb4 crowd. There were about 800 r,o,, S standlng around looking at the cars gong by and expressing themselves 0il rnose they saw riding. Bond did nof lnlnd the words he heard utfered agalnst himself. He had been ridfnsr s1nce the strike began and had bears1 ehe same every day since then. Jsl,a ilrs. animation of coming trouble lie sot was when some one tried to trjp iiM over. He recovered himself in stf, .ns'ant' 4,l put ne was again tripped ana lne crowd closed in upon him. ThfS was his salvation for had he fallen l,a would have been hurt. No one fried d@. { strike him. but at every step 5e was obstructed by a dozen feet Exoi4.s3 ment was growing warm. Bond lra,s{ ms temper and his feet also and pras4s ualiy worked himself out of the croVs{1 and danger. Ns''s'EH <
 Eight more of the non-union men Iaft Saturday, z. 's''
 Ihe Center street gang bava :. moved their s'We Walk" banner xv5,;,.l, E was hung over the street, and in its place have suspended a dumrlv 1a beled "Scab." It is a hideous looss. ing figure. The sale of ''We Walk buttons oI, tne streets Saturday evening wa4 ehorhhous. Only strikers sell tleSe buttons. Over 15,O00 have been sold already and Saturday evening fhe proceeds amounted to $16o
 The committees from the sfrilSer3 and the Business Mems associnfion held a meeting this afternoon in flss. r. M. c. A. building and adjourned to # o'clock. There was a report tlsai the dispute was in g. fair way of be. ing settled at this meeting.
 Cars were sent down South Main street at noon to-day, but very few took advantage of them, although fIse| Watch shop kept their hands frl ilnfiI 12 o'clock. instead of letting them out at 11:45 as they have been doing since the strike
 The cars and the men in charge lisltl the v5fole streets to thelus yes rfs-z G;y. tho cold weather keeping indoors the curious and the mischieviously its clined. But their absence made no difference in the receipts of the cons pany, scarcely anyone riding.
 All was quiet this noon on North square. There was no sign of any excitement. but when the crowds sa sv 5 Alderman Stanley of the first ward o1l one of the cars there was just fls faintest ripple There were seven po- liceman on duty at this point
 Cigarmakers' union, No 395, is nos to be outdone by the other unions iii the city in the matter of support for the striking trolleymen. An interest," ing meeting was held Saturday at which Gideon Charette presided and it was voted that each man contribufa the regular amount, fifteen cents a week, while the strike lasts and that the first man caught riding on The cars WOlfu Dc uAelt duO lOI d SeEOuu QEr1f fense he would be expelled from tue union.
 When it was announced this norrs= ing that Manager Sewell would rfisl cars down South Main street an off fort was made in the Benedict x Burnham factory to get a good car- load to ride uptown at noon. 1t IS reported that clerk i'll the factory office asked many of the employees t} get on the car and ride up. He was not oversuccessful as but few took seats in the car. When the car an rived ill the center the few who were on jumped off on each side and some of them made their way through the green while one of the riders took hts way back through Exchange place and disappeared in Harrison alley. All looked as if they wanted to get out of sight as quickly as possible.