Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
Naturally the strikers feel somewhat

Naturally the strikers feel somewhat disheartened over the arrests, but it is not thought that 1t will deter them from carrying on the strike, though 1t seems to be generally believed that it will go along ways toward influencing people to ride, that is, provided the parties under arrest should be convict ed, even though the evidence might be such as to show that nobody outside themselves had any knowledge of the assault Of course it is too soon to say anything about the case until the ac- cused have had hearing, but assum- ing that the authorities are in posses sion of sufficient evidence to convict the men, 1t will be hard blow on the strikers. who went into the thing in good and made struggle to continue 1t along legitimate lines. Whatever way it goes, enough has happened to demonstrate the futility of endeayoring to conduct a strike without something happening that was not thought of at the opening of the difference.
 This afternoon Coroner Mix came to town and was in consultation with Assistant States Attorney Kellogg and Colonel Burpee.
 It was stated to-day that five out
 
 the assault on the crew of the car on the Waterville line have turned states evidence and that their sworn state ment is in the possession of the author ! ities They are said to be young men ranging in ages from 1ti to 21. One of the outsiders is said to be the son of a police officer.
 A prominent attorney who is said to have such statement when asked about it denied the allegation emphati- cally.
 The strikers executive committee issued the following statement this af ternoon:
 This is the seventy-ninth day of our strike and is the most sensational one we have experienced since we went out on the eleventh of January. We were holding our usual morning meeting to-day, all of the men being found onsdeck or accounted for, when about II o'clock Detectives Dodds, l IO'Gorman and Kennaugh, with small army of policemen, stalked in. They explained that they were after some of our men. We replied that if they gave the names we would point them out in case they did not know them. They declined the offer, and after carefully ] inspecting every man present selected i've of our brother strikers and escort ed them to the station house. Later l they found another brother, who was 1 not present at the meeting, and took him in also, making six arrests all l told. The men, we understand are charged with the felonious crime of as- sault with intent to commit murder. The crime with which they are charged occurred on the Waterville line some time ago, two of the strike breakers being so seriously assaulted that they had to be taken to the hospital We have no comment to make on the ar rests at this time, and have retained l Attorney John O'Neill to look after the interests of the men, which will in- sure them defense of ability. The bonds for the release of the six men
 were fixed at $12,OO0OO by the prose cutting attorney.
 1 The demands, or rather requests" of the Bridgeport trolleymen have been published, and Waterbury will be in- terested to learn that they make ours appear almost too modest. The Bridge bort men ask for "one day off for the
 men each week, if they desire to take it; ten hours work in twelve and one- half to regulate the runs whereby the
 men will not be compelled to work on Ithe long swings; recognition of the To- cal union; fiat uniform wage rate of S2.25 day and no sliding scale such as I is now in vogue.''
 | We are glad to announce that the American Federation of Labor has ap- proved our strike and has requested all labor organizations throughout the country to assist us in every way possi- N bIe. The communication is signed by l President Samuel Gompers and Secre- I tary Frank Morrison of the American ! Federation of Labor and is dated March 21, 1903.