Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
More Lines Opened by Manager Sewe and His
 Gang of "NOns'' To-Day.
NOT A PASSENGER CARRIED DURING NOON HOUR
Manager SeweH Says All Lines Will Be Open soonNo Peace Overtures Offered He Says-He Also Makes the State ment That He Will Ask No Man Back-New Men Get
 N aAot of '.JoIlying,-Strkers Issue Statement.

The Bank street line was opened With one car. It had 20 difficulty in gettlhg 10 Brooklyn and back to E2cnange place. It was hailed with shouts of de- rision from the passing crowds ana from the men employed on the build ings on Bank street. The return trlp was somewhat livelier than the outgo. ing one A coal cart had possession or the track between Center street anu Exchange place just as the car reached the point first named. The slippery condition of the streets gave the drlVer Of the coal cart considerable trouble III getting off the tracks, and meanwhile quite a crowd had gathered and show CTS of derision were poured on the non union men in charge of the car. The motorman said something that Tiled the coal man and a warm exchange of compliments took place between them. The coal man had the sympathy of the crowd with him, and Knowing this he gave the motorman a warm time. MT SeweH saw the uproar from iCnne's corner on Exchange place ana informed Detective Dodds. Before the latter reached the. scene. however, the coal man had taken his cart of the tracks and all was quiet immediately.
 Meanwhile Sergeant Cahey and Off1- ger M. Il. AdN IhCAA drawn to the workmen in the buildings along Bank street Every window had half a dozen heads in it. The officers looked this way and that to ascertain the easiest way to get at the white clad workmen who are mostly mechanics. Lawrence Morgan, a carpenter, who was master workman of the first as- sembly of the defunct Knights of Labor for maIy years, happened on the scene just then and engaged the ofn- cers in conversation a moment or two. The fact of the matter is that only with great difficulty could the -workmen have been reached, the interior of the build iihgs being network of scaffold1ng and ladders
 The car arriving at it's place on Elk change, place. made DO delay, but fled along. as best it could up North Main street.. H
 &.AIr Sewea was asked this morning when he would attempt to open up the other lines, and he said he could not say; that he was proceedinaawith the utmost caution. He had no idea when he would open up the Naugatuck line, and he would not say why he took off .the cars at o'clock last night. He was informed he possibly could do more business in the evening than in che daytime. owing to the large num- bers of people being on the streets, and he replied that so far as he could see every man, woman and child is wear Ing i've walk'' button and he there fore did not see what use the cars would be on the streets evenings. He was asked for information regarding the alleged finding of ties obstructing the Oakville line outside the city limits os.r Ir~, Hx x4va1~ a1@N
 We have others looking out for things of that kind" said he, "but I know nothing about it." He said that so far no overtures of peace have been offered from either side of the contro- versy and when it was suggested to him that he knew the men well enough to make some offer to them, he replied that he would ask no man to work for him.
 There came near being a riot in the West End last evening on account of the actions of two of the non-union men. These men got out of the car barn and went to an Italian storekeeper for a package of cigarettes. The store keeper said he did not have the brand the men wanted. The men insisted he had and the Italian ordered them out of the store. The men got ugly. A crowd of boys outside saw what was going on and when the men left the store they were surrounded. They fought their way back to the barn. ' where their cries aroused their fellow workmen, who rushed out armed with sticks. A short engagement followed, the attacking party being repulsed. The non-union men were given the yard of the barn to exercise in, but they made themselves so obiectionably conspicu- ous the police had to be called upon
 Chief Egan was asked to-day if it was true that the non-union men were carrying firearms for self4protection, and he said he had no information to give about the non-union men.
 A number of the men who have been brought here to take the places of the striking trolleymen have become disgusted with their positions, have thrown them up and have started for home A party of about fifteen men who have been residents of the Hotel de Sewell for the past day or two left for their respective homes on the II IF train on the Naugatuck division this morning. One of the men asked to see reporter and a Democrat scribe being nearby, he granted him a few moments of his time The story which the man told was as follows: My name is John Roman. am motorman and work on the Metropolitan railway in New York. I came here as delegate to sec who the scabs are and who is the lead CT There are three or four other dele gates here from Boston, Newark and other places who will probably return home tomorrow. My visit has beer partially successful. I have found that the leader of the strike breakers is John Farley, whose home is in no par ticular place, but all over the country Going back with me are twelve or if teen of the men who were brought here v for the avowed purpose of breaking -he strike, but really their purpose was tc see the city and get little food an6 & lodging free. They are leaving of thel