Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-24
FORTY FIFTH DAY OF STRIKE THINGS in BAD SHAPE
MANY Streets We're Dark Last Night Owing To Strike OF mme
Men Brought To Town To-Day Saucy Mooman Nearly Precpi
tated Riot In WaeVIIe- -Non-lnion Lineman Sc
verey Beaten Yesterday-A Few Acs OF
LaWIeSsneSS On Some Lines.


ing about the strike and singing the old
familiar song, Backward, turn back
ward, O Time in your flight" the mean
ing of which they never fully realized
before Few street lights burned and 1t
was so dark pedestrians and drivers or
teams had a hard time of 1T keeping
out of each others way. Owing to the
difficulty Of seeing icy spots on the
walks many fell, but so far no serious
accidents have been reported. There
were very few people about the center
last night. so that the officers on duty
had little to do but keep walking and
watching for trouble that never came.
About $50 o'clock last night Officer
McEvoy telephoned to police headquar-
lers from Waterville to have motorman
No $50 taken off the car as soon as he
reached Waterbury, or send about fifty
men up there to prevent riot. The
officer said that the man, had been
thinking, was using abusive language
to people on the street and threatening
10 use the operating lever upon them.
Word was sent to the. car barn and
"Boss" Farley met the hilarious motor
man at the corner of North Willow
and West Main street and took him in
hand The ssboss'' made short work of
the motorman, and judging by the way
he hustled him about the men must be
pretty well scared of him. 1t was for
tunate that the officer at Waterville
knew his business else there would
have been serious trouble. The man
on the car is said to have used the
fflthiest kind of language to everybody
and without any cause, so that he
stirred up pretty hard feeling among
the residents and things We're getting
to the unbearable point when the car
left for Waterbury. A man named
Cookson said he intended to have the
. motorman arrested for calling his boy
\ vile name. Many wonder why these
blackguards are not arrested and
taken to the police station. That mo-
torman should have been collared by
an officer and locked up for the night
instead OF turned over to the tender
mereies of "Boss" Farley. Why not?
When was this man Farley clothed
with authority to arrest men charged
with breach Of the peace and settle
their cases at the car house?
Washington avenue had its little SEN
sation yesterday afternoon when a
crowd gathered about couple of strike
breakers who had come In to do the
work of the striking trimmers. In the
scuffie William Harvey of Naugatuck,
one Of the objects of attack. was rough
iy handled It is said that he received
a trimming that will keep him in doors
for some time. Harvey's companion
was up the pole when the crowd
swooped down upon them and the fell
low was so much afraid he refused to
come down and elung to his post while
the infurited gang on the ground
hurled missiles at him. One fellow
with a good aim hit the man on the
ear with an insulator. After a hard
fight some one commenced to climb the
pole after him and then seeing himself
cornered the fellow consented to give
in on condition that his life was spared.
When he got half way down the pole
he hesitated and pleaded piteously for
mercy. He said that he had been
brought In under false pretenses, the
company telling him that there was no
strike. He declared that he would get
out of town and never trim another
lamp In Waterbury if they would allow
him to go. Being assured that nobody
would harm him he descended the pole
and took the team to the Office. After
the excitement was over and Harvey
had time to state his case to his EN-.
ployers bench warrant was made out
for some of the parties who figured in
the assault but whether the authori
ties are sure they have the right
men or not or because the suspected
parties cannot be found, no arrests
have vet been made. 1T was said to
day that the men who gave Harvey
the few touches promptly left town be
hind fast horses while others claim
they took an afternoon train.
six lights of glass We're broken IL
the cars in BROOKLYN yesterday. Re
port has it that the missiles wer.
thrown by school children. The mis-
siles consisted of snowballs with stone
on the inside Mayor Kilduff has reat
the riot act upon this matter and !
is not likely that there will be an.
more of it. Boys and girls who do no
want TO spend the balance of thei
miority In the reform school shoult
find some other amusement beside
throwing stones at the cars. Parent
and teachers in the schools cannot sa.
too much about this Many childrel
not knowing the difference are apt t
get into serious trouble over this strik
question.
The strike breakers are making grea
efforts to secure boarding houses, blu
nobody appears to want them. The
get places here and there, but as 500
as the proprietors find out who the
are they have to leave. Many hay
refused to keep them, not because the
are ifi sympathy with the strikers, bu
for the reason that they don't care t
run the risk of losing other roomef
and boarders: others would not hav
them i'm their places anyway. In on
or two instances an effort was made
rent houses for them, but propert
owners fear that their presence woul
.preciate the market and rental valu
of their buildings and prefer to leay
them idle.
II was stated to-day that the mofo
man who started the commotion in w
tervilIe last night has been discharge
and that another sandy conlplextone
toker who operates on the South Mai
street line and who Is accused Of 4
sulting women, will have to "git. TO
IL he continues to trifie with peop
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