Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-14
The following statements were given

The following statements were given out for publication by the strikers ex- ecutive committee to-day:
 ''The fourth day of our strike we find ourselves with price of $1OO, 900 upon our heads and no cars running. Up to the time of issuing this state ment we have had seven meetings and not a member of our union has been absent at any of them. At this morn Iing's meeting the enthusiasm showed no sign of cooling and was even more marked than when we first went out, the men seeming to be more deter mined each day to stand solidly to- gether for justice to the end. A mat ter of great encouragement to the men
 has been the prompt and liberal offers
 of assistance, morally and financially, from brother unions, public spirited l citizens and other sources. If the
 strikers desired to accept all of the if
 nancial assistance offered each man
 could draw more per week than he
 would receive if he were back at his
 old position with his salary incuanaed
 to 221ac an hour.
 l Up to the present time Manager
 Sewell or any other representative of
 the trolley company has made no eff
 fort to meet the strikers. Neither has
 any attempt been made by. the com
 pany to adjust matters with the men.
 But how could we expect such things
 to occur? Has not Manager Sewell
 in public interview stated as fol-
 lows, 'sThere is nothing to arbitrator" Speaking of arbitration we believe the time is now ripe for us to inform the public that we would actually pre- fer to have this strike question arbi- ltrated through reputable committee
 of citizens of Waterbury than to have 1.-the company immediately concede all of our demands. By, this we do not lmean that we are weakening at ali,
 as we intend to fight to the last ditch, but we know that Manager Sewell and other high officials. of his company
 know practically nothing of our past
 and present grievances, which, of course, would all come to light if the
 matter were left to public arbitration.
 That is why we make the above state
 ment at this time. If such course
 were pursued, Manager Sewell and
 other prominent officials of his com
 pany would become acquainted with
 what we have stood beyond forbear- ance from some of his and their minor officials. 7-s.
 l we believe that all of the state
 ments we have so far presented to the public have been the whole truth and contained no misstatements. On the
 other hand, the company has been
 informed by the trolley officials
 from day to day that the cars would
 be running now, that they would be
 running then. They have yet to be
 seen.
 ''We see by to-day's papers that six or seven Pinkerton men are on our trail. Perhaps this is so and perhaps 1t isn't It matters little to us. We are glad to see some poor chaps get l ting a whack at that $1OO, O,0O0 which 1 the trolley company has set aside for our submission. While. those Pinker- ton men are here at least Waterbury will have some of the money spent here It is the first chance the Brass I city has had to get any cash from the
 alien corporation composed of New 1 York and Philadelphia multi-million-
 aires, who extorted the franchise from
 the original local owners and who have
 been reaping fat returns from the Wa
 terbury line for years. It may be news l to the citizens of Waterbury to know
 that these alien owners of our line here
 have depended in the past on the earn I ings of the trolley company in this city
 to pa le dividends on their invest ment in the state.
 ssWe have done some detective work
 ourselves, by the way. We see that l the general manager states that he has l sixfy-seven men in the city at the pres l ent time to start the cars. We know
 positively that accommodations have been prepared at the barn in the way l of thirteen single cots and twenty mat l tresses. The new men evidently must ! be small ones, as we figure this would | average five men and a leg for each l cot. We hope the local health officer will take note of this condition. We l also know where these cots and mat l tresses were purchased and the name l of the express company which de1iv- cred them. The firm from which they were purchased did not see fit for some reason to deliver the goods in it's OVID vehicles. We also know of one ca terer who has been approached by the 1 company to do the cooking for the new 1 men and who refused. We hereby ex- tend him our sincere thanks. We also know that supplies such as flour, pota- l toes, etc. have been stored in the com
 panv's paint shop, where the cooking outfit is to be located, and where the
 cook, of they find one, is to sleep. 'sWe think we have shown the com-