The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-07
LAVLESSHtSS ANEW.
A ReCrudeScence of Stone
Throwing in Waterbury
Following Departure
of Troops.
A GENERAL ATTACK MADE
ABOUT EVERY CAR FROM THE
SUBURBS DAMAGED.

Large Torpedoes Placed Upon the
Tracks--TheIr Explosion Causes Large
Crowds to GGther-PoIico Have Dihi-
guilty in Moving the Gro wds-Large
Iron Bar Thrown Through One Car
ON One of the Principal Streets
Deputies Unable TO Nuke an Arrest.
Waterbury, Conn.,, Feb. 6.-Closely
following the departure Of the militia
from the city, the trolley strike disturb
ances broke out anew and early in the
evening cars returning from the out
skirts os the city bore evidence Of "A
continuance of the stone throwing
which has characterized these outlying
districts throughout the strike.
The West Main and North Main
street cars particularly bore the marks
of stone throwing, and not car came
to the center of the city with windows
unbroken, although deputies rode on
every car.
Early in the evening the police were
placed on guard in strong numbers at
danger points and the two local compan-
les of the Connecticut National Guard
were in the arnory ready at any mo-
ment to assist the police.
Shortly after the supper hour, crowd
unusually large for Friday evening,
gathered upon the streets, and the police
experienced considerable difficulty in
keeping the crowd moving. At the ruins
of the Scoville house, from which place
the mob was supplied with bricks during
the riot Saturday night, a strong guard
of police were stationed and no one was
allowed to loiter in that vicinity.
About o'clock number of large tor
ipedoes Were placed upon the West
Main street tracks and the loud reports
occasioned by their explosion quickly
drew a crowd about the car, but no
violence was attempted, and the police
soon had the crowd in hand.
Up to 10:S0 the police had received no
report Of any serious outbreak and but
one man, Michael Donahue, who was
charged with lettering on the bridge in
Brooklyn, had been arrested
AT West Main and Judson streets,
about 10:45, as a car was passing the
SolhEls oil lIO IllICG lGGt lOIlS WAS
hurled through the windows. Two dep
uties, who were riding upon the car, i'm
mediately made a search, but it was
without result.
Shortly after 1890 General Manager
Sewell, of the railroad company, left
for his home in Waterville on board of
car which was guarded by twelve
deputy sheriffs, and it is believed that
1t is the intention of the civil authori-
ties to follow out the policy Of the mil
itary officials who during their stay
kept very close watch on the home of
the general manager. 1t was learned
on good authority that the Pinkerton
detectives also were stationed in that
vicinity.
The elaborate preparations which had
been made by Chief Of Police Egan and
Sheriff Dunham seemed to have the eff
skirts, and about II o'clock it was re-
ported to police headquarters that a.
large crowd had assembled in Brooklyn
and were stoning the cars.
An investigation of this report show
ed that, although no great crowd had
assembled, every car was being stoned
and torpedoes were placed upon the
rails. The deputy sheriffs were unable
to locate any of the stone-throwers and
did not make single arrest during the
night.
AS the time for the withdrawal of the
cars drew near the city and suburbs
became more and more quiet, and when
at 1880 all of the cars had been run
into the barns the streets were almost
deserted and the city was very quiet.