The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-20
ALL QUIET IN BRIDGEPORT.
BUT 4 SINGLECA OF VIOLENCE
 YESTERDAY.

sivs Language-No Attempt Made to
 Run Cars After 6 o'clock Last Night
 More strike-Breakers ArriVe-'Busses to be Placed on All Lines To -day.
 Bridgeport, Conn.,, May 19. - The sit uation in Bridgeport remains quiet to- might, and with one single exception there was no violence in the city to-day. This case occurred on Barnum avenue. Abraham Munt, coal cart driver, was unloading coal and as a car passed he called out an offensive name and threw a piece of coal, which struck the motor man in the face. Sheriff Hawley was nearby and he placed Munt under ar- rest. He is being held at police head quarters in default of $1,OOO bail.
 Three young men were arrested dur ing the day for using offensive language to the rlon-union men and they are being held under $500 bonds.
 No attempt was made to run the cars after 6 o'clock tonight. Very few per- sons are patronizing the cars Because of this fact the striking trolleymen will tomorrow morning put 'busses on all the streets through which trolley cars pass. .s
 National Secretary Dilworth, who is here advising the strikers. gave out a statement tonight. MT. Dilworth says he is convinced that the prospects of the strikers winning out are better than ever. He said: T have been watching all the trolley lines to-day and I am satisfied, judging from the few riding, that the sentiment Is overwhelmingly in favor of the strikers. Upon this fact we base our claims for victory"
 About 1000 persons gathered about the Barnum avenue car barns, where the non-union men are quartered, about g o'clock. No violence was attempted, and the police kept the situation well in hand. .s .-.
 During the forenoon the company op- erated twenty-six cars on five lines without experiencing any trouble from rioters. The Stratford line and the Barnum avenue line were reopened, and in addition cars were run for the first time since the strike began on the Seaview avenue, the Beardsley park and the Ash Creek lines. No policemen rode on these cars, guard duty being performed exclusively by the deputy sheriffs. Some of the deputies also as- sisted the police in street patrol duty, they as well as the police having strict orders to prevent the congregation of crowds at any point. There were very few passengers on the cars.
 No attempt had been made up to noon to start cars on other lines. The lines still closed include the Brooklawn and Oak street, the Main street and Seaside avenue, the East Main street, the Fair field, Southport and Westport, the Woodmont. and the Derby and Shelton lines. ,<t ....
 The strikers assert that two more men who belong to their union and who have been working for the company since the strike began. quit work to- day and returned to the union. There are now said to be only six of the old employees at work, and the strikers hope to induce some of these to join their ranks.
 In the city court to-day Judge Com- iey's attention was largely taken up with the consideration of cases growing out of the strike. Michael Kelly ,charg- ed with throwing missiles at railway car, was held in bonds of $1,0OO for the superior court. He was arrested on Sunday by sheriff Hawley, who testified that he saw the man throw a stone at a car. Edward Handley, driver of 8 coal cart, was sentenced to ninety days in jail. He was charged with obstruct- ing a street car by stopping his team on the track. and with resisting arrest by Sheriff Henrie.
 On the charge of shouting "scab" for men were fined various amounts as follows: Jacob Rauscher and Gottfried Fredericks. $50 and costs, each, appeal ed; Charles Patterson. $10 and costs: Joachim Wolkus, $25 and costs.
 The cases OF four boys who were charged with breach of the peace in shouting "scab" were continued on ac- count of the respondents extreme youth for one week, There was a large as- sernb1y of spectators in the court room, and 1t was believed that the severity of the sentences im2osed in most of the cases may have a deterrent effect upon other would-be disturbers of the peace. The cars which were started during the morning continued their trips in the early afternoon with no sign of trouble of any sort. No other lines were oper- ated during the day than those on which cars were started this morning. Twenty-Five strike. breakers in addi- tion to the 190 who came Saturday have arrived here. They were taken to the Barnum avenue sheds, where the others are .quartered. and later twenty-five were removed from this car shed to the East End car shed on Stratford avenue.
 Sheriff Hawley has sent notice to all the twenty-three towns in the county, asking the constables of those towns to report to him for duty here at noon next Saturday. He will have these constables on duty during the Saturday afternoon and Sunday to aid in repressing any new outbreak of violence on those days. The sheriff thinks that with the co-op- eration of the police it will be unneces- sary to call on the governor for state aid.