Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
NO CHANGE TO-DAY.
Strikers Are Out and No, Settlement
 Yet in Sight.

Strikers Are Out and No, Settlement
 Yet in Sight.
 Although matters are practically at a standstill in outdoor work aIhl Ill the neighborhood of thousand men idle. things are very orderly and were it not tor the presence of some new faces on the streets and the qufeti that reigns where but a few days aga, ev- erything was rushing, one would not know that Waterbury has just, en- tered upon what may prove Do Joe costly labor war. There Is less com motion about the headquarters Of the different crafts that are out than ever before on such occasions, all of Wnacn shows that labor organizations are becoming more conservative and in time it will be as difficult to getRa line upon their plans as 1t is to learn of tho intended movements of the men who control capital. The mem are keeping out of the way, especially tho members of the Hodcarrieirs' un- ion. very few of whom can bR seen about the streets, notwiths landing that the undon numbers about 300. It was said to-day that President Tracey has them all bottled up in sbme re- mote part of the city and thht none of them will be seen dn publhc until after the leaders have laid down their arms and agreed to aEaoitrate. Whatever way it ends, it is certain that the men are condncttngt them selves in a creditable manner and while they continue to do thhst nobody ] will claim that they are exceeding their rights, no matter how much folks may differ regarding tth0 good and bad points of the queSticns at 1s- sue.
 Business Agent Smith of the Car penters' and Joiners' union said to- day that there was nothdnaD to give out The men gave the whole matter a good deal of consideration, he satd, had been thinking it over since Inst January, and he felt that they didn't quit thedr jobs without just cause and then not until all efforts to adjust the differences without a clash had failed.
 The Central Labor union has in- dorsed the strike of the carpenters and joiners. Tn some quaEters this is taken as an indication ods long siege, though some people think the trouble will blow over in a few days and expect to see all hands back to work next Monday, but vEhen you ask them what reason they have for saying so they invariably give you an evasive answer, so that it looks mocs like 6 case where. the wish is father to the thought than anythinAg oise. It ds said that the hodcarTteE& wSll re- fuse to lay down their armSl until the carpenters and joiners make peace with their bosses and that In turn the jodners will stand or 6an Eh the bod afxav.el TxN 9k-1 two crafts have formed an alliance for mutual beneht and are pledged to stand shoulder to shoulder kcome what may.
 What Is true of the men fVVith refer encs to good department is also true oe the bosses They ares behaving srlendidly under the circumstances and claAna that they see nothing to worry over. John ". Ga1fney, of the Master Builders assocfatitbn commit tee, never looked happier than he did this morning when Democrat report CT met hdm on Grand street MT Calf ney is aastrict adherent of the admon- ftion contained fn the gospel read at some Of the churches last Sunday, "Be quick to hear but slow to speak," and in consequence he fnvaE1hbly knows what to say as well as what 1t might be well enough to think. but some what indiscTeet to speak "I can only repeat what sa1d yesterday" was his reply regarding the strike sit uatton- 'T see no reasonL" he contdn- ued, "wty such differences as exist between the master builders and the brdckfayers and their helpers should not be strengthened ont tonight. The Master Builders association wdll hold meeting tonight and the Brdck1ey- ers union will meet, too, and perhaps representat1 of both parties will get together and talk ttes matter over and if they do this in a common sense way that will mark the end of the strike 50 far as the brieklayers and hodcarriers are concerned I'm not so sure about the carpenters. I'm afraid that the questions involved there are more complicated, but they are not so compiler thaty a judicious body of men could not dzEest them in & short time"
 MT AshbcGne. who wHsfsafd to have signed the contract yesterday, wishes at understood that this statement was unauthorized. He says he has signed nothing and that he cannot under stand how anything to that effect got into the papers.