Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-28
Neither Strikers or Com
pany Care to Yield.
But One Carman at New Bed
ford Returns to Work.


| New Bedford, Mass, July 27.-With
| both sides to the controversy deter
| mined to stand by their respective DO
| sitions, there seemed to be no hope of
settlement when the fifth day of the
| trolleymen's strike ended tonight The
/ officials of the company had nothing to
say further than to state that by to-
morrow all cars would run according
to the regular schedule, so far as was
! consistent with safety. During the day
| the strikers issued a lengthy statement
giving their side of the controversy,
and similar document was issued by
r. F. Sheehan, one of the vice presi-
dents Of the Amalgamated Association
Of Street Railway Employees.
! There was only one break from the
ranks of the strikers today One OF
the men. who had. in addition to his
place, an advertising contract, returned
/ to work.
| 1t had been expected by the company ,
officials and by the public generally
that many of the strikers would ap-
ply for their former places before Pres
| ident Crapo's time for reinstatement
expired at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon.
| There was no disorder manifested to-
| day. This evening a crowd Of cotton
/
| breakers and called them offensive
names. No stones were thrown.
The cars on the so-called short line
were hauled off at o'clock, but the
Purchase street cars ran at intervals
throughout the evening. Throughout
the day all the cars were operated un-
der police guard. To prevent a repeti-
ton of last nights rioting. Mayor
/ Thompson today forbade the strikers
| holding street parades.
New Bedford Mass, July 27.-The
fourth day of the strike of trolley men
opened this morning with little prom
| Use of an immediate change in the in
| stitution. Indeed the differences be-
tween the Union Street Railway Co.,
and it's men were accentuated rath-
err than relieved by the attempt at set
Element made yesterday. While the
| strikers committee and the president
of the company, H. H. Grape, were be-
| lieved to be not far apart on the wage
question, the demand of the union for
recognition as such by the company
Was the rock on which the plan of ad-
! justing matters was wrecked. The men
| asked for a fiat wage scale of 25 cents
an hour while the company is willing
| to give 25 cents an hour to men Of five
| years service.
The announcement that an effort
| would be made today to put on addi-
| tional new men to run the cars In the
| places of strikers was followed early
| today by the report that the possibility
was being considered that it might be
| necessary to call out state troops to
quell disturbances.
After the cars were returned to the
barns about o'clock last night there
was no disturbance during the night,
| though in the early evening there was
some stone throwing and some car
| windows smashed and the passengers
! teTroriZed.
For the first time since the beginning
| of the Garments strike. the cars left
| the barn this morning on time. The full
| complement of cars on the Purchase
Street Line was started at once. OIL
| though on the other lines the schedule
! remains the same as it has been dur
ing the past two days. The Belt Line.
| which has not been operated since the
| beginning Of the trouble, was started
| today.
Fifty strike breakers. who were 'uor-
| tCiCN ittSt night at iAiiiNoIh pf.sar oiA
| their way to this city from FalsRiver.
! have been sent back to New York as
J the management has decided that they
! do not care to put them to work in this
| city.
A repetition today Of the report cir
culated late last night that Gov. Guild
| had communicated with Col. Nutter at
Fort Rodman, and had instructed the
officer to hold his command OF four
companies OF Massachusetts Coast Ar
tillery in readiness to quell any possible
disturbance in this city was entirely
without foundation. Moreover. an exc
plicit denial that Cow Guild had con-
ferred with Col. Nutter OF had taken
any steps looking toward the introduce
ton Of the military into the strike was
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