Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-03
NO SETTLEMENT
Freight Handlers Are Still Out and Confusion Grows al
 Stations
CONFERENCE EXPECTED

| which has tied up the business in this city to large extent since last Monday afternoon, looked more probable to-day than at any time since the men quit their jobs. A conference between the striking checkers, who are sadly missed at the stations, and Freight Agent | White was to be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon, as the result of a long talk that MT White had with Checkers Harrison and Lloyd this morning. The checkers agree to meet the agent, so they stated, at o'clock this afternoon, but de- clared that a settlement would have to be made through the agent and that MT Dunn could not be brought | into the conference.
 Notwithstanding the fact that sey- enty men were at work yesterday, thirty-five at each station, the pro- gross of unloading and shipping the | freight was still slow. The situation at the Highland still remains more serious than at the Naugatuck, but the men declared this morning things were worse at both houses because of the quitting yesterday of the de- livery men. There were five delivery men who placed the freight on the platforms and their giving up the | positions made the situation much worse than 1t otherwise would have been. The teamsters to-day found it very difficult to locate their goods and had to hunt around the plat forms to see where 1t was.
 A new turn of affairs in the strike to-day was the refusal of many of the merchants to take their slips, de- claring they would not do so until they saw chance of getting at their | goods. The slips in the cashiers office are piling up and one who knows stated this morning that by Monday the situation would be seri- ous if the merchants continued to refuse slips and make no effort to | locate their merchandise. No trans fer cars are being unloaded in this city and this in all probability will in few days cause protest to come from the shippers in Watertown, Oakville and Waterville whose goods are generally transferred in this city, but which are now being sent to Bridgeport. As the cars will pile up the Park city kick will also emanate from there if the strike is of long duration. Transfer cars are loaded In Waterville, 0akville and Watertown and under normal conditions taken care of in this city, but since the strike has started no effort has been made to handle them.
 Inc same plan is carried out with the few transfer cars which the fac tories of this city have. They are not touched in Waterbury, but are taken to Bridgeport, which means more or less of delay before they reach their destination.
 The factories continue to unload and load their own cars. and whole sale houses that do a large business are also following the same plan.
 Though Assistant Superintendent Dunn still maintains that the com pany has plenty of men to handle the situation, 1t begins to look as though the strikers would be taken back if 1t could be done without too much of a backdown.
 It is said that Frederick Brodeur, one of the striking checkers, was sent for yesterday and asked to re- turn to work. If he did not care to take his old position a place would be found for him in the office. It is also said by the men that Lloyd was offered the same inducements this morning. but would not listen to any overtures unless all the checkers were given their old positions under the terms submitted by the men.
 The checkers. speaking this morn ing, said they would demand s2.10 day, and some of them were de- slrous of having a new foreman ap- pointed in place of Patrick Noonan, but in all probability this point will be overlooked. Noonan Is we'll liked. especially by the freight handlers, and is said to be an excellent work man. The reason why a couple of the checkers feel aggrieved is be- cause he did not go out with them after he had promised that he would. But the large majority of the strikers seem to have no fault to find with their foreman. who is also we'll liked by the representatives of the various factories with whom he has come fin contact.
 There was a rumor that George Goodnight. who handles the freight at Benedict & Burnham's, would be given Noonan's position. In fact, that Goodnight worked the first day at the Naugatuck station after the men quit. but ft was evident that Noonan intended to say, and a few of the