Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-07
THE FREIGHT STRIKE
Manufacturers Trying to Locate Their
 Goods in the Yard.

u0OdS In the Yard.
 The only change in the strike of the freight handlers to-day was the quitting of two checkers working at the Highland station who came to this city Sunday. They evidently became tired of the job and decided to get out of town. Consequently at the Highland station the progress made to-day was not nearly the equal of that of yesterday. The checkers are simply assigning the goods and are making out no receipts. They turn the freight into the transfer cars and let 1t go to Bridgeport where it is being sorted. This morning the freight handlers loaded and unload ed eight cars, while the regular men while working were accustomed to take care of thirty cars for a morn ing's work.
 A rumor which was in circulation to-day but could not be verified was to the effect that an effort was being made to hustle the work on the new station so that if more headway Is not soon made, 1t will be possible to press that station into service. As- sistant Superintendent Dunn still comes to the city daily and this morn ing as usual said everything was all right"
 At the Naugatuck station this morning was load of freight brought from the Waterbury Manu- facturing company yesterday and this noon the larger part of it was still on the platform. A representative of Henderson Brothers was at the plat form this morning endeavoring to To- cate some castings and when he was unable to find them he was somewhat angry. He declared that his con- cern was tired waiting for them and unless they were forthcoming few days he would make a strenuous eff fort to get them.
 The Waterbury Buckle company's driver was hunting up some wire which he said was billed in several days ago and the wire could not be found. Unless the wire is received in day or two several girls at the factory are likely to be laid off.
 An insight as to how some of the freight is being handled was given this morning when a woman who had load of furniture come from Bridgeport was at the station to have it carted away. After couple of hours work the furniture was spotted and placed on wagon. of Ralph N. Blakeslee's but several arr ticles were badly battered and a couple of bureaus, the woman said, were missing. She felt her loss keenly and stated that though the company would undoubtedly compen- sate her for some of the loss, in all probability she would never be re- paid for all the damage done. The woman seemed to be much upset by her loss and almost wept.
 A peculiar thing in the eyes of many is the absence of M. J. Leary from the scene of the strike the past several days. Although the former agent of this city was on hand the first two days of the strike and work ed as hard as any freight handler ever did, he has not come to this city the past few days at all though he must realize that the situation is any thing but good.
 The factories continue to load their own cars and the Randolph 6 Gloves concern had eight cars to fill up to- day. The factories while doing their loading and unloading will, it Is supposed, have the amount that it costs them during the strike to do this work taken of their freight bills. If they should attempt to send over the platforms the usual consignment of goods 1t is evident that the men now handling the freight would have the time of their lives trying to get the goods on thecars.
 Last evening because of the rob- ping of the freight car near the Meriden junction on Sunday morning, several extra detectives of the road were placed near the sidings for the purpose of watching the cars. There are now about eight men doing duty In the freght yards after dark.
 It Is apparent that when only eight cars are loaded and unloaded in the that everything is not all tight at the station and that the con- iitions existing there are still worse han many imagine.
 Last evening after o'clock all the | freight handlers were lined up at the 1 station anu as each mans | .heck number was called, he an- k. a0ff