Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02

ticut cities and towns will be taken this (Fridaya morning in an effort to mediate the strike that has paralyz- ed the entire Shore Line Electric ment given out at midnight Thursday by Rev. c. J. Hartman, secretary of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce. The Norwich Chamber of Commerce, New London, Wilimantic, Putnam. DanieIson, Webster and Dudley l Gui1fofd Board of Trade. have agreed to act in Unison in regard to the troll l leymen's strike, according to Rev. MT. l Harriman's statement.
 This morning a telegram win be sent to the Shore Line company and an identical telegram will be sent to 1 it's employees. Other Chambers of Commerce and busines organizations not yet heard from will probably join 1 in the movement.
 Rev. Mir. Hartman spent a part of i Thursday afternoon ana all of Thurs organizations mentioned and it is hoped that their united intercession
 may be a means of settling the strike.
 Trolley Traffic at standstiII. l As a result of the strike order which went into effect at midnight Wednes- day, traffic over the entire Shore Line system is at a standsti1l No cars | were ODGTdIGQ III Ln1S CITY unLl on l Thursday afternoon and then only two or three were put on the road. These were kept running at irregular intervals during the afternoon. There
 were TO cars during the greater part of the evening.
 It had been predicted that number of the regular men would show up for duty early Thursday morning but proved not so, for not one union man, l according to statement made by the
 strikers, Thursday night, showed up
 at the GreeneYille car barn for duty.
 Some five or six non-union men. who
 have been employed on the local
 lines put in an appearance but they
 were unable to take out any cars as
 there was no power. It is said that
 the fremen in the power houses drew
 their fires at midnight Wednesday
 and this accounted for the fact that
 there was no power.
 The first two cars to leave tht
 Greeneville barn since the strike be. came effective were run out at two
 o'clock Thursday afternoon. One went
 to Thamesville and the other to Yan.
 tic. The car that went to Thames.
 vile made a trip to Greeneville on its return trip. The car sent to Yantit was kept on that line throughout thu
 afternoon and early evening and wa run at intervals of about an hour
 One or two other cars were sent ou during the afternoon. All the carr carried detective squads, but not thu . slightest trouble was encountered il
 operating the cars Thursday.
 Detective Squad Arrives. Thursday morning squad of sev 2 enteen detectives from the Washing ton Detective bureau at New York ar rived in Norwich and registered a
 der the command of Captain John T ! Vickery. The detectives have beel brought here on the order of Presi dent Robert R. Perkins to look afte the company's property.
 No Cars on MontviIIe Line. F While several cars were run on tn r local lines Thursday, no attempt wa l made to operate cars on the Montvill t and New London lines. This morn : ing it is expected by the trolley ofh . cials that cars will be started on al t the lines in this vicinity.
 Strikebreakers Arrive in Town. a Strikebreakers began to arrive i r town on Thursday and by night it wa . estimated that about 80 were on tn . streets ready to take charge of tn f cars today. It is understood tha f more will arrive today. The men ar v from New York Current runnor O 5. Thursday night was to the effect ths = the strikebreakers had considerabl e difficulty in securing rooms here. V New London Thursday night thirt . private detectives and strikebreakeI n were ordered from a hotel there 800 if after their arrival.
 ?. Strikers Orderly and Quiet. h Despite the fact that hundred (
 more trolleymen are on strike in tai
 city there was not the slightest trou
 ble and there is no indication of trou ble. Throughout the day the strik .o CTS conducted themselves in a yer r orderdly manner While street group II could be seen here and there the me = 2. did not gather in. numbers to any eS q tent but watched proceedings Quietl a When asked regarding their opinio U U of the strike several of the men sai .a a Thursday night that it was beginniu ,9 to look very serious and they ha 'A their doubts about the successful or
 eration of the cars by the strikebreal
 CTS imported from New York. The lg are just as determined that their d. K mands shall be recognized by u )6 company as they were on Wednesda Id What today will bring forth is impoI l. sibIe to foretell but the general opil in ion of the strikers is that there VI K not be any trouble.
 al Many Forced to Walk. al The strike caused hundreds of pc,
 pie in this vicinity much inconvel
 fence on Thursday. This was espe
 ially true of the mill operatives, mal
 of whom were forced to get up as ca
 ly as o'clock. A number of Fal
 residents are employed in the Tai e vile mills and quite a few are en ,d p1oyed in Yantic. The absence of "a e. made it very difficult for them th reach their work and it was late Ee night before many of them arriTl vs home. School children, Academy st
 dents and shoppers realized for t
 first time how much the trolley Sc
 vice means to the public.
 Jitneys Charge E,horhitant Price, Jitneys appeared everywhere CS;n Cn their prices were so exhorbitant tn IL the average person could not pay ths D. fare. A dollar mile is some ste m and 1t is said that some drivers eF ne bled the long suffering public for mo rs. than that. It didn't matter wheth ue tta.e fam. s., ..t..