Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-07

J, Wednesday night about 20 strike
 eTeakers san;,,. were quartered in tho lection of the local police. but ub tc I press time there had been no trouble and the strike breakers were appar- I ently peacefully sleeping
 The arrival of outside help to mar the troileys shows desire on the part of the Shore Line Electric Rail-
 way company to. resume the local ser vice of which the long suffering and 1 patient public have been deprived o1 for over three weeks through the de- | sertion of the trolley cars by the striking crews. The new men who l will be placed on the cars are not
 considered as strikebreakers by the l company officials. They state that
 the new men are to be permanent employees are not cfassed as l about 6.45 o'clock "Wednesday night They came from New London and de-
 trained at Thames square rather than ride through the center of the city to | the barn. The officials of the road l called up four public service cars to | take the men to the barn. The driy-
 CTS of the public service cars went over to Thames square saw the men
 ana turned around and came back empty. The officials then conveyed l the strikebreakers to the barn in their private automobiles.
 The reason that the men are auar- IL that when the officials of the road tried to secure accommodations for the men in the central part of the city they were told that the men couid not be accommodated as every thing was full. The officials tried to secure meal tickets at VelIis and Sef- las restaurant on the square but were told that the restaurant could
 not aceoramodate them.
 whether the attempt to run troueys | da (Thursday) is not known An effort
 was made to ~t in touch with the
 ofnclals of the road on Wednesday
 evening without success. The prevaiI
 ing opinion is that as the men are in
 town the attempt will be made today
 Where the new men come from is not
 known but it is said that they are
 from New York state and have been
 in New London for the past day or
 so. When the cars do start running It is understood that there will be a local police officer stationed on each car as has beer. done in New London. Greeneville car barn is Frederick Shea. former employe of the Shore Line road who is supernumerary on the local police force.
 The situation in Norwich on We'd nesday was unchanged with the ex- ception of the arrival of the strike breakers in the evening. The carmen have announced that on Saturday ev- a in the town hall and put their side of the strike question directing before the public. There is to be a band concert before the meeting and possi- ply a parade.
 In New London the trolleys were as in days previous operated by men who have applied to the company for work Some are with uniforms and others are in plain clothes.
 In statements issued to the press on WedneS62V f-ily President Perkins said in part:
 We have not a man on the job who can be so classified. They have been engaged as permanent employees as nature, and they are being engaged just as all men formerly employed by us were engaged. namely. through regular application followed by a ed down every proposition made to us from strikeDreaking agencies. and the men now coming into our service are employed by our own representa- tives and not by strikebreaking or agencies"
 President Perkins also stated that eIShty-f1ve to ninety men are broken in or in training in New London, and | visions as fast as they learn to oper- ate the cars.
 Mayor Morgan of New London has replied to the letter received by him from Michael W. Coughlin, secretary | of the Metal Trades council of New London, wherein the members of the council voiced their disa pprovaI of the mayors action in the trolley strike l cialming that he tried to force the | -rolleymen to accept an arbitrator also protested against the | act that Mayor Morgan refused te ssue permit for the strikers to pa .ade.
 r,5c
 My Dear MT. Coughlin-I am in re- ,eipt of your letter dated August 2t n which the Metal Trades council ake I\ to taskf for my attitude in which has been going on for the past hree weeks.
 I am very glad to avail myself of his opportunity to lay my action be- ore your organization and all other rades of the American Federation of "a bor.
 First-Your orga nization states thatl
 have not given the men a square cal in trying to force them to ac- ept a man appointed by Governor folcornb to be the third arbitrator in his controversy. Might I state that
 feel that I have done everything in ny power to bring about an amicable djustment of the conditions between Iectric Railroad company. On Mon ay morning. July cS after the failure the committee appointed by the tate chamber of commerce to see if | arrangements for arbitration etween the trolleymen and the Shore , ,ine Electric Railway Co. had failed | , immediately took the matter up with i IT, Rooney and members of the Trol- I ,ymen's union in my office and told hem I was exceedingly desirous of , ringing about an amicable adjust { lent between them and the company, : nd, after a long talk. it was under I tood by the members of the street f ai1way committee, consisting of AL f errnan Oliver Woodwork. chairman; i fessrs. Harrisan, Gum and myself ' nat it was agreeable to Mir. Rooney I nd the representatives of the Tro1- eymen's union that Governor HoI- 1 omb should appoint the third mem CT of the arbitration committee. With : nat understanding in view. I ar anged for meeting on the follow ig day between the street railway ommittee and the trustees of the Iorton F. Plant estate. whom I es- af;al1u inv fa me in ]