Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-07
Strikebreakers Arrive to Operate Cars

agreed to this. which appears to be a
 mlsunderstanding of the agreement
 reached oH the 18th between Mir. Roo,
 union. the street railway conaniftee or the court of common council and myself. This. of course. was a very great surprise to the committee and myself and We reported back to the I Shore Line Electric people and the trustees of the Plant estate that the trolieXfnen would not agree to this ar- rangement.
 Shore Line Makes Proposition. MT. Perkins of the Shore Line Elec- tric Railway company then conferred with the trustees of the Plant estate and authorized me to state to Mir Rooney that they would agree to ar bitration and that the Taft -Manley board would appoint. the third mem board would select a man. a resident of one of the three counties in Con 1 necticut through which this trolley passed. This appeared to the mem bers of the street railway company and myself to be a very fair propo- sition and I reported the same to Mr. Rooney and Mfr. McGlone who were satisfied with this arrangement with the exception of the clause wherein the third member should be chosen from the three counties of the state. I reported back to the officers of the Shore Line Electric Railway company that the trolleymen would arbitrate allowing the Taft -Manley board to ap- point the third member but without the restriction that this hird mem Der should be appointed from the New London, Middlesex and windharn counties. Here the arbitration ceased and I asked MT. Rooney to lay these two propositions before the members of the Troileymen's union for their serious consideration and he retired with that object in view.
 Y at a e>d cir hope to Mir. Rooney that the men would use every effort to get together on either of these two propositions and that I was at their service at meeting if they so desired.
 Up to this time I have heard noth- ing further from them but have been accused of all sorts of trickery and Rooney without any actioH on my part warranting such abuse.
 Propositions Entirely Fair.
 The two propositions that were sub- mitted to the trolleymen through MT. Rooney would seem to me to be en- tirely fair. The attitude of Governor Holcomb towards labor and corpora at that time that he was inclined to favor corporations rather than labor. In that case they had the other alter native which to my mind was ex- tremeIy fair.
 In reference to the protest of not allowing the men to parade on Sun day, I can only say that precedent governed my position in this matter. If I am correctly informed. it has been the custom in the past for fu- neral corteses, church orga nization5 or various other religious denomina tions to parade on Sunday. If my judgment has erred in this matter. I regret it.
 In closing your letter you state i've asked you to review the situation and give the men a square deal" I would like to call to the attention of the Fedora tion of Labor at this time the fact that I feel hat I have always given the laboring men more than a square dea1;" that I have worked with them and tried to please them on every occasion that they sought my assistance; that my record in the court of common council in the past nine years shows that I have been after the trolley compan- ies in forcing them to give to the pub lie better service. better cars and bet ter accommodations all around; that [ have opposed every attempt that was opposed to the best interests and 1 the general welfare of the public.
 In closing I wish to say that I feel that I have always been and alwass | shall be willing to cooperate with | he federation in everything that tends towards the betternent of the rela- lions between capital and labor.
 Trusting that you will lay this mat ter before your association in this rue light and assuring you and the members of your association that nm heartily in accord with you, I beg | 0 remain,
 Very truly yours,
 E. FRANK MORGAN.
 Mayor.