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Minutemen-u:
feisty Initiated
Facts concerning the congestion of
‘E‘Wteight on the lines of the "New Baa
, pv'eu'
President Howard Elliott has address-
road are given in a letter while:
.911 to the Intentats Commerce Com-
m'nsion and the Public Utilities com.
:_ minions of Connecticut, Massachu-
':_ satin. unoc- Wand the First and!
Second New York districts. The lot-
Ater News:
I desire to submit to you on behalf
' of the New Haven Company and its 11.1-
lied lines a statement about present
: auditions due to congestion of busi-
nus on its own lines, congestion in
,1 and around New York Harbor. and on
funny of its connecting lines, condi
f‘tiona which have been made much
,f'worao by the great storm of Deceni
{fiber 18-14, which seriously reduced the
* ability of the railroads to give a. maxi-
mum amount or service with the fuel
4.1.1111“ at hand; —-and by the storm of
#"Ihoember 26, which did much dam-
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w
i
s
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‘1‘
' mostly
warren, material an} Weather: 'w‘ilf pe
use. that inn cost nearly $5,005,600. ‘
ale and destroyed and retarded the
\91 rework of restoring wire communica-
and has been performing a task in
F?
4’ 1. the following lime-es showing the-num-
Q
handling that business which is tax
Jinx its physical Minted-r The vol
ume of business may be evidenced by
one one”: Wm?“ Wight 101M locally
bu New Riven fails and the number
we; loaded cars received from connec
JWM mmummvmaum'
bar of months in 1916 as compared
Hill the same eight days in the same
months in 191i and 1913:
1915' 1911
10,824 ' ”L932
42,484 39,626
47,361 43,360
November. 47,766 39,176 15,621
December, 50877 37,748 '44,l93
The New Haven road has on its rails
1913
12.329
39.487
«.673
August.
September,
October,
.iodny ilffil‘ly 46,000 fridgiitrors, whiskey;
is . u' ., turn more than it had
a. you age, and 12, 000 more tllan in
Decembcl,1913. The result is that its
tracks. terminals and other facilities
are congested at many places. There
are more than 12.000 loaded cars
awaiting the discharge of their freight,
but the owners of the freight are hav.
ing some of the snmc’difllculty that
1the New Haven is having because
their own facilities are inadedpstein
places and cars are not released
promptly. Today, on nor-cunt of stories
and congestion. connecting lines have
more than 8,000 lands for delivery.
'ew York and via the
Poughheepsie Blidizc" as soon as this
)ompany can handle them. .
It is interesting to note-{that the
New Haven. with 11,535 miles of tracks.
including main line running tracks,
side tracks and yards. had, during tlu-
first eight days of December, 50,677
new loads, while the (t. B. & Q. sys-
tem, extending [lilough ten states,
j{with 1'2 ,869 miles of intense. during.
some 'WQlt had 48 .ZI-Efi oil's; ’l‘hes‘e
figures indicatewhow large the Nov?
gland freight business is. In 11th
flan, the passenger train ‘set‘vlce is
much lleaviel than on a railroad like
stile C B. & Q1, and makes the prob
lem of furnishing transportation in
Sufficient quantity and of satisfactory
quality under the present unusual and
congested conditions that much mote
- difficult.
For reasons that need not be out-
lined in ms letter the New Haven
has not been able to add materially
to 11.; facilities during the last few
_ years. particularly during the 'las l
two. when the Company has been no
ing through a period of depression,
investigation. leadjustmcnt and recon
struction of its financial and corpor-
ate status. improvements have been
authorized, not. including- equipment:
'whlch are being made as rapidly as
In addition to this, ivory large some
cold be spent; if money can; be obs“ “'1 4
‘ tallied. for additions .
bullwhteminals, engine facilities
to
and: motive power. both steam all?
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when: the mini,” that may be ex-
firmed 11th:,“ as on the road.
L10 Gm his weed orders for
a We! {elicit motives to to.
m In W W ”W
and 500 all cars which are promised
in larch. costing about $1,500,900.
The Company has tried to relieve
lunflunuinstsehrultcouuby
diverting business to its best lines.
but here again it has not been able
to add to its facilities became! the
uncertainty surrounding the future of
the boat lines. The Company consid-
ered very seriously placing an order
nearly a year ago for two additional
freight steamers to run on Lens it
land Sound. but it did not feel thal
lthadlherighttobormwtbehrce
sum of money necessary. considering
the fact that within a comparatively
short time the Company might be or-
dered, under the Panama Canal Act.
to dispose of all of its water lines.
The relief. therefore, given by the
hosts is not as great as the Company
would like.
There comes a time when the vol-
ume of business that is being done
by a man. a steel mill, :1 hotel. or a
railroad is more than the physical
ability of the man or the enterprise
to carry on successfully, and in such
cases the part of prudence is to state
the case frankly to customers and pe-
irons and to explain why there is de-
lay in furnishing goods, accommoda-
tion or service. it looks today as if
for the time being the New Haven
road can do no more than it is doing,
and that it may have to withdraw
temporarily from some kinds of busi-
ness. 1
“The management of the New. Haven
earnestly hopes that the result of the
efforts now being made on its own
road and on its connecting lines will
permit the present large volume of
business to continue and that it will
be necessary to put out lie-called
“embarxoes” and curtail service for
only limited periods of time, but it
feels that it should state to you. the
situation that is confronting it at the
present time—we condition brouitht
about MM clauses tl‘l'ht are beyond its
numbing.» clad.
chive any atlgges one fmufiyou)
who represent both the ndbllc and the
railmads as Malone that can be
taken. ’ A
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Respectfully submitted. I pf
HOWARD ELLIOTT.
Chairman and President.
on 111111 10 .1,
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(Genlinued from Page One.)
The appeal follows:
To All international
Unions and 'l‘heil Local Unions;
Bodies and to All-liecal Unions.
near Sim :and llrotheiswwilig'gyou
give an them? Not an hour to road
this. but on hour of your labor in ii
righteous cause, on l-“iuttela 1;,,J)ay
Junuury 27,1916?
The plight in which the hatt‘hrs of
Danbliry, Connecticut. find themselves
arouses the concern and the sympathy
of all the workels as well as- of all
Dnnbury batters have .performed
service of historic importance in. the
struggle for industrial freedom;
Eifbl‘ts of employers in America to
koepdhcii: workers in subjectlod have
been particularly heartless and unre
lensing. They have used- "it’ll their pow
or and influence ed tonic. political
and particularly thecourts. The legal
theory that has enabled the employ.
crs through the courts to restrict the
industrial freedom of their emplpyes'
was based' upon a concept that labori
I
nloyers possessed rights derived :from
a kind of ownership of the labor pow
MEWQQM 3We
mmutmmmm
manipulation-involved.
hommfoundiliustmieeof
contempt cages W lessra‘ (loin-
pers. Mitchell and ital-risen. and the
suit that the ”called “Anti-Beyoott
Association" North o. I. in.” I:
Comm brougt against the boilers
of my, Mr the W of
the 8m“ nil-tum law.
During the early period of the case
his” the cairn. Is Dotted flatter-s
of” North America here all the local
censuses involved Then the member-
ship of the entire organisation
throughout the country was involved
in a neat strike in which every avail-
able dollar of the circulation was ex‘
pended. and expanded with victory re»
suiting. it was during the time when
lbs United Hatters of North Amelica
was in financial embarrassment that
the American Federation of Labor
was appealed to, and the A. l“. of L
then Inclined the financial obligation
of meeting every expense of the case
before the courts. involving the
amount of 898,166.02. '
1908, on a writ of certloari, the su-
promo court held that sections 1. 3
and 7 of the Sherman Antitrust not
were applicable to the case and to all
organisations of wage-earners organ-
ised not for profit, but for the hours-
men: of higher wages, a shorter work
day and better working conditions.
that is for human welfare; and again
when the case came before the court
upon the appeal from the deeming of
the federal district court. on J
5. 1915. when the supreme court of
the United States rendered a dual do
clslon upon this case which had been
pending in the federal courts for more
thall- eleven years
That decision resumed the legal
fiction that human beings, Witw-
ers, could be legally classlded in: the
same com! with commodities, coal
.trol over which. Y“ to M regulated
by the Shannon Antitrust act Under
this decision. the Sherman Anti—trust
law, which was intended for the pro
tectlon of the citizens of the United
4he! to wait antittbo éamwmldwmsand'fimdipendentnpen
haughtemmteurmovementsndw’
MWWMMM,
WchtbflrimmWB C»
mmtbemw
mlflltbeheldwithdtungexercisesm
help find the Wkliirs of \m-
tsunami:
them. .
It must be understood also that the
suit was brow Intel members of
the Hatters” ”who had; reached
ripe old ages, wringing from sixty
to eishtr vars-‘M’wm W
by Loewe simply boom“ they had
of Win sailor-fir and mutual
helpfuhocs and a scatter datum
ties to stands 11ij a, for the
dawn all better day among the tellers
8109”.” together rlthl...nds 1
. been able to write plainly into law its
Twice the case was before the su-i
preine court of the United States: 1n1ought 30‘ to fall “P03 the Danbury
some little savings, some ownership
in their modest homes. Because of
their one and enforced indigent con:
cuties. made indigent by the attach-
ment, every device was planned that
their condition might be relieved.
it is a matter of common infome-
ilon that the framers of the Sherman
“ti-trust act did not intend that law
toIbDli’tothenormal activitissof
wage-Workers. This fact augmented
the injustice of fie decision anlnst
the Danbury flutters and the award of
threefold damages and interest there-
on. The Dsnbury Hatters were the
innocent victims of the government.
due either to the fact that the con‘
gross of the finned States had not
intentions. or to the fact that the ju-
diciary had misinterpreted the law on-
acted by congress. Whether the fault
lay with congress, or with the 1116i
Clary. the consequences of the fault
Hatters. The contention of organised
labor in this matter were manifestly
strengthened by the action of congress
in enacting the labor sections of the
Clayton act. Therefore, the Hatters
presented to congress n petition ask-
ing for a special appropriation for the
paylilent of this award that thereby
the government should assume the
consequences of the mistake. made
either by congress or by the judi-
clsry.
The representatives pf the A. F. of
L. and of the Ilatters’ organisation.
and members of the Danbury Hatters’
union appeared before the house ap-
propriation {committee in behalf-of
this petition. However ,the commlt~
tee failed to report the appropriation
to the House.
The executive outsell oftbe A. F.
of 1.. realising ole awful plight {in
which these aged ~Daubury Hatters
were thus placed. reported these mat»
tors to the San minnow convention.1
The convention authorized“ 711111 in:
most dime” cause.
ofAmerica.
landwmnuefhber, rivesn
boar—sshonrdrourlabuwln a
maternally Mrs.
Samuel Gompers, president; Frank
lemon. nee-ten; Immu-
olll. first vice president: hm
O'Connell. second vice president;
D. A Hayes. third vice president;
Joe. P. Valentine, fourth vice
president; John 2. Alpine. Ifth
vice president; 3. B. Perham.
sixth vice president; Frank Dotti.
seventh vice president; William'
Green eighth vice president; John
B. Lennon. treasurer. Executive
Council, American Federation of
Labor.
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POOR GEORGE STONE! »
m
Womsn Wants Hls Show Stopped
For Novel Reason.
Upon seeing the‘plcture in a pa-
per of George Stone. a burlesque
comedian whose automobile was re-
ported sirlpped by thieves in front
of the Elks ‘Club during his engage-
ment in Hartford last week, Mrer.
Ede-labors of No. 1,017 North Main
street, Waterbury, first fainted. and
then petitioned the mayor and chief
of police to have Stone restrained
from playing in Waterbury. She
claimed Stone was the man who
shot and killed her Miner,
Abbott. then his stone ill-filler. in
Cincinnati. Ohio. in 1913, and was
acquitted by the courts. Site. or
Deflllpl it was Mr. Stone‘s Dress
agent. said his appearance in Water-
bury would serve tosw’alen her son
row.
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WI.
2'3.
Pumps and
multic-
consul. Machine
Max-
1 .
“*A good all. pays but in the best *“‘“‘ ”"'
The D M Read Co.
W 1857.
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The Store closes at 6 o’cloCk. 5
The Sale of Tailored Suits and Coats will confirm!
through the remainder of the week, prices remainng low
until the different lines and sizes are closed out.
The Spade) Sale of odd Corsets, high grade, also con—
tinues. If one finds her style and size she finds a bargain.
98 cts. and $1.50 up.
Corset Covers, Drawer Combinations and Embroid-
ered Drawers.
Ls Grecquc and Marcelino at generous reductions.
Second floor.
New Year Cards of Greeting. An interesting and at—
tractive assortment just in. Come and make selections
DOW.
———-———-——
Sunshine Special. A extra fine pound box of assort-
cd biscuits, including sugar wafers and English styles.
All the favorites, put up in a very pretty poln'sclttn dccor— ,
atcd box. Special for New Year’s.
so etc. a box.
On sale now. Basement.
filin- h. ill. limit (21111111111111;
Furniture of d ,
and National 1
libelty loving citizens of America. The.
11‘
States, could be utilised as an instru slructed the executive council to ‘ésnd
mentality for depriving them of their out a notice and an appeals-which is
rights as free men and women and hereby made—to all international and
llllllAllll Mlclllllf 00.
own labor power. a control lnsepar— and to state. county and city centrali
their living bodies. Should such a dc- iced labor to contribute their earnings
clslon prevail. they could» not mun~1for the ”(1011‘thth work
citizens ,
however; in the course of). this case, and Doubly} ”attics. 151 date was
legal opinions one given which os- 1 selected Jai‘particulnrly appropriate,-
tabllshcd clearly the judilinl atllludeibcluuse it is the oirlluny of the presl
lov. aid organizations of workers and1 dent in the American h“*dcratlon of
the legal liglil.. of walkers. ’llhesn dun liabilit- who has titles a lifetime of de-
clslons established the basis nocessary1 lotion to the cause of lllbor and tin
Ifor demanding and securing iclncdiai‘ninllity.
legislation, which should'rcluovc‘ liloi
laws and for changes in inuuction pro; of all organized lnbor and for sin or
nodule, so as to insure to the wolhers the Workers of the country. They did
‘thelr rights on (let: men and uncles their duty; they made the lost and
and to differentiate clearly between upon them has fallen the conscquonn
human rights and rights derived from (“i of the injustice of the then mist.
ithe ownership of piopelty.1ing conditions. , All other
1 Before the final decision of the su- panficfm’th in the. benefits} which have
prenle court woe handed down in the grown out of the struggle, and it is
batters case there was enacted into but just that. they should also help to
July the labo1 provisions of the Clay- relieve the victims. If the Danbury
ton Anti trust act, which declaro— inward- 6r. filmlialtbers’im‘ssnisalion
That the labor power of a human were left to hour the full weight of!
being "is! l?“ a commodity or article the burden, it will lficlfll to them grcat1
of commerce. :Stlfl'elll‘ig and great hardship. Every-1
for denying them control over their national unions, to all local unionsz‘l
able from their personalities and from bodies urging all members of organ-1
1 Christian
~ min their freedom as worksoi one-ted on Thursdavmy at, .1019. to,
the relief of their felow workers—the; ""1 M" I, fine 10! of Christmas Trees
'l’hc illlnbury liiiiicrs did not fulleri
to All Stale and City 011mm! man beings from the ltlil'llllw oi trust'in 111,1: which they did for the ”3119!“ ‘ ‘
lWOikel‘S ‘
yin addition to declaring formally
the difference between labor
trust 11m properly apply, the Clayton
not limitannd oscillates mo uses of.
in3uncflons and forbids their use for
purposes against which the workers
had so long 11nd so justly complained
thus the hattcrs' case has been of in-
cclclll‘ah‘lo service to all of the wage
power was a commodity and that am learners of the countiy. cstnbllshlng1tlll Lawlor, secretes: United Hatters
'powerf
115d articles and commodities to which
member of orgllnlztd labor is ulged.
to us his duty in this matter and 101’
hear his sham in 219.com strug-
gle to establish industrial justice.
Monitors of looachrllenp should pay
their contributions to their local sec-
retaries, who should send the sum to
t’nl collected to the secretary of the A.
F. of L. who will receipt ltor the same
end promptly forwa‘rd it to Mr. Mar
tilleil‘ rights and securing opportuni- 01’“ NOT”! Amel‘icai- W116“ WI“ use the
31 ea necessary for their protection and; money for the. “6195‘” purpose of 1‘6
Water 8L. Foot Rumba-n It.
From now on until hrtstmss. l
to meet every demand A carioad has
Just arrived; also a line lot of table
trees. at the lowest prices.
South Nerwalll Florist
-s So. Main St. So. Norwalk.Ct
Quality
The kind thst becomes part
all time.
That's the sort we offer yo 11 here.
l QUAL/f)’ H/CHIJ'T" l'P/l’lCt'J' lOWEd‘T
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS.
of your life and satisfies for
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'aslnonpos'r. CONN.
Phone 164
2.3291111:erme '*
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A Po Ac ‘ Start the New Year u-ilh a New Set of Books
REL‘ABFEFWE ’NsURQNCE We have everything you need—~Call and look” our stock
COMPANY ' OVCI‘.
NO. MIN ST.
Think. It Over and Give Us Vour. -
4 ‘ ’ ‘ Comer Uniorl
01““ . Brggerman Bros. 6 South Norwalk.
.I. ll. Layton & Co..lnc. .;.______. __ 1. ”WWW ._
AGENTS
Iebl lmtcend Insurance
‘ Fr-llrond Ave. South; Norwalk
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T PARKER LEASES GROCKER
l ‘ HOUSE.
"Wt: can guarantee
ltor Bryan F. Mnhan has leased the
l
NEW wNDONrbcc. lid—Postman.-
oeu. HORATIO KING'S DAUGHTEB
” is some HUSBAND son m1
I vosce.
STAMFORD. Dec. 30 .«Acuon1nas
been taken by Mr". and Mrs. Geprge
tracks, "
'er of their employee “and ’ “vest
rights” derived from the right to do;-
business. This principle was the bassist But as a result 0! the iast decision
for flagrant abuse of the injunctivo of the supreme court many 0: the
writ and for interpretation of“ 'anil amlttis m iJonbury, Lonnecticut. iind
trust law to apply to voluntary organ- themselves in dire distress, for,‘ 111'
‘nntions of workers associated for the addition to deciding the ””94“?
establishment of better conditions of against which they contended, the
work and for the maintenance of their chdsziszmwfemfhe filament:
personal rights and freedom. ' “ '1 “
When this abuse of the lnjunactiveiwas h" threefold damages in?“ m
“We” and ”"91.th s of bungalow: ie.est accruing on that amount and
became so frequent and so dangerous “3““ amounting in all t° “13me
u 1$.lbll.0l10
. very coalescent °l’“l ‘“ - . . .-
lie I of ark. _ the 0. mu ensures early hotcrwlthe ”we
relations.
courts that could be “"4"? “We“ 0‘ the Dummy fiat:
yo.
ed' the continued betterment of industrisimevmg the BMW” WM were made
1ceived and the payments made and to_
t ”sought r01: mé. the bank deposits and the homes or,
to were attached to insure i A
Our watch repairing
i it is true that most any jeweler can
do watch repairing; but it is not true
n... rpm... noun ~~_ «1....4 .mwivv
of the socalled "Anti-Boycott associiv
e‘
“mu wduu ire-Jive, Y 1L “Vilnius: m".
n is done
manufacturer. Mr. bnwlor will publishigxggvau watch ,7 ”Dam g '
a complete list of all contributions rte-1 it takes a great deal of c nreful
study and years of. experleiice to do
watch roman; lnlélllgel’llly; and no
that it “will :v’e satisfgction 1".
watch repairing. that we do is
GMT-hilt e are willing to bank our
“ .it
whole; paid.
In order to perform our whole duty
and- to manifest oul entire opossum“:
lion and sympathy, with the Hatters
‘01 Dallbjlly in theil‘ plight, it in bars,
gcicnlnrly titling that special meetingsl'} ;
of central bodies and local ullions’
anything; whatever the!
l
is to worlmsnshlpr but also as to.
Crocker house to Frank E Parker.
this time for a period of 10 years.
The new. lease carries with it an ad-
ditional six rooms in the Cracker
house annex. Proprietor Parker was
the recipient of many congratulations
as all desired him to conlir. lie (is th 1
head of the establishment, which is
conceded to be one of the must pupil
and New lilo'gldndfi ‘ . _ 1
L Brown of tihs city to settle their.
martial differences. in the divorce
court. Mrs. Brown caused papers to
be served charging her husband lwlth.
intolerable cruelty and habitual in—
toxication She alleges he is 1north
$250, 000, and asks $83, 233 33 alimony
and the custody of their only child.
Elizabeth, aged 11; ‘ .
Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Gen‘
. oral Horatio King of Brooklyn. Her
STAFF “”36 “9‘11 .A :FUR “”50 husband is a stock broker in New _
99M: . 3 1Y0“ »
Among. the many Christmas pro
tenurece received by. Governor Mal-cur
EMBARGO o8 hormone LlF‘i’ED.
. OTTAWA, 9111., Dec. 30 .—m our
barge on politicos passing he
. g (lesson and the“ United States
been. more: scorn, 11.1.1. was count of the existence on the allies-:8
“W that the fact that the.
' " arrived at his
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