The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-27
THE PoCAHoNTAs STRIKE.
Latest Information and Comments Clipped
From the Riohlands News.

Ahtebt information and Comments Clfpped
From tho Richlands News.
special Correspondence OF THE TIMES.
GRAHAM, Va, Sept .26-The subioined
clippings from to-day's Richlands News
give the situation from an authoritative
source. The News Is recognized as hay.
ing occupied conservative, in fact, al
most neutral position in reference to the
strike but now that it has opened it's
columns 1t does so in earnest, and YOU
can rely upon the correctness of the
position taken.
THE POCAHONTAs STRIKE.
We have thought long and patiently
over the trying si uation at Pccahontas
and have, until now, pursued hands. off
policy. feeling that the interest Of all
concerned were best subserved by such
course. The time has conn, however.
when the courage of our convictions
Will no longer submit to br!uliug, and
be boldly announce 1t as our krm and
we'll matured judgment that the real
cause of the trouble, at present, hetwos II
the miners and the company is ihe nm
popularity of the superintendent. We
have talked with number of prominent
citizens OF Pocahontas, many miners
and other men Of recognized Judgment,
and with one accord they attribute the
cause OF the difficulty to that mentioned
by US, viz: The dislike for The uperin-
tendent OF Southwest Virginia Improve
ment Company by the men who are
working under him.
Now this is very embarrassing sub
tho superintendent and think him q
gentleman. but tho men regard him as
an autocrat and tyrant, and they uuo',
numerous instances in standardization of
their accusations.
We believe that should the superin-
tendent resign tomorrow, and popular
manager succeed him, that upon the
simple request to return to work every
one Of the old miners would resume
their picks and load the new cars for
the sake Of peace.
II the superintendent could see the
unwisdom and almost crime of contiuu-
lug the present strife and could further
see that he was the bone of contention,
we think that he would say to the COM
pany and the men, eff am in your way
l will resign" Such an act would, we
think, solve the problem and such
sacrifice would be worthy of good
man who loves his fellow m an more than
ambition.
PoCAHONTAs STRIKE.
PoCAHoNTAs, Va, Sept. 22.-Opera-
tions have been resumed by the South
west Virginia Improvement Company
on small scale and under difficulties.
The company has hired some fifteen or
twenty men and find 1t necessary, they
N I'd hot
exit from the mines, and for this pur-
pose hire special qua d.
This is aggressive, to say tho least,
and manifests determine ion to re-
sumo regardless OF consequences
Since it Is necessary 10 progresa that
meve be made, 1t may be as we'll that
the manager has taken the initiative.
AN ASSASSINATION AT pocAmoNTAs.
PocAHoNTAs. Va, Sept. s4-This
community was thrown into intense ex-
citement late yesterday afternoon by
the announcement that one Of the men
recently employed by the Sou,h vest
Virginia InprovemenJ Company had
been killed while on his way from work
in the mines.
An ordinary killing does not cause a
great deal of str in this neck Of .he
woods, for we are rather accustomed to
tragedies, but at such time as this,
when mems souls have been tried for
nearly two months and their feelings
wrought up to a high tension as re-.
suit OF the protrastod strike, at such a
time as this, when the magazine la
ready for the spark aud all are on the
alert for signs of the times; then is it
that thrill of excitement pervades
the air when anything occurs which
bears directly upon the question at
issue.
So when the announcement was mad e
that - Young had been waylaid
and the bullet intended for his death
had passed through his neck into that
OF his wife, as they walked along to-.
gether, and that the wife mad been
killed by the bullet, while the man,
though getting another wound from the
assassins, had not been killed-all this
tragic information at such q critical
time caused men 10 look serious and
ask what next?
Upon inquiry however, it was ascer-
tanned that the man who was shot was q
laWle5s character and that the shooting
was not attributed to the striking
miners but to an old feud existing be-
tween the man and the men who are not
miners; indeed the man states, under
stand, that he knows who fred the fatal
and mur1erous shots. ahd that ne does
not intend to divulge their names, but
will wait till he gets we'll and then seek
revenge in his own way.
1t is u great pity that this assassina-
ton should have occurred at this time,
because there are those who seek every
opportunity and pretext to exagerate
and magnify such condolences and great
mischief may result from Incorporate
utterances.