The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-01


The Roanoke Lodge of Elks arc max.
ing great preparations for Their memoir
ial services, which will be held at the
Academy of Music Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. This service is held an
nually by the Elks all over the country
and is known as the Lodge of Sorrow"
Allen o. Myers, of Cincinnati, secretary
of the grand lodge, will deliver the me.
mortal address. Galen ii. Coon, of Roa.
noke. will also deliver an address.
Excellent music will be rendered,
both vocal and instrumental. The vocal
music will DO under the direction OF
Professor Scott Tho programme will
be published in TIE TIMES of Friday
morning. The Machine Works band
and orchestra, under tho leadership Of
Professor Keeley, will be in attendance
The County Fair" quartet:e. W hich will
appear in the County Fair" Saturday
evening next. has made arrangements
to stay over until Sunday afternoon and
take part in the exercises.
Tho lodge will meet in their hall and,
headed by the band, march to the Acad-
special request tina. the pastors of the
different churches and their families be
in attendance. The best seats in tho
house will be at tho disposal OF the
ladies', and large number of tho fair
sex will undoubtedly be present. Rev.
j. Cleveland Hall will act as chaplain.
The lodge has lost three memb bars
since its organization namely, w. III.
Magruder, George Wright and Cyrus
Lair. Tho families of tho deceased
brothers will occupy the private boxes
The committee having charge OF the
services consists OF James McFall, Ii. f.
Gettys, Frank May, DR.. R. w. Fry, E..
Mahoney, John Kelley. Will A. Carr, j..
e. Mahoney.
The lodge is also preparing for Christ
mas, when the wants of the needy will
be looked after. They will have a big
tree for the children and will spend be-
twt en- $1,000 and $1,000 in relieving tho
suffering in this city. Truly the Elks
are Il benevolent order.
More Trouble for the Georgia Central.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 3d. (Special)-
Superintendent Wadley. of the Georgia
Central railroad, is having trouble with
the brotherhood of Locomotive Engi.
neers and the railroad photographers,
conductors and firomen. Com mittees of
these orders have been in Savannah
since Monday to renew the contracts
with the Central railroad. Superintend-
ent Wadley declines to treat with them
as labor organizations and the commit
tees are in doubt and some are indig-
nant as to the cause of this action Mr..
Wadley left the city in his private car
Tuesday morning and tho men have
been waiting to renew tho conference
with him. Today at noon he had not
returned, and tho committees OF the
various brotherhoods sent cipher mes.
sages to the chiefs of tho national asso-
Citations OF photographers. iremen and
engineers 1t is said that these brother
hood officials are coming to Savannah to
look into the grievances of the mon.
The Georgia Central is in the hands of
q receiver, but the brotherhoods claim
that they have rights which even the
United States courts arc bound to re-
spect.
One hundred and fifty telegraph
operators along the line OF tho Georgia
Central railroad between Atlanta and
Savannah, and on the East Tennessee
road, may walk out on strike at any
hour tonight. The cause is the non
allowance OF pay for extra hours OF
work by superintendent Valley of
Central road.