Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19

| ing for them. with orders 20 report 70
| General Wicknam. A start for newport
News was made at 1910 o'clock, ana tns
train steamed into the yards there a.
dpyhrerl<. In his report Major Bi1sool
gives the following detailed account ~
| ine "Trip: ''Discmbarking. the state euaru
| (Captaia PauD was placed In the omces .,
| Pier No. 2. and with companies a ana
I proceeded TO q building ON the river
hank above the Hotel Warwick and OPP
nosIte whore a number OF buildings had
| been burned. quartered my men In
bowling alley, and had rations or conee
and sandwiches issued them, also to the
| colo red troops. About o'clock the bri-
| gadier-General sent me an order 10 pa
rade at once with companies "A ana -
| at Pier No. g on arriving there guarus
we're placed on all the properly OK the
| railroad In the following order:
Companies A and B over the grain
elevator buildings and piers: the state
| Guard. Captain Paul. coiored troops, IN
| charge OF the coal pier The weather
was Intensely Background covered with
| snow and ice. II was reported ana De-
| reved by many. that the strikers. wno
were assembling In large parties IN az :
ferent parts OF the town and at their
| locge-room, would make en- attack that
night
| UNDER ARMS ALL DAY.
The men were kept In arms all day.
| At night, one of the coolest nave ieit
| for a long time. / placed GORDON OK
sentries around the most important PROV
erty OF the railroad, and kept strict iooh-
| out as far as possible over the otner;
/ The timely arrival OF the military hau
! convinced those disposed to be riotous
i ha maintained. My,
| command continued to do duty until an
| agreement satisfactory to all concerned
was made between the railroad anu
| strikers" 100,
On Friday January 18TH, the troops
wero withdrawn, having spent three oays
and four nights in disagreeable quarters
exposed to horrible cold.
In closing his report, Major Bidsoou
1 said: II desire to commend TO you 'ho
men and officers of my command, botn
white and black, especially the men ana
officers of b and A and my own persona,
staff. II Is great pleasure to cofnhlai'o
such men: many of them had never pc
| fore known what 1t was to do miitaiy
| duty; in cold and rain they did their uu.y
without a murmur or complaint ana WIN
willingness that brought iorth appi''
| baton from ALL"
On III FOtA1ON hs,.
| In obedience to the summons OF the
Mayor OF Lynchburg, on Saturday morn
ing November IL. 1857. Captain Robert
| ID. Yancey. commanding Battery ID
with detachments OF the battery; Com
pany II, OF Lynchburg, and Troop I. OF
| I.ynchburg, responded to a call for aid at
| Pocahontas. The troops embarked on
| special train at $50 o'clock that morn
| ing Arriving at Pocahontas." Captain
Yancey says In his report, 81 found there
| was great fear of general riot ana
destruction OF life and property. there
| being some 500 or 600 dlsarected ana
rIotous miners in Pocahontas, and more
| I'm sympathy in the near neighborhood--
| In all say 200 or 1900
| DISCRIMINATING the troops, we found a
great crowd OF idle negroes congregated
| around the depot. and also a considerable
number of desperate-looking white men.
| after a considerable time, u. L. Hodge
| Mayor OF Pocahontas, appeared on the
scene. when. after some parley. the troops
were marched to a large storehouse, keep
| ing the men under arms with loaded
guns to prevent a surprise. A Gordon OF
sentinels was placed around all points
which were in need Of protection.
| at $50 o'clock. November II. 1887. tho
Sheriff informed me that there would be
1 an attempt 10 TtItdSc an PiiSchNA'' N'o
| tho place in which they were confined was
no regular jail, and that 1t was insecure.
Upon proper orders, properly signed and
| sealed. l detailed fifteen soldiers, who
were posted around the prison. From 1Z:l'
A. NJ. TO 2:30 a. NJ. on the 18th OF No
| yember there were five or six shots nred
al or towards the sentines on duty at
| the jail. The sentinels returned the IRE
! by shooting in the direction from whence
| the other firing proceeded. and there was
| no more firing while we were in Pocahon-
tas. Troops were all under arms, and
rigid orders issued TO sentinels and SOL
diers not 10 fire except in actual self
defence or repelling armed force, and ther
| 10 do nothing more save what was alb
| solutely necessary to protect lives ana pro
perty. :.
"I will say that ! never thought II
| possible for volunteers TO respond SO
| promptly as these on each and every oc-
casion when alarms were sounded; tney
! never took longer than four minutes by
my watch to be under arms ana moving
| to points designated.
1.-THE troops were stoned several nights
while at supper, but no firing was done
| by them"
4 strict guard was maintained until
| Monday morning, when the miners
agreed to 20 to work, and they were
Withdrawn. There can be no doubt bu'
that the timely arrival Of the military
prevented rloting and bloodshed.
PORTSMOUTH TROUBLES.
At 2:3o o'clock on the morning OF Sep
tember -, 1883. Company b, Fourth
! Regiment, Captain Hodges. and COM
pany Z. Fourth Regiment captain
Blnford. were ordered out to protect
in the Portsmouth city jail. from an at
tempt of mob 20 lynch him. The
prisoner was escorted by the military
| 10 a place OF safety and guarded until
| ALI rumors OF lynchng were at rest.
On the morning of the 18th OF November,
1sSS. Company + was again assembled
to quell riot pending between whites
and blacks In Portsmouth. There had
been brisk skirmishing. In which four
! white men were shot. and the blacks
routed before the military was called
for. Within fifteen minutes after the
| alarm sounded there were forty-fye
men in ranks. The company patroled
the streets and a guard was placed
around the police station. The blacks,
the attacking party. after their rout
appeared no more in force. and while
there were scattering shots here and
| there the rioting had diminished so con-
| siderabiy by o'clock that II was thought
proper only to keep the military In
readiness for further outbreak. At III no,
quiet having been restored, the company
| was dismissed.
The same company was again called
out by order OF the Mayor OF Ports
mouth on November ), 1889, for the sup
preston of a riot at the pollng-precinc'
at Globes The troops were promptly
conveyed TO the precinct by street-cars
and line was drawn up In front
thereof, with fixed bayonets. dense
crowd OF negroes, estimated at from
three 10 four hunured men, surrounded
the polls, holding as prisoners four white
men Judges and clerks of electlon). The
arrival Of the military seemed timely
rs the votes had been just counted, and
rumors were anoat as 10 violence about
TO be done by the negroes to the judges
The crowd rapidly scattered when the
military appeared. Taking charge OF the
Judges and clerks. the company escorted
them to Portsmouth and placed them
under care OF Mayor Bard and his DO
lice. They remained under arms unit
midnight. when the soldiers were dis
missed.
on February 49, 1890, Captain Kelar, Of
the Monticello Guard. OF Charlottesville
was required to furnish guard for tht