Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-08-17
DRIVEN FROM VIRGINIA.


;amblage of UoxeSlteS, Galvlnites
aad s0-called Industriats who have
been camping at Rosslyn were
driven from the soil of Virginia
shortly after day break this mora
ing by the militia of that State.
The raid was made without the least
resistance from the "armies." The
huts which had been erected from
boughs of trees, straw, hay anu
other materials which could be Sc
cured are but remnants oil their
former appearance. After their
occupants bad been forced from
them the torch was applied and
every yeslige that the flames couli
destroy was burned.
Ats o'clock this morning the
men were lined along the walks
of the Aqueduct bridge which joins
the outskirts of Washington WIN
the State of Virginia, watching
their only property go mp in smoke
and fl INES while undecided what
move to make next. They had
been forced upon the bridge, but
there the authority OF the militia
ended aud the Industrials knew r..
They feared to enter the District
of Columbia, as they believed their
arrest as Migrants awaited them
and there they are waiting Micaw'
ber.like, for something to turn up
The question of what to do with
the various bands has been shifted
By Governor O'Ferralps action
from the shoulders Of Virginia 10
those of the District of Columbia.
Soon after coming down to his OF
fee Major Moore, the Superlnten'
dent OF Police, went to the office OF
the District Commissioners anu
bad conference with them with
view of devising means OF getting
the men out of the district. 1t was
decided that the police should take
charge of the Industrials and es'
cort them to some suita BILE place,
most probably in Georgetown, I'M
til arrangements can be made for
shipping them to the West. This,
it is believed, can be accomplished
in two or three days, as the Com
missioners have some funds at
their disposal, and will receive
s)me assistance from citizens who
wish to rid Washington of the So
called ARMIES ofunemp!oyed. Mean
time the men will be kept under
surveillance by thepOlice, although
this is hardly regarded as neces'
sary, as the leaders have assured
the authorities that they hava no
desire to disband.
The police were kept on the
bridge by the Virginia and Dis
trict Of Columbia authorities at
either end OF it until noon, when
word was gwen by the District
officers to move, ald the men
marched on to District soil and up
tho towpAth of the Chesapeake
and OHIO canal several hundred
wards and found a temporary rest
ING pl zee. \ crowd followed them
and sympathlzing residents oil
G georgetown came to the scene
with baskets laden with food for
the dusty and hungry wea!ers.
Meanwhile the men formed In
groups and denounced the Virginia
authorities and the leaders IT.
dulged in the usual speecbmaklng.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
McAdoo later in the day gave
permission for the men to eDcahp
until Tucsd ~ on the old Observa
tory grounds near the river front
under guard of police and ma
rines to see to the safety of Govern
mcnt prop rty. Between now and
Mondi " the authorities will de-
termine what to do With the 400
or more wanderers.
The District authorities are not
d little veXed at the summary &C
ton oil Governor O'Ferrall in fore
Ing the lndustrlals from Virginia
soil. During the past few days
satisfactory progress in hay ing the
men returned to the West has been
made, more than hundred having
been furnished transportation ID
that direction, and it would have
been only a question Of time before
the "armies" would have Teen a
thing of the past.
A Fathers Vengean ce.
Memphis, August ll.-WIl
Nershbred, a negro, arrested at
Rossville, charged with criminal