The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-27
AN INCREASE OF WAGES.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN EMPLOTES
SEEKING A CONFERENCE.
Not willing to Continue mt the Present
Scaie-Keturn from the Prsteur In-
stitute of tbs Salem Lads.

ROANOKE, VA, April ESPECIAL
When the reduction of wages on the Nor
folk and Western road went into effect
on February 1st ii was with the under
standing thai they should be restored TO
the old figures ON May LIST, If the business
Of the road increased in the meantime.
Notwithstanding there has been a con-
siderable Increase In traffic. the company
has notified the employees that the pres
ent scale must be maintained, ana the
time for a restoration extended another
ninety days.
This ultlmatum the labor organizations
represented OH tina road are not inclined
to accept, and each has "A committee mere
to enter a refusal. n conference would
have been held to-day had not Col. Sands,
vice-president and general manager, left
the city this morning, but an effort VIII
be made to get at him tomorrow. The
committees are not at oil disposed to
make any further concessions.
MISS THOMAS ARRESTED.
Miss Josephine Thomas was arrested in
Bedford county to-day and lodged In jan
here on a warrant charging her with
stealing $3.50 from j. T. Jones. The trial
will probably result I'm some interesting
developments.
Mrs. Sarah II. Abbitt, wife Of Joseph
H.. Abbitt, a ~well-known and popular
citizen of Roanoke, and daughter OF the
late Col. b. =. Walker, died this morn
ing, aged sixty-three years. The remains
were sent to %Lynchburg tonight for in
ermen
David w. Espenlaub, who was para
lyzed while talking 10 friends In the Ponce
de Leon Hotel last Friday. is gradually
sinking.
RETURN OF THE THREE LADS.
DR.. J.. j. Shanks has returned TO Salem
from New York. accompanied by the
three little boys, Wythe Cannady, Alfred
De Hart, n Royal Cannady. and says
the treatment they received at the Pas
teur Institute is a sure preventative OF
h~ydrophobia.
Robert f. Wingfeld, mail agent on the
Norfolk and Western between Norfolk
and Lynchburg, and Miss Florence B.
Hawkins, were married in the First bap-
fist church here this morning.
The Republicans have yet 70 nominate
candidates in the Third n Fourth
wards TO complete the municipal ticket.
TIT negroes OF the Third ward are di-
vided on the color line. ID. n. Harth,
PRINCIPAL OF the colored schools, demand
ing that colored candidates for the Coun-
ell shall be nominated, because coiored
voters are IN the majority there, and
Rev. T.. X. Jones fdvoring white candi-
dates. for the reason that white Kepuo-
licans will not vote a Republican ticket
with a negro on IT. Ilarth Will very like
~ get lett.
The Virginia Wheel club VIII give a
Smoker" on May eth.
W. Il. Craveiey, OF Martinsville, late
Pcpuiist candidate for Attorney-General
spent several days here this week. lie
has the congressional bee in his bonnet
and viii be put forward this fall as q
candidate for Congress.
Quite a number Of Roanokers are very
sore over the overwhelming defeat OF
their baseball team in Petersburg tues
day. which bears out your correspondent
assertion that considerable improvement
was necessary If our men expected u
make a creditable showing in the state
League. O'Hagan must stir his stumps
and make up for lost time now.