The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-19
Special to Tu2 TINES.

PoCAHoNTAs, May 18.-The situation
in Pocshontas to-day Is not quite so
exciting as yesterday, Blu. every pre-
caution 10 being taken by the militia to
prevent trouble. All people OF q sus-
picious character are being arrested
and taken to the guard house and there
hold or sent out OF town. Seventeen
men are In custody. A dangerous dirk
and pistol, with twenty rounds of am
munition, we're found on "a Italian and
conhscased The sentinels had some
difficulty in arrssting him and after.
wards moro difficulty In securing his
weapons
Nothing OF interest happened on the
ousposts last night, probably owing to
the Indictment weather, ss it was be-
lieved that trouble would occur at
Browning'a. The Cemetary Hill guards
were called together last night to shoot
q stray bear and ak shots were fired at
Bruin; but SO far he has not been heard
from.
The story concerning Major Simons'
message to the governor has developed
into the following: A plan Is alleged to
bsve been CONGO cied by the strikers to
seize the train in which the troops are
CHARTERED and in the night when all
were asleep to run the train out OF Poca.
hont,s.
Fifty dollars, IL ia said, was offered q
certain engineer to draw the train out
but Baldwin's men got wind of 1t, and
one OF them uncoupled ell the cars on
the train. This terminated in three
men being arrested while coupling the
cars together and the echeme fell
through.
The mem bers of the Guards' Compan
who have been indisposed are all i'm
proving under the sreatmens of DR..
Tabb, the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues physician.
Chief Bugler Stein, OF the Guards, is
always at his post OF duty.
Governor O'Forrsll was hung in effiRy
last night near the corner OF Goodman's
saloon with large placard bearing his
name and vulgar epithet.
The stu alton here at 1l:45 D. M, ia
not specially changed from yesterday
There Is not quito as much excitement,
but large crowds have been on tho
atreets oil day. The militia are on the
alert and the officers are using every
necessary precaution to prevent trouble
ofsany character
1t is stated that the strikers will hold
meeting tomorrow near here or at
tempt to hold meeting in town. This
Will be broken up II possible, If any at
tempt Is made to assemble large
crowd here. There are quito q number
OF Elkhorn strikers here and it is prob
able they intend to undertake to do
something.
Everything seems quiet. but beneath
all this, something more than ordinary
is close at hand, or at least 1t seems to
be the general impression that interest
Ing Developments will come TO the front
In very short time. The output for
to-day WAS IL cars at Browning's snd
60 cars at the Southwest mines, de.
crease OF 3 cara over yesterday.
Officer Bayliss. of Ingleside, arrested
two men to-day for robbing the post
office last Monday ct Anderson, W. Va.
They only secured about $40, leaving
registered packages containing about
$3.50 untouched. They also rifed q
hardware store in Anderson, blowing
open the safe and stealing a lot Of
knives, rszors, etc., which were found
On them. They would not give their
names Or any information concerning
themselves to the officer who made the
arrest, but tho evidence is very strong
against them. They were taken before
United States Commissioner Thompson,
OF Bramwell.