Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-28
NORFOLK MAYNARD
Va Waec Reduction for the Current
Quarter at Least.
.,ccrssrrL COMMITTEE.
..sentnii,cs of Portsmouth orr
- Their Point-Itev. Dr. h"ee
passes Through W"shi"s'"" NY
,.,cr personal Points of inferes''

,-IiINGTON. u. c.. September It.
..t,-rhe Portsmouth committee
.....,.ng OF Mayor S. II. DAVIS ana
-. r. Wool and c. Faisiess' WIN
-.r.l on Secretary Herbert OF the Navy
...~i,v 10 protest against rumored
...., n wages at the Norfolk navy
mas successful In it's mission. the
..-r,,tce arrived in advance OF the re-
49,. NJ the Labor Board by about an
and pcrhaps II was due to TINS cir
..,,.,o that there will be no reduction
.,,g.s IN the Norfolk navy-yaru'
., Ions, the current quarter
r,. report Of the local board when was
49,, srproved by the commandant u'u
Ind some considerable reductions
3D.. wages paid a large number OF the
..,.,ses Of the yard. a rumor TO this
..., .aoat In Portsmouth. and the
..,o.ttec was at once dispatched 10 en-
,, earnest protest against any such
,rrosed reduction.
s.-,,srv Herbert accorded the com
..., hearing. but. not having received
49,. boards report. could give no o'her
.,. than that he would bear IN NINA
=, r.,resentaiions that had been maze
Sd him. ,.,oo had
.e,r, time after the committee hau
e.. report Of the board was receiver
.ha Navy Department, ana 'he oec-
reuained in his office an hout
oar tna usual hour of closing GIVING ="
f.. attention. ~.
res,,lt was. as stated above 'hal
,..ir be no reduction Of wages al
,.,.-,,ar5 for at least the current
- victory for Mayor DAVIS anu
,is colleagues over the Labor boar"'
-. - a. Tompkins. OF Salem va, Wno
.-r be remembered as one Vi W..
-, hitter Of the Republican oipoi,' ~,
Malone IN years gone ny uD,''e
80 Ia this city quite successfully.
-, Il Wise arrived in the
...'. ,..stsrdav afternoon, and TINS morn
dos busy visiting his numerous
LIE IN an OF the various government
l,uriments. ,o,o this
Han smith S. Turner was here thls
..~,,,re ON his return home TO 'FRONT.'
t,.,',I from Richmond. where ne had peeh
,,,.nding the meeting OF the STATE Oo'i-
nlttee. ,..,. .U,v
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Generai
,,.,,r,r Familiarity known as the heaus-
,,,r " being absent for several days vi,
5.c,ritation material is exhausted anu
trsre will Toe no more post-oiilce chahEes
,,rtu his return, about the middle Oh heN'
week v,-,.,,
nov Moses d Hoge, Of Richmond
stopned over here for several hours, on
his way 10 dedicate the Davis Presby-
terrain church. at Elkins. w. Va. lie
COS called upon at the Metropolitan by
members of the press and the local clergy
DR. Hoge will be met at Cumberland by
"A committee from Elkins, and VIII be
taken TO that place In the special car OF
the Hon. stephen Il. Elkins.
Mr.. Caspar Wake and bride. Of Rich
mond. are spending "A portion OF ther
honeymoon I'm this city, where the places
Of amusement are all open, with good at
fractions and the weather IS just delight
'ul now for sightseeing.
ARRIVALS
The hotel arrivals to-day include the
following: Mrs. L. X. Griggs and Miss
Grlggs. Danville. Va; a. Black, Blacks
burg. Il. r. Mosley Christlansburg: J. Il.
Bernard and wife, Roanoke at the Metro
rolitan. A. T. Thorn. Norfolk Va. Ebbt
House. j. G. Rowe. Fredericksburg. Va;
J. Felix. and Miss NJ. Filters. Virginia,
National: Henry Young. Leesburg: Allen
e. Thorn. Virginia, Hotel Johnson; II. c.
Knowles Richmond Va, Hotel Law
renee, g. NJ Hernon. VI. II. Middleton,
Le.shurg Va; Mrs Bradley. Herndon,
Va; Miss Jennie Johnson. Culpeper, How
ard House