Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-14
THE BLUES ON DUTY.
they Arrive at PocahontaS and Go
Immediately on Guard.
GOVERNOR o'FERRML SPEAKS.
lie says lie Takes All RcSponsi-
bitty for Ordering the Troops TO
utght-A brighter Outlook.

POCAHONTAS. VA. May i2.-(Special)
Taa Richmond Blues and fresh detach-
u,cnt 81 the Howtzers arrived I'm Poca-
b5utas to-day. They passed in review be-
ere the Governor and marched down
raln street 10 the sweet strains OF
Dixie" There was no trouble yesterday
as reported in Richmond. TIE Blues and
o.hcr fresh troops were only ordered here
q, relieve other military The Lynchonrs
Home Guard and Monticello Guards ieit
ou the arrival Of the Blues. The JET
fsrsln Davis Rifles. OF Salem, VIII De re-
uevcd tomorrow. ana the Roanoke Light
Infantry Wednesday. The Roanoke MA
obine-WorSs Guards will remain uii 'he
last. The situation remains unoh"ns'u
tom saturday. with the exception that
,eo more mn are at work. The output OF
c.si is being increased. and there are
h-irb,c~ prospects for the Southwest ana
browning GENERATORS to win the hght, as
,ecv seom confident Of doing. FIFTY
strikers returned TO work this morning.
and Isrre number OF applications nave
been a'ed. 3rowning got ont more than
talf the usual output to-day, ana the SOUTH
ee.t Company about half II is thought
th.t a uu force OF men Will be secured
tv the last II the week.
SAYS HE WAS RIGHT.
Governor O'Foriall is stll here anu
nil probably remain several days. He Is
,rorouehly iuvesiieating the strike. and
says that - far ne has found nothlhs
10 indicate that he was wrong IN ptihs-
NJ troops 10 Pocahontas, as the preSfr
..fon o. lie and the peace and COCA
.,4s~ ~ the State required this course.
About FIVE hundred strikers hell
ceiling across the state line yesterday
cad passed resolutions 10 stay out Al
l.at t,.o weeks longer There is a rumor
acre today that a compromise VIII be Ell
',-feI between the Elkhorn operators ana
ne strikers at an early day, but your
respondent could not learn the par
.ulrs.
Th. reeimontal detail for tomorrow Is
rs follows: officer Of the Day, Captain W.
Wyatt. Fourth Battalion of Infantry.
officer of the Guard. Lieutenant George
a. h ntlsy Company @. First battalion
~ Infantry: regimental quarter guard
from First Battalion Of intantry-one SER
gsant. two corporsls, and ffteen priVates'
The ostpOst detail for tonight Is largely
fom the Richmond Blues. who were put
ca duty the Ilfst tNiIE dlAfi AH'f Hii''"A
TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY.
Governor OFcrran spoke TO the people
IF Pocahontas tonight in front Of POca-
foutas Inn. He reviewed the situation AT
length. and told the people that he, ana
D., alone. was responsible FOR the soldiers
being here. and that his shoulders were
broad enough 10 bear the burden Of thtt
r. sponsihility. As for the people wh1 are
running around criticising him, he ala
not care auv more for them than for
Aea-bite. and he wanted them TO under
stand il. tie said he had sent the soldiers
here to preserve order and the peace and
dignity Of the Commonwealth. and 20
protect the striker in HIS rights the ore
rator in his rights. and the man who
wanted 20 labor in his ri"ht 10 rk '-r
and protect those whom God in His inii-
mite wisdom had bestowed upon him.
AN OPERATORS STRIKE.
Prom what he could learn the strike
was more Of an operators strike than
4 miners strike anv wa" a~8 90
ratoTs were using the strikers as cats
D. vs. 20 pull hot chesinuts out of tAo -- e.
He appealed 10 his hearers as Virginians
20 stand hy their old mother state and
keep her FORCES blazing and furnaces in
~ g and industries - work. 81 an - ~
said. "a man who does not make threats.
trave volunteers. and. If necessary TO
protect any man In his right TO labor UNI
molested or any Other right, / viii bring
tx whole Virginia Brig de TO Pocahon-
us"
Three hundred and twenty-six more
csrs were loaded Saturday and i6S to-
day-an increase Of III.
Two hundred men viii reach here at 2
J. VI. tomorrow. and 100 day after to-
MORROW. Twenty negroes (old miners)
went into the mines to-day.
The Petersburg Grays Called out.
PETERSBURG VA. May l3.-(Special)
The ringing Of the court house bell to-
nighi a few minutes before o'clock
caused some excitement until II was
known that the bell was rung for the
purpose OF calling together the Peters
burg Grays. The company was soon as
srmbiel and Captain Heath informed
them that he had just received telegram
from Colonel W Male ordering them 10
ioll iltms Ives IN readiness to leave for
Tocatcatas on the 1870 train tonight.
Tho telegram stated that everything was
qa.tt at the mines and that the Grays
were needed 10 relieve the soldiers al