The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-26
ALL QUIET AT POCAYONTAs.
Browning and Southwest Mines
Getting the Usual Outpat.
Governor Overall Offers n Reward ors6O
for tho Arrest and Convection OF the
Afssulter of Private Fields-rhe Hous.
ton Company Succeeded IN Loading
Six Csrs of Coal Yesterday, But the
Attempt OF tho Grocer, Upland and
Puias HI Was . Failure.
Special TO TEN TIM1s.

special TO TBH TIass.
PocAHoNrAs, Va.r May 25.-The sit
uation In Pocahontss to-day seems to
be entirely in the hands of the Brown
Ing and Southwest operations. Thew
are now getting out their usual OUTPUT
OF coal snd to-day's work will exc eed
anything they have done so far. A
number of their old men went back to
work this morning. The Richmond
Howiszsrs and Albermarle Light Horse
troop left this morning and the Surry
troops came in to take the places va
Gated by them. The outposts have been
drawn in somewhat and the duties are
not quite so irksome ss they have been,
and thu troops are not suffering so
much On account OF the inclement
weather. Altogether the prospects, are
improving right at this place. The
streets are remarkably free from idlers
and losfers. The strikers are not max.
ing any demonstrations whatever but
are perfectly quiet The Southwest
company Is making preparations to
have the strikers vacate their premises
as early as possible unless they return
to work.
Tho following telegram was received
ana posted here to-day:
RICHMOND. Va, May "a
Major w. e. Simons, commanding
Virginia troops at Pocahontas, Va
Have offered $50 reward for arrest
ana conviction OF man who committed
assault on Private Field, OF the peters.
burg Greys while on post at Cemetery
Ridge on the morning OF the 2lst inst
"CHAs. T. O'FERRALL,
Gov. of Virginia."
The center OF attrac ton now Is Elk
horn, whore the Grocer, Houston, Up.
land and Pulaski collieries are ATTEMPT.
Ing to resume work. Houston succeeded
In loading six cars yesterday, but the
others mado an entire failure.
The Roanoke Machine Works Guards
are all enjoying the best of health, and 1t
1t seems TO be the general desire OF all
the boys to be at home. Captain Per.
kins and Lieutenant Howell received
en- invitation to attend barbecue at
hlmoall next Monday. It Is safe to
say that these gentlemen will not at.
tend.
Two green goods men named Nash
and Brown feeoed D. w. Willisms, of
Floyd county. out Of $500 here TO- day.
| they offered him $1,000 in counterfeit
money that could not be detected from
sno Sohuihe lok S5Uu ana ne DIT and got
| his money stolen and did not get the
green goods either. Williams informed
w. e. Baldwin. chief of the detective
bureau of that name, and Baldwin laid
trap to capture them but the Pocahon-
tas police got on TO them and scared
them out of town. Bald win pretended
TO want to buy their goods and one OF
the men laid the whole plan before him.
The contract was made and was to be
carried out this afternoon but the birds
skipped for parts unknown as soon as
they found they were suspected.
The day has passed off quietly here,
Notwithstanding the facs that 1t ia pay
day. The miners only worked about
three-quarters OF the day. but put out
seventy-nine cars OF coal at Southwest
and nine st Browning's. The outposts
have bsen drawn in, AMI the rule re-.
curing passes from everybody abol-
ished. The consequence Ia that a great
many Elkhorn miners have come to
town, but no diffculsyis expected.