The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-07
NEWS OF THE STATE At LARGE
Richmond as the Centre of Virginia
Gossip and Events.
GREAT INTEREST IN STRIKE.
Morgan, One of the Aquia Greek
Train Robbers Brought 10 the
PenitentiarY. Cut His Throat
With Razor. An i'm
pressive Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The virginian.

RICHMOND, May 6.-Thcre Ia intense
interest hero III tho strike situation in
the regions about Pocahontas. The
presence there OF detachment of tho
HowitZers makes the Richmond people
more anxious. Gov. O'Ferral is III fro
quent communication with Mayor w.
T.. Simmons, who is commanding the
volunteers. The Governor received
inGormation about noon that tho mill.
tary had been ordered to proceed from
Graham to PoGahontns where tho stu.
alton was reported TO bc grave.
All day long yesterday there were
soldiers about the nrmuries here, all
expecting to he ordered Mt my timo To
proceed to PCcnhonias. Everything
was Ill readiness to move tho First
| Regiment aud the Blues on short
notice, but there was no need of it. At
ono OF the armories two or three iusur.
| nnce solicitors were seen irving to
| place policies on the lives of the men.
Charles A. Morgan, alias Nj Morgan-
field, ono of the Aqun CreeK train
robbers, was received ut the penlten
ilavy to-day to serve eighteen years.
! lie WAS brought to the city by the
Deputy Sheriff oi Stafford county and
IL sou Of the Sheriff. Morganiield Ia
/
broken limb, the result OF Ills Jump for
the train in Cincinnati. lie WAS placed
In the hospital department., where he
Will have to stay for some time.
There is an yet no clue to the motive
OF MIR. John W. Dyer for killing him
self yesterday morning. lie cut his
throat with razor in his room about
] o'clock and soon died. MIR. DIVER in
the early pnrt of the night Ind attend
Ell the Elks' bazaar and appeared to be
in good spirits. Ho applied for the
position of nnctioncer whenever the
goods left over should be sold HIS
body was taken to his old home in
High Point, n. g., last night. AIR.
Dyer came here about year ago, and
was auctioreer nj Shelburne's ware
house. AS fur us is known his dones-
tic relations were happy.
MIR. ID. SnlCmonsky, the merchant
tailor, who died here last week, hnd
insurance policies aggregating SIT, 500
on his life. lie had 500, 900 in the
Manhattan. $50, 600 in the Washington
lhfe, Sl.50O IN the Equitable. and
81, 600 III beneficial societies.. He had
only recently taken out &2O OOO III the
Washington, aud intended dropping
the Manhattan, but death came To him
| helote no coulu carry out his plans
and before his policy i'll the Manhattan
expired. All of>!le companies inter.
esied are now getting proofs OF his
denth and Will pay the money at once
MIR. Salomonsky leaves his family very
little pr operty besides his life insur
| anco.
Any one dropping in ut Leigh Street
BAPTIST Church yesterday ut The mora.
Ing service might have thought be was
at an old fashioned Methodist meeting,
| About 100 new converts were received
into the church. Pastor Wright asked
all tho members to come up and shake
hands with them, and the 500 or more
responded with 30 much spirit DR..
Wright started hymn, which was
taken up by the great throng. Many
were deeply moved and not few came
very near giving expression TO their
| feelings