The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-06
Five Minute Talks With Popular Men
on Popular Subjects.
PRIVATE OPINIONS boldly UTTERED.
Explorations On Annexation, tho
Opening of Holt street, Navy.
Yard Work, Labor STRIKERS and
other Subjects by Those Full.
Ablc to Give Them.

pSCauSe L DclleNe 1t VIII only
be the beginning of the effort to open
the thoroughfare through to CRANKY
and give us q street of which the city
might be proud. OF course 1t will take
time to do this, but am glad to see
the beginning
Il also believe the annexation OF Berls-
ley VIII go through and / don't believe
the people of Berkeley Will make much
OF a fight against it, concluded the
speaker.
with u free bridge across Main
street and the annexation of our town
| TO Norfolk, said MIR. NJ. Miller, of the
Berkeley Annexation Committee yes
terday, 1--WE are bound to be prosperous.
DO you know that the free bridge will
save our people some $4,000 annually.
| BESIDES II will be possible for navy-yard
employees to live at Lambert's Point and
reach their place OF labor much cheaper
than they can now. for the street car
company will lay tracks to u point OPP
posite the navy-yard, where Il ferry
can be taken. And I'LL this ride will
only cost five cents. we want anneXa-
ton and we want it badly"
You should lave heard Capt. j. w.
McCarrick, before the Naval Commit
tee in Washington Tuesday," said a
member of the committee from Norfolk,
! Portsmouth ana Berkeley. which return
ed ere yesterday. I'VE were only given
| ten minutes to do our talking and Capt.
| McCarrick told them that in that time
he would have to talk very plainly.
| And do you know ] thought he would
! have al row on his hands. One mem
| Der of the Naval Committee referred
| Incidentally 10 the late war Capt. Nc
CarrickS blood arose and lie said: Yes,
sir; | fought with the Confederacy and
| ] would now fight Tor the Stars and
StlinlS quicker Than Chen
were asked about strikes among work
ing men, and the Captain very forcibly
told the committee that strikes were I'M
known in the South. Yes. that's SO:
was the rejoinder OF Senator Tillrnan.
Mark my words, Senator 'Tillm:Ln may
have his pecularities, but he will stir
| things up in behalf of the Norfolk Navy
Yard"
Capt. McCarrick was right" said Mr.
Chas. G. KiZcr. Chairman of the LeSiS-
lative Committee of the Central Labor
Union. when he said that strikes were
unknown here. We have never had Il
strike since the organization of the Cen
trail Trade and Labor Union and we
hope we never shall. The workingmen
of this section do not believe in strikes
We always leave the adjustment of any
misunderstanding between employer
| and employee to arbitration. We are
in the passage of proper Laws by the
Legislature. and of the five bills we have
had introduced, all have or WILL we be-
| licvc, become laws. lsut we want no
| strikes In our tcrritory-and believe |
speak for the 5000 men who are repre-
scented in the Central Labor Union"
ct is q shame the way the rights of
| the people are lranpled upon by some
| of the policemen OF this city. and | for
| one will not stand it." The speaker
was Mir y. Frangcr, an intelligent
| and handsome looking Italian, who FIR
| three years has lived at No. 90 Princess
| Anne avenue, where he follows his pro-
| fessicn as an artist. The incident
which called for the remark was one
| which happened yesterday afternoon.
| and in which he claims To have. been
| paiadcd Through the streets in custody
| of an officer. who confessed that he had
no warrant. but who also threatened
| that II Mr.. Frangcr declined to go with
him he would give him IL ride in the
| patrol wagon. MIR. Fra nccr was highly
| indignant. He said that while collect
, ing a bill from Il house on Cumberland
stree; an officer came up. and demanded
that he 80 with him. The story then
i continues:
The officer, whose number was A.
first took me 10 n house at the corner OF
| Church and Charlotte streets. to see
| Il lady. as he said. The lady was NJ;
| III. and he mex. took me to Church and
Wood streets. where he asked IL lady Ii
| ] was the man. ! insisted that he had
no right TO take me around the streets
and he said If didn't like 1t he would
give me Il ride in the patrol wagon
The last lady he visited having failed tc
IDENTIFY me. the policeman let me go
| went at once 10 see Chief King but the
only satisfaction I got was shat the
matter would be looked into | think /,
shame to subject man to such
treatment"
MIR. H. r. Snyder, editor of the Con.
nellcsville Q'a) Courier. who was i'm tn,
city Il few days ago on n visit to Mr
G. NJ. Scrpcil. general manager of the
Norfolk and Carolina railroad had noth.
ing but kind words to say of Norfoll;
which found ready echo in Judge /
Is. Ewing, Jr., of Uniontown, Pa, who
accompanied him to this city
~ number of people up my way have
their money invested in Norfolk and
they find 1t pays them. Your city has
Il great future before it, with it's nap-
nificant harbor and extensive truck
lands. The railroads should be cncour-
aged and you should strive to secure
industries which will give employment,
to your people. Don't let them hanp
about your stceets corners but mn,
them TO work. We have Just been as IN,
South as Florida. but found no place
which offered as great opportunities
for the investment of capital as Nor.