The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
Town or SUF'FjOL,k

on strike and operations are crippled
Ihe plant has temporarily suspended
me operatives have been complaining
or low wages for some weeks and they
determined that the most effective meth
Cd to remedy their grievance was 10
strike. They Struck.
THEY MAY REGRET IT.
The management has agreed to let the
plant remain idle for a while. 1t Is
thought that the men Will soon tire of
ioleness and will be glad to get work
because Of dire necessity. They are
mostly unsklled men and their places
can be filled In short time. They were
receiving from so cents to $1.25 per day.
a BIG PLANT.
The Surry Lumber company's plant is
one Of the largest in the South. IT IS
SAID their output of dressed lumber a t
the several mills is. the largest In the
United States. Baltimore capitalists
hold the principal stock.
BASEBALL PROSPECTS.
Now II looks like Suffolk will be In
the league after all. The men are not
here, but Manager Vanderslice says they
Will be very soon. He has telegra phcd
Catcher Dobbins, formerly Of the Column
bus. Ca. team. who will bring along Il
Fall. River professional pitcher and a
Eood amateur pitcher. Then he has
written Alahon, OF the Suffolk team 81
and Luskey. both of washington. The
men are supposed to report here Sat
urday and begin practice Monday
COL. HARPER ROBBED.
Colonel l.. p. Harper has been robbed
The burglars didn't hold him up on the
street, nor blow open his Office safe.
They robbed his house on North Main
street. The booty secured includes q
silver butter dish. coffee-mill, pitcher.
Two pounds Of butter and various eat
ables. Colonel Harper thinks the work
was done by an organized gang OF boys
who have been operating In that ION
OF town. Several minor raids have been
made. and the Colonel believes the work
was done by boys.
THERE WAS NO ATTACK.
The communication or Traffic Mana
ger William II. Taylor in Tuesdays Vir-
gin!an evidences the faci that he puts
an entire misconStruction on a news
article appearing In last Fridays paper
concerning trip to Lake Drummond.
He construes the story as an attack and
says II was evidently written by a per-
son who had grievance against him.
IN this he was mistaken. The Virgin
ian's Suffolk representative had not the
pleasure OF Mr.. Taylor's uaintance
and had no grievance to rcct.fy He
never heard i'll spoken OF him and could
nave had no motive In casting any re-
Elections. He reported the facts rs told
to him only as an item of news-slmply
this and nothing more. He did not at
the time know the number in the party,
which he has since learned, was .compos-
ed of seven ladies and five gentlemen.
and the further details of which were
published in Mr. Taylor's letter No
attack was Intended; none was made
The story was not written with any
luminosity against Mr.. Taylor or any
member OF his party. 1t was only a
piece OF pleasantly ana it was supposed
1t would be taken as such.
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Miles Copeland. colored, returned to-
day from the Petersburg asylum. He
is turned out as cured.
John Patrick is building pretty 1T
tie pleasure yacht. 1t will be about
twenty feet long
John Jones. q, and Maggie Wilson,
20, colored. were to-day licensed TO
marry.
Mrs. Arthur Woolford left to-day for
Baltimore to Join her husband, who has
a railroad position In that city.
Four year-old Clarence Abdell. who
was badly sca!ded in vessel of boil
ing water Is improving. He had a
young brother to arrive to-day.
The Suffolk Literary Club had pleas
ant meeting this afternoon with Miss
Julia Phillips.
Mr.. a. H. Potter. of Chattanooga, Wis
tied friends here to-day.
Some unknown person last night Sc
cured Jim Vaden's long FISH net al the
wharf and cut it In three pieces.
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