Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-09
CRICORA MILLS
Visit to the Scene of Troubles
Given Official Publicity
I"aerrupsions 10 Busincss sun Con
iinuc Proprictors VIII Remove
Pinnt Untcss Projected From
violcnce.

AiOl IcpOIlcu tie appearance
Of Messrs. McNair and Willard, pro-
prietors of the Chicora Mills, before
the Board of Trade and Business Mems
Association, and their reci.al of their
grievances, mob attacks, broken Win
dows, assaults on themselves and fe-
male employees and insults heaped on
the girls they employ.
This factory is Il valuable one for
Norfolk, although it is located just over
the city dine in Norfolk county. This
fact deprives the proprietors and en-
ployees of the city police protection,
and, from the statements of Messrs.
Willard & McNair, adequate protec-
ton is not afforded them by the au-
thorities of Norfolk county.
TROUBLE YESTERDAY.
Another instance of interruption to
their business occurred yesterday. Mr.
AlcNair Was seated at his desk in his
Office attending to his business when a
resident of the neighborhood entered
the factory without permission and
stood in the office doorway.
Mr.. McNair states that this party
USED violent language toward him and
refused to leave the premises when or
dered TO do SO. He was finally forcibly
elected by Mr.. McNair and some of his
employees Mr.. McNair stated that
such Interruptions are not only annoy
ing, but serious from the standpoint of
dollars and cents. For some minutes
he factory was shut down on account
of The disturbance
The plant employs about one hundred
hands, and the money cost of the time
SO lost amounted to several dollars
BUSINESS men will readily see how
serious n series of such petty annoy
anceS can become, and Messrs. Will
& No rDf,
less proper protection is afforded them
they will be compelled to remove else
where.
Members of the Board of Trade and
business Mems Association are alive
to the Importance OF this matter TO
build up the general manufacturing and
business interests of this section.
EVeh considered in its lesser light as
put one OF our plants, it is important to
Keep 1t here. for probably very few
persons in Norfolk realize its present
and prospective Importance.
Messrs. Willard &c McNair employ
about 100 hands and spend here week
~ about $500. Their plant is crowded
with orders, they now having orders
aheau mat would keep their full force
Mt work night and day for the next
two months.
Their plant now includes three build
inGs, the main three-story brick fac
tory building. a two-story frame build
ing east of this. used by the Willard
story brick building across the street
from the latter, used for warehouse
purposes.
THE STOCKING FACTORY.
The main feature of the business is
the manufacture of ladies' misses and
chlidren's hose. They have broken
away from the usual southern rule of
making 200 needle goods. fine grade
| hosiery. in eight styles, using both
Egyptian and domestic cottons
Ihey are now running siXty-four ma
CHIMES, an Increase of fourteen ma
chimes in the past year, thus increas-
ing their capacity 40 dozen day.
Ihelr market is the entire United States.
their principal distributing points be-
ing New York, Baltimore, Chicago and
San Francisco.
WILLARD MANUFACTURING
COMPANY
y branch Of the business of the firm is
that of the Willard Manufacturing
company. This Is conducted in the
laboratory building east of the Chi
cora mills.
Here are manufactured numerous
valuable and popular sta TONERS supplies
covered by thirty-two patents Among
these are stamp pads and stamD mad
cleaners. photograph colors adheslves
III Jars and tubes, muclages in bot
ties and tubes, pedding adhesives for
Job printers and sticky fly paper.
Their stamp is said to be, unlike any
other, and peculiarly valuable, in that
the impression from It dries istantly.
gives fine letter press copy, and the
INK penetrates deeply INTO the paper
mus making erasure or alterat ton i'm
possible. Their fly paper will be put
on the market next week Their lab
oratory is in charge OF Mr.. II. S. Scad-
ding, late of Toledo. O.
SALES TO GOVERNMENT.
The firm received letter Yesterday
from the Treasury Department of tho
United States placing an order for for
ty-one gallons of its staining inks for
the use OF that department alone. Like
SAFES are steadily made TO all of the
other departments at Washington.
Ihesc departments also used the vii
lard adhesives and mucilagcs in simj-
lar large quantities
List month tho firm shipp 4 400 doz-
| en- quarts OF muci'age to the Post-onice
,enartmcnt, and 100 rallons Of their
hiNe NnciiNre- They have already sold
so fer this wear 30 30 quarts or ,,,,ci-
re II the United states G,vern,aan,
fheir inks are pat up in all colors and
sizes. 1'''
TRADE IN CUBA.
The firm he's Just ehipred GOO dozen
Quarts Of mucilagc n the now p5st-
office Department in Crha. ana axnacts
to shin further large orders to Cuba and
Port Rico.