The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-12
TWO WORkMEN
CAME TO BLOWS.
Manchester People Figh in the South
erH Yard.
ONE MAN WAS KNOCKED DOWN,
The Citizeus Of Swansboro arc Dc
manding Better Street Car Ac-
Commo. aiion-Othcr News
Prom the Soutbside.
ONE MAN WAS KNOCKED DOWN.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,

Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,
ILL mum street, beatue block.
Some excitement was occasioned Ia the
Southern shops yesterday morning. The
result was the discharge Of one man ana
the injury OF another.
Air a. L. -1un is an assistant foreman
In one OF the departments, ana under
him Ar. George Burroughs worAed-
1nrOugn some MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tw cen Mr.. Lum anu A1r. Burroughs, the
latter vas reported 20 Mr.. ". 4. DAVID
son, the general foreman OF the Depart
ment, who ldId hin on penang an inNes-
ugsuon of the matter.
Mr Burroughs commended that an in
Justice mad been done nm, ana In neat
Ell conversation with Mr.. Davidson. the
latter gave him 10 understand that he
Was discharged.
Then Mr. burroughs went TO Mr. Lum
and the result was that Burroughs
knocked Lum down with some blunt IN
strument and walked away.
No arrests have been made, for no com
plants have been lodged with the police
department, but IL is thought that the
end Of the affair has not been reached.
Mr. Lum was attended by his physician.
who dressed his wounded head and hAei
be doing well last night.
SWANSBOkO PLANT.
The citizens of SWansboro have be-
come dissatisfied with the present schcd-
uie given them by the Richmond ana
Manchester Railway Company, and nave
entered a protest with Judge Clopton, OF
the Chesterfield County Court
Yesterday afternoon the judge sat In
the office Of Cogbill q Wells for several
hours and heard a number OF protests
against the present schedule.
The notice that had been sent 10 the
railway company read as follows:
you are hereby notified that We, the
undersigned citizens of Chesterfield coun-
ty. shall. on Monday, the 18th day OF
March, 1899 move the County Court OF
Chesterfield county, 10 require you 10
render a reasonable service 10 the public
upon your line OF electric railway when
extends on and along the public and
county road known as the Manchester
and Failing Greek turnpike or Midlothian
turnpike, from the corporation line OF
the city Of Manchester. westward TO
where said electric railway line leaves
said public county road. we hereby al
leging and charging that the service now
being rendered along said road and route
is not a reasonable service and tnat there
should be more frequent running Of cars
on and along said road and route.
"R. T. WALDEN.
at. =. PETTIGREW.
III. y. WALDEN"
CITIZENS MAKE PROTEST.
A. 3. Guigon. Esq, was present To rep
resent the road. and commonwealth
Attorney p. V. Cogbill represented the
citizens
The residents Of Swansboro present
were Messrs. r e. Walden. T. l. Cersiey,
q " Dorset w. D Toler, T. p. Petit
grew. X. A. Bowen. w. ID. Foese. G. s.
Grizzard. w. j. Morrisette, and others.
The hrst witness was Mr.. X. \. Neoen,
who stated that for a month past no
cars had run on Hull street in Swans
boro beyond the Hun street crossing OF
the Atlantic Coast Line which crossing
Is inside the corporate limits about TWO
blocks. lie said also. that the same
schedule that prevailed in Manchesi ar
should prevail IN Swansboro. He thought
a ten-minUteS' schedule from Morrisette
store 10 Richmond, and a twenty min
utes' schedule from Morrlsettes store
out the Brooklng route would be ac-
ceptable 10 the people. II they could ser
nothing better. Recently one or two cars
had been taken off tho HUI street me.
Formerly FIVE cars ran ana MADE a
fairly good schedule. and return TO That
schedule ne lNOhBhN Npu4u NC "NN'f''-"'N
and satisfactory ..-...
TEN-MINUTE SCHEDULE WANTED.
AIR. Il. i. PettigTew was the next Wit
ness. lie said that the cars were well
filed mornings and nights, especially
from 4 to Z o'clock in the evening. and
he stated that Swansboro was feeder Ia
The Hull street lire. His testimony was
practically the same as that given by
Mr. Walden regarding the schedule. lie
thought that As The railway had received
many rights and PRIVILEGES from the
county The schedule should conform 10
the needs OF the citizens OF Swansboro
and tho county, and that a terminus
schedule would be satisfactory.
Mr.. Cersley said that the heaViest
frave, was between and o'clock In the
morning, and between and In the ar
ternoon and that there were from rye
70 ten passengers awaiting for eaeh car
a, his store. when they were running
He thought ten minutes would De 'aH
service.
Others who protested against the pres
ant arrangement and asked for ten