Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-09
PITT FAMILIES OUT.
,.ucr MADE TO MAYOR MAURICE
AGAINST A LANDLORD.
MANCHESTER COUNCIL MEETS.
,...,oraemcnt Of Charter Wanted-To
uave hoard OF Aldermen, Assem-
a., az so, and 10 Give Mayor veto
pc,,cr-Dcath OF Miss Nelson.

urlrIe.cN with trcspassing on the pre-
misses OF George ". Hail. No. 5i2 west
..rh street. and forcible removing HIS
...fs and chattels from the house. The
..r.nt was placed in the hands Of the
..u-. and 20 II can be served in time
.,-.eey Will be in the Police Court
This morning.
vafur Maurice issued the warrant. be-
.-.sa Of information he received from
e -ee vs. Han, William Massis. and
..r wives and what he himself saw.
rie witnesses in the case are Mrs. Hall
.. yrs Massie.
Ns.srs. Hall and Massie came to the
-s.enco OK Mayor Maurice about 7
O'clock last night and told a pitiful story.
STORY OF THE HUSBANDS.
T.e men work at the Old Dominion
I...- ana Nsi-Works. on Belle Isle.
...r sall 90 the Mayor that when they
-.. home from work last night they
..rd their wives and children I'm the
r.l ou west Tenth street, cold and
hungry. ana lowering over a small fire
They had been I'm the field since early
morning having been put out of the
house. their furniture thrown out, and
tle torr locked upon them. Having no.
whore 10 cn. they Went 10 q neighborlng
f.l and .hc women and children gather
nd few '1cots and built a small fire.
Ieic tle cay was spent until the hus-
bands came home last night. The wives
t.- fh.r husband that Nh Beardslev
Aesi0 man came TO the house.
which SIR Hall rented from Beardslev.
md part ~ which Hall sublet 10 Mas
90 H.e Mrs Massie IS in a very deIi-
care STATE OF health, and told him she
could n)i 90. Mrs. Hall told him she ala
n3 have anywhere TO 20 n she left
ne women say that he then told the
n.fro 70 move the furniture out. This
'-s 'fsfo did. The women relate that the
u1 handled their furniture very roueh-
ara .et the stove fan over the fence
..t break up badly. The women were
ng TO their story. ordered out ana
tae door locked. The husbands were
~ auecied while talking with the
Masr
MAYOR MAURICE ACTS PROMPTLY.
N'r,r Maurice heard the story as told
t'. and acted promptly. He summon
'1 lhccr Wright and fastened TO the
field where the men said their families
he found what he describes as a
most piuful spectacle. The women were
very ihiniy clad. and 20 were the chill
cren AN We're shivering about a little
to in hole IN the earth. Around them
rere large number OF citizens. who
w.re much wrought up at what they had
.oard from the women
.ir. Beardsley IS engineer OF the Bon
AR accommodation train of the Southern
railroad. lie left yesterday afternoon on
DIS usual run, and VIII return 10 the city
eariy this morning. He could not. there
fore, be seen last night.
HAVE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
The Manchester Council held its regu-
lar meeting last night and transacted
considerable business. Those present We're
Messrs. John OBrien .(presdenD. W. w.
Pool, l.. NJ. Nunnally. S. j. Jones. j. r..
Abbott Matthew Morton. w. r. Hart, j.
y Green, r.. l. Patram, and John IL.
w.
--a ~ the most important reports re-
CFsl during the evening was that Of the
Ordnance Committee, recommending the
sr.a.ol for an amendment of the
otys charter providing for the division
a. fte city into five wards instead OF the
present FOUR. the enlargement Of the
Council from twelve TO twenty members,
Tho e.t. shment OF a Board Of Aldermen
D. 'r. members, and the engagements Of
power The report was referred TO a spe-
o committee. consisting of President
otren J r. Green, L. NJ Nunnally r.
I i.ram. and John Z. Ut2. a member
from each ward. This committee is to
report back at the earliest day possible
OBJECT TO COLORED LABOR.
A. ermittee from the Business Mems
Association. headed by Mr.. b.. NJ. Ro-
i-s.a appeared before the Council. Mr..
Robertson asked the Council. in the name
f.- lusiness-men's body, to appoint
o.umittoe 10 act with a committee
rm the business-men in waiting on
Nsssrs Louis Frank & Son and ask them
fr Old employ colorcd women IN their
rtfoctory instead OF white women
Council decided that t did not have
anything 20 do with what kind Of labor
Gals W. any other firm employed, and
would not take hold OF the matter i'm any
.to.o. way The body was very willing
tr committee Of its members to be ap-
POINTED to act q s citizens. but in no sense
r0rrosaufatives of the people Of the
.tr
THEY NEED MORE LAND.
SIR. y. il. Betty. manager Of the Rich
u0nd Woodworking Company, asked the
Council for new grant Of land. as his
company wished 10 again enlarge their
plant. The application OF Mir BETTY
was referred o. the Buildings and Land
Committee. This company has lust
greatly Increased its capacity. and il
working q large force OF men at good
wages.
The report Of the Police Commissioners
recommending appointment of SIX sDe-
Oal officers for Christmas holidays was
approved
The reports Of the several stondinn
.mm.rees were heard. and approved
..1 fhe remainder OF the session taken ur
routine business.
WILL WELCOME REV. MIR. SISK.
E.r Vs. w. sisk. pastor Of the Clop,
i-,raet Baptist church. Will be form
He coined Sunday afternoon. De
Dutr llfh. az O'Clock. The fOllown,
u. programme: Rev. r. V. Badly
h arilge-Street Baptist church, vii
Music. Reading Scriptures, Rev
b Hicks. StOckton-Street Bapts
Prayer, Rov. II. J.. Quarles
Memorial; Address Of welcome
.-at ~ the church, Judge h. a
Address Of welcome on behal
.l- baptists or Richmond and Man
Rev. II. a. Bagby, Calvary Bap
church; Address Of welcome on be-
the other denominations. Rev
man. OF West-End Methodist
-.,' Address 20 church and paste.
r mutual relations. Rev. w. r. J..
D. d.. Second Baptist church; Re
uy the pastor Rev. ". ". Sisk
Hon, by Rev. J. 7. Tucker.
. services Will be interspersed b,
arranged by the chorister OF m,
church Va ''''
DEATH OF MRS NJ. 0. NELSON.
9.fs u o. Nelson. wife Of Mr. Charles
a. of No. 14l7 Decatur street. died
.ieay morning at . o'clock, IN her
.f.4 year
Nf.. Nelson had been sick for ,,o,e