Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-03
NEWPORT NEWS.
Marked Increase in Volume of
Imports During May.
Total Duties for Month, S74,0T4.59-C. L.
v. Meeting Early Closing Movement
Ohio Regiment Coming-G Gun Club Shoot
Sunday Bail Gamo AT the Churches
Census Enumerators.


are very gratifying and the figures for
the month just closed much exceed an
ticipations.
There was collected during the month
total duties amounting to S74.974.50. OF
this s31, lS7.79 was for specific and s43.-
1850 ad-valorem duties. This record
has never been equalled, the highest
previous month having been November,
1899. when the duties footed up S72, 5S0.29.
These imports came from many coun-
tries, including Africa, Nova Scotia,
Norway and the British East Indies.
GUN CLUB SHOOT.
The Chesapeake Gun Club will. on
Wednesday next, have shoot and COM
pete with some OF the cracks of the
Baltimore Shooting Association. New
port News has several men very handy
with the gun, but it is believed they
Will have to work to hold up their end
against some of the crackerjacks from
the Oriole City.
c. l.. u. MEETING
The Central Labor Union held an i'm
portant meeting Friday night and
transacted much business. AT this
meeting the following letter was re-
ceived from J. w. Daniel. in regard to
the eight-hour bill and Interstate COM
merce law:
Thomas Knote:
Dear Sir,-I have your favor, as secre-
tary, about the bills to prohibit inter-
State traffic in convict-made goods and
beg to say that L will take pleasure in
giving the matter considerable attention.
am, Yours very truly.
JNO. w. DANIEL.
EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.
The following address has been is
sued by the Clerks Union and endorsed
by the Central Labor Union:
The Retail Clerks Union of Newport
News, Virginia, after about six months
trial of the two plans suggested. viz:
the first TO close their places of bust
ness at p. M, and now at n recent
meeting of the Retail Clerks Union,
resolution was passed, which was to
ask the merchants to close their re-
spective places of business at p m,
each day, excepting Monday at p. m,
Saturday, at such hour rs may suit
each individual merchant, providing
same does not extend into Sunday.
This, we think. is the opinion of
majority of the merchants
This movement to go into effect June
18th. 1900. This also includes two
weeks previous to the Christmas holi-
days"
The Central Labor Union appointed
Messrs W. II. Anderson and II. b.
Banford to assist the clerks to ac-
the end they desire.
Y. NJ. c. A. WORK
The report of the work of the Y. NJ.
c. y. for the month of June is as fol-
lows:
Religious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gospel
Meeting: Average attendance, 8; total
attendance AS.
Llbrary-Number OF volumes drawn:
Average number daily. S; total number
131.
Young Mems Gymnasium Glass:
Average attendance, 10; total attend
ance, 12S.
observation-disclosures to rooms: Aver
age number daily. 125: total number
1900
Number OF committee meetings held,
/; attendance, 6.
Number of times Board of Directors
met, 3; attendance. 50.
Number OF receptions held during
month, l; attendance, so.
Times bathrooms were used, 255.
Letters written in rooms 60.
Persons directed to boarding houses, 3.
Persons otherwise assisted, 1.
SUNDAY BALL GAME.
Tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock
teams from the Government employees
stationed at the ship yard and from the
craftsmen of the hull department of the
ship yard will play ball at East End
Park.
The teams will line up as follows:
Government Employees Cumming
ham, pitch; Monroe. catch: Bradley,
first base; Binley. second base; Moore,
third base: Chase, short-stop; Thomas,
left field; Gatchel, center field; VIII
knson, right field
Ship-yard Men-Webster. pitch; Ma
loney, catch: Williams, first base; Styll,
second base; Cooper, third base; Mark
ham, short-stop; Asbury. left field;
Hannah. center field; MCGOWAN, right
field.
VISIT OF OHIO REGIMENT.
DR.. A. C. Jones has received the fol-
lowing letter from Lieutenant William
IL. Hunt. Company j, Fourth Ohio Ma
tional GuarCv'. Marion, o., dated May
q, which said in part:
ut looks now as if our regiment will
go in camp at Newport News. and sin
cerely hope it Will"
The regiment was camped here during
the SPANISH American war. Mayor
"! pssS anu iHe BUSINESS men on the city
are doing all that is possible to make
their return. If they come. more pleas
ant than their first visit.
The mass meeting announced for last
night. to consider the letter, was post
poned on account OF the short time
which the gentlemen in charge had to
notify the business men of the object
of the meeting.
Mayor Moss says that as soon as the
details are arranged he will lay the
matter before the Business Mems AS
ISOLATION, and suggest that n commit
tee be appointed to visit Col. VoiGht, Of
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