The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
STRIKER Urn
peter 'BIIR [ ].
Surprise at the Change il the
City Charter /,
The 81 KNOWN 4 i ! vERYFEW
Changes the Term Of tie City Tax Collector.
from Two TO Pour Years Residence
Burned from Grass cateh>
ing Ire.
The BILL KNOWN TO VERY.FEW.
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Especial Dispatch to The Times
PETERSBURG, VA March 2o:--Iheic
will be a satisfactory settlement between
the Petersburg Iron Works and Its en-
ployes who went out yesterday AFTER
noon. A committee from the men called
or Mr.. C. p. p. Burgwyn, the president,
to-day. and was courteoGsly received ny
him. Mr. Burgwyn expressed regret ina T
any misunderstanding had occurred ana
told the committee that he would be pre-
Eared Tuesday to give a decided answer
on the question Of payday, and that ne
men would receive their money next sat
5urday that they had expected to receive
to-day. .
The strikcrsG, on receiving the report of
their committee, adopted resolutions that
they would return to work now, pro-
vided the company and the men were were
satisfied. It seems certain. therefore, that
the misunderstanding will be adjusted
to the satisfaction of all.
A SURPRISE BILL
Many in Petersburg We're surprised 70
see that there has been an amendment
to the charter Of this city making the
term Of the office Of Collector Of City
Taxes four years instead of@tWo: me
fact that such a bill would como before
the Legislature was known to very few
in Petersburg. Phe opinion is expressed
that the term of every Office, Including
the Mayor, should also have been In-
creased, or there should have boon no
change in the Office of City Tax Collecs
tor.
The country residence Of Mr.. J. r.
Ayers, in Dinwiddic county, was burned
Tuesday night. The fire is supposed TO
have been caused by the burning OF grass
near the house. which caught from stub
bic which was burned in the fields. There
was considerable furniture and nun
dred bushels OF peanuts stored IN the
building. The loss will amount to about
5000, and there was no insurance.
BOYS IN BLUE.
Mayor Peasants to-day received
letter from Mrs. Ellen Caspers, Of Per-
rysburg. Ohio, secretary OF the Society
Of the wives and Daughters of the
Boys in Blue asking for information
about the Petersburg volunteers of 1872
and 1915 She writes that the women Of
that section Of Ohio contemplated the
purchase by private subscription Of "Old
Fort Aleigs,'' wherein lie buried SIS United
States soldiers of tho war of 1872 Inc
society applied to tho War. Department.
for the number. Of Petersburg volunteers,
but the department could not furnish
the records, The Government sold Fort
Meigs, property in 1877. Tho ladies arc
seeking to purchase tho property and
preserve ttlc ulStOIic SALc hiiA ITO OuA luA
ground. The Mayor has forwarded the
society a. full list of the Petersburg vol-
untecrs, with a sketch Of the command
and such other information as will doubt-
less servo to perpetudto he GlorleS, OF
the heroes who won such military fame
of the Cockade City Z Z. -
Rev. George Z. Booker, pastor of High
Street Church, tomorrow night viii dis
cuss Tho Kind Of Body We Shall Have
in the Resurrection.
Mr.. f. c.. Bartll, Of Richmond, 49,: adj
dress the meeting at the Young Mems
Christian Association tomorrow after
noon.A special musical programme will
be one of the features of the occasion.
EASTER MUSIC.
s Miss Martha Russell Collier, who has
been appointed sponsor for Virginia to
the Confederate Reunion at Dallas, Tex,
next month, received a letter to-day from
Major-G eneral Theodore S. Garrett irI-
forming her that, Miss Annie Lee Penn,
OF Danville, Va, has been appointed her
second maid Of honor. The letter also
says that Miss Bessie Fitzhush Venable,
OF Petersburg, has accepted the appoint
l,ent as her first maid OF honor
Special Easter music has been arranged
by many of the churches in Petersburg
for tomorrow. The most elaborate pro-
granlme will be given by the Catholic
and Episcopal churches. At st. Joseph S
Catholic Church Mr.. John AIoylan Bird.
the organist and choir master, has been
training his choir diligently for some time
Beasley and G1r. George Bowman will as
sist in tho singing. At Z O'clock in the
morning low mas will be celebrated and
at 1890 O'Clock there will he m a &C