The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-17
HURRIED H0M
FROM TIL PARKS RI
'PI '' I: |. k ,s Lost No line
in Getting Back &c
CAR R MEN N. WEIR / i oU G / |
They Notified the People as to When
the Last Trip Would Be Made.
Few at West End
Park.
CAR R MEN WEIR { THOU HT ]. ] 1 l
..There,ll be no show this evening;

'There'll be mo show this evening;
There'l be no show tonight
For the street cars there are out of sight,
And the leading lady cannot wa
With Apologies to Little Cnlp-5s
Such was the tune that the employees
at the Casino hummed last nlght,t ana anu
Charlie Mckee said it was So
At 8:45 clock the hour when the
gaily painted curtain at the Casino at at
Reservoir Park usually goes up, the au-
sdience was not there The Janltor- ana
{ few. concessionariess at West End Park
stood on the board walk in front OF the
theatre and juggled conjectures as to
when the strike would end. It meant |
dollars and cents to them every hour
the cars were idle. Over at Coney Island
things were even more gloomy. me
5merry-go-round whirled at intervals Just
to keep the thing a-going. Tor there
wasn't two dozen people IN s1ght, Whlie
the empty cars on the switchback looked
8as If they: were taking a Sunday rest.
The waters of the Natatorium were as
placid as If frozen. Now and then some
one of the employees cast pebble but
it didn't make the splash of a merry
bather. The Rathskeler was forsaken,
and the coy cavern never heard the
sound of. clinking glasses. Over at. the /
8Aquarama the old mill wheel turned, |
but it didn't churn current for the gon-
dolas. They. tossed passengerless on
the bosom of the canal. Things were
awfully blue. Occasionally big picnic
wagon. hauled by four mules, came
laundering up the road with a cargo of
sightseers, who ventured out more of !
curiosity to see how the place appeared
during a strike of the trolley carmen.
They came and went on the same trip,
and the familiar tune of Little Chip was
all that could be. heard.
CROWD NOT THERE.
Mr.. Charles Mckee, Of the Bijou Com
pany. who is manager of the Casino
during the absence of Manager Wells. |
decided yesterday afternoon that.it was
useless to attempt any performance. lie
notified the performers that they had |
a holiday. not because he was willing, but |
by ironical fate. The Management OF the
West End Park engaged big picnic
van and this made irregular trips from
Ninth and Broad Streets to the Park,
carrying a few passengers. When the
strike was inaugurated yesterday at noon
the oblging motormen and conductors OF
the last cars to leave the resort told the
people that they had best go to town as
the strike was on and they took no
chances in waiting longer for transporta-
ton home. s,;-f
Thus was the park empued Of all ex-
cept employes-of the concessions, who
remained to make a futile attempt to do
business. -
1t remained for Manager Thomas. Of
Northampton Park. to be the hero of the
day so far as saving loving mothers and
toddling tots from "a weary walk of six
miles toi3thec He wasn't alone,
tfougefor the motormen and conductors
of the cars of the Westhampton line as
sisted him in the roundup of the hu-
man flock.
AT 12 O. clock there were about one hun
dred and twenty-five persons-at the park.
mostly women and children in picnic par
ties. The crews of the last cars told Man
ager Thomas of the strike and the impos-
sibility Of any one getting to the city after
the cars left on the monday. trip. He at
cnce began a: systematic search of the
grounds. In this he was assisted by the
car men, and by 1890 o'clock the posse
had notified every one on the grounds of
the impending predicament. When tally
Of the crowd was taken 1t was found
only few short of the number of pas
sengers registered on the previous trips
during the morning. The missing, it was
presumed, were residents OF the neigh
boz hood. The jolly party happy In the
thought that they were being saved
long walk, soon arrived at Robinson
Street and Grove Avenue, in the suburbs.
Here they had to stand in the sun nutil
city for buses to carry them into town.
Conveyances arrived after a while. and
the experiences of the day ended.
ACTED AS AIORTORMAN.
Manager Thomas was not satisfied that
he had brought all of his patrons into
the city and after the carmen had left
the cars he picked up the motor key and
with the grit of an expert sent the troll
ley humming toward the park. Several
trips were thus run. but few passengers
were carried. The report that a thous-
and Sunday School pcnickers ers were
left at the park was without any
foundation. The picnic referred to oc-
ours to-day and as the strike Is now
passed and the cars running again on
schedule, the event will be carried out
according to the original programme.
Pleasure seekers. at Forest Hill Park
and at Lakeside were notified by the
railway employees of the pending strike
and brought to- the city. Considering the
suddenness of the demonstration. the
little Inconvenience suffered by people at
the distant resorts is remarkable and can
only be attributed to the thoughtful
ness of the men who participated in the
strike and put themselves to the task of
locating as far as possible, everyone
and informing them of the necessity to
get home at once.
inheritance Awaiting Him.
Mr.. E.. Victor, the German consul
at this place. is looking for John Dick