The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-06
STRIKERS DEPART
FROM ERSBURG.
Go to Other Cities to Accept
Positions Offered Them.
A RAILROAD EXTENSION
The City Council Appoint Committee
to Recommend Members of Corr
porationf Commission-Recom-
mend Use of Steamer Line.

= (special Dispatch to Tho Times
PETERSBURG, VA, April .o.-Many o.
the men who went out IN rthe st[lhe ., :
the the Petersburg Iron Works last week
are leaving Petersburg, and accepting
nositions in other cities. One machlhlst
| left last night for Saltville, Va, three
left for IJynchburE, and ten, II Is sdio' VIZ
| leave tomorrow for Roanoke, "neIe posi-
| tionstia are awaiting them at tho Roallohe
| Machine Works.
The petersburg CHAPTER Daushteis ..
| tho confederacy will hold an lmportati.
business meeting next Monday morning at
j. P. Hill Camp Hall, at which a! tlie
members are urged to be present. 51heei
tho business session is over paper Oh
tbo f..personal "reminiscences OF the EVA
cnation of Petersburg. Retreat OF the
ARMY Of Northern Virginia ana inc oui
render of Lee at AppomattoA VIZ =, w
reod@1 ,v Mrs. Mary j.. Morrison, OK slltiS
80. ir,c naper will consist of unpup-
i;sbaa and unfamiliar records Of the war
,,at-,eon the states: The. public geneIdHy
;s mvited to be present and speciai III -.
yitation is extended to members OF a. :
Hill Camp. ,,,,n7IoN
DR.. Battle will deliver an auui %
c.rove-Ayenuc Baptist Church, IN islc .;i,
,on,1 +o-morrow evening, and there VIII
ba No services at First Baptist Cnotch IA
th1s citv Dr. Battle has received an ~
;t,+;on n nreach special sermons 70 ths
students of the Virginia PoiytecI ,nl,s II
stit,,ts beginning Sunday, the -Vsn ~, "
An1il and also to preach at tl,e o.a1-
-,est Virginia Institute at Bristol IN Wa
Vs. lacey ]. NIoffett, Of Union !heolos.
sol SEMINARY. will preach at ldpp 'A
church tomorrow morpilis. r-,;,.ore;,r
~ r.h.rles W. Kent, of the Onl'erslts
" H;,r9i,,ia will address the mems meet nee
inr AZ tho Y. M. c. A. to.morIoM 49,
noon. His subject viii %
Manhood, and .McIe. MN, will DO
lile ~ ST. Ioseph's Catholic Churcn
'oa Amnno the donations received oy >.n ~,
ll'oSs ~. Sicl, during tho past nlol1l.i
l .,o.o ~, ~ for $50 from Mr.. Ihomas "
I,eatb. OF Richmond.
rs1mIED By The CITY $50.
| ~, ,,odv Of John Bagley, VINO olea =
+,a1Iome for the Sick Ihussuay ins
,vil, Iva buried by the CITY. zllee.s .ts
receivea from Charleston, . - i..o ,a,s-
home. brings information lid No ~,
tiyes AFRO unable to bear tne 49, ~ tbe
b,,rs1 The strike at this time Il. t,to
nis ~ called into use the funds OF the
~; md Ragley' fellow nlachlnists axe
;ttn,,t funds sufficient to meet MS oul
49, tha 1,,eeting Of the Chamber or So el'
..,a,.oe mis- afternoon commune i. elol'
49,. ...ss raad from Mr.. Burgwyn, OF 1dlss =
t,,r, G.. in reference TO an e.lsi y,
- ~ Mort hampton and Hertlord t ss.
.,..v IRON, Cranberry, on the SsaEo.o a.,
rina railway, to Garysburg ana P,e eas se1'
I1n, IN the Atlantic Coast Line. As ss,I
1.rascot and sTrenchard, the owners q LII. tiis
! SrortIa rnnton and HEREFORD Ra1lroao, aie
,.i1iins "a make the extension proSia at1
.oasonah la terms could be mace Will LIZ
Atlantic Coast Line.
NEW TERRITORY.
/. | decentralization states that sucn
.,,o,,ld omen up a territory t. at Wou 1
Ia tributary to Peter hurg and f.cniilo..u
4 and that the merchants IN tnat s 'e-l'
i az present purchase their groceries !
Nnrfolk and their dry goods IN Baltll nor
4 -, count of the high freight rates iron on
4 picbnond and Petersburg. The sChamoel
4 ,oi,1ted a committee to act Tor st IN
4 body in the matter.
Tie Chamber, after constderab bic a us
c,,ssinn OF the report of the commlt.e'
I amounted to advocate the creation. OF I
& carnoration commission, appointed Bart
I slett Roper, chairman; r. D. Gillian any
a n a Hartley committee TO CONFER VIII III
Il s;milar committees from other sorganIlieza
!. lions ia recommend members Of the com
q mission. =, :,
8 a communication was read from J. Wv
q phillips. owner OF the steamboat line be
II tweens petersburg and Norfol K q nd T n
Il chamber adopted a resolu. ion recommend
Il inrgt that merchant Spatron'ze the. line @
4 - MIR. HOPES BETTER.
81 sRevs@ Herbert NJ. q Hope managing edito
q ofsthe Ral timore and Richmond. Christian
q Adyocat e, who ha S been Ill q for scrcra