The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-21
STRIKE in
PETERSBURG.
Three Lines Run and People
Patronize Them.
1T is A PEACEFUL FIGHT
The Road Has Never Paid Dividend.
The People Look for an Early Set
9 tlement-.G Government Dredg-
ing the Appomattox
Especial to The Times Dispatch3

SSpeclaI 10 Inc 'llmeS-D lSpatCnD
PETERSBURG, VA. June 2o.-strikers
arc quiet. Cars on three lines are
running and people are parto-
nizlng the cars more literally since
they realize that they can do SO with
out being intcrfered with by the men
and thers ympathizers. This is about the
situation OF the street car strike In Pc
tersburg at this time. The men are be-
having n praiseworthy manner<and are
being commended for the manner In
which they are conducting their fight. 1t
is a pesceful fight with no evidence that
II will lr anything else throughout.
Tho Virginia Passenger and Power
Company are operating in this city under
the fra,chlse OF Bea1e, The Petersburg
Street Railway Company. the Virginia
Traction Company and the Southside
Railway and Development Company. and
there Is nothing In any OF these frar-
chlses to lbligate the company or de-
prive It OF my OF It's rights. even II there
were no clrs run during the strike Pc
Rod. AS FIR the earnings of the Peters
burg roads It has never paid actual run
ming expresses during December. January
and February in any year. a stockholder
to-day WHO owns several thousand dollars
worth OF stock. said that he would like
to dispoe OF 1t at less than 1t cost him.
He has held 1t for some time and never
received dividend. The road has never
yet pail dividend.
There seems to be no doubt in the
mindsiof tho people in Petersburg that
The m,tter Will soon be settled here to the
satisnEtion OF all parties Interested.
DREDGING @APPOAIATTOx.
Cajtain W. II. French. Of Berkeley.
Va. brought a fleet OF vessels and n
dreyge to Petersburg this week and is
dredging the Appomattox River just be-
Low the harbor for the United States
government The work is being done to
obain channel twelve feet deep in the
rfer.
Reports from Dinw.iddie county to-day
ae to the effect that hail-storm in that
cunty last night did considerable dam
NE. The storm extended over considera-
Tie area. and growing crops in its path
ts1ered greatly.
Mr.. Joseph Lambert, Jr.. OF Warheld,
Brunswick county. had his right hand
cit OF yesterday by It's being caught in
tie saw while he IVES greasng some OF
the machinery. The arm was so badly.
tori that 1t had TO be taken of Just be-
lowrthe shoulder.
Nils Bertha A. Grace has been grad
uatd with honors from the Visitation
Conent OF Frederick. Nd. At the ban
que OF the alumnae she responded to the
toet, The Graduates of 1903" Miss
Gree Is tho daughter OF Mrs. Thomas
GIce and niece Of DR.. ]. NJ. Burke. In
tls city.
Capital and Labor Will furnish the
pncpal subject Of Rev. George Booker.s
dcourse at High Street Church to-mor
rysw1ight.
RI. w. c. Taylor. D. D.. OF indian
apds. Ind. will preach at the First Bap-
tisfChurch In this city tomorrow morn
ing ant night. DR.. Taylor is native
yirginia.
Linn1re Eanes. small boy. was run
over y bicyclist on Sycamore Street
to-day and narrowly escaped being se-l
riousi Injured.
Mr., Hattie v. Harris. OF Petersburg.
and Ar James Arthur Warren. OF Rich
mon. we're married at the residence OF
Rev DR.. Starr. in this city. Thursday
eyedng at 6 o'clock.
Cptain Robert C. Osborne. prominent
toncconist OF this city. is Ill at his home
onSycamore Street.
1ne of the most popular events of the
simmer season In Petersburg Is the an
ylal excursion to Buckroe Beach run by
high Street Church. The excursion this
year will be run July 10th. Two trains
were necessary last year to carry the
crowd