Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-10
DISORDER IN RICHMOND.

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during the last two night following the
withdrawal Of portion of the troops has
caused the suspension of furloughs and
further withdrawal of the militia. uov-
ernor Montague is anxious to let the men
20 home and stop the heavy drain on the
state treasury, but Colonel Anderson,
after careful study Of the developments oil
the last As hours, is left in doubt OF the sue
cess of the experiment Of withdrawing
the troops, and will report that IN ms
opinion it should be postponed until the
police have had further opportunity TO
assert themselves and to prove their
ability to prevent violence, guard the
street cars and their passengers and
crews against assaults and arrest and
punish those guilty ofcrime.
The live interest in the strike was
transferred to the courts yesterday and
the most striking feature was the proceed
ing in the Henrico county court under
military guard. The occasion was the pre-
liminary trial of the three guards-Diggs,
Cronk and Mitchel-who fired into the
crowd at Vine and Main streets at the
beginning of the strike.
Several of the witnesses, persons
wounded that night, all stated that the
firing first came from the cars, The
charge against the men was 'feloniously
firing into crowd of innocent by
ISLANDERS" Several of the witnesses I'M
dertook TO identify the particular man
whose shots struck them. As result Of
this evidence Commonwealth Attorney
Sands amended the. warrant. Mitchell
is charged with shooting Ben. Harris,
and Cronk and Digs are charged with
being accessories. The cases in this
shape we're sent on to the grand jury.
An exciting incident occurred We'd
nesday night when it was believed that
there was a conspiracy to get james
Farley, leader of the strikebreakers, ar
rested and sent to Fulton in order 10 gst
bail. An effort was made to gel
Magistrate Martin to 60 to the Reservoir
car barns, but he could not be found.
The trouble grew out of the discharge
by Farley of three strikebreakers fol
knocking down" fares. They sworC
out warrants against him for abuse, and
there is strong belief that there was
persistant effort to get him to Fulton il
an unprotected condition. Farley wa
perfectly willing to go, but Colone
Vaughan settled the problem by detail
ing a squad of 10 men, with loaded guns
who took the car to the courthouse.
The news that Farley had discharged
three strikebreakers for disorder and laiC
off 80 because the company no longe
needed them spread among the strik'
sympathizers of the East End, and the,
gathered about the courthouse in larg'
numbers, expecting to see the chief o.
the strikebreakers brought in by thu
constable and locked up. Justice LEWIS
of the county, was sent for and at al
early hour this morning Farley wa
bailed out.
Andrew Connen, the discharged
strikebreaker, who made an iDcendiary
speech in the union meeting Tuesday
night, was yesterday sent to Jail for si'
months.
E. Cooper, tailor, arrested severa
days ago for melting . riot at Eighteenth
and Broad streets, was sentenced TO O.
days in Jail. He took an appeal,
saloonman going his bail.
The hospital at the street car barns
is still in active use. Five men reported
to the surgeon Wednesday night for tn
dressing of wounds received while oil
duty.
There was more stone-throwing las
night than usual, and so many obstruc
tons were placed on the old Reservoi
branch line that it had to be abandoned
There have been no congregations o
crowds nor any organized rioting, bu
the slight disorders have been more FIRE
quent for the past few nights.
The case of Editors Mullen and Gates
of the Opinion, charged with publishing
libelous article in that paper, accusing
Supt G. B. Buchanan, of the Passenge
and Power Company, Of masqueradinl
under an assumed name, was called il
the Police Court yesterday and contin
ued until next Monday, on account o
the absence of Ferris, the man whC
made the affidavit on the strength o
which the article was printed.