The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-28

taken In the cases of the men in TINS cry
sns Manchester who have gone back,
but this was not done last ntght.
4 striker named Wells applied TO inc
company, received an application pialh
and filled It out. but instead OF tuih'nf
II In TO the company turned ~ over ~
~, r,rigrs. and Mir. Orr had 1t IN ms
,oesoesion last night. MIR. \. H. Brady.
who was reported as having applied 10
tho Petersburg superintendent for Pc
sition With the company, empna ucaIs
denies that he made such apPlica.'..i',
saving that he has been In the country
and had never since the men "en. W.
made such an application
Number of Strikers Back.
AT the offices Gf tho coMprny yesterony
+he total number of strikers VINO hsNe
zone back to work on the h'leS ~ q,
city and Manchester and suburbs is
niaoed al thirty -elght. and the hummer
who have returned in Petersburg ~
twenty- three. making sixty-onc III an an.
The strikers claim that only eieNei' "a
rsturned to work in Peterspurg' "iiSn
added to the thirty-eight on me eVl-
pany.s books as having gone PACK III ~. ,ns
city and Manchester wouid MARI w
nu,,,ber forty-nine. IT. L. Watkins,
.,r,,er from Petersburg. came to this
citv Yesterday and applied for WORK
No Was directed to make application III
Petersburg. .,,
-Four more of the strikers made appli-
cation to the company for work Ses.er,
day at the Reservoir and were ehroileu
asextra men. They are Conductors Z. ~
Davis and ]. NJ. Kagland and Motormeh
r. L. Jones and s. l.. Cooper
Two men and boy were arrested last
,,rht near the car line to Seven Pines
between @ Street and the Nine Mile Road,
m suspicion of being in the act or at
lacking a car. The arrests were mace
nv County officers w. A. Martin ana y.
n. Townsend The trio are Willie Cohhs-
worth. Garnett Colinsworth and chris
Gellie. One OF them had a breech-loaains
shotgun. one barrel of which had appar.
entity Just been fred, the other rifie ailo
Tho other a stone in his hand. II was
believed it was their intention to attack
seven Pines car. The cases Will come
I'm for hearing before county magistrate
nrobably to-day. It was just after DARK
and the three were said to have peen III
a field near the line just as car was que
to leave the Twenty-nnth and + street
terminal.
The Auto Bus Line.
The movement to start an autonomous
bus line for the transportation or Passei-
gers is takink shape The company mas
organized by choosing these Officers.
X CIaff, president; D. D. <Aueii'S'
president; Robert Carroll. secretary ana
treasurer; w. j. Griggs, Daniel Mccall,
lum. p. G. Wilson, Ira P. Bland ana
G. B. Ely are the directors. The com
many will be capitalized at $4,000 much
OF which has been subscribed subscrip-
lions are still being received Various
estimates are made as to the cost OF the
machines to be used, some placing them
as low as 1900 each and others as h'gh
as four or five thousand dollars NO de-
finite time for the beginning of operations
has been announced yet. nor have me
autos been ordered. 80
The company announces that II VIII
sdopt a new system of transfer WHEREBY
The color OF the paper will designate IRON
and TO what line the transfer Is valld.
Blue will be used In transferring from
one Traction car to another ano
from Passenger and Power car 10
a Traction car: red transfers are Sooa
from one Passenger and Power car 10
another and from Traction to Passeh-
ger and Power car. The color indicates
the limo to which he transfer is Issued
and corresponds with the color OF the car.