The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-18

Not wheel was turned, not a car Of
the Virginia Passenger and Power Com
rany left the barns yesterday. In fact.
the company made no effort to run even
one. This morning between and o'clock
the company will man as many cars as
they can and make an effort to resume
the service. running as many cars and
as regularly as they cail. NO official
statement in detail OF the company's
plans has boon made. nor could one be Sc
cured, further than that cars would be
run to-day.
From what can be learned 1t IS ex-
.pected that efforts will be made to resume
the service on all the lines of the COM
.pany to-day, with as many cars running
as can be manned by the rtke-breakers.
Just how many men arc In the city to
tako the places OF the striking car men
cannot be learned, and Is q matter OF
conjecture. Diligent inquiry yesterday
failed to discover that there had been
moro than few arrivals of strike- break
crs during the day--very few. In fact,
one OF the officials OF the company last
night stated that he knew Of but one, a
man from the West. This one, he stated,
told the men that he did not know a
strike was on. Pickets from the local
division OF car men were on duty all day
and all night, meeting every incoming
train, and in the event that any strike
breakers arrived endeavorlng to dissuade
the new arrivals from working. Reports
made by these pickets to the general
meeting OF strikers last night at Old
Market Hall indicated that few had ar
rived In tho city during the day or night
to take their places. Every railway sta
ton Is plcketed about thirty men being
engaged in this work at time. these
being relieved after eight hours by 9th
ers.
Number of Men Here.
Just how many strike-breakers have
been in the city for the past week or
more or have arrived In the past three
days no one knows. for there Is nothing
to indicate the intentions of people ar.
livng on tho trains before the picket SER
vice was begun. The impression prevails
that about two hundred men have been
quietly gotten together here by the com.
pany in anticipation of Just such a con-
tingency. The negotiations Terminating In
the strike have been on now since late In
May, and from the very first the com.
pany has given no indications of yield.
ing, but have shown what their purpose
was from the very inception of the effort
by the men to secure a general agree
ment, Involving moro money in wages
During the past week men have been seen
on the streets who were recognized as hav.
Ing been connected with the trolley line
service In other cities Where they are
stopping or how they are being support.
ed can Aonly be guessed unless the men
were followed. and this has not been
done. I
Quarters Ready for Them.
The placing of cots at the car barns by
tho company was an indication Of their
plans, and one which has not been con.
cealed or denied. Many regarded this
preparation as a bluff. but the sequel
shows that 1t was part of carefully ma.
tured plans to prepare for an emergency
which even then seemed Imminent, not
to say inevitable. Viewed from the stand
point of the company with full know
ledge Of their own intentions.
Meanwhile the ono hundred men detail
ed by the division for picket service is
at work In three relieis of eight hcurs
each meeting trains at all stations. In
the event that men come In to work for
the company the pickets are instructed
to inform them of the situation and to
dssuade them from going to work. Strict
Instructions against violence or threats
have been isseud. Moral suasion alone is
authorized. the impression being that
when once the new arrivals know the
situation, and that strike is on. they will
return to their homes. II they have not
a contract requiring the company TO pay
their return fares. the local organiza
tion will pay this.
out of abundant precautions extra po-
lice have been sworn In, and some twen-
ty-three or more went on duty last night,
with inunctions to preserve order at all
times and places.
Special Policemen,
While there were no definite indications
that trouble would arise the Police Board
and Chief Howard took immediate steps
to avert anything disagreeable that might,
take place.
Feeling that the men. themselves. who
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