Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-06


mond ran without military guard on
Friday. The Clay street line was select
ed for the experiment, and no disorder
followed. There vas an attempt on the
Seven Pines Road to injure the motor
man running the car. A stout wire was
tied from pole to pole across the track
at a height which would strike the
motorman's body. Fortunately the car
run out was vestibuled, and the vesti-
bule broke the wire. Spikes were found
driven In the track at several points.
The soldiers on the car removed them.
A day of peace and quietin Richmond
was followed by excitement and blood
shed in Manchester late Saturday night.
One man was killed by the military and
many, including former member OF the
general assembly, we're arrested for DIS
order or conduct likely toincite disorder.
The man killed was Luther Taylor, a
puddler in the Old Dominion iron works.
who was attempting TO escape arrest
when shot down by Sentinels. he died
in few minutes, and his horse was also
killed. Taylor and number ot'other
men had been taken into custody by the
soldiers for disorderly conduct. All OF
the Others were put in wagon to be
taken to the police station, butas Taylor
had his buggy, a corporal got in with
him. After arriving at Manchester Tay-
lor pushed the corporal out of the buggy
and started to drive of. The corporal
called to Taylor to halt, but he drove on.
Then the sentinels fired. His horse
dashed ahead. Five shots were heard,
and Taylor and his horse were both
killed.
ID. l.. Toney, a former member o.
the House of Delegates, was arrested IN
Manchester last night, charged with
conduct calculated to incite disorder
He was promptly bailed out and started
to address a gathering on the street, wher
the officer warned him to desist, under
penalty of being locked up. He ther
retired to his store.
Private Hire, of Company B, of Nor
folk City Guard, is under military ar
rest on the charge Of having engaged il
improper conduct while on duty. 1t il
alleged that Hire, while under the in
luence OF liquor, created great excite
ment on car; that he ran the motor
man and passengers off the car, and defiet
his superior officer. A court-martia
will follow.
Charges we're filed in the Henrict
County Court by the Passenger anC
Power Company on which the remoya
of Sheriff Simon Solomon is asked. No
tice was served on the sheriff, and thu
matter comes up for hearing on Tues
day, the l4th. The charges are in
competency, misfeasance, and malfeas
ance in Office. This grows out Of tn
alleged persistent refusal of the sheriff
to call for troops in the county unit
after there had been a riot. The com
pany charged that, although appealed
to, the sheriff did not Oxford them pro
lection, but made promises which h
did not keep.
The company is getting all the men
needs, and declares twill make no term
whatever with the strikers except to dea
with them individually as applicants 70
work. More people ride every day, AM
it would seem that the strike will gradu
ally wear itself out in this way.
The return of Cheatham, of Chester
field, one Of the strikers, to his employ
ment with the company was matter @
great interest and the public is eagerl,
watching to see whether there will b
further assertions from the ranks of tn
strikers.
In the matter of the death of Charlie
E. Graham, who was cut by W. II
Lowry, the coroner's jury returned yer
dict that Lowry acted in self-defense
Both we're motormen of the railway com
pany and quarreled about the strike.
The street cars of Richmond and Man
chester were run yesterday and last nigh
without armed soldiers on them. Thl
was the first day they had been operate
without military guard since the begin
mig of the strike. There was no seriou
disorder, and the travel wa
reasonably good Feeling run
high in Manchester as the resul
of the shooting of Luther Taylor
There was some excitement in Man
chester last night. A company of half
grown boys who had been twice dis
persed, hurled rocks into a passing car
The passengers, mostly negroes, fell owe
each other getting off, and the ca
crashed into a pile of rocks placed OF
the tracks. The street was filled witt
ladies returning from church, or tn
crowd would have been fired upon.
So far as can be learned it has no
been decided when the military shall b
dismissed. An impression prevails tina
the troops will be sent home Tuesday.
Sibert Cease a well-known yOun!
merchant of Richmond, was shot Will,
on visit a mile out of town yesterda!
evening under mysterious circumstances
He says he had been calling, and wa
on the porch taking leave of friends
when the ball struck him in the back
He denies either knowledge or suspicion
as to who shot him.
For the first time since the strike o
the motormen and conductors OF the
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
the cars on the Richmond and Peters
burg Electric Railway were run yester-
day from Petersburg to Manchester with
out military protection.
Twenty-Five persons were injured las
night by a collision between trolley carr
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