The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-18
The Strike Itself.

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The Strike Itself
The matter OF chief note in connection
with the strike itself is the return or
the strikers to work in numbers gradually
Increasing. Some time ago ane man broke
away; days passed and still he stood
alone; then in ones and twos others be-
gan to come until there were Some SIX
or seven In all Yesterday an unusually
large number of names were added to
the little last and it was and Is positively
rumored that more are on the way.
Naturally, arising from this state of
things Is the question now being pondered
by many-is It the beginning Of the end!
Officials of the company do not manifest
any keen desire to discuss the matter of
the return of their former employees, but
there Is everywhere the suggestion that it
has been approached by many of them and
that the return Of number of others
will be announced In the course of few
days. Several persons heard to express
themselves yesterday were of opinion
that before many hours there would be
something like stampede In the d'!ec-
ton of the company Every hour makes
the chance of the men for citing back
more remote. The c>m,nLny needs 45o
men; yesterday afternoon It had 2b5 reg
ular men employed and about 30 strlke-
breakers. About thirty new men We're
taken on Thursday and almost as many
yesterday At this rate a week moro VIII
see the list closed and the opportunity
Of the striker to get back lost
The company is choosing it's men with
care and Is gradually getting everything
Strengthened out. On Sunday there Will
be a general Encouragement, tho assign
ment of men to permanent runs ana 50
on A number Of new employees nave
gotten the regulation uniform and by
ti,, oil l,n,yn
This will improve the appearance of tho
cars very much. AS soon as this straight
enIns out can be accomplished strict dis
coline will be enforced again and there
will BIO no further cause for the COM
plants against some fpf PIE conditions
brought about by the strike, All the cars
will be running within a week or ten
days.
Return to Work.
At G o'clock yesterday afternoon several
strikers were standing around the Office
of Superindenent Buchanan. at the Res
crvoir, and II was stated that they WISH
ed to return to work Two of them did
mako application, and Wora accepted,
swelling the total for the day up to seven.
Several OF the men are from Manchester.
The seven are George Trafer. motorman;
s. p. Upchurch. lotorman;, Russell Har-
rIs, of Manchester: II. l.. Scott. motor
man; Z. J. Green. motorman or conduc-
tor; r, f. Roberts, conductor and h. a,
Marablo, conductor This makes tota
of fourteen of the strikers now working
for the company, located as follows;
Richmond and Manchester. II. Peters
burg, Q; Richmond and Petersburg, !,
The vacancies for regular runs have been
| filed and the men now being taken on,
including the strikers. are for the
Swings"
| In connection with the plans of the
company, 1t was reported Yesterday that
an effort viii be made, to get rid OF tho
loop running from First and Broad around
, Oregon Hill and back 10 First and Broad,
! This loop which Is not in operation since
the strike began, was laid before tho
consolidation, when the two companies
were fighting each other flercely, and
there Is now really no necessity for It,
The Laurel Street line covers the terri
tory II the needed permission is OBJ
tanned tho tracks will be pulled up and
the Hollywood lakewood line will be ope-
rated as It is being operated now--l-aurel
to Broad, to Eighth. to Main. to FdSh-
tenth. to Venable, to lakewood It is
probable that there will also be re-
| ARRANGEMENT of the road-Main Street
service Other rumors are 70 the erect
| that the mule cars VIII be abandoned ana
that, electric cars will be run over the
Mayo's bridge again.
The Strikers Side.
From the point Of view OF the strikers
there Is no special change in the situa-
ton, Another meeting was held last night
but no special business was transacted
Vigorous denial is made by President
| Griggs of the rumor that there is split
In the division, and that many of The
men want to so back to work, Several
have returned. hut the great mass of the
men, Mr., Griggs declares, are sticking to
getler, and show no signs of fultering
They still feel that they have the bes
, Of the fight, and have no idea OF return
i, ing to work. The Manchester conference,
: yesterday is taken by the men to in
| dlcata that the mon there. with the EM