Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
TRIALS OF SIXTEEN SLAVS FOB
INCITING A STRIKE.
Hearing Results in Conviction Of
Thirteen-Funeral Of Mrs. Mol
lie Keys-Briefs.


ALEXANDRIA Va, November %, 1904.
Sixteen Slavs, charged with melting the
strike among the foreign railroad laborers
at their camp at Four-mile run, Alexandria
county. Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing last. when serious rioting was narrowly
averted, were given hearing this morning
before Justices j. F. Haney and Isaac Bur-
rel in Jefferson district. Twelve Of the
prisoners were not known by name and
Doe with a certain number opposite.
They were brought from the jail on
Fort Myer Heights in charge of county
officers assisted by officers Young, Knight
and Lyles of the Alexandria police force.
The examination of the witnesses and
prisoners was conducted by Common
wealth's Attorney Mackey and Attorney
Samuel G. Brent, the latter representing
Messrs Reiter Curtis & Hill, the railroad
contractors at whose camp the disturbance
occurred 1t was testified that a big gang
of strikers, led by twelve or fifteen men.
had forced large number Of workmen to
cease operations Saturday night, and had
prevented the resumption of work Sunday
morning.
The workers were intimidated by threats
OF violence and a show of armed force. BY
means of an interpreter the statements Of
the prisoners were obtained. With one ac-
cord they denied the charge but Superin-
tendent Edward Purcell of the camp and
several others identified all except two as
being implicated in the disturbance. These
two were dismissed.
Steve Yellens, who was found with a
pistol, was more heavily fined than the
others. He was assessed $50 and costs and
sentenced to spend forty-fve days in Jail.
Two other ringleaders of the designation
Of Doe We're fined s. and costs and SEN
fenced each to serve fifteen days in Jail.
|. In addition to the costs. the others were
fined $3.50 each and sentenced to serve ten
days in jail
LARA Dezats, who was supposed to be a
walking delegate and who was charged
with melting the riot, was dismissed. the
evidence only showing that he had stirred
up the men to strike for higher wages:
They were getting $1.35 per day and wanted
raise of 10 cents
Funeral of Mrs. Keyes.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs.
Mollie Keyes wife of Mr.. George w.
Keyes, took place this afternoon at =
o'clock from the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The auditorium of the
church was crowded with friends and ac-
quaintances of the deceased. The floral
offerings were elaborate and beautiful.
Among them was handsome design pre-
sented jointly by the Foreign and Home
Missionary societies of the church, Mrs.
Keyes having been closely identified with
missionary work.
The services were conducted by Rev. ].
B. Stump, pastor of the NJ. E. Church
South, who was assisted by Rev DR. Frank
J. Brooke of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Rev DIR. ]. w. Duffy of Washing
ton and Rev. E. B. Register of Baltimore.
A long procession followed the remains to
Bethel cemetery, where the interment took
place The palbearers were Messrs. James
e. Alexander George Mays, Henry X.
Field. John H Watkins, Robert Arnold
DIR. William M. Smith. DR.. Thomas b.
Cochran and William Campbell. Mrs
Keyes died Sunday morning after a brief
Illness from pneumonia.
General Matters.
In the corporation court this morning
Judge Louis C. Barley presiding. Corpora
ton Attorney Gardner L. Boothe entered
his appearance for the members Of the city
council, against whom rule was issued by
Judge Barley yesterday requiring them to
show cause why a mandamus should not
Issue commanding the council to put the
Jail in proper repair. The case was con-
tinued The report Of the Jail inspectors
was presented to the court yesterday.
Arrangements have been made for Rev.
DIR. ]. w. Duffey, presiding elder of Wash
ington district NJ. E. Church South, to de-
liver missionary address tomorrow oven-
ing at 100 o'clock in the Washington
Street Southern Methodist Church After
the services the third quarterly conference
of the church will be held.
The junior foot ball team of the AleXan-
dria Athletic Association went to the Epis-
copal High School yesterday afternoon and
defeated the third eleven of that school by
the score of 10 to 0.
good foot ball game Is expected at the
fair grounds Thanksgiving afternoon, when
the Alexandria Athletic Association team
will lineup against the TangleWoods or
Washington.