The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-13
DOOM OF The
INDUSTRY
Oyster Packers to Make APP
peal to the Board Of
Fisheries.
THE TIL. SUPPLY ], FALLING Y. 4 4 OFF lF:|:
THE SUPPLY FALLING OFF
Mayor Orders Chief Of Police to
Close Up8All Poker Rooms.
Gives Them Warning. III
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NORFOLK, VA, October u. w. D.
Hemingway head OF the big Hemingway
oyster packing houses here, sounds q
note OF warning to the oyster industry
and tho packers acting as q body, have
appealed to the State Board OF Fisheries
t. take some stand that will save the
Industry from destruction. q L ~
THE oyster question Is a serious one,
indeed. 4 The, supply that has como to the
market so far this season, has been Of
inferior quality. We have been unable
tc get enough oysters to meet the demand
and the prospects for bett ter and more
oysters arc SLIM S ii
APPEAL, no BOARD.
This was 1.-The statement made to your
CORRESPONDENT by Mr. Hemingway to-day;
continuing, he said: VI Il 81
'"The dealers of Norfolk have " asked
trelief from the State Board Of Fisheries
and the entire matter will be taken up
when the board meets here In q few.
weeks. We have no ganlzation, but as
our interests are mutual, It Is likely that
a committee composed Of oyster dealers!
will appear before the board and ask;
that the evil be remedied; that the beds be
more fully protected and the industry IN
the State saved. II @S M,
SS We arc receiving fifty cents a b,lsfel
for the oysters we have been able to-
get. II he warm weath her has helped rs
some III James River, but If we desire
to- secure stock TINT is better than the
oysters we have been receiving from
these waters NJ will ave 8 % send far
9thers away to secure these.
$aAi The supply of Lynn Havens Is reported
to be large and OF fine quality. This
foystc or, no wever, Is in a elias IS by itsell
The fierce weather OF last ntera had a
lot I'd do b with a the Industry being crip-s
pied, and 1T seems as though the depree--5
5dations last summer have about paralyzedS
the business that at 5 one time was q
5gonrcc Of great revenue to tile State
$3 Nj ayor Ridd lex to-da " ordercd &F ol!ceS
Chief Vellines to 4 Motif the proprie tors3
of II the poker rooms In Norfolk that
they would have to close their places
Or stand the consequences.
The Mayor said to-night hat lie had
always been OF Il the opinion the law re-
Equired $40 to be won or los t before the
places could $be touched, \ hut t hat COM
5lnonwealtll's Attorney Tilton had form
ed him the joints could be rcach he'd 4 by
other routes and he thought u t fair to-
warn the gamblers before taking action
In as much as they had been allowed to
go unmolested b for SO u long .#Ss There are
isevera agnificently ~ a ppointed poker
rooms In Norfolk with furnishings valued
at thousands of x ollars. is understood
the gamblers will fight the matter bit.
the mayo IS cells activityo on II he part 9 &
the police will destroy he patronag sc of
the houses. II M
! # Charles E. Henning, claiming to be he!
son Of a minister#in Nyaslingto is In
n8ccll at police headquarters with a badly
cut head and a disfigured ia ce, as Il the
result Of Il fight III which he figured In
the tenderloln district tonight. Marie
Everett.and Annie Crutcllfield. Of No.
1876 washington Street were arrested with
3Henning, but secured bail. + i{sja