The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-23

~ esterday az terno on wa s the time al
pointed, a;nnd 81 o. clock the no 3 eforaS
that time, Mr.. w Ills, presld ent of the
Richmond Amusement Corr rporat ion Il. Mr:i
$urcr; M Cha rless ]. L. NJ cTxee.8 N WI. Il.
Cream er. Neal SSand Mr. II ieredi II ii smet All
the park to be in8 read ness for an vi ar-.s
rests that " might tSbe tsrnnd de. Il The pa rtYsa
accompanied by 7 he neWspap per me \ took
seats @ on the restauran t port co ssg and
awaited develop IS IT,
MI In the park u were perhaps 2, 600 peo opley
iwel dressed ~ men q nd w omen well abe-S
Shayed III and Mn # ;#eve erys wa v 1.e specta be-
the nata torium n in VIII oh some I've S of.
Six hun red men nd boy 8yye ere bat ing
the soda water Il fount tains and " scandY Y
stalls wi thouts pol Ice in nterruptio Ion. Ouss5
side the leWood S fence 81 ia the city
park an seyangelis ST II s Il preach hin 8 st
sa ss NSsas Sa tas skf
and a dozen pl co sure pa rti
on the wa err. Mi S
Prompt ~ at q o clock the five riding
attract lions, q own ours
ttheSWorld The Mystic Sliu the Old
Mill, oboggan't and S.'t tile SWING
began bus mess and tle es Gro Sid floekef5iss AZ
to pa ize the ss
Warrants Are Sworn q 8
SS County 1cers 81. isgA mes, Z. SD. Mar
tin and Charles ISel d on q y ty3E at + tho
park /, immed lately secured the ma mes Of
ALI the men en- gagged I'm opera ing thas
amusement Is. a nd NJ reported gs to Squire
Lewis, a county Y mag gistrnt te, Who J SJes
iinss the immed late neig orhood 81 ot q the
tpar ssSs
sTha pact that the polio who made tia,
arrests are employed and y paid oys tliol;
Lakewood Company recalls the Il old fSsays--ss
dng about furnishing sticks to break one &
own head d, VI sst33 s85 a t:SSi
n About an hour passed. during which
the amusements were IN full swing rs be "
fore 4 Squire Lewis arrived 9 u the pa rlsYl
with the warrants ready to q 6e served .SSsssS
AT the request Of II NJ r, satg Mered dith, u he L
consented to hear argument t or bail lin:
Mr., w ellss private office. Whlc Is 3imnle-
diately over the Natatorium,s and to which
each OF the arrested men was brought In
turn. Of ss } &. s#
n Of8thc 1000 persons In the grounds. not n
a dozen outside Of the y employees knew \
that 3ninet cen arrests had been made & and
that a court of law was being hel within
the pleasure park .5s u, s.gg9 5is
Labor on the Sal abbath.
Squire Lewis took his seat at a w lndowi
overlooking the bathing pool \, and Mr.. Il
Meredith at once moved that the arrested
mon be discharged, becau use, lie said, they
were entirely innocent. 3S Ss ssSs y AZ 8
IT cannot see It that way, rep led the q
p. w Mathews. al, attendant Al Il The
Old NIill;',I was the first prisoner to ap-,S
pear. The warrant read 4 that /" III w n
Mathews did unlnwfuly Il la Dor 3i5g at HIS y
calling as AN employe at Il Idl ewood Park Il
on Sunday, tho ed OF July, l006, ! Z.
s"I ask that he be dismissed, and that Y
President Wells alone be arrested, 3 said &
Mr.. Meredith. Nh Al K
Z Justice Lewis shook his head ~ vigorously, n
and then, afer5 q pa use ex xcla lined; 8; ;,l5
E"I see I&smcll q mice 'sa,s 5 Il 8
He understood that a test case was 81
being made, and that the matter would
be fought to the bitter end. ~ II iSit
do you see anything ob5ectlonaple IA
tho amusements now u operated IN Idle
wood r. asked Mr.. Meredith. .j5 q, " i, III
4 Justice Lewis replied !: II don object. a
but tho law must be upheld. Outside sof SA
my official duties, ! like to- see them
Mr, Meredith then moved that the war Il
rants be Withdrawn, and 5sumnlonses be n
issued, and, upon the motion being oyer-ss
ruled said: II will argue this question
more fully at later time.
All Are Bailed. s,;8
Mr.! Meredith urged that the Justice had j
no right to oErequre bond OF the arrested "
men, but IaleQ }o a55 5coitNiiSo a3t S.it'H0 81
Lewis, who bailed the sixteen employees 8s
In tho sun, Of 500 each to appear before
him at the County Courthouse az
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. y
Mr.. w. Greaner Neal went surety on ~
the bonds OF the following men'
~ Wl Meredith, Charles Kessnich.
Robert Waitt, Il. r. Fletcher, n ss5
g., r. Stanley, w. p Atkinson, #
~. u, Garrison, j. Baker,
James Hagan. Hart, tss
". a. Page, u. Valentine.
IN stitzer. Frank Brophy, e ss3
w III Davis, Geo. w. Puckett.$, III sS
KS Allthe mel, were employed as attend, ss
ants at the five "rlding attractions. ~
Wells and the Reporters.
Mr.. Meredith then addressed the court;,tss
- had thought" ne said. .thst - mere IN
lie president OF the corporation. fof &
employing men on Sunday. . q s5 s &
Squire Lewis took the matter updss