The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-05
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Five Hundred and Fifty Men Cut
10 Per Cent. in Wages at
Southern Shops.
WORK NINE HOURS A DAY
Mrs. Swan Attempts to Take
Her Lifc-Miss Tyson Dead.
Street Committee Meets.
WORK NINE HOURS A DAY
Manchester Bureau. Times-Dispatch
No, 40 Hull Street.

fees of tho Southern Railway, which
required that the working day in the
Southern Shops be cut from ten to
means exactly a cut OF 10 per cent. in
the wages Of $50 men employed In
these shops.
Several weeks age the company put
shops. and on yesterday this cut in
hours. which means a Gu In wages,
came. and. needless to say the men
are not at all pleased with the situa-
ton.
In speaking of the matter last night,
one of the men stated thai on the face
of it 1t would appear that the
company would save an immense
1T was not altogether the case. He
said that often the men We're required
to work overtime, and for that they
received double time. That being the
case. the company Will y to pay
it has had to do heretofore.
Nrnchini lists Will Act.
1t has been customary for the griev-
ance committee OF the Machinists'
Union to go to Washington each year
in regard to arranging a scale of
wages; and cor only within the last site, few
They will certainly take UP the mat
ter of the cut of the hour. which is
really a cut in the scale.
Only about IL year and a half or two
years ago the machinists on the South
ern system went on a strike for an
increase of wages and. after being
out several weeks, they We're allowed
an Increase of 1 IL cents per hour,
agreement was drawn to that effect.
This shows that the company could not
we'll violate its agreement in cutting
the wag scale, hut did SO in an indi-
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The grievance committee will prob
ably remain in Washington for several
days.
The conditions at the Manchester
and n of the men employed there
stated yesterday that the men We're
afraid to call their places their own.
Attempted Suicide.
But for the opportune appearance of
her husband yesterday morning. Mrs.
Charles Swan would have ended her
life by taking a quantity of paris
When the husband came into
the room Mrs. Swan was In the act
of taking the deadly poison, and he
realizing what she was doing, acted
quickly and knocked the box and its
she did get some of the poison, and
it was necessary to call Drs. Il. c. Hill
and j. w. BrodnaN, h after admin
istering antidotes. were able to bring
the woman around.
Mr.. Swan. i'll conversation with a
we'll known business man shortly af-
ter. stated that she had informed him
that IL was Jealousy shat had caused
her to act.
Il cannot stand 1T any longer. 1 am
Jealous Of YOU" she said.
Miss Tyson Dead.
Miss Florence Tyson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. y. B. Tyson. of No. 300
East Eighth Street. died yesterday at
noon at the residence of her parents.
Miss Tyson was twenty-one years of
age. Announcement of the funeral Will
be made later.
Charles Myers. son of Mrs, Sarah
Myers. of Chesterfield county. died yes
terday morning at S o'clock at the
residence of his mother. about six miles
from this city. He was twenty-three
years of age, n is survived by his
mother and several brothers. The fu-
neral will take place from the home
this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
street Committee Meets.
An adjourned meeting OF the Street
Committee was held yesterday after
granting the Richmond and Petersburg
line the privilege of changing the FEM
ders on the interurban cars to pilots
was considered and granted.
The committee also decided to ask
again for bids for the grading and
crawling of Cowardin Avenue. There
was only n bidder when the bids
We're opened before. The committee
adjourned to meet Friday at 6 o'clock
Those present We're: w. D. Ferguson,
j. w. Moore, y. l. Toney, Captain TIL
lery and r. l.. Patram.
The regular meeting of the BOARD
of Police Commissioners was held last
night. and nothing other than routine
business was transacted. The board
received the report Of Chief Llpscomh
for the month and approved several
bills. Those present We're: Messrs. j.
IT. Abbott, w. D. Ferguson, NJ. A.
Campbell, J.. 3. Rudd and Mayor Maui
rice.
Election To-Day.
The polls will open this morning a
G:29 for the fall election, at which
time a member OF the Legislature
and the senate will be elected. There
being only two candidates in the field
Messrs. Pulliam, for the House, ant
Watkins, for the Senate, the affair vii
be a tame me-, and, In fact, the mos
quiet and uninteresting election tina
has ever been held here.
The city will also be very quiet, To-
every one of the saloons will O
course be closed, as will the banks
and many people will be out OF tn,
city. The probability Is that the vot,
Will be lighter than 1t has ever been
Personals and Briefs.
Miss Mary and Archie Csrubbs hav,
returned to their home in Houston
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