The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
May HORSES ARE
BURNED TO DEATH.
Forty Eight Horses Perish in
Flames Of Burning Stable
in Norfolk.
LoNGsHoREsMEn ON STRIKE
Demand Twenty-Five Cents an
Hour, an Increase OF
Five Cents.
LoNGsHoREsMEN ON STRIKE

NORFOLK, VA, January 30--Horscs
were burned by wholesale in the sta
blcs Of John j. Dunbar. contractor, at
an early hour thla morning. Forty
eight of the helpless animals persisted.
The horses belonging to various busl-
ness concerns in the city. Tho stables
were on Calvert Street at Tie corner
OF Victoria and extended through TO
Wide.
The fire alarm was turned In about
2:3O O'Clock. When Assistant Chief
Weber and his ire-hghters arrived on
the scene the roof of the stables Rad
already fallen in. and the horses were
already lost. although many of them
were still alive. emitting piteous
groans. The fire had much Roadway
before the alarm was turned In.
The loss amounts to $4,000. with in
surance less than $4,000.
Chauncey Newkirk, colored, an em-
ploye OF the Four Company. who was
asleep In the office OF the stables at
the time. was awakened by the fire
and escaped with the singing of his
hair. Newkirk tried to save some of
the Four Company's horses. and sue
cceded In getting four of the animals
out of the burning stables. One of
these was 80 badly burned however,
that he died. These were all that were
saved.
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trotting horse, valued at $500
Two Hundred Men Strike.
The foreign shipping OF the port is
tied up as result OF strike By the
200 or 300 longshoremen here.
Already one ship that would have
taken on cargo hero has gone to New
port News to load, and the freight that
would have been taken aboard here will
be barged from here 10 Newport News
and there loaded Another ship now due
here. and which has cargo here await
Ing her. Will be taken to Newport News
and there loaded.
The lOngshoremen. with the exception
OF the leaders, who have been receiving
twcnty-dy cents, have been paid TWEEN
~ cents an hour. They are now demand
ing twenty-five cents. This, the ship
ping companies refuse to PAN. The
leaders demand no increase. The men
load and unload all foreign ships com
Ing here.
Bay and coasting vessels are not ef-
fected.
The vessel which left here for Newport
News was the Chesapeake and Ohio
steamship Allegheny The men work at
Newport Nrys for twenty cents an hour
l'urnerr. Wtthy & Co. agent for the
Chesapeake and Ohio ships, had received
no notice that. the men would demand
more pay. They fatty refuse 10 pay 1t.
They knew nothing OF IL until the ship
was tied up at wharf at LambArt's
Point. The lines were at once cast off
and the vessel went back to Newport
News.
The ship. due here to-day or tomorrow
Is consigned 10 the United States Ship
ping Company. 1t Will be diverted to
Newport News
The United States Shipping Company
received word some time ago that the
men would demand more pay. but the
men were notified that the Shipping Com
pany would not pay II.
It is said that there is no immediate
prospect of settlement with the men.
From $1,000 TO s2,0o is spent In load
ing ship here.
Fall From Ladder.
John Clark. foreman of painters in the
yards and docks department of the Navy
Yard. while at work. fell from a ladder
eighteen feet to a concrete floor. Mr..
Clark struck on his head, fracturing his
skull.
He was first sent to the yard dispcn-
Eary for treatment and then hurried to
the Norfolk Protestant Hospital for an
operation, but death followed before any
thing could be done for him. 4 widow
and two children survive him.
Youth Fatally Shot.
Archie Lee Jackson youth Of
eighteen years. was fatally shot at
his home on Centennial Point. just out
side of Portsmouth, last night. at $3.50
o'clock by Romie Duke a boy of six
teen years. who was visiting the home of
the Jackson youth.
Tho boys were examining 52-calibre
pistol. which was at the time In tho
hands OF Duke. when it was exploded
the ball entering the left side of the VIC
inns head There was a long delay In
recurring the services of physician. FL
nal!y DIR. Barlow was reached, but moth
Ing could be done to save the life of Jack
son. The bullet having penetrated tho
brain, death ensued about midnight.
Get No Show.
j. G. Elmgust. a petty officer in the
Navy Marine Corps. arrested last night
on a charge of dsorderly conduct and
destroying private property, was fined $50
and costs on the charge in the Police
Court day. Not being satisfied he yelled
aloud:
"A sailor has no show in this part of
the country"
81 fine you $50 and costs for contempt
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