The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-16
HOPEWElL STRIKERS
GET NO ENCOURAGEMENT
Employers Seem Determined &c
Thwart Movement For Rccogni-
ton OF Electrical Union.
DISCRIMINATION Is ALLEGED
All Quiet In Petersburg Save for the
Operations Of PiclSpockets--C ockade
City @ Busy Place.

Petersburg, Va, Aug. 15.--Notwith-
standing the fact that the striking
electrical workers from the DUPONT
plant had committee to wait upon
Chief of Police Ragiand and Mayor
Robert Cabaniss. of this city yesterday.
and request that local saloons be closed
yesterday afternoon and last night, for
fear that trouble might result when
the large number of sympathizers ar
rived from the plant In the afternoon,
there was not the slightest bit of dis
order out of the ordinary.
]. J. Purcell. representative of the
international brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, arrived here last evening and
DUPONT plant. He is expected to thor
oughly acquaint himself with condi-
tions before taking steps to call out
any other workers.
| The $50 or more men from among
| those who walked out at the plant
who are in Petersburg. declare that
there has been no strike. but simply an
agreement among the men TO walk out
and demand recognition of the Union
Charge of Discrimination.
The electrical workers who are here
admit that a petition was made ap
and largely signed by the union men
employed at the plant to be sent the
international Brotherhood for Its APP
prevail, which would have meant
strike. but that as soon as Superinten-
dent Alien, of the Hopewel plant. dis
covered that this had been done, ne
commenced to issue pink slips" to the
signers of the petition. The men fur
Their charge that the DUPONT Company
iiscriminates against the union men.
They declare that what they now
want 10 recognition and the wage
scale demanded Is secondary matter.
Az the result of the regular semi
monthly pay day at the DUPONT plant
Yesterday, the streets OF Petersburg
last evening presented a busy one. Lo.
| cal business houses enjoyed splendid
! business. but everything passed on
very quietly. there being little. II any
| more, disorder than there is on any
I other Saturday night.
Pfckpockets Arrested.
The only real important arrest OF the
evening was made by Detective Heeian
and Officer Jefferson. when they gar
nerad in two white men who are be-
Iiieved TO be professional pickpockets
l One of the strangers gave the name
of Frank Delaney and the other re-
| fused to give his name and is regis-
4 tered at police headquarters ms John
4 Doc. The former had cash on his per-
son to the amount OF s25.I7. and the
/
i emergency. Both claim TO be from
baltimore and claim to have no knowl-
edge OF one another.
i Chief Ragland is of the opinion that
his men have landed In the tolls two
real dips and fully expects an in
lvestigation to establish the fact that
they have committed various and sun
dry .depredations.
4 Delaney and Doe were arrested IN
tnt$ nF ha
and Power Co.'S office. where small
losses during the day had been re-
/ ported that will amount to about $50.
i Cockade City Busy.
4 That Petersburg is now one OF the
busiest cities In the country could have
been seen by visitors to the N. d w.
fry Station yesterday afternoon be-
tween $40 and o'clock just before
the departure of the Norfolk and Roa-
noke trains Three windows for the
sails of tickets are now used by the
N g. w. instead of one as was the
/ case a little while back. YESTERDAY
/ afternoon a line OF ticket purchasers IA
| front of each of these windows EXTENT
| ed clear across the spacious station
TO the street outside, each wishing ~
purchase a ticket to the zeashore 81
4 mountains where he or she mikn
spend Sunday and get relief from lne
4 swelterinx heat OF the past few days,
Another evidence was mentioned to
your correspondent by DR.. ". =. HOY,
a prominent local phyfaet = IA e ! 81 en-
ling upon his return from city Point
where he was called yesterday AFTER
noon to attend . patient
The Petersburg doctor left mere early
n the AFTERNOON taking his wife and
an. 81 two friends along to see the
s,rhta III the new DUPONT village.
..rs.e~raar the. eorDorate limits OF Pc