Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-21
MAYOR WILL MEET
COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR CONFERENCE
Officials Of Traction Com
pany Also to Reply to
Norfolk UItimatum.
NO INKIINC IS GIVEN
OF ACTION PROPOSED
Understood City Fathers Will
Take Up Matter Of Tax
ing Jitncys.
. THOLLEYs ~ orEuATI0S
v. u. ~ J.. Denies ThrN Are Rein.
unn with Assistance of
Outsiders.

steps 10 bring about a settlement OF
tn" strike II employees 81 the Virgi,.ia
hallway aui Power Company in Rich
inond. Norfolk and Portsmouth wit
he discussed a. two conferences To
bc held in Richmond today. Mayo
A'nslI. has requested members OF
CITY Council 70 meet him this after
noon to confer on tho general situa-
lion. and officials OF IN. traction
company VIII meet to talk over the
Norfolk situation. and prepare IN
answer 10 the ultimatum laid down
by the Norfolk City Council. which
informed the Virginia Railway ard
Power Company that II IT fails 10
run !ts cars as scheduled. IL VIII re-
woke the Scent fare order. put IT, /.
price brck TO the original b-ceEt baair
Snnd allow iitneys to operate in all
sections Of The city.
Just what action .s proposed 20 he
taken by the Richmond councilmcl
st this afternoons session could not
be a*certained last night Mayor
A!nslic. when interrogat.d. stating n.
could not forecast VIVA; would ~.
done At the meeting. but saying the
general situation here would be
ever. that one OF the issues which
will come mp for consideration Will
he temporarily TO relieve the pro-
j, posed assessment OF s25 on ,itney
drivers who are operating cars her.
No Inkiing OF Action Proposed.
President Thomas :. Whc"'wrigh,,
OF the Virginia hallway and Power
cumpany. when asked what action the
officials Of the traction company pro-
posed TO take on the Norfolk ult-
natum. said :hat he could tell not,l-
ing until after the conference was
held John r.. Iiarvcll. general man
HGrr OF the street car company. also
said that he did not know what ac-
tiJr would ho proposed At the session.
Twcnty-tivc street cars were put
Into operation by thc traction COM
puny yesterday. and officials o. the
company stated that these cars were
being operated without any outside
HELM whatever. Two old men of the
company returned TO their posts with
:, the Virginia Railway and Power
Company yesterday. They were I'M
mediately expelled from the union.
These men ara James Pippcn and
Waiter E.ubank. This is the irst
time that the ranks OF the union
have been pierced since the smen
walked out. but George l.. Wilcox.
executive secretary OF the Central
Trades and Labor Council. said last
night tina, the rest of the men were
clnging together and that further
action along this line was not antic-
!pated.
Denies Strike Hrcaters Here.
= The report from tho headquarters
of the local union conflicts with the
reports issued by the officials OF the
traction company concerning the use
OF outside help. Mr. Wilcox an
nounced that "pickets" for the street
car men had seen about 100 strike
breakers detrain in Richmond. Mr..
Harvell denied the report. and said
that no decision as TO when the
3 strike breakers would be brought to
the city had been reached.
Legal action will he started to
make the Virginia Railway and
Power Company pay the striking OPP
orators their wages for services rem
dcrcd before tho walkout, accord
ing to information received last
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