The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-05

THE TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ON A STRIKE.-The
in this city have struck in support their brethren in
San Francisco. Their hearts beat Ia unison with
their fellows 81 tne m raeao soPe aaa o .ney argae
At meeting held last evening, the following reso-
lutions were Adopted
Issue an to % SuT SGs1 stating 5S the
sfS SeptiSs 81 POSITION. % thus vacated BY us
are fully reinstatsd.
Dispatches were received at the meeting from
Albany, Erie, Cleveland, New York, Boston, Pough-
keepsie, Louisville, Baltimore, and washington,
saying that the operators there had struck (at
It was then resolved to present for publication to
the operators in and around the vicinity OF Phila
delphia the following address,
9 %
S resolved resist the stempt the
70 msntan reductfon Of tara for the purpose OF driv
ing from the field honorable c91nPettiOn 1 contend tend
should do at their pocunar sacrifice aud NOT tax
1eeF 1es e S country &
efforts 70 s s of a All U
the company which would conflict with our interests and
vacant By wthdrawa until ho ditfeTenoes between
the company and ourselves are amicaoiy adjusted
This morning affairs remain In about the same
condition
MEETING OF THE AGRICULTURAL SocETY.-A
stated meeting OF the pennsylvania Society Tor the
Mr.. H Ipgersol chairman OF a special committee,
handed in report, asking the society to petition
the Legislature to appropriate five thousand dollars
for the founding OF an Agricultural College In East
ern Pennsylvania. The same committee also re-
ported the performance OF another duty in procur-
curing portrait ofthe late President OF the society,"
The following oGicers were then elected for the
ensuing year president, w. II. Drayton; vice-Pre-
responding Secretary S. e. Fisher Recording secre-
tary, A. l. Kennedy, Assistant-Recording secre-
tary, 7. M, Coleman Treasurer George Blight and
MI Morris exhibited to the society specimens OF
fine horn accidentally sheiied from two-year-old
Jersey COW, and also some sorghum molaSses OF ex-
cellent quality.
lion The essay was Illustrated by the exhibition or
specimens Of the substance in various forms.
The society then adjourned
POLICEMAN AssAUITED.-About haf-past 3
O'Clock yesterday morning Officer Barry, OF the
Schuykill Harbor Police, while stationed on the
Chestnut Street Bridge, saw nve men nearing the
structure and acting in a very disorderly manner.
When they reached the bridge Barry demonstrated
with them, whereupon one of the number drew a
weapon OF some kind and struck the policeman on
the head, innicting severe cut The officer endea-
yored to draw his revolver PIT the trigger caught In
another OF the party struck him on the head. The
men then escaped.
WHAT THE BRGGAR DETECTIVES HAVE DoNE-The
following shows the number OF arrests made by the
beggar detectives for the year 1859, also the disposl
zion made OF the cases.
Arrests :-Whlte boys, l45i white girls, 60; white
men, GO white women, 90; colored boys, II coored
girls, 1O colored men, 81 colored women, !. Total,
SOL.
How disposed of:-Committed to prison, %; bailed
out 1855 sent to the House of Refuge, 20; Northern
Home, a; Southern Home, IA; st, Johns Orphans
Asylum, 10; Little Wanderers Home, O.; Almshouse
IL; and Coored Home, A.
STEAM CoLIIERs-The steamer Centpede, Cap
tain Fenton sailed last night for Boston, with 60C
tons OF coal. The steamer Rattesnake Captain
COlburn, sailed early this morning for Aliens Point
with 600 tons OF coal This Company expects tC
launch the new collier Achilles, OF 1000 tons capa
city early next month, and are now building three
others.
SIGNoR BLIrz's entertainments this afternoon ano
evening are forfhe benefit or the Sunday School OF
the Second Universalist Church. We earnestly trus
citizens at large will not fail to assist in securing
full houses for so laudable a purpose
BURGLARS TooLs.-Ths morning full set OF bur
glars tools was presented to Chief OF Detectives
Kelly The tools were found about ten days ago, n
the yard OF the Quaker meeting-house in Orange
street.
THB SCHOOL BOARD OF the Twentieth section
East, organized on Monday, Dy the unanimous re
election OF William Q. Haines as President, anC
Thomas b. Reeves as Secretary.