Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-02
TERRIBLE AND DiS6RACEFUL ROW
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
A War Between the Sun and Chronicle
Outrageous Libcls Banded The
Chronicle Publishers have the Print
crs Of the Sun Arrested.

From the ssn Frsneisco Alta Of sundsyl
The excitement Of the hour ycster-
lay, aud which will continue TO be,
perhaps for n few days, eipsnated
from 4 severe and questionable article
appearing In yesterday mornings
Chronicle, the tenor Of which was the
Wholesale abuse and dcnunciation OF
men conducting the Sun. Tho article
was prominently located ut the head
Of tho editorial columns and was ex-
pected to bring q severe rctort.
Severe as was tie attack In the
Chronicle. the evsnlng's Issue Of the
Sun electrified every n by the meth
Cd Ii adopted Of retallatlng for tho at.
tack made upon It BY tho morning pa
per. The news ran abroad that the
editors Of the Sun had . scathing cdi.
torial Of a column aud q half purport.
Ing to be a history or the lives and
times OF tho proprietors Of the Chroni.
Gle, but worse than ell, had resorted to
tho degradation OF Introducing into
the account = mention, In un~pardon-
able terms. OF the mother aud sisters
Of the publishers Of tho Chronicle. The
affair soon became noised about, and
the office Of the Sun was besleged by
newsboys and others wishing TO obtain
copies Of the paper, and o o the sdl-
ton was exhausted.
ANOTHER EDITION
Was printed, and still . third, when
the DO Youngs learned tho fact and
sent word to the press.room that no
more copies should DO printed or the
printing firm would be held liable to
u suit for damages. One OF the De
Youngs also went to the City Hall and
obtained the services Of the policemen
to visit the Sun office aud stop the fur
Their sale Of the papers.
riTzeERALD ATTACKED.
while the. ncws was fast spreading
over the city Of the account In the Sun,
and the employees OF the Chronicle were
buying up the papers in all directions,
G. De Young hurried to Francis d
Valentines press-room, to stop, " he
could, any more papers leaving the es.
adjustment. Here he met X. p. Fitz.
gerald, and assaulted him. pummel-
ling his face pretty badly, and was
about to draw q plstol, so 1t IL said,
when parties In the press-room inter-
tered aid held him whilo Fitzgerald
escaped.
NAPHrALY STILL At LARGE.
Benjamin F. Naphtaly, the acknowl.
edged editor OF the Sun, and writer OF
the article which incensed the Do
Youngs, In whose employ he had been
for three years, having been taken by
the Dc Yeungs from the Industrial
School at . time when they preferred
charges against the management OF
that Institution, received his tirst les.
ION In Journalism In the Chronicle Of.
fee. After having LEFT the Chronicle
and gathering news for the Bulletin for
q time. he was again taken back to the
Chronicle. and wrote up items for that
paper until some weeks since. lie was
seen yesterday afternoon on the streets
after the Sun appeared, and up to one
o'clock this morning was still at large.
A warrant for libel Is out for his ar
rest.
THE PRINTING noon ENTERED.
The Office where the Sun Is printed.
on Washington street, between Battery
and Front streets, was then entered,
where the printers were about striking
of additional numbers Of the paper on
. hand.press. G.. DE Young. with his
hand In his overcoat pocket threat.
ened to shoot u they proceeded with the
contemplated extras. They desisted,
and left the Office IN charge Of De
Young aud George w. Stevens, who
leases the premises.
THE ARREsr OF THE rRISTERs on A
"oESkRAL WARRANT"
The printers went to the foot OF the
stairs and stood converting on the ex-
originating from their days
work. where they were apprehended
By Officers Harmon and Rogers. Chas.