, 1877-11-25
First Of q Series Of Letters from tour
Glorious Climate"
The Recent Uprising Of the Disafrected
"Norkingmen.''
4 History Of the Notorious Crock
cr-Yung Fence.
The Ke1logg-Cary Grand English
Opera Season
uow Clara Louise 0vercame San Francis
co.'s Little Prejudice.
paaction in the World Of Amusement
Charley Thorne.

peaction in the World Of Amusement
Charley Thorne.
From Our 01rn Correspondent.
c4y FRANCISCO, Noy. 17.-You will have
bcsn3 Of our disatIectcl workingmen, for tht
notice Of the press has stimulated them to sucl
e1nlotts that they have finally forced thcmEclyc
into prominence.
Their uprising has been altogether a new
xrinklc in San Francisco, and is one Of the in
mediate outgrowths Of the late riot in the East
At first 1t was simply one OF the frequent dem
ontrations against the Chinese, but lattcrly it
has assumed phase Of Communism, aud tue
disaTected have boldly arraycd themselves
ac1int the rich men as their natural enemies.
Tue workin=men, so-styled, contcutcd them
selves for time with holding open-air meetings
in scattered portions Of the city, but finally, re-
solving upon 4 bold move, they marched in solid
nha]au1 one fine night to hold their meeting iu
cay:tal's stronghold, on Mob Hill
Mob Hill is steep, ungainly, and almost In,
accessible, but the timber palaces OF the rich
pcrch comfortably on its steep incline. Kear-
ucr, the lcaier, aud his cohorts plolled their
ysyup, aud declared war. There may have
been some uneas;ncss among the milliouaircs,
for they had number OF policemen in citizens
clothes distributed among the crowd, but there
was no active disturbance. Their objective
point WAS
THE CRoCEER-TCSG PENCE.
This unhanlsome structure rears itself up de-
family in the back yard OF the railroad 1nagnate,
= hideous monument Of the obstinacy Of two
1nen,-thc one rich, the other poor.
The rich man has the best OF it. He ALWAYS
does.
When the railroad colony selected Mob Hill as
the abiding plarc where they should all dwell
lovingly together, and jingle :her riches in each
others neighborly ears, Leland Stanford bought
IN entire square.
Cpou one-half OF it he located his own dwell
ING, a great rambling structure, full Of satin.
gilt and bar windows It threw the shadow Of
immense wealth on the comfortable and elegant
but less prctentious house Of his friend over
The way.
To Hopkins, another friend and partner, he
gave tho other half OF his iot-for cousidcra-
tion. Hopkins built huge castcllated and
turreted mansion, which quite put to shame the
whilom glories OF the palace Of the indignant
Stanford.
Charles Crockcr, the other railroad prince,
was then seized with the fancy that it took 4
biz house to hold him, and crested Mob Hill
nth bigger house than either OF the others
&c maenificcutly swept from the face of the
earth the humber residences which stood on the
coveted land-all but one.
i poor but honest undertaken, one YunC bv
name. saw his opportunity to make a fortune,
end asked fancy price for his bit Of land and
Lis little house. Crocker could not see the
same opportunity. They cayi1cd. aud bargained,
and carried Oh negotiations Tor mouth OF two,
but all came to nothing.
i rich man is man Of c1pedicnts.
Croker in anger and desperation caused to
be erected q broad fence around three sides Of
lungs house. 1t towers darlly foot or two
above the talest chimney. Tue light aud air Of
Heaven come in through the Chimney tops aud
the front door. They can get in nowhere else.
a sallen obstinacy then fell upon both. and
1ung suffers in silence, while Croker is said to
have contracted genuine fancy for the great
Ugly wall, and smokes his post-prandial cigar
inthat portion Of his big house which gives him
the best view Of it.
THASKsG1y1NG-DAr
vas selected by the workingIncn. to whom this
fence is peculiarly offensive, for its demolition.
The workingmcn were to have turned out in =
1orce OF 5000: and, after parading through the
streets. to pull down the fence unless it had
heen removed Cnhappiiy for these gentlemen,
tnh leaders delivered themselves Of certain un-
timely inceadiary speeches, which sub
ieetcd them to arrest, and tl1ey were
d:nped into Jail with suddcnncss
seriously with the success Of their meetings.
among all the 5000 followers it WAS found
Clfflcult to obtain the modest bail which was
asked, and kearney languishcd in jail, issuing
bulletins until he was finally released within a
Gay or TWO by bubble Of the law. 1t is more |
than possible that the little Thanksgiving spree
will not come of.
Unfortunately, many of the real worklngmcn
nave been led to interest themselves i'll the !
movement, but an idea Of their general charac- /
t ter may MAJ be gained from the action OF one OF |
the leaders. |
An enter1rising bookseller OF somewhat !
palianthropic turn Of mind offered to employ |
Inls IN! man Oates by naIne) to paint his house. !
hates accepted the job, and worked manfu1ly |
nonse dld not need paiEting3 Thought val nisi- |
w would be easier. and, perhaps coat OF
Whitewash best Of all. He concluded by pur-
chasing pocket dictionary on credit, and has
epent nls time since in connecting Speeches by
lAe a1d OF tnls acquisition. t
THE KELLOGG-CARY OPERA
l1oupe nave Just closed 4 most brilliant season,
aa1 hled them away to the seductive influences
" VI salt Lake, The city Of nany widows. They
aLso1bed attention SO utterly during their stay |
laat, now that they have gone, the pleasure
seekers seem to have nothing left to talk about.
u IS said fo hare been the first time that two |
alne.1esn prime tionnc ever came into direct
competition with each other, and this circum-
et2ncc had the effect to create rival factions.
Nothing 50 admirably aids the financial sue
cess Of season.
Some weight Was given to the rumored ill.,
;selns ~ between the ladies when it trauspired
tr srat they had put up at different hotels. This
~ sulnea out however: to be only 4 clerer Dr.
'kfon Oh patronage. For while ono manager, |
uoe oa praHa donna, one tenor, The baritone, and
o.s ous aEeut stopped at the Palace Hotel, the
oeuer pr1ma douna, the other tenor, tue musical
Baldwin,
,n dhe Stories with regard to the ladies we're
eate e1 ,gtoundless, but this doubtful public
tssiosed .sa to believe, and, when they e1-
e1aanseo e.a pleasant words ur smiles with each
eeaef, the public smiled incre1uIous1y, and sus-
FeS'ed the sleeping devil.
a. anne Louise Cary sang herself straight into
hs iIe hearts OF the people with the first verse OF
aer iiTst soug.
T., Una Louise Kellogg had foo1isl, prejudice
~ n;t,% ~ stSomc She ovcrcale it, and went away
viii flying colors at last,
~ ger farewell benefit was an ovation such as
n1Is nf4sz h5pcrcritich community does not often
! orrp1 IN !