Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-10
EASTERN NEWS.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL,
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
THE SITUATION AT SCRANTON.
vigilantees Charged With Murder.
THE MILITARY STAND IN WITH
THE COMMITTEE.
Coal Miners Quietly Preparing for
. Long strike.
Yesterdays DISPATCHES.
SITUATION AT SCRANTON.
vigilantees Charged With Murder.


The C%oroner's jury of inquest over
those killed by the Virilance Commit
tee brought in a verdict Ut murder
against the memt,ers of the Commit
tee. The Constable was given war
rants for +. Il. Hunt and L. + Chit
tendeu, aud they were arrested. They
sem word to the militia aud General
Henteckaper took them from the Con-
stable. The Vigilance CouIinittee at
once assembled, and are now under
arms i'm the Lscaawanua COanpany's
store. The military are under arms,
and patrols are out to bring in every
member of the Committee, lest they
be arrested and taken into this Sixth
Ward before the Aldermen.
There is no chance of a speedy re-
sumption of mining in the Lacka-
wanna region. The men are out
quietly and peaceably for IA long strike,
aud they have the sympathy of the
merchants and farmers OF scranton.
They have opened = store, and are
preparing to keep everyone from
Starving. Many Of them have gone TO
work on farms, taking their pay in
potatoes and produce. They met to-
day to perfect "A general organization.
correspondence Reg srdtmg Aitting
Bull -KeView Of troops at Wash
layton.
WASHINGTON, August 8.
Correspondence between the State
Department on behalf of the War and
Interior Departments, and the British
authorities, regarding the return OF
sitting Bull and his followers has not
resulted in anything satisfactory. The
British authorities want To get rid of
him but decline the proposition made
to ransfer him to n point further east.
There was n fine review OF the
soldiers and marines al the Navy yard
yesterday al. ernoon, which was at
tended by the President and his Cab
met, and many persons of prominence
in military and naval circles. The
President was greeted with a salute by
the man-Of war Swatara.
AUGUSTA, Maine, August 9.
The Republican STATE Convention
yesterday renomlnated Governor
Conner by reclamation. Josiah II.
Drummond was chosen for tenn porary
chairman.
a Desperate Fight In Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE. August Q.
TWO serious shooting ARRAYS DC
Cured ON Monday ia Washington
county, in n of which Jas. Suffer-
field mot and killed John Butler.
This affair was the result If previous
difficulty over a sack of flour. Gard.
ner's store, near Mii.ersburg, was
where the other fight occurred, in
which several families par icipated.
1t wasa renewal of a former fraeas.
Several of the Gardeners, Cases and
Sheridans were participants. One
man (SheridaD) was shot through the
head and killed outright. and Gardner
wa shot in the arm, and one OF the
Case brothers i'm the wrist. Twenty
or thirty shots were fired, and prub.
ably others are wounded whose names
could not be learned.
Miss KeliO.x's California Engage.
meMt.
New YORK, August 0.
Miss Kellogg intends To found and
endow a musical conservatory in New
York, city and she will devole the
profits of her coming California Ell
Ragement with Max Strakosh to that
object.
Democratic Gain i0 Lexington, Ky.
New YORK, August 8.
The Times says Lexington, KY, was
carried BY The Republicans last fall by
1855 majority. Monday the Demo
Gratis were victorious by $40 majority.