Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-27

Ing their ana cOncentrst-
ing in Chinatown, which is thorough,
guarded and well supplied with arms.
IL the mob ever gets in there the work
will be bloody.
A Significant Gard.
SAN FRANCISCO, July %.
The following significant card will
appear in the evening papers: Head.
quarters Committee of Safety, July ae.
The people of San Francisco Ar.
earnestly cautioned against being ON
the streets after nightfall, unless Il ba
in connection with some OF the organ.
lied companies under direction OF Tho
Committee of Safety, and regularlv
constituted authorities. Parents o..
pecially are requested to keep at boms
their boys under age. This is deemed
necessary because more viporous
means than have hitherto been ussS
will be employed to suppress rioton,
proceedings, and innocent parties NAV
suffer serious consequences IL thew a.
not heed the above warning. Signed
w. T. Coleman, President OF the Com
mittee of Safety.
The Very Latest From the Raw.
SAN Francisco, July %.
During the day there has bean a
stream of citizens pouring into the
rooms of the Committee OF Safety. AMI
the available force at the disposal of
the Committee has been doubled or
tripled. An appeal has been sd.
dressed by w. 4. Coleman, President
of the Committee, to workipgman
calling upon them to aid in lhs sun,
preston of the riot. Invitations have
also been distributed by the Commit.
tee among all good citizens, inviting
them to attend u meeting of the Com.
tee at Horticultural Hall at $3.50 p. NJ.
tonight. Resolutions drawn up by the
Committee of ten Of the Peoples Re.
form and Anti Chinese party will be
introduced at the convention which
meets at Crusaders Hall, repudisting
any connection with the rioters, and
pledging the convention TO assist the
authorities in the preservation Of order.
The Committee of Safety and munici-
pal authorities conferred with Admiral
Murray to-day, aud the result Is the
Pensacola Is anchored in the stream
opposite the Pacific Mail dock, and
the Lackawanns has taken up position
at the foot OF Market street. Admiral
Murray states he Is prepared To land a
force OF marines and blue jackets with
Gatlin guns in case OF riot. The posi-
ton Of the Pensacola will enable her
to sweep away any mob which may
gather at the Mail dock. Eek soldiers
of the Union and Confederate armies
meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon in
Horticultural Hall to effect the organ.
ization OF companies and regiments,
and TO secur arms and ~ammunitiou.
Following Is the proclamation issued
by Mayor Bryant this morning:
SAN FRANCISCO, July IN, 1877.
To the People of San Francisco:
Lawless and atrocious acts OF the vic.
ious and criminal class in this conf
munity, committed last night. compel
me again, tor the last time, to warn all
good citizens against appearing on the
streets in large hunters or groups.
The object Of this caution il that The
iupocent may not suffer, aud that the
streets and public places may be lett
free and unobstructed for the opera.
tons OF the police, military and Com.
mittee Of Safety. whom, | am ASSURED,
will see that order is maintained at all
hazards.
(Signed) A. j. BRYANT, Mayor"
No further leniency will be shown
the mob. Members Of the Committee
of Safety will be provided with tho
most approved weapons. and general
orders have been given to shoo down
any person caught in the act Of demol-
ishing property or interfering to pre-
ven the extinguishment OF fires. The
resistance offered by the hoodlum ele-
ment last night il the reason for the
adoption oil harsber methods Of pun
ishinent.
A special meeting Of the Board Of
Police Commissioners was held this
afternoon, al which il VAS determined
to instruct members of the police force
that it was heir duty TO shoot into any
crowd which attacks them with stones
or weapons of any kind. They were
to take no risks whatever. but at the
first attack upon them they were IN.
structed TO use their pistols.
A careful estimate of the loss
by last nights fire reduces the esti-
mate to about $50, 200.