Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-03
LATE TELEGRAMS.
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALD.l
Our Normal School Officers Elect
ed-Miss Hawks Preceptress.

school, Prof. C. J. Flatt was elected
ce-Principal of the Branch School,
Miss Emma l.. Hawks, preceptress; j.
w. Redway, assistant. The Board re-
elected the present faculty of the Nor
NAL School at San Jose, with the except
ion of Miss Murry. Miss Lucy M.
Washburn was elected in her place. 1t
was resolved that two classes be gradu-
ated hereafter one in December and one
in June,
San Francisco Delegates Elected.
SAN Francisco, June 2.-The forty
nine Democratic clubs held meetings last
night and elected delegates to the Dem
ocratic State Convention. The majority
of the delegates elected favor George
Hearst for Governor, with Jas. A. John
son as second choice.
Unsuccessful Efforts to Rescue the
Imprisoned Miners,
SAN FRANCISCO, June "A Virginia
City dispatch says that early this morn
ing small hunting skiff with Richard
Bennett and Dennis Callahan on board,
ventursd into the Alta drift in search of
the imprisoned miners. Neither has
since been heard of and it is feared that
both have been sufocated by heat and
gas. Shortly after, German, known
as Dutch George, tried to wade into the
drift, but soon returned dclirious. He
saw the light and the boat, but no men.
Two other men attempted to wade in,
but found the heat and gas insupporta-
BILE and returned after going short dis,
tance. 1t is reported that raps are still
heard in the air pipes, indicating that the
imprisoned miners are still alive,
Cut to Pieces by the Cars.
STOCKTON, June IA bootblack, l6
years of age, name unknown, was run
over by the west-bound passenger train
near Castle station yesterday morning
and killed. Fragments of his remains
were strewn along the track when the
train came along.
The Great Labor strike.
CINCINNATI, June AL the mills
but three have stopped work. Still the
mill owners do not regard the strike as
formidable. The number of men out is
about | 300.
WELLsvILLE, o., June The pud-
dlers in Woods's rolling mill struck to-
day.
WHEELING, w. Va, June ALI the
nail mills are shut down to-day.
PlTTsBURG, Pa, June 1.-The labor
situation has developed nothing new
since noon. 1t is stated that while the
iron lockout continues no more colored
miners will be imported to take the
places of the strikers, as there will be
little need of them, the iron mills hav
ing stopped consuming coal.
CHICAGO, June lin an attack by the
strikers on some non-union employees at
the Joliet iron and steel mill, in the sub
urb of Brighton, this evening, several
men were badly bruised and Judge Fill
bury, of the Appellate Court, was shot in
the groin.
ST. LOUIS, June l.--Everything has
been quiet to-day among the striking
iron workers.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, June 1.-The miners
in the buckredge colliery have struck.
strike in the Minneapolis Saw
Mills.
MINNEAPoLIs, June To-day one
hundred and five white men, employed
by the Youmens Bros. & Hodgkins saw
mills, struck. A general strike among
the workingmen in the saw mills is ex-
pected to-day. The bricklayers on the
G.. M. & S. P. cars shops have struck.
On a Visit to n Mine.
NEW YORK, June "A Philadelphia
special says that a large party of capi-
talists and mine-operators leave here
this evening to inspect the new mill and
water-works Just completed at the Sierra
mines, Lake Valley, New Mexico. This
group of mines was purchased about
two years ago by George Daily, for
Eastern capitalists. The gentlemen
comprising the party are mostly owners
of the stock, and their visit is thus un-
dertaken for their own personal satisfac-
tien. The party includes among Others,
Prof. E. D. Cope, geologist; Prof. B.
Sullivan, of Yale College; j. Whitaker
White, Joshua Lippincott, and others,
of Philadelphia; +. A. Crittenden, of
Chicago; Geo. D. Roberts, VIM. Shaffer,
and others, from New York.
The Railroad and Steamship Com
binatiOn.
New YORK, June 2.-The new board
of directors of the Pacific Mail Com
pany has organized. The subject of
combination between the railroad and
steamers has not been mentioned, but
Secretary Lane informed the reporter
that the alliance would doubtless be
continued.
Peru i'm Very Bad Plight.
New YORK, June 2.-Trescott and
Walker Blaine arrived here to-day.
Trescott refused to talk in detail of the
Chile Peruvian complication, but said
that the outlook in Peru was as bad as
it could well be.
The Herald Cast i'm the Mcpherson
Libel Suit.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-The libel suit
of U. s. Senator Mcpherson against the
the New York Herald resulted in ver-
dict for the plaintiff, coupled with a
recommendation to mercy. Judge Bid
die imposed q fine of 81 900 which was
Immediately paid.
Democratic Nomination.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, June 2.-Hon.
Robert Lowry was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the Twelfth
District, at Kendallville, yesterday.
Fatal Explosion.
RUcKERvILLE, Va, June 2.-An ex-
plosion in the saw mill killed one and
badly injured several other workmen.