Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-20

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Condition of she Strikers.

nearly all the lsborers in the Chicago *
Alton machine shops quit work to-day.
They ask an advance of 10 per cent in
fore the reduction.
PIrrsBURG, Aug. 19.-The most i'm
portant break yet in the ranks Of the
striking miners took place to-day, when
GO miners left the strikers and proceeded
to the works OF the Mansfield Coke and
Coal Company and offered their services at
q three and q half rate. This is regarded
by the operators as the %forerunner of o
general break, which it is expected will
follow in a few days and end the strike.
It is reported on reliable authority that
one of the a~malgamated associations
lodges, at p meeting last night, after a
very heated session. passed a resolution to
submit their old scale to the manufacturers
for their signatures, provided the Presi-
dent Of the Lodge would give his consent.
If this report be true it will have an i'm
portant bearing OF the strike.
LONDON pa, Aug. LIT is now likely
that the strike of the driver boys and run
ners Of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Com
panv will become general.
BosToN, Aug. 19.-President Tyrone Of
the 'Longshoremen's Union offers the
steamship companies an escort of his own
men, who will guarantee to protect all the
| workingmen from the interference of hood
lums, who, the 'longshoremen claim, con-
stitute the class which gather about the
| wharves and have heretofore interfered
with the men engaged by the steamship
companies. The 'Longshoremen's Provi-
lent Association voted to. stand out.
WILKEsBARRE pa, Aug. l9.-The En-
pire mine has shut down. The suspension
will last until the driver boys conclude to
resume work.
sympathy fOr the Egyptians.
New YORK, Aug. 19.-The project Of
sending Arab Pasha money and volun-
teers, it is understood, has been abandoned
BIZ the A~mer;can-Irish, in Difference to the
c~ounsels prevailing at Philadelphia, both
as impolitic and impracticable. Blu there
is a general concurrence in the expediency
of calling an outdoor mass meeting, in
order to assure the Egyptians that as
against England the sympathies Of the
Irish-Americaus are on their side. s. s..
Cox has promised to be one of the speak
ers, 80 has VIM. P. Robinson, and it is
possible Roscoe Coakling may be induced
to attend. Possibly the clergy will be rep
resented by Mr.. Beecher, if the meeting is
deferred until he returns from the cOun-
try. The cutting retorts upon England's
misgovernment in Ireland, which the Sui
tan INDUCED in in his recent interview
with the Horald's Constantinople CORE
spondent, together with His Majesty's
anxiety that his position should be dis
tinctly understood by America and other
impartial countries, has commended the
Turk, as well as the rebellious Arab to
the kindly consideration Of all who are
,,-It,1r nI,7-4 F,v al ra1o II norDrfrr-fv ~
= Woman Burned IL, al Crisp.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-About 2 o'clock this
morning a fire broke out in the Walton
House, 50 East Washington street, a not
too-respectable locality, aud from room
No. 45, where the smoke was the thickest,
the ~agonizing screams of a woman were
heard. The tiremen broke into the room
and e~xtinguished the flames and found
Mrs. Frank Flynn lying on a bed and
burned out of resemblance to a human
form and barely alive. 1t appears that she
upset a kerosene lamp in an insane or
drunken frenzy. She was taken to the
County Hospital to die. Her flesh was
burned to a crisp.
An Attempt at Bribery.
CHICAGO, Aug 19.-At a meeting Of the
NSuAty Duatu, lux VIC tqudliHdtioH u
taxes, this afternoon, Hugh Mayher, Asses
sor for the town of Hyde Park, presented
an affidavit, stating that a prominent citi-
zen, whose name was not given, tried to
bride him with an offer Of 81 900 to re-
duce the assessment on the property Of
the Pullman Company in that town. Thu
announcement created q sensation. The
attorney of the company, on being inter-
! yIanral dapial tho tr1tb nf tha affidavit
1t is understood that the matter will be
brought to the attention of the Grand Jury.
The As&or saine Ola Fire.
CUMBERLAND Md, Aug. 19.-The AS
tor mine, owned by the Consolidated Coal
Company, near Leo~nconing, which has
been smoldering for some time, burst
forth in a tremendous blaze yesterday,
shooting fifty feet in the air. The fire
originated from a stope of the company
which had been worked out, and has been
burning since 1872. The dwellings stu
ated over the burning mine have been de-
serted. There is said to be great danger
Of the fire communicating to the Vale
estate, with thousands Of tons Of underly-
ing coal.
butler Nominated for Governor.
Boston Aug. l9.-The Greenback Con
yention has nominated Gen. B. F. Butler
for Governor. After the nomination of
Butler the following were nominated:
For Lieutenant-G Governor, Geo. Dutton of
Springfield; Secretary of State, John Howes
Of Worcester; Treasurer, G. Foster of
Lynn; Acknowledgements E. A. Snow Of
Athote; Auditor, Augustus T. Merchant
Of Leverett.
SIis. 100000 Eying Idle.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-There are now
in the Treasury 9O,O 00, GOO of brand-new
silver dollars, which are lying idle, and
S28, 600, 600 in fractional currency, making
a total of Sis, 600, 900 in silver coin On
hand. The silver dollars increase at the
rate Of So, 900, 900 each month, 50, 000,0 900
Of which are coined by the MINIS in ac-
cordance with the law.
yellow Fever Increasing.
BROWNSVILLE (Tex.), Aug. 19.-There
were SO new cases Of yellow fever and one
death yesterday. The fever is increasing
among the Americans. The disease seems
to be on the increase in Matamoras, though
the death rate is more favorable. There
were only three deaths there yesterday.
John Carroll Instantly Killed.
DENVER, Aug. ia Central City special
says: A miner named John Carroll was
instantly killed in the Bobtail mine yes
terday afternoon by a mass Of falling rock.
Another miner named George futile was
badly injured by falling down the shaft in
the Dunkirk mine.
Rear Admiral NichOIsOn's Denial.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-In a private let
ter, Rear Admiral Nicholson at Alexandria,