Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-01
PACIFIC COAST ADvlCES.


ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.I
San Francisco Intelligence.
SAN Francisco, July 31.-Early this
morning rs female operators of Jorg
Brothers shoe factory on being informed
wages were to be reduced, got up and
were about to take their departure on q
strike, when the new schedule of prices
which had been hung up was taken down
and the old one replaced. The operators
returned to work.
Adjt.-Genl. Cosby approved Of the re-
constructed California team which goes to
Nevada in September to shoot for the inter-
State trophy.
Hugh Gogan, a ~cart-driver aged IS years,
was found struggling in the bay yesterday
afternoon. He was removed to the hospit-
al, where he died during the evening. He
was unconscious.
A mystery involving the fate Of a woman
md child occurred at the Preside or
Wednesday last. The woman. accompa-
MED by . little girl, was observed to dis
robe herself and child and proceed toward
the bay, only a few hundred feet distant.
Nothing was afterward seen Of either. The
clothing of the woman showed the name of
Margaret Osotto.
Catherine Ahern, sister Of John Ahern
who was killed by the falling of a flagstaff
on the 9th ult., sues John McGeary. Thos.
Adams and Willard Kibbe for 500, 600
damages. The defendants we're engaged
in removing the Flagstaff from the build
ing and allowed it to fall with the fatal re-
suit named.
A flash Of lightning in the storm last
night at Yreka destroyed the telegraph
duplex instruments, depriving Portland
and the North Of telegraphic communica-
ton. New instruments have been forward
ed from this city.
The Call Printers Strike.
SAN Francisco, July S1.-Thirty-two
printers, members of the Typographical
Union, struck work last evening in the
Call printing Office. They insisted that
the ten other printers employed, who were
non-Union men, be discharged. This the
proprietor of the Call refused to do, claim
ing that in the management of his prop
erty he had the right to employ whomever
he saw fit. Thereupon the 80 Unionists
walked out. 1t is stated they madethe
selection Of Monday for advancing their
demands, believing that as the Call supple
ment is made up on that evening the pro-
prietor would be embarrassed and be
obliged to accede to their request. In this
they were deceived, being informed that
their services we're not indispensable. The
places Of the majority of the strikers were
quickly replaced by non-Union men, and
at the present moment there are 26 printers
at work.
A Good Man Gone Wrong.
SAN Francisco, July 31.-Adj.-Gen.
Kelton c~ontradicts the correctness Of the
Washington dispatch that the only Catho-
lie Chaplain in the United States Army,
Toussaint Mesplie, has been arrested. A
Washington dispatch states that the Chap
lain had been arrested by order Of the
Secretary Of War, charged with numerous
Implications Of his pay warrants during
his absence, and that he had been absent
without leave. Chaplain Mesplie was sta
toned at Fort Boise, Idaho. His friends
in this city are interesting themselves in
his behalf also the Ex-Governor Of Ore
gon, to whom Gen. Kelton has communi-
Gated the penalties Of the charges brought
against the Chaplain.
What the &. r. is Doing.
SAN Francisco, July 31.-The Central
Pacific Railroad Company has established
a bureau in connection with its manage
ment for tho purpose Of sending to the
East and Europe specimens of California
products. Any person having specimens
worthy OF exhibition can have them for
warded at the company's expense. The
company is also arranging for increasing
their agents throughout Europe, with .
view to further immigration. A letter has
beer received from the company's agent at
Berlin, stating that he had just started .
party Of so immigrants through to Cali
fornia. The company also proposes to
exhibit California products at the Eastern
State Fairs, in order to make fully known
the advantages Of California climate and
soil.
An Important Bridge Completed.
SAN FRAscrsco. July s1.-The Central
Pacific Railroad Company reports that the
bridge across the Colorado River at the
Needles is nearly completed and is expect
cd to be ready for the passage OF trains to-
morrow. This work enables the Southern
Pacific and Atlantic 4 Pacific to form .
junction, practically opening up the third
transcontinentAl route to the Pacific Coast.
II IL stated that the Atlantic & Pacific pro-
pose replacing the present wooden bridge
by . substantial iron structure.
Pretty Lively Competitions.
SAN Francisco, July 8l.-It 10 stated to-
day that the Northern Pacific Railroad
propose carrying freight from the East to
San Francisco at the same rates % to Port
land, and that the managers will demand
the pooling Of freight by ell Of the trans
continental roads. Such action on the
part Of the Northern Pacific Railroad will,
Il 10 believed here, permit San Francisco
merchants, through their heavier importa-
tions, to continue to successfully compete
with the East for the trade Of the North
west, and combine to make Ban Francisco
the depot Of supplies for the entire Pacific
Coast.
A Destructive Fire.
TuLAaE. CAL, July S1.-A fire involving
. loss OF $40. 900 broke out early this
morning. The principal losers are ].
Goldman 4 Co., $50, 900; insured for $780,
900. The Are burned one entire block,
comprising the principal business part Of
town.
Earthquake Shocks.
G1Laoy, CAl., July si.--During the past
week several shocks Of earthquake were
felt here. and yesterday there were two or
three more quakes, accompanied By Q
rumbling sound.
A Marrow Escape.
A two-year-old child Of J.. B. Ringgold.
fell into Wood River, near HALEY, n
day Lest week, and loated down the stream