The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-14

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GALVESTON, June 1.-THE Car
penterS' strikes here are meeting with
varying success. Those engaged On
Willis & Bros new building this
morning struck for $3.50, an advance
Of fifty cents. A fter some cOnsulta-
ton it was agreed TO give the advance
and the men resume work tomorrow
| The men on the Beach hotel struck
for higher wages last Saturday and
were paid off.
The city railroad company has ten
dered Gen. Claiborne the use of all
the ground between the Beach hotel
and the pavilion fronting on the
gulf, for camping purposes during
the military encampment and com
petitive drill of state troops, com
mencing August Is; also services of
band and subscription to the
premium fund. a cOmmmittee
from Gen. CIaiborne's staff and Off
GERS of local military has been APP
pointed to call on merch ini, in the
interest of the encampm MT.
The encampment will l." an as
sured fact. There will lie, certainly
fifteen companies here if the encamp-
ment is held. consisting on an aver
az of sixteen men besides the rank.
The dedication services of The new
First Baptist church yesterdti were
quite impressive. The following
ministers were in attendant upon
the services c. g. Chaplin, ct Bfen-
ham; &. II. Carroll, Waco; S. \ Hay
den, Dallas; Rufus e. b. BurlesOD,
Waco; j. II. Stribblng. Rockdile; o.
c. Pope and J. j. Link, Houston
Kit Williams, state Sunday school
missionary. The W chuIch was
erected at cost of $4,000, and it Is
one of the finest edifices of that char
acter i'll the state.
Wm. Moffatt, chief engineer, and
Messrs. MARROW, johnson, Wigner
and Gutenberg, delegates Of the Gal
weston fire department to the state
firemenS convention, left this morn
ing for Waco via the Santa Fe rail
way.
Rev. C. Wilmoth, af Dallas, is sue
cessfIlly conducting a protracted
meeting at the Christian church III
this city.
y good deal of complaint exists il
commercial circles at the rigidness
with which quarantine regulatins
are enforced at this port.
The steamship Whitney, with 1475
bales ofcottOn, sailed for Vera Cruz
yesterday. She received the entire
cargo from Kaufman 81 Runge. The
steamship San Marcos, from New
York, arrived yesterday, and is dis
charging to-day. She brought thirty
five german emigrants for interior
points.
The strife for through passenger
traffic between the Missouri Pacific
and Gulf, Colorado and Santa Ft
daily grows more intensified, although
as vet there has been no cut in rates
Hon p. Brewster, commissioner OF
insurance and statistics, is in Getty.
Gail B. Johnson, one of the proprie-
tors and business manag of tbs
Evening Print, sold his interest il
the paper to-day to Herman KeuhD.
of the Opera Glass, who will hereaf-
ter have charge of the business de
partment of the Print.
In the election held to-day for al
derman in the sixth ward, Frank
Mitchell received 220 votes to Patrick
Kelley's POS votes Mitchell's major
ity, r. The presiding officer, how
ever, refuses to sign the returns, d. =
claring Mitchells vote was Illegal.
from the fact that they had the date
and year printed on the ticket, which
is contrary to law.
j. L. Bartlett will star. a line OF
Herdic coaches in this city July l.