Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-27

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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD UNION
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Telegraphers' Strike.
NEW York, July 26Eh.-By a usioritv of
persons, the surrender Of the American R9pid
Telegraph Company to the demands of the
strikers ia regarded as certain iutiication
that the strike is nearing an end. l. ia
rumored that the Baltimore an6 Ohio Com
psny would be the next TO eivs in, aad that
| negotiations are now perdins looking togard
its consolidation with the American Rapid
| Company, thus forming a combination
against the Western Union.
SECRET MEETING OF OPERATORS
The operators held secret meeting at
| UhIrick's Hall at 10 o'clock, with the object,
it was whispered. Of discussing some i'm
portsnt Information that had come to hand
from Pittsburg. A member OF the Brother
| hood exhibited TO his fellow-strikerp, previous
| to the meeting, an unofficial letter be had
received this morning from friend in st.
James, Mich, saying that 81 coo could
easily be raised in the writer's division of the
Milwaukee and ST. Psnl Railway alone, If
the Chicago men needed assistance, and that
more would be forthcoming from other di-
visions.
NORWICH OPERATORS GO OUT.
NORWICH (Conn.) July 26th.-Ths entire
| forcs of telegraph operators, except the man.
ager, struck this morniHg.
SITUATION AT OGDEN.
OGDEN (Utab), July 26th.-A ball was
| given here last night for the benefit of the
| trilF inn TO xuhf cd fa.
| their excheqaer. There are but ten men on
| duty in the Western Union office, drawn
mostly from railroad offices on the Oregon
short line.
THE CLEVELAND BOARD OF TRADE.
CLEVELAND, July 26sh.-The Board of
| Trade Today at noon adopted resolutions pro.
testing against the further continuance of the
present affairs in telegrGphing, causing stag
nation to general business: and this Board
| believes that the Western Union Company
| is in duty bound TO Immediately arrange for
| its usual transmission of messages, SO that
| the great business interests nov at stake shall
have immediate relief also requesting the
| Western Union Company 60 take such action
| as will bring about the desired result. The
| Secretary was directed to notify the mana
| gers Of the telegraph company Of the Boards
action.
RETURNED To WORK.
PHILADELPHIA, July 26th.-Ths stgikipg
operators Of the American Rapid Company
returned TO work this morning in body.
The line men and inspectors Of the Bell
| Telephone Company this morning presented
bill OF grievances to the officials, snd de-
| clared their purpose to strike at P. N. unless
! their terms were acceded to.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT Kicking"
WASHINGTON, July 265h,-The Treasury
1 hos fGad ,oE 20
more messages by telegraph relating to finan.
cial matters until the present strike is ad-
justed. The reason for this decision is that
g dispatch received from San Francisco yes
| terdsy relative to deposit of silver dollars
was unintelligible. The dispatch required
immediate attention. The result of this de.
cision will be to delay silver exchanges to the
Pacific coast at least one week. Another dis
patch was received from San Francisco an
hour later than letter which was mailed
st the came time from the same pIacs.
MEETING OF sTRIKERs-oAsH SUBSCRIPTIONS.
CHICAGO, July 26th.-The striking teleg.
rsphers held q meeting tonight. which was
addressed by member Of the committee CT
ths painters branch of the Knights of Ls-
| hor. The cash subscriptions received in Chi
cago are reported to amount to so 000 The
frat de5srtion from the strikers ranks in this
city was reported to-day, but the strikers
allege that they have evidence that he only
joined the strike for the purpose of causing a
break in the ranks.
Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
! WASHINGTON, July 265h.-The Postofice
Department reports the following changes in
the stsr route schedules in California Leave
81, Helena daily, except Sundays, at p NJ,
and arrive st Liddell by $50 P. leave
Liddell daily, except Sundays, at 6 P. NJ, sn6
arrive at ST. Helena by $50 p. NJ, Leave
Mokelunlne Hill daily. except Sundays, at 6
a NJ, and arrive st West Point a5 u NJ;
leave West Point daily. except Sundays, st l
NJ. and arrive OF Mokelumne Hill at z p.
NJ. Fort Jones to Happy Camp. to October
31ss: Leave Fort Jones Tuesdays and Satur-
days OF IL A NJ, and arrive at Hsppy Camp
next day ct P. NJ; leave Happy Camp Tues.
days and Thursdays at A. NJ, aud arrive at
Fort Jones next day by y NJ. From Novem.
Der 1st to April S0th: Leave Fort Jones
Tuesdays and Sundays at a. NJ, and arrive
at Hsppy Camp the next day by II A. NJ;
leave Happy Camp Fridays and Mondays at
l P. NJ, and arrive at Fort Jones next day by
6 P. NJ. The Postoffice at Silver Mountain,
Alpine county, CAL, has been discontinued.
The Missouri Sunday Law.
CHICAGO, July 26sh.-The saloou-ksepers
at st. Louis, who last week determined to
close on Sunday If the rest did, and try to
enforce the Sunday law against the street
cars, tho newspapers and otler institutions
involving Sunday labor have changed 'front.'
and viii resist the law. Accordingly, Sun
day next, the police will secure evidence
against all who keep open, aud on Monday
fully 1000 warrants viii be issued, compris-
ing, doubtless, many cases wherein the de-
PENDANTS are storekeepers, ice-cieam hswkere,
pewsb3Ys and car-dTivers. OF course such a
crusade as this will be little better than a
farce bat it will doubtless be an expensive
one to the cisy, as a failure TO get jury and
TO convict viii entail legal costs amounting to
many thousands of dollars upon the city.
Calamity In Michigan.
DETROIT, July 26th.--The calamity threat
ened at Grand Rspids the past three days
took place this morning. An immense jam
of logs, extending up Grand River number
of miles, had been lodged against the bridge
| of the Detroit and Grand Haven Railway,
which succumbed and went down with rush.
The bridge of the Grand Rapids, Chicago and
West Michigan followed suit. Millions of
| feet of logs have gone down the river, and are
| almost certain to continue down, sweeping
everything before them, and going into Lake
Michigan. II this prove true, q large adj
ditionsl number of logs viii be carried out of
Grand Haven. as well ss the destruction of
all bridges. The ultimate losseF, it is feared
will reach many hundreds of thousands Of
dollars. The calamity is unprecedented in
extent.
LawlessHess IN Minnesota.
ST. PAUL (dinn.) July 26th.-A Miles City
special says: A party of masked men pro-
ceeded to the county Jail, overpowered the
jailer, locked him in D cell and then seized a
man named Rigney, whom they took about
mile out of town and harged to q projecting
tie over cuIvert on the railroad track Rig.
ney was jailed day before yesterday for die.
orderly conduct, and bore the reputation of
being 2 bad oitizsD, being accused Of robbery
and other crimes. He wss bar tender in the
saloon Of the Cosmopolitan Thester. About
two hours after the hanging the theater burst
into flames and was completely destroyed,
With six other buildings, among which were
the large drug store of W. L. Savage & Co.
and five establishments Of business The pro-
gress of the fire was arrested by the brick
building of the First National Bank, ether
wise the entire block would have been de-
stroyed by fire. But owing to the inf1smma-
BILE nature Of the buildings and their con-
tents, it was impossible to subdue it. The
total loss is estimated at $50, ,000 It Ia gen.
orally thought that it was the work of an in
cendisry, and the sequel to the hanging Of
| Rigney.