Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-28

A a meeting held last night by the Knights
Of Labor of this city the following resolu-
lions were passed
wnsREls, We believe that the Western Union
Telegraph Company is fully able 70 pay from the
profits of It's business the wages demanded by its
employees; and whereas, according to the laws Of
right and justice, the limitation Of working hours
SGT forth in the employees public complaint is right
and Just, therefore, be it
Bssol0ed, That the sympathy Of this assembly Of
mechanics and laborers be extended to the Teleg-
raphers' brotherhood; and be 1t further
Resolrs1 Thab this assembly institute fund, to
be known as the "Telegraphers' Fund.-" where
each member shall pay monthly, until the strike is
ended, the voluntary subscription set opposite his
name
In accordance with the last resolution the
subscription list was at once commenced and
Liberal subscriptions madE
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-A large audi
ence greeted the Neil Burgess troupe Ct the
Metropolitan Theater last evening. The
play-if it can be so entitled-is "a Vim, and
proves to be- ems of the most absurdly mirth-
provoking and ludicrous mixtures CT Bonsense
extant. It has but one purpose, and that is
to present Mr.. Burgess in his Widow Be.
dottish psTsonation st his best in burlesqu-
ing the talkative Yankee woman. There is a
shallow Tivnlet Of vealy love between pair
Of smitten tuttle-doves trickling aimlessIy
through the play, and there are also two
strongly-drswn "old men, characters pre-
sented. Aside from these latter Mr.. Bur
gess' rrypheDa Puffy is the only part that
commands special attention. While his
charSotar.sotipg is one of ths very best ex-
amplss of bEriesq uing, and introduces many
o touch of nature and bit Of wisdom, it is 80
supremely ridiculous ss to defy criticism.
If success in keeping q large audience in q
continuous roar of laughter for three hours,
with bus a few moments of intermis-
sion 60 allow the people to
catch a breath for fresh hysterical
axercisss, Is 30 be taken az a measure OF ex-
eellenos, then Mr.. Burgess and bis "play
rise superior to anything in the low comedy
line ever presented here. The last act pulls
in by the beard scene in which Tryphena
gives . burlesqus circus performance on n
ateed that moves upon revolving stage,
treadmill fashion, constitutingit scene most
extravsgantly ludicrous. This bit Of '' roar.
ing sbsurdity IS apologizsd for as being the
dream of one Of the characters in the comedy.
It is certainly an original idea snd provoca-
tive Of unlimited mirth " Vim will be
played again this afternoon for q matinee per.
formanos, and for the last time this evening.
It is ssfe to predict that the story of Try.
phsnA's prattle will be 80 well told to-day
that TIE afternoon sud evening houses viii be
notably crowded ones,
FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING. - At 3:0j
O'Clock yesterday morning FIRE alarm was
turned in from box 50, at Seventh and J
streets, hy officer Thorpe, FIRE having been
discovered in the Capital Furniture Compa.
ny's factory on Sixth street, between H and
I l. L i
bsfore she alarm was sounded, ard it was
nearly tao hours before the FIRE department
ceased work The department have received
many compliments for the neatness and dis
patch with Ehich the flames were got under
control. Ths flames were confined almost
entirely 10 the second story, but the machin-
cry, stock, etc.. OF the ground floor were dam.
aged considerably by water. The loss viii be
between 81 600 and IS 300. There was ST, 004
Insurance on building and contents. The fire
started in the southwest corner of the main
h)or, but ths origin is unknown. The exten.
sion ladder which tbs department has had for
twenty-five months was used for the 6rst
time.
THB FUNERAL OF LIN HARRIS, JR.-The
funeral of the late Len Harris, Jr., who was
killed while coupling cars in Washington
Territory, viii take place tomorrow after,
noon at 4 O'clock, from the residence of his
parents, Tenth street, between o and P. Toe
deceased was born in Sacramento, and was
gradusted from the Grammar school. he
was brakeman on the Western Division fol
some time, and then on the Visaia Division.
He was sfterward conductor for two years
Oh tbs Southern Pacific il Arizona, from
which place he left and accepted conductor
ship on tho Northern Pscif.