Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-18
AND MAKE ROOM FOR AMERICAN
WORKMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco Cigar Manufacturers Taking
American WOrkmen to That City.
Repudiates a Statement Attri-
buted to Him,

town of Harrison, West Chester
county, and captured twelve of the
twenty-five who make it their head.
quarters. The camp is in what's
known as "Sandpile," and is well con-
cealed. 1t was established several
years ago and has been broken up by
the authorities several times. The
tramps were intrenched and armed
with .razors, clubs and re-
volv-rs. At night they prowled
around the country, stealing
chickens, pork, eggs, cider, potatoes
and all sorts of farm products, and
doing mischief. Farmers dare not ap-
pear against them, for fear their farms
would suffer. Connolly, collecting his
constables, surrounded the camp, and
at the sound of his whistle, the officers
dashed into the camp, the justice first
Of all. He raised his hand in a warn
ing manner towards the tramps.
"Stand still, every mar of you, or you
will be shot in your tracks," he cried.
"You are all my prisoners; officers do
your duty" 1t was only the work of a
moment for the officers to handcuff
them, and start the procession toward
Port Chester. The prisoners were
committed to the county Jail.
Several hundred cigarmakers will
leave this city for San Francisco, with
in the next few weeks. Others will
start at the same time from various
other cities of the Eastern States.
Their object in going west is to dis
place Chinese cigarmakers in San Fran
cisco factories. Mr.. Wolf, president OF
the San Francisco branch Of the Inter.
national CigarmakerS' Union, and Mr..
Won Guelpen, agent Of manufacturers
and representative of the White Cigar
makers Union of San Francisco, have
just arrived here for the purpose
Of procuring suitable men to go
west. Mr.. Won Guelpen has been
employed by the manufacturers to pro.
cure as many men as possible, and has
been authorized to promise them as
high wages in San Francisco as are
paid in New York. 1.-THE manufac-
turers say the Chinese will crowd them
out Of business unless they can get
white men," said Mr.. Won Guelpen to
a reporter yesterday Gas M white
man can do as much work as two
Cinnamon, we need only to take West
a couple of thousand of white cigar
makers. My party will travel at re-
duced rates, in sleeping cars attached
to express trains. Not nor than
thirty will go in a body" The first
detachment of International cigar
makers will leave New York
at 6 o'clock pm. December 26th.
Others will meet them at Utica and
various other cities, and 60 with them
to California. 1t is said Chinese man.
%ufacturers are much annoyed at the
manner in which they are being treat
ed and are determined not to submit
without a struggle.
The Rev. DIR. Antonio Alright, the
well known Italian missionary, con
nected with the Five Points mission.
whose daughter was strangely kept in
duress in a female academy at Pitts,
burg, told what he knew of the matter
a reporter yesterday. "On Deem
Der fourth" he said, II saw a
dispatch 10 a Brooklyn paper to
the effect that DR.. @. L. j. Pershing,
president of the Pittsburg female
where my daughter, Amy. has
been for several months, will shortly
be tried by the synod of the Metho-
dist church, on charges of obtaining
money under false pretenses and con-
duct u~nbecoming a clergyman. Two
days subsequently, | received a letter
from DR.. P~ershing, demanding the i'm
mediate withdrawal Of my daughter
from the institution, and $33 in addi-
lion to her travelling expenses. In
of the fact that until then re-
ports of my daughters school cares
mad all been good, l became
suspicious and wrote for further infor-
nation DR.. Pershing dealt in most
vague geneTalitieq. Acting on advice
Of friends, l placed my daughters case
the hands of Rev. DR.. Smith, of
who, on visiting the insti-
ute, was refused admittance to my
laughter. DR.. Smith then wrote me
it would he advantageous to
daughter to leave the school as
as possible. | Immediately sent
Mr.. Smith an order demanding that
Amy be released from school, and
money to pay her bills. This
morning l received a letter from DIR.
who said my daughter was at
lis house, and that in all her troubles
With the school authorities she had
been actuated by perfectly natural mo-
ives. He also asked If l desired him
% send her to another academy near
2~ittsburg, but | think after this worry
would prefer to have her home with
ne"
A special from Washington, Ga,
lated last night, gives the following
.ccount Of the last hours of the illness
If Robert Toombs: "He was stricken
With paralysis about three months
lgo, and had since been confined to his
DOM, during which time his mind had
,een more or less clouded. AT times
lie would, in his thoughts, again 60
through the stormy debates of his past
life; at other times, when he did not
it all comprehend his immediate sur