New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-27
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
EDITOR PIXLEY TO SPEAK-FIRE DEPART
NATURALIZATION.
VI TN T. I II ItINT y T'I-'s
rnY TrLEGHArH TO THE TRIDUsr.1

Neutrality-suspicious..
rnr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUsE1
san FEAxCIscO June 26-Oyer ten years ago
in Monterey County the Order of Cancasians
was esl abshed. ITS objects were 10 secure eApu'-
sion OF the Chinese by means OF poIl'lcs an" '"0
"boycott.p The latter term was not theh KNOWN
but the plan for driving out coolIe competition WIN
white labor was Identical with the present Doy-
cott." The Caucasians created STR III inc o'i'o
for a few months, when The kearney element ap-
pearcd aud swept the ant-Chinese order ought OF
sight This week i'll this city an EFFORT mas pee"
made to revive tho order under the title OF the
Boycott Safety Committee 1t IS secret or
ganization with delegates from every county and
its purpose is to make the Chinese boycott more
effective by secrecy of the attack to be made on an
dealers who persist III buying Cbnese-made goods
or EMPLOYING Monaghan labor. The worst feature
of the organization Is men who haze been elected
officers The president ls James ii. Barry, small
sized politician who has made capital out OF the
workingnen's movement, while tho chief organ
izer is McGiashan, the ex-preacher who mas oeeh
drawing good salary in the same POSITION ior the
ANTI hinese Association organized few months
ago at Sacramento The secret of this revival OF
the old association seems to be that the boycott
| movement started at Sacramento has been dead
failure and "a new scheme was imperative IL the
agitaters were to continue drawing salaries
The selection Of Frank VI. Pixlcy orator on the
Fourth of July called ont this week some hVeIy
protests from Frank Roncy, president OF the feder-
ated rides, and others. The claim they maze WIS
that Pixley was so unpopular that his presence
| would cast a damper the exercises. The real
reason for the opposition Is that Pixley
| in his paper The Argonaut rarely allows week 10
pass without a butter attack on what ne
! calls The Pope's Irsn' He has also been OUT
spoken on the crlety and injustice OF the Chinese
| boycott" which has eXlsperatei another large
body The effort to have him superSe led as orator
failed and ~ he announces that ms speech VIII DC
strongly American The usual dull literary exercise
promise 10 have OF the INVERNESS OF circus
lie is a man of great force, saws strong things IN
strong way, and always commands an audience
| WItha he Is iirst-rate extern pore speaker
Recent large fires which have destroyed over
| go. 900 900 worth of property III TINS CITY ana
! caused The loss y! many lives. have den0nslratSu
the iuadequdcy of tne fire department TO meet me
demands made on it. Iao department Is pooIlI
supplied with engines 1t lacks water-tower an
| chemical engine. and more than al else ii lacks
! full paid force OF hreDen. Inc present
| appropriafiOn is only $4,000, but OF tins
re department Sc dom gets more than 500. 900. The
| danger of great co fl gration, especially ia the
business quar- er or about the railroad warehouses;,
! Is such that something VIII pro0ao 5000 oe done
to bring the lire department up To us heeded en-
| cheney.
The iurv this week disagreed on tho second trial
| of" .JOsnp Hanbdp, the gambler, VINO, 1our years
|
| bier. named Massey. Even sporting men WIN
! whom he c)nsorled repudate HIN brcau'e or MS
cOwardly crime vet ne pro Uses 10 get clear on lc
next tria the jury STOOD eight Tor acqulttai IN
the tirst trial h. was lvIcted of murder IN the
first degree, but secured the usual stay ana second
trial on a technlcailty.
The war over the irrigation question has be-
transferred from tue courts 10 he newspapers.
Long oecal artic es AMI editor al extracts If IN
the press tho state being Inserted as NJ yeris
in country papers 1t Is bonanza for the rural
editor but II Is very doubtful whether any marked
effect IS produced on the puzzle me luhds iOr tle
irrigation camp are SAID To be largely FURNISHED oV
UaggIn X Ievl5 Wnile the slneWs Oh wal tOI 'hS
riparian crowd supplied by Miller Lux.
mill iOnalre cattlemel. The rrIgatlonlsts nave III
their employ a carIcaturlst named Car Brown. ne
il an atrocIOusly bad draughtsnln. ana some OF DIS
cartoons representing the deSr crlVe eli Gu Oh inc
Riparian rights decision on that stale are 80 old
10 be udicrous. They. however nave been sent TO
the country papers 20 b., issued as suppieincnc,. Any
I'm some cases have called out protests from rural
editors. Tho Ir"igatiOnlsts have also estabsh'u q
newspa per organ here called Lana ana UdIT. wren
Is hot conducted with ability. In me, Doi sizes
seem to be spending money ike water on Hteihp
bureaus with meagre results.
The three dynamiters whose arrest caused so
great a sensation just before last CHRISTMAS
were released from imprisonment on sunday
NeIssman, one Of the prisoners, developed some
ability as a public speaker on the sand lots before
he was sent the House Of Correction. bat ne dll
not attempt 10 make any speeches. Oh ne uty Vi us
release. The historic sand lois were deScfte' save
by small crowd of devoted adneients,, VINO az
semblrd to listen ono of Coroner ~ DonneTs
harangues The ''lcprous heather, with reasons
why lie should be elected Governor.
Consul Bee, the American member of the local
Chinese Consulate, VINO has been acuve Tor several
years in securing the Chinese all tnelr rights III te
conrts has been rewarded by the Cnln"se emperor
with a menal and document which makes nlm q
Knight OF the Red Dragon, Order OF the thlru
rank an order bestowed for the first time on an