New-York tribune., 1901-08-18
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
HEAVY LOSSES CAUSED BY THE STRIKE
INCIDENTS OF THE WEEK IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
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San Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE week has seen
no change in the local strike situation. The
labor unions have proposed several plans of
compromise. but the employers association.
composed of many of the leading merchants
and manufacturers of the city. has refused
even to treat with the strikers declaring that
there is no basis for compromise. The general
public has little sympathy with the strikers, be-
cause the demand is simply question of the
supremacy of labor unions, and not of hours or
wages Non-union men. who have fiocked in
from the country to take advantage of the good
wages offered have been savagely beaten by
strikers, despite the fact that a large part OF
the police force has been assigned to protect
them Chief Sullivan this week In 125
additional special officers. who will be detailed
TO the waterfront, where violence Is most gen
eral. The fleet of coasting vessels idle in the
harbor is growing daily. and many deep water
ships are waiting for cargoes. while grain deal
ers are making great efforts to break the
strike. as they see plainly that heavy losses
Will result if the wheat and barley crops are
not handled before the fall rains begin. II Is
estimated that the laborers now out on strike
are losing 100000 every day In wages and
only small part of this large sum can be made
good by the assessment Of union who are
at work. This loss of wages has caused a great
iihhslSe III uneS OF retain trade, especially
In the groceries and clothing trades.
The appointment of Thomas NJ Schumacher,
general agent of the Union Pacific at San Fran
CISCO as traffic manager of the Oregon Short
Line. with headquarters at Salt Lake came as
a surprise to railroad men here. Mr. Schu-
macher is popular here and is regarded as one
of the best traffic In the West.
The arrest Of Wilder n. Dimmick. clerk in the
San Francisco Mint. on the charge of embezzIine,
$4,000 does not necessarily mean that the man
suspected of stealing Uncle Sans coin will be
punished very severely The local record OF
such thefts shows that In most cases where full
restitution was made the offender did not suffer
The University OF California opens next week
with the largest freshman class ever registered
There will be over five hundred in the regular
courses and the total number of undergraduates
will be nearly twelve hundred. This is a great
Increase over previous years the freshman class
this year being fully hundred larger than
last year.
Court. is engaged in determining whether a
large number of Chinese leaflets In possession
of the court parts Of Chinese poem OF lot
terry tickets. The leaflets are inscribed with
characters that when translated form a fiowery
language, but lottery tickets often marked
In the same manner.
After service of twenty years and five
months at Sacramento. the United States wealth
er observer J. II. Barwick. will start in few
days for his station, at Denver This
change made because OF his falling health
which demanded greater elevation. Mr. Bar
wick has made many friends in his long resi-
dence In Sacramento. and has established high
record for efficiency. His long service In
place is unparalleled in the State.
"Silver Harness. a play by Miss Char
lotte Thompson. was produced for the first time
this week al the Alcazar. The critics praised
the brightness Of the dialogue and some OF the
characters. but regarded It's construction
poor and several of its scenes improbable.
Margaret Anglin continued this week her great
success, Mrs. Danes Defence" She received
many recalls nightly after her scene with Rich
man Next week Daniel Frohman's Daly's The
atre company will give Lady Huntworth's Ex-
pertinent" at the Columbia
The sale of several pieces of real estate be-
longing to Matthew Crooks estate realized ex-
cellent prices The three story brick building at
No. S13 Westinghouse sold for S13.60O,
and the building at Nos T61 and Isl Jackson
St. for 100000, Both are in the heart OF China
town and the rentals are large.
The Salmon River Consolidated Mining Com
pany, in SiSkiyou County. has been bought this
week for 100000. II is near the famous
Sweepstake mines. recently sold TO a Philadel
phia syndicate and with water. which can now
be procured will yield handsome returns.