The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1897, Page 5

THE TEMPTED SORE, BUT FELL HOT Big Feed on the Boulevard, to Which the Workers Were Denied. It Was Spread Out Before Them, but Under Orders Tktey Relused to Eat. Many Had Neglected to Bring Lunches Under Promise of the Barb cua. Others Shared With These. There was to have been a great feed for nen on Balboa boulevard yester- but it was ‘*‘called off.” 1 & good dealsaid about the > way or another during the , and among the men great had been raised. The effect ittee whose unpleasant 1re subscriptions was, the work expectations n the co. is wever, quite different. They report hat merchunts and moneyed men seemed | me for Earnest Trocadero road- | , by whom provided and in | nt of whose premises the big roast was | set up e members of the committee | foun ay, that the picnic air which the barbecue vé 10 tne boulevard enter- vrise very materially lowered the temper- | ature o erest in it and the un- | employed a telephone message was yesterday, but it did not ad completed all ar- ung. A big | eof the road | | cadero and | rowever, is ¢ four lengths | across the artered bul- uilt under | . being per- | his assist- | noon was the fire and potatoes and | were provided in ampie | me s teiephone mes- endent Eagan | e in the | stop the barbecue— f of the itself to ad- | roadhouse. | was to a - rtaking of discharged taken from | each him. angements y rench was dug near where it leads off ¢ the roadhouse, whic half a mile away. of iron rails we trench and on he s le q sonally atten ants. Not u ciency. to the ffice employed must ing the T icket ion rode | the line. and expiained tened to interfere to continue the ed, the men e, two miles re teast and ng the lunch half hour. This explanation was received in good part by nearly alt, althou , depending | upon the fea re unprovided with anything o eai. At the western end of the road, where the savory meat rested over the fire, fill- ing the air witn its appe aroma, the order was thing but welcome. How- it was generaliy acquiesced in, de | spite the fact tnai iwo or three oratops woce developed who complained loudly | scainst the deprivation. The situation wes made more acute by the presence of | Lefingwell's army of unemploved from | the Howara-street barracks. They hid marched sll the way out to the nlace on foot, carrying a big banner in their lad bearing tne legend: **We are not on jhe | boulevard, but we are going to the boule- | vard.” | They were stretched along the fence in the shade for 2 quarter of a mile, the kan- ner lving at rest against a tree, the men | quiel, very weery and patient. Doelter, after his night's vigil over the fire and the completion of his arringe- | ments, even to providing wagons by which he offered 10 haul portions ¢f the | feast to aris of the work, was | deeply chagrined at the order stopping it | all. However, he made no protest azainst | it, but asseted that he bad no desgns in | the matter except to give the men A good hot din They were hal of_the class t frequented his place, snd he could not expect to make profit oit of it. However, he made the best of the situa- tion, the word was given, and te “un- | employed,” properly so cailed, wers mar- | ehaled b hie redolent roastad pro- vided ample quota, | At thisj ore the murmuring among | the w. n on the dump a few feet away grew der, and one, seeitg Super- intender drive up, raised his hat, crying y ows are afaid I am | not. 1am going to snow my ixdepend- ence. 1 am going to eat. Eagin, come and take lunch with me.” He went straig o the chamed cir- cle, in the center of which stood Doelter, coat off and sleeves ed up hara at| work, and in a fsw minutes retirned with | 8 heaped plate into the doiefd circle of | his fellow-workers 10 add to ther tempta- | tion. Only one or two followd his ex-J ample, however, the others swically re- fusing to fall. Those who ate ¢f the for- | bidden bullock were, 80 unike Adam, banished and forbidden the rate privilege of toil, and went their way in fdleness, In the fear that there woud bea gen- | eral revolt agains the order Gapiain Dit lon, with Sergeant Camvbell svd a :quad | of six men, arrived at the scene about | noon. here was no trouble, dowever, and | when the half hour was up &l hands took | up their shovels and whedbarrows and | went to work cheerfully enoigh. It is not | lkely that any went entirelf without food, | 8+« those who had Junches however scant shared them with those wko had none. | The 200 unemployed, tiough they re. turned to tue charge afain and again, were unable to devour 4li that had een provided, and a large portion of it wax carted away. As it di-nypeared the Tegi- ment of ihe unemplofed took up its banner and in a straggi#ig line began its Jong march back totqwn. The work on | the boulevard is goug forward rapidly | end s7stematically, bu the funds neces- | sary or keeping it ging to a finish and providing the hundregs of applicants who have as ye: applied in vain for a chance earn a few doliars is yot keeping pace with the demand. The peor report of the col-, lector for yesterduy vas as follow: E. & 5 Helle Great Amenici C. J. Hendry, Sq G. M. Jusaiyn.. nenthal b Irish Socle: Ateach the reason—that with tne raisi Besides, 1 at the furthe way, could I $50 00 2500 | 10 0o 20 60 10 00 100 00 eesenel -...$18,875 70 As there sre abou: 700 men on the work it will be seen :hat the collections do not keep pace with the expenditures. There is & great dealof destitution in the City, the details of which are sickening to those who hear thym hourly related at the headquarters n Leidesdorff street. The apeal must be mswered. inporiing Co. &Co.. 2 A. Beote Total to date "TA Faa! Fall. Michael 0’ Connorfell Into the hold of the steamship Newpor{ yesterday morning, and | receivea injuries frym whicn he died. He was engaged inpain i the and while com: ing down & Jadderslipved and feil 10 the bot- tom. Ti.e decensal was a native of ireland, 67 vears old and yshoemaker by occupation, He'lived on Virghia avenue, between Twen- ty-ninih aud Thruelh strects, and leaves a dow cadimile . ADVANCES male on furniiure and pianos, with © without yemofal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission. The “Unemployed” Greatly Enjoyed the Barbecue at the Trocadero Yesterday, but the Men Working on the Boulevardi Were Disappointed. One of the Number Broke Through the Restraint Piaced Upon Them and Sold His Privi- lege to Labor for the Sake of a Mess of the Forbidden Buliock. MDWAY PLASHACE MUST MOVE ON Edward Homan Compelled | to Vacate the Prem- ises. John W. Mackay - Owns Property, and He Is Imp'acab'e. Jack Hallina», Now 2t Rest, Esta -; lished This Resort as the Cremorne Theater. The tawdry place of entertainment now | known as the Midway Plaisance, formerly | Thester, is to be closed. That matter was settled by the | verdict of a jury in Judge Hunt's court | called the Cremorne yesterday, when the | speedily agreed on for a big purse and all | the gale receipts, for it was “make or break’’ with the fizhters in those 1imes. On the night of the fight enthusiasm knew no bounds. It wasev:deutfrom the start that the men were very evenly matched, though Lynn seemed to_sur- pass Hallinan in legerdemain. in surpassing pluck, bowever, and this won him the purse, and much more, as the outcome will show. After the mill nad been in progress a great many rounds Lynn began to show | over-confidence, and danced about the ring in fantastic fashion, making grim- | nces and “'showing off” his cieverness by | “‘chopping” his adversary about when- | | ever e felt like it. | The old London prize ring rules were in | vogue, and Jack was snowing signs of dis- | tress from the blows that had been so gen- | erously bestowed by Lynn. Everybody | thought his defeat "was inevitable, but there was some steam left in the Comstock | boy and he waited for his chance. He | took his punishment with the stolidity of a wooden Indian, and finaliy, when Billy in contemptuous guise threw out his face as a targei, Juck shotout his rigat and reached Lynn's chin. | " Tt proved to be the proper *“point” and | was as effective as the blow over the heart which General Fiizsimmons recently de- ivered with his compliments to Colonel Corbett. Lynns’ backers were unable to 1esusci- tate the ‘champion from the Base Range'” and Hallinan the hero of the hour. play of true grit and Jobn Mackay, being of a generous nature, not only forgave his erstwhile enemy but bestowed on him his respect and his friendship. A man who there was rendered a | could face fate when the chances seemed verdict in favor of John W. Mackay, the | to be 50 tremendously against him would | AT 7 fh 32 = 0 it gl h“lla”n!‘ ‘ I o ton l] The Condemned Midway Plaisance, Market Street. great mining and telegraphic magnate, do to trust. From that day Jack Halli- What | Hallinan lacked 1n dexterity he made up | He cavtured the respect of all by his dis- | | cording to gossip carrent in Virginia City against Edwarl Homan, impressario of talent in questionable plays and doubtful leg opera. The judgment of the court is for §300 rent and possession of the premises at 771 Market street within three daya. The late Jack Hallinan was the originator of ihe Cremorne Theater, and it was to 4im that Mackay rented the place, probably more as a matter of friendship than as & bu<iness proposition. Hallinan was a journeyman oblecksmith on ihe Comstock lode in the early '70s, and, having an aptitude for boxing, soon developed into a prizs-fighter. 3 From prize-fighting 1o politics was an eesy transition in tiose early aays, ac- al that time, and something that Hal- linan did in some iccal contest aroused Mackay’s wrath. It was said that in con- sequence of that fit of anger the multi- millionaire conceived the idea of bringin: to the Comsiock a boxer who could defeat Hallinan in the ring and thus punish bim for his temerity in_upposing tie political friends of the big bonanza manipuliators. 8oon afterward Billy Lynn of Eureka mude his appearance, and a contest was ran never lacked for financial backing, and be it said to his credit he proved worthv of the confidence of those who trusted him in business matters, Hallinan had big faro game in Vir- pinia City, in partnership with the late Jonn P. Sweeney, with a cock-fighting addendum. After the boom hai passed Hallinan removed to San Francisco and engaged in the only kind of business that he was able to successfully manag-. Mackay, of course, never approved the udes (0 which his Market-street property was put, but interposed no veto until the business passed into the hands ot otlers. Mrs. Hallinan, widew of the original | owner, appeared in court yesterday with aclaim to aninterest in the Midwav en- terprise, allezing that she had paid $450 to Homan for her share, since the commence- ment of the litigation, but it was decided tuat she was too late, and that she haa no legral basis for her contention; that she ought to have been made a party defend- ant; that she knew there was trouble about the rent, and that it was her duty to make 1nquiries for her own self-protection. The Sheriff will be asked to disposse:s Homan #s soon as that vrocess can be legally accomplished. L THE SESSION0F THE WORKMER Appointment of Several of the Important Com- t mittees. of | | Some Interesting Items Business Disposed i Ot William H. Jor!zn’s Talk om Cub: at the Evening Ses- sicn. The second day’s session of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Oraer ot United Workmen was well attended yesterday and much legisiative work was done by the commitiees appointed for that pur- pose. | The following committees were ap- pointed at the opening of the morning's session: Good of the order—William H. Jordan, P. &, M. W.; E. F. Joy, J. M. Graves, J. N. Block, F. | Kellogg, J. M. | . G, ML W, olutions—A. R. Orr, C. H. | Collins. Special 1—James Booth, | . Flack, T. H. McDonald. Special 2—J. A. Lovejoy, George Horton, W. H. T. H. Merry, S B. Burkham, J. G. A recommendation was made that the necessary expenses incurred by deputies in visiting lodges be paid by the Grand | Lodge when an item zed claim for the same shall be made. Tne charter for new lodges has been reduce. from $20 to $5 Lodges meeting semi-monthiy may cali special meetings, admit candidates and confer degrees. All of the dispencations granted by the grand master workman during the past | year were confirmed. The value of the press and of the official organ was emyhatically enunciated. It was recommended that the memorial day of the order be regularly observed. Twenty-six new lodges were reported. It was decided to continue the u-e of an official organ for the order, but the name of the journal was cmitted. The amount of $15,000 was appropriated for extension work, ana also the per capita tax was fixed at $250 par year, to ve paid qarterly. The grand medical examiner's fee was reduced from 50 cents to %5. The question of holding biennial ses- sions faiied fo pass, it not getting the requisite iwo-thirds vote necessary to amend the constitution. 1t was a rare treat that was afforded the members of the Grand Lodge and visiting Workmen at B'nai B'rith Hall last nighi, who gathered tolisten (o the lecture on | “Cuba and the Was” by Past Supreme | | Master William H. Jordan. The enter- tainment was under the auspices of the Past Masters' Association and was at- tended by an audience that filied the hall. Past Supreme Master Jordan’s lecture was aivided into three parts, the first and Inst being illustrated with siriking stere- opticon views. He first spoke of the past history of Cuba and of its many places of interest and note, from the laniing of Co- lumbus to the execution of Cantain Frye of the American sieamer Virginius and his gallant crew. Then he bezan an eloquent recital of the present strugcle, and said he wished to ark the American people two questious. One was: “'Shall the Government of Spain be permitred in the face of existing trraty stipulations to arrestand condemn Ameri- can citizens without trial—to imprison | and murder American citizens?” He stated that this was continually done and | oueht to be stopped at whatever cost, so | that American citizens might be confident | o! protection and respect in whatever part of the world they might chance to be. His second question was, “Shall the island of Cuba, shali the Cuban patriots be permitied now to set up housekeeping for themselves and so govern themselv, ndependently of the Government of ipain?” He declared that the insurgents had ample cause to rebel against the rule of Spain. While nominally the Cubans had avoice in framing their laws and fixing their taxes, they were, by the cunning manipulation of the voting franchise by the Spanisn officials on the island, in r ality deprived of their rights. He quoted figures to show how by means | of import and export duties Spain draimed | | annually from Cuba between $20,000,000 | and $22,000,000. The taxes of the isl were irom $26 000,000 to $30,000,000, and most of this, he declared, went to repair the lost fortunes of proflizate sons of Span- ish noblemen, who were appointed to lu- crative Government positions in Cuba. Tois tax, he pointed out, was raised to maintain a government for 1,631.000 peo- ple, while in the United States, with its population of 70,000,000, the total tax per |annum was in the neighborhood of $77,- ' 000,000. He further contrasted conditions in 'this country and oppressed Cub: calling attention to the fact that the tax yer capita in the United States was only $123, while in Cuba 1t was $23 40. No peo- ple on the face of the earth, he said, had to pay the tax Imposed on the people of Cuba. Left All to His Children. The will of Joseph Coblentz, who died in this City on April 3, was to-day filed for pro- bate by fsidore W.Levyand Felix Coblentz, executors. The instrument leaves all the propefty of the deceased to his four surviving chil.ren, Hattie, Pauline, Sylvia and lsauc Coblentz, share and share alike. ALAMEDA MOLE 10 BE FILLED IN A Big Improvement Pro- jected by the Railroad Company. President Huntington Will In- spect the Work When It Is Begun. One Mile and a Quarter of Trestle to Bs Entireiy Doae Away With Shortly. Since Collis P. Huntington, the suiding spirit of the great Soutuern Pacific Cora- pany, reacned this coast on his recent | trip there has been a hurrying up of im- portant improvements on the corpora- tion’s lines, and several big entervrises have been projected. One of the heaviest of these will be begun within a few days on the Oakland | and Alameda narrow-gauge mole, on | which many thousands of doilars will be | spent. The plau is to make a solid stone | and earth roadbed f om the present shore line to where the deep-water mark has been established by a breakwater. The materials pumped out of Oakland Creek when that watercourse was recently dredged filled in & portion of the marsh beneath the tresile that hasdone service | for so many years, and this debris will | form the foundation for the substantial | Toadbed that has long been contemplated | and which will soon be a realit | The company experimented with filling | in under a trestle and putting the rais on a solid bed with the short trestle between | Pacific-street and Second-avenue stations | on the Alameda line, and the result was very satisiactory, the piles holding she | rock and earth remarkably well and soon | cementing into a solid mass that has de- fied the waters of the bay ever since. | For some lime pust s big gang of men | has been at work at Csmpbells station, | just beyond San Jose, where the company | nas an immense gravel pit, preparing to take out u large quantity of material, and at the same time engineers have been looking over the ground to be filied and | ballasted, with & view 10 ascertaining the | exact amount of rock that will be needed. | | Superintendent Frasier of the division | to which the mole and its tracks beloni went over tbe ground a few days ago with a party of raillroad engineers, and Mr. | Huntington is expected to 100k into the matter personaily when the work begins. The mile and a quurter of trestles that | 10 be filled in will require many thou- | sands of tons of rock tu bring the road bed | up to the desired level and 1wo trains will be kept consiantly at work conveying rock until the job is complete. One of the most potent reasons that in- duced the company 10 2o away with the | trestle was the impossivility of muking the | | pites stay in any desired position. The | and into which they are driven is of such a character that they are constantly sin ing and causing the'track to sag in spots | |in & manner that renders travel uncom- | fortabie if not dangerous. Thousands of dollars have been spent in keeping the track level. The reason the company does not fill further out than the distauce mentioned is that the Government claims jurisdic- tion and no clash 1s desired by tue railroad people. W. C. T. U. Board Meeting. The executive board of the Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union held an al -day session yesterday. Itwas decided to go back to the ola-fashioned pledges. A nundred thousand | | of them are to be issued, and it is hoped the | clergymen of the City will iend tneir hearty | co-operation. The State convention will be held in Modesto | the first week in September. A motion w | passed to call the attontion of the Board of | Health to the adulterated state of the liquor | sold here, The different commitices to be in | charge of the entertainment for the anuual | scnool of methods were elected. Mrs. E Green resigned as superintendent ol moth ‘work and Mrs. Jameson was appointed in her stesd. e ——— A French Canadian couple, now living in St. Paul, recently celebrated the eightieth anniversiry of their marriage. The husband is 107 years of age, and his wife is 101 NEW TO-DAY. FOR $12.50 WE MAKE TO ORDER | Suits that are easily worth | double the money. This is not advertising talk | merely—we can prove it. We | do tailoring on a wholesale | plan; buy our cloth direct | from the mills and make it to your measure here in our own | establishment. For $12.50 you take your pick of the richest Spring styles of cloths in an endless assortment—fine Cassimeres, Cheviots, Tweeds, Serges, Worsteds, Havana and Olive | Browns, Slates, Overplaids, Small Checks, Crashes, etc., | in latest fast colors. | We guarantee every suit to be pure wool and keep it in repair one year free of charge. S.N. WOOD & CO. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS) S4lL MARKET STREET. CORNER POWELL & EDDY STS. BABIES Can be made comfortable by getting our little cream, wrapper stvie undershirts, heavy fleeced, sizes 1 1o 6, at 10 cenis. 1200 LITTLE GIRLS Or boys, 2 to 10 years, can buy each a pair of heavy black ribbed seamiess hose or gray hose for 7 cents a pair. No such val- ues in town at less than 15 cents. 7] || BIG BOYS Or smalil-s strong, fu o d men can buy each a good, cat Cassimere Suit, dark col- and zood style. for the low price of 3.50; youll pay $7.50 at many places and get nothing betier. Also Iron Ciads and | other ma. 1200 LADIES Can buy the very best quality of 50 or 75 cent Jersey ribbea long-sleeved under- wear, vests or pants, nicely made, mostly winter weight, fleece lined or plain, At 25 Cents. Greatest bargain of the age, sold for bal- ance of this week only, to make room for goods to artive. 1200 MEN Can buy each a fine re-enforced, strongly made white shirt, from the best make on the continent, sizes 15 to 17}, at26 cents each. 1200 FAMILIES Can be made hanpy, comfortable and pros- perous by siarting in right, on a casa basis, and buying goods at a strictly cash house at the right price. Remember, the great store FOR THE PEOPLE Is open for business from 7 A. M. to 5:45 P. M. daily, excent Sundaysand Holidays. QUTHS 5, 25-27 MARKET >TREET, NEAR THE FERRY. Y sT AuCTION TUESDAY, APRIL 13. 1897, lock noon, AT OUR SALESRO0M, 638 MARKET ST. Opposite Palace Hotel. San Francisco. At 12 o Probate Sale Howard Street Improved ~ Property. SE. line (Nos. 831, 853) Howard, 355 feet SW, from Fourth st.—Improvements, tvo residsnee 7 rooms, b 1d basement: rull rents $75: basa't rock: scid ticlose an estate; large i, 45X85 feet: soid subject Lo confirmation of & i perior Court, L. A. Buch Street Tmproved Property. S line (Nos. 1617 and 1619) Bush st., 220 Franklin—Bush-st. front; 2 houses of § ath and busement: rear froung Fern and 4 rooms: ful rent $70; d St er cables: large lot, $2:6x120 feet, through to Y¥ern ave. Presidio Heizhts. SW. corner Sacramento and_Walnnt sts,—Bay- winiow buildiug, comprising 2 French fiats of 7 4 rooms: fuil rents $60; Residence Near Market Street, N.line (No 438) of Kidley or 13th st., 80 feet E. of Guerrero—iiouse 6 rooms and bath; near Castro and Valencia st. cable; Lo 25x100 feet. Twenty-Fourth-St. Improved Property, North ltne (No«. 3174 and 3176) of Twenty- fourta st. 926 feec east of Howard -improve- menis. (w0 uav-windowed residences of 7 rooms sud Dath each: full rencs $16: large io, 35:6x45 eet. Folsom-Street Business Lot. Southeas: line of Folsom st., 125 feet southwest of 9th—Lo. in flae business 0catio : wi b proper, {mprovensents would pav well: electric and cam cars; street in basait rock: Lot 25x95 feet. Ashbury Heights Eesidence Lots. Nortticust corner 0f Ashbury or Park Lane and 18th or Minerva sts.—: hree elegnt residence lota: mar.ne and iniaud view: ali ready Lo build upon; beuutirui locaiton for n home: sewer on 1Sih st.: SCF. and S M. electric road: corner 10t 25x95: In- side iots 25x95 and 25x100 feet. Van Ness Avenue tesidence Lot. Wes: line of Van Neas ave.. 37:6 feet north ot cost.—street bituminized :sldewalk curbed; street sewered and side se ; fine view: an elegant {ot; must be soid: lot 26x125 fest. Bernal Heights Home Lots, Ten residence lot, fronting Powhattan ave. som sts.—Pleasant location; on Cortiana ave.; X0 feet. 2 Beunington-Street Home. West line (No. 26) of Beanington st., north of Cortia d ave.—Improvements, couage of 3 rooms; eiectric road to be on Cortand ave.; Street sewered and graded: lot 25X124 feet. EASTON, ELORIDGE & CO., uOflice Sateszoom, 638 Market s, opposite Palace Ho.el. 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