The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1900 that It conflicted with some provision or’ the charter. By the motion of Sanderson the selec- | tion of committees was again brought be- | fore the board. nderson wished to show that the ction of the board to the election of the Finance Committee wi not unanimous, no member of the Repub- lican party having been appointed on it. It was put to a vote, Duboce, Sanderson and Boxton registering negatives, so all the committees stocd just as the Mayor read them originally Adjournment began to suggest ideas to the new Supervicors at this time. An at- tempt was made to have the regular meet- ing hour of the board fixed at § p. m.. but this was lost and_the board adjourned to meet again next Monday at 2 p. m. Before adjournment on_ the motion of Dwyer, the board resolved to hold a cau- ler q grounds as a result of the The park should receive support from the Supervisors. street, Ven Ness avenue, Buchan- from Oak street, and Dolores d with trees as the be- ginning of a boulevard system. The trees #hould be furnished and planted by the Park Commission and they should be maintained by the Board of Public Works, as no de- jence c had private propert recent cle a8 Park, which be thrown tained per- ing n should be p , located in a 1 s to ‘cor stion of employes. he ent with Mayor filed | into the room and there con- | sidered the s for an hour. R. M. ined his brothers by this fathers was com- ved too ponderous t meeting, so the matter w committee of the Ju- committ of which | nings will be chairman and h secretary. The joint com- investigate the proposition t to another caucus meeting on Hotaling or Je il ——— =~ THE ONLY 'REPRESENTATIVE SOUTH_ OF THE SLOTex THAA e g i = M<Carmy THE IMPLEMENTS DF TRADE 10 MAKE AN’S INFANT CLASS how many men are needed 14 what_employes shall be general impression is that few changes in the cler! Ruseell remaining as chief Frid at we Supervisors went ing the lately with a sang readily ob- the new e chair and Supervisor geltinger, Black, | Byington, Collins -yer, Holland, { Kalben ahd Phelps ‘old board s its isiness yesterday Jived that the Licens 1thorized to is: bails to the to read the in- to be made out of the § the reet Department and cleaning of JRickarp N P) EREUD ouGHT To FITWELL To THE ADMIN |STRATION o committees a fund for streets sweeping Tobin. e SCOTT WINS OFFICE IN A DISGRACEFUL BRAWL ngs—Dwyer, Sanderson, Booth. lities—Reed, ng, Magulre. srre s ) OSEPH H. SCOTT, chosen Tax Col- e 1 lector at the late election, yesterday d Orders—Comte, McCarthy, observed the provisions of the char- e i s ter and took possession of his office promptly at noon; but he had to do it with a ciub. Edward I. Sheehan, the then incumbent, declined to acknowledge the worth of Scott's election certificate and attempted to hold the office against him Jennings, Con- —Booth, Brandenstein, fictal Lights—Hotaling, | | | Sanderson - McCarthy, Helms, Boxton, zation of - Assessments Curtis Service of hired thugs bought for the o nd ex-prize Brandenstein, asion and armed with Sanderson, Correction—Duboce, Helms, | every nondescript weapon from a loaded ton, Prandensteln, D'Ancona. | d0uble-barrcled shotgun to a heavy hick- | wagon spoke. The result, from a having been dispensed | vulgar standpoint, was one of the pret- 4 began to read pecimens of “rough house” that has ed since the good old days in when the heaviest tout carried the bailot-box. From the other it was the most disgraceful | tiest solution fwas referred | Committee out of fear | to-hand conflict, the one fortunate resuit { P \ RO Y, { A STANTO M L/ WiLL MAKE | | To THE .through the air and chairs were hurled | "hw. v San Fran Supervisc d the crowd | Turner Hall January nd the Danish followed upon the Danish branch 2 and 3, at Sara- is. was not favored | ion adopted in the last meet- an elght- Flinn & Treacy contracts \gain arose after | tion of wrtificlal stone nd r off his se- nard street, between | committees, three nd on Jc between er boards could boast of, | ay, repealed. Charities and Correc- | An expenditure of $4642$9 was ordered with the aid of his deputies and a horde | fighters | Te _&z? | unn, b ‘ ecessary scene that ':'J‘FI = | r ized the inception of a new. =i = g in eack order y and county. For the oo i ha iotvit | bet of a quarter hour the Tax & - { ; Hall the scene of ce |a b 1d have cost the reputa- | w & o now in | tion r garden. The two principals | xZ > given | to . Scott and Sheehan, with i 11 service should | their following of deput - sodden roughs, mixed things in a hand- FIRM OF MENDELL, MANSON * AND GRUNSKY MOYES of which was that it resulted in nothing more serious than bruised heads and | blackened eves and a superficial bullet wound {n the neck of John O'Brien, one of Sheehan’s hired fighters. Clubs culled from office furniture, glass globes snatched from office lights, ink wells and | other quickly plucked weapons swished | and then over the counter jumped Ruef.} Scott, George Fiddes and “Big Jack’ | Fitzgerald. They were met half way by Sheehan's gang, each one of which had | quickly grabbed his-club, and he began to | swing it lustily and with effect. Mike Sul- | livan smashed Scott full in the face with a | glass lamp globe, and Scott replied with a swing that brought Sullivan down from | his perch on a stool. Aleck Greggains got | across with his gang and mixed things | with every one who came t ont, Jack Sullivan of Sheehan's f picked | up a chair and felled “‘Big Ja itzger- | ald, but Fitz caught his feet again and e hat | clinched with John Doyle. As they went | way until late gu the afternoon when Su- | t, the floor the sound of a pistol shot rang perior Judge Bahrs issued an order re-|out from behind the counter on Sheehan's straining Sheehan from interfering Wwith |gide, and Jack O'Brien, a grocer and poli- | from one end of the office to the other. The police joined in the melee and for a | few minutes there was a rataplan of lo- | cust clubs on every head that made itself prominent. At the end of it all Scott and Pis deputies and Sheehan and his were in poss on, and things remained that Scott in the administration of his office e pls™ o Ao the defeated candidate called oft his Ot L aleoanti M dogs of war and departed. | times dropped to the It has been known for a week that Shee- | fioor with a buliet in his neck han would contest Scott’s entrance to the | to a table and Wi office, although it was not at first thought | knocked off by a heavy that he would resort to force to maintain | thrown from the end of {) 1 The intimation that he would | oy Broad. Ruef got up and w: do so did not come until Saturday | i n with a well directed | last when Sheehan and ht ] which he secured in turn and used caded the do with hea arly beating out the brains of his as- about ail of the movable office fu ant. He also d it skillfully in fell- | They also screwed down the windows anc removed the knobs from all the doors, at- ng one of Sheehan's gang who W at- | tempting to strike Scott from behind with | and, a more ous matter still, had also | the ~ substantial leg of a he oaken | removed the officlal cash books, ‘and these | chair, Notwithstanding Sheehan's heavy | i1l mis when Scott finally won | armament s men rapidly got the bet- ter of the fight, and then the police broke § in with their clubs drawn, and by the The signal for yesterday’s battle was |time they got throu ixing things there Scott's appearance promptly at noon at | was not enough ft in the crowd the door of the office. Sheehan and his | to lend interest to a Sunday picnic 2 been walting for him since 11| O'Brien, who had been s got on his Sheehan was stationed at the | feet again and announced that he Pad Ne r fight than go to the hospital, but leading_behind Wi orious ex- as finally talked out of his bel the two prize fighter, and were L Hagan, Sheehan nief dep- | r cut the bullet ut, Tim Sullivan, a gang foreman in the | neck, where it had loc spl employ of the Market-street Rallway | Charlle Broad, who was careful not | Company and the man in charge of Shee han’'s hired fighting force; Jack Coleman, another prize fighter, Mike Sullivan and a half dozen other disreputables. Under the desk before them each man had a club in pickle waiting for the fight they proposed to put up. come within danger distance of the fi ing, was promptly ted upon a_charze of assault with a deadly weapon. He was | accused of having thrown inkwells, ani| when arrested was found with a l-'md:'d] revolver in his hand. | John Doyle, who had been one of the weakest fighters in Sheehan’s bunch, went to the police and accused Ben Salomon | of having fired the shot that laid O'Brien out and Salomon was promptly arrested, notwithstanding that he had taken no part in the melee and was not within thirty feet of the shooting when it oc- curred. A dozen witnesses will testify to the fact that he had nothing whatever to do with it and many of them stand ready to identify the guilty party as soon as he ‘ | | shall be apprehended. ‘After the police had separated the com- batants, carried the wounded from the scene of riot and gathered together the weapons of offense and defense Mr. Ruef, | representing Mr. Scott, went before Judge | Bahrs and filed suit to restrain Sheehan from further interfering with plaintiff's effort to take possession of the office and | conduct the business thereof. In his com- | plaint Scott alleged that Sheehan, in con- Yederation with other fictitious defend- ants named, without right and contrary | to the force and effect of the laws made | and provided, surrounded himself with | an armed force and went to the office with the object In view of interfering with plaintiff’s attempt to take possession IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT | Scott had been warned of Sheehan's in- | thereof and to hinder him in his attempt | tentions early in the day and had hurrfed- | to carry on the public business. In ac- ly summoned Aleck Greggains and his | cordance with the prayer of the petition- gang to his assistunce. When he arrived | (X000 W NP oame presiding | at the door the gang was with him, and | | despite the efforts of Police Sergeant Duke | Judge at the noon. hour, issued a tempo- i | rary restraining order, returnable before | and his six officers forced their way into | the main office nd lined up on the other | Judge Cook, enjoining the defendantsfrom | side of the desk from Sheehan and his | interfering with the business of the Tax Coilector’s office, from attempting to in- crowd. Attorney Abe Ruef, acting for | | S was Introduced to Shee terfere and from remaining in the office | Salomon, and Ruef promptly ved | or attempting so to do. On the granting ott's election certificate. and on be- | of the temporary writ it was immediately half of his client demanded possession of | served on Sheehan, with the result that | the office. *“Upon the advice of my attor- | Scott at least held the legal right to re- | ney T deciine to retir d_Sheehan, up- | main, while Sheehan, by remaining, vio- on which Ruef turned to Scott and his | lated the order of the court. Later Shee- { backers and d, “Gentlemen, Mr. Shee- | han gave up the fight, called off his bat- an refuses to turn over this office; it is pur duty to take it.” Stand ready!” velled Larry Hagan. “Stand ready!” echoed Alex Greggains, tered crowd and left Scott in full posses- sfon. Until Judge Seawell hands down his decision in the suit of Sheehan against Scott matters will remain as they are. | B CA , ASSERLY EQUIPPED To DRIVE THROUGH EDUGAMO SILURIAN (SM <. LCITY.HALL = SHEEHAN'S ACCOUNTS : ALLEGED TO BE SHORT AX COLLECTOR J. H. SCOTT and his attorney, A. Ruef, claimed last night that when they finally got hold of ex-Tax Collector Sheehan's books yes- terday afternoon they discovered evi- dences of the rankest frauds. Although Sheehan and his deputies carried away thelr cash books, in order, it is asserted, to prevent the exposures that would re- sult if they were experted, they left their block and ass ment books, and it was In these that Mr. Ruef clalms to have found 1d, is of the opinion that Shee- “work his graft” by cashing but by jugsling th presented by have found e t n was in the habit falsifying t nal assessments wi to_his own bo: have mount For ins ation « ransfe that his profits must imu{mndru]s of dollars the Assessor g 1 rty as it in his bo ceordin t wit the Asse or's the difference in his own po It I een tly Sheehan mu than the fight books incl ink that they have ¥ n. To-day they will ¢ turn of the ca oks of the office upon their rec startling exposu pected. PSR S HEALTH BOARD QUITS WITHOUT A STRUGGLE HE Burns Board of Health went I quietly out of office at noon yester- day and made way, with only a per- ceptible struggle, for its successor. Its well-laid plans to maintain itself in office notwithstanding the provisions of the charter were knocked into a cocked hat by a sudden and serious attack of “cold feet" suffered by Dr. Barbat. The new board won out hands down, and Dr. Coftey was the only member of the out- going board who had the courage of his convictions and offered to fight. Mayor Phelan arrived at the board rooms shortly before noon and at onece be- came the presiding officer of the meeting then going on. Promptly at noon his ap- pointees appeared and made formal de- mand upon the old board for possession of the office. Dr. Coffey demurred. He claimed that the board had been appointed by the Governor of the State and that the charter in no wise affected its tenure of office. He moved that the old board re- Continued on Page Eight GRADY MAY CUT FIRE EXPENSES AS HE DID P | TAX S & RECEIPTS 2 I N URCYS LEAP FROM SHOEMAKER TO | TIREMAN.) | {2 A B SPRE(KELS BLOOMS IN A NEW &