The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-05

IlDf Hits NE N DflIlD.
An ARMY of workmea seize :
Sasked Claim.


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sa,up the eassrn .. Ex-Governor squire.
even though assors5ve. seeming 20 IRE
ether s4azfssrS with q desire 10 owsa sh2z
part 81 the government domain fhss Is
coveted with water al every tide This
time the black bounded By King street
on the north. the Grant street bridge
on she east. weiIer street On the west
ard the track Of the Columbia ans.
Puget sound railroad and The line al
81 xth street projected. on the west.
and more PARTICULARS described -
hIssck IS. II. :. N4snara'<. j. the prise
cove Ell aid for which lively struggle
has begun. The block OF siafs in agaes-
saon Is claimed by Joseph Mcknight
and has heea surrounded by row o.
capped piles upon which the tsEesIo
has fad for several years.
RAID AsTfegraTEp.
Nearly week ego II came 10 Mr..
MeSsught's ears that this part OF his
ALLEGED domain was 10 be invaded hy
suuatfers. 80 be set afollf heading
them Of Last SUNDAY he caused To
be erected small cabin on the Eorth-
west corner OF the block, at the first
turn in the Grant street bridge and
placed an arIae9 guard therein to
stand of invaders. j special officer
was alse sworn in al his reqnest 10
guard the place
TIE JUMPERS CAME IL THE DARK
Up 10 o'clock yesterday morning
no demonstration was made on the
part of the expected Jumpers: but at
that hour the guard saw gang OF
about twenty naen silently bringing ia
RATS of lumber on the tide from the
direction OF The Mechanics mill and
moorlng them TO the row of plies slong
the eastern side OF the block He al
once notified Mr.. Mcknight; on. a.
the men made 30 attempt TO erect a
building no action was taken 10 drive
them away.
THE sQgATTFRs RtFllD CABINS.
Nothing further Was dome until
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, when
twenty carpenters appeared upon the
scene as ii by magic and within If
teen minutes had dozen hents placed
upon mudsiiis about two feet inside Of
the row OF piles along the east eide of
the block. They worked stesUiiy up
Ia 4 o'clock. when the framework OF a
wharf p feet wide, exten ing from
Weller street nearly 10 King was com
pieie,i. Then the plan OF the squat
tiers became more apparent, for the
carpenters commenced hoi>t,ug whole
sections OF houses from the raft that
were living upon the now bare flats.
and putting them together. In less
than Two hours three rough boar. cab
ms, 20x2i teet in size. with matched
doors. doors and windows haa been
put together, and floors bad been laid
In the intervening spaces for like struc-
lures.
BossiSs THE JOB.
4 large crowd of Idle men gathered
Bpon the bridge and were interested
spectators OF the labors OF the carpeI-
tiers a they rushed the WORK along
In this crowd was man dressed in a
light gray suit and white hat who was
not an lille spec aior, for at times he
directed the movements OF the earpen-
ters and urged themto renewed e1er-
tions whenever the work seemed 10
lag. He refused II give his name but
one of the bystanders said II was
Charles McC onneli. Another man.
who also appeared TO take IA great deal
OF interest in the work and even volun-
ieered the information that he was in-
terested in the scheme, said his name
WAS +. L. Mcconnell, and that he ran
confectionery and cigar store at l 40
Front street. Occasionally other men
would come up and talk with these
two men in confidential manner
and would then leave. Every body
was misliEed by the reticence OF the
bosses and there We're many specuia-
tons as TO who the interested parties
We're.
No MANS LAND, THEY SAY.
When approached By reporter, tbs
man known as Charles Mcconnell re-
fused 10 say anything abogt the work
under his direction; bat he finally re-
Tented under persuasion, and said it
vas being done for an association OF
prominent business men ai Seattle.
These men, said he, claim To have
a. much right 10 these tide-tlats as
anyone else, aud they have plenty OF
money 10 back up their claims. This
scheme was well considered before II
was put into execution. Every man
found how much money he could take
cut OF his business without gripping
himself, and then pledged himself for
the amount. They are prepared for a
tight, and will make this a test ease
We have money enough 10 go ahead
with the work, no matter how many
injunctions they get out. We have
our attorney, and will light them on
every tusn.
GESEgAIsHiP or THE ISvaDTRs.
One OF tue carpenters told a reporter
that the entire crew of twenty men
had been held in readiness for the
work for several days. The houses
were all sawed out az the Mechanics
mill. Every board wy made the
proper length. the SIZES. floor AMI
roof were pat togeth.Fin sections, the
doors and windows &ere hung in the
frames and every fng iixei 80 that a
few nails would Complete the build
ings. Tue day flight the carpenters
vino were receiving 90 cents Ter hour
for waiting. Fruck for higher wages.
they were fiven 81 night bonus aud
a compromise was effected. Lumber
for a row of houses Ia extend along
the east siie OF the block was RATED
t'Nt f9NAA tkit NUN A4-sE 1851 ta--t III anu
work OF construction sill he recon-
nss.ced with low tide this morning
u Is the purpose % the squatiers to
Surround che block with cabins ike
those erected yesterday.
sCSAr&ur WILL ASK AZ INJUNCTION.
Joseph Mcknight drove down to the
bridge ia The afternoon aud watched
the progress Of the work Ia the
evening he touk the train for san
Francisco, bat one oI his clerks made
the assertion that the Jumpers gould
oe driven OF tfselSy. Judge lIaislofa
Is az olyS pa, ard restraining order
csiiuot i's secured until be returns.
" bo the Jumpers are viii probably
develop when she injunction j. served
bat the nsr4es are nov kept secret.
Tie ava MCtonuells being the onix
persons appearing ia The matter.
eUN eGkEns rBg Squire HoIck.
TIE squire block was guarded oy
man, Who sat IN the newly erected
shanty wigh gun across his knee all
DAY. The fence has been completed
around the front part Of the block and
Nj squire appears Ia have complete
possession aside from the r5zhis COTS
seFged rs the restraining ugsfer i7sIes.
oa Wednesday
lIE Cattle BUSINESS.
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