The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-26
4 cHfDRlIED CASE.
How Pinck and Pile-Drivers wen
Valuable Property.
1hs sfte sa the riae-Ffsss tkas
Sieve Bst1ey's shrsvaness Sc
esrsa Reported soid-

he Spokane Fails gz-ssses< OF rersu'
| cste deyoses q l<sx<hs AID amusing
asetrie % q -. 90 sale OF property on tn
| sid<-asss sf Seattle. owzed By EszHeElmaz
Stare RAS5ey Of the sa~-ser cits. DszfsIni
10 sscerxEia ire name Of he purchaser
which Wa omitted In the ertSeie referee
q. FnsT IxrxxLtsxxExx reporter sonk -
the marser M. II was found list fhe
property IN qzessiea was seintiy oxnst
| By Steve Raisev. Fob Abrams. wsssoz
g iess On the extension % South com1aer
eisi street. near the intersection of Tx
latter With Charles street. Two h1fl1inxs
EN- eioyei - lsx1<inS- snrse<. have recently
eesa PLACED there. azd tie sos- eI The
ersy 10 est s1ased A. 81 90 Bob Abrams
Den - thai aBy sale has been sfecsed, hu;
/ fnfisaAsed that certain Gerscnx Rad ex.
mines the Iosz at.o1r . mo8fa $50 with
tie vleE ct ESTABLISHING . pork packing
establishment tnereoa- IA case sAfisfac
tory z-y2ageEs1fE eo1l1 BE made
These I1fn. whose bames are with heid
~ NJ. Abrams for private rezsnns. will re
Wait the city within uerk from the PRES
eat rTac AID make decision, They Save
examined the chief Business cxnfe-s on
the sound, and are fxvorably inclined 20.
Ns<a8t @er&<&3E ~ L1<<G &4tcs G4J<E 10 z4&XkC
t1esr headquarters The owners OF the
property tx it, vaiae ~ s4a.eO0 OF <ae<E
and - the erens of nun-Surcess in dIs.zns-
Ing Of IL TO the projectors Of The pork pArk-
ing factory. they viii ennssr1es q sxxmili
On he site in the spriax- TIE mil con
Q.tsn fest per cay OF 10 hours. and the pro-
posed outlay ranges from SIS. 600 70 SIS .o0o.
There Is an interesting incident con-
aecfeE with the acqsirerseut Of thG prop
srEy BY the present ho5deys. In lS7a BIZ
joint action OF the legislature and CRY Of
seattle, 50 far - their power 20 dispose ex-
tended, the whole Of the tide Eats wzs
made over 10 the Seattle & NAILS walls
Railroad Company. which 81 that time
proposed 10 conaecf the two cities by rx.i.
Tbe right. in itself worthless. was after
Wards merged IN the Oregon Improvement
Company. which held und;ssLred claim
until Tie summer OF lSs2 steve Bailey
then ran the New England hotel Ia this
city. and be. in conjunction xith several
oSheTA. formed plan 90 iumc the section
new occupied by himself and partners
The date Of initial operations was 30 6xed
~ 10 prevent restraining injunction be
Ing made and Was arranged In thus way.
and on the night of his departure 90 bold
court ct Po-t Townsend several Pile drivers
were In readiness % begin work. SO ener-
gefically was the driving prosecuted Q long
tine Of piles exposed their shattered ex-
tremities 10 the astonished gaze Of the
Oregon Improvement company's repeesen-
tassyes. who hurried 70 the scene, accom-
panied by ofseers of the Law, The working
foree Was arrested and taken 10 the nearest
justices c0Hrt where they were baiied out
Immediately BY previously appointed per
sons IL uas then learned that while the
arresfine officers and James Mcknight, A.
foxney for the company, were in court. q
md hw h<.<s ira
ing the row of piles This force Vas ar
rested In turn and Was likewise hailed cut.
the first men taking their places at the
driver until again arrested This Was repeat
81 until large space had been fenced In.
Tbs company. in the meantime, deter
mined To rvs0rt TO force in removing the
piles. and chartered two tugooars. the ce
his and Edna, for the purpose. Chains
were placed aboard with a full force of
msn- and at midnight the work of pile
breaking was commenced. Chains from
the tags were lcoped on the piles Ia turn
and the tugs steamed ahead. breaking the
stiffness Of the night By the rxspirg OF the
chains on the fr and the snap of tie piles
as they saecnmbed 10 the heavy tension
Steve Bailey must have heard these
sounds. or else timely warning was given
him By friends, for srming himself with a
Winchester be buried 70 the scene in
shirt and trousers with blood in bis eve
Warning was given the boats 10 6eslsf,
but 40 attention Was paid 10 the canton
Bailey, as last resort, took careful aim ut
lantern held By one of TIE men engaged
In placing the chain around = pie.
The bullet smashed the lantern into atoms
and caused q lively hurry -scarry
TO places of safety in the tugs The tug
Cello. handled by Capt. Thcx Kelton, was
in no wise iaunfs6 by tie rife in Bailey 4
hands. and adopted the plan OF raTs ming
the piles. Qnife number had been broken
OF in this way whs n Bailey, after repeated;
warnings. opened regular broA6side on
the pilot house OF both tugs. TIE atmos-
pherc was considered too hot for further
attack on the piles fhsf night. ana both
tugs beat hasfy retreat The interested
parties weys afterwards arrested by Sheriff
Mctiraw and further encounters prevented.
Examinasion of the tugs next morning
revealed three rifle bullets in the celiIo's
pilot house One of these, after penetrar-
ing two partitions, fell hagmlessly into the
pocket of Capt. Kelson's overcast, which
was living on the seat at the time. The
Edna had ore bullet hole in the afserp&rt
of her house, and with the exception OF
damage 70 the boats no injury was sus-
tanned.
The question OF right 10 the property was
then referred 10 the district court, where
already injuncFians and counter injauc-
lions had deluged the clerk. Toe case
dragged slowly along, neither party APP
pearing anxious 70 bring IL % an Issue. aud
Il was finally removed from the calendar
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