The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-20
A Steer ON the Rampage-LOng
Struggle for the Supremacy.
Lively Times on the Front-Two Girls Engage
in a Hair-Pulling Match-A Boys
Narrow Escape-More Coal.

whom they did a rushing business.
Nor was there a lack of excitement.
There was a fight on Lombard-stIeet Wharf,
a narrow escape from drowning at the sea-
wall, a big baseball game at Vallejo street
and bull on the rampage at Clay-Street
Wharf.
FUN WITH A BULL.
The fun started at the boat-landing at
Washington street, where large crowds were
entertained watching some boatmen who
had captured his bullship, in their endeavors
to get him out of the water. The animal
was one of herd brought to this city on the
steamer Modoc Saturday night. In some
manner the brute. which had already given
the deck-hands lots OF trouble, got loose dur
ing the night, and at once plunged into the
bay, swan under the Clay-street Wharf and
remained there all night on the rocks.
About IL o'clock yesterday morning
Charles Peterson, Captain Wilson and Tom
Riley, b0atmen, went down TO capture the
animal. They took some rope along and
tried to laSsO it cowboy style, but the bull
did not care to be captured and chased the
men heller SHELTER over the slime and rocks.
Riley, who wore red shirt, was the bulls
chief object of attack, and he had several
narrow escapes from the mad brute.
R1LEY's PREDIcAMENT.
Once, when nearly caught. he only saved
himself by catching the timberS overhead
and drawing himself up out OF the reach oil
the creatures horns. But in spite of the
efforts of his friends Riley was forced to
stay ON his perch for over two hours.
Finding that Riley was not get-at-able
the bull turned his attention TO Captain
Wilson, and paid him off for his efforts to
get a rope over him by forcing him to take
header into the bay, amid the Wild cheers
OF the crowd on the WharYeS. wilson swan
to the float, and while the bulls attention
was thus diverted, Peterson managed to
drop moose over the the animals horns.
The inlurlated brute at once turned on bis
would-be captOr, and before Peterson
could secure the end of the rope to pile he
was forced to seek safety in flight. Nor did
he stop until he had crawled up so far
under the wharf that the animal could not
reach him.
A SMALL BOYS STRATEGY.
Riley was also unsuccessful in his efforts
10 secure the rope, and in all probability the
animal would have been master OF the Sltu-
alton yet if a small boy had not dropped an
ancient cabbage close TO the creatures nose,
and while the hungry brute was putting it
out of sight Riley tied the rope to pile
The bull was then dragged into the water
by the combined efforts of about thirty men
and boys and toHed to the float. where 1t
was soon afterward hOiSted on board. The
float and both gangways were at the time
packed with spectators. who made wild
rush for safer quarters as soon as the ami
mai was out of the water By that time,
however, he was tired out and dehed all the
efforts OF his captors to bring him to his ieet.
The animal rested on the float until 80
o'clock, when renewed efforts were made to
get him upon the wharf, the men being all
the time encouraged in their efforts by such
cries as Twist his tail, ;" Get on and ride
him." and Bite his ear, Riley"
PERSEVERANCE WINS THE DAY.
The large crowd looking on roared with
laughter as each effort 10 get him up ON his
feet failed, and another rest was taken.
About o'clock, to the CONSERVATION of
feet, and several men and boys had a mar
row escape from being caught-only the
short rope which was fastened to a ring
bolt saved them. AS il was, a boy was
crowded off the float, and caused intense
excitement rs he fell into the water. He
was at once picked up by some of the men
who had sought refuge in boat. The rope
was then seiZed by score of men and boys
and the bull was dragged up the gangway
to the wharf, causing a general stampede
Of men, women and children. who fell over
each other in their efforts to give the brute
all the room he wanted. The animal,
which was badly skinned about the legs,
was then tied to a post and wagon sent
Tor to take him away.
IN COLLISION.
While the schooner Lucy, in tow of the
tug Etna, was being locked at Mission
street Wharf late Saturday night she col
lided with the ship K. ID. Rice tearing off
part of the ships quarter and injuring
some Of the planking. The Lucy Lad all
her port fOreTigging carried away and had
a narrow escape from losing her foremost.
lii spite of the low temperature of the
water, half dozen boys, none OF them over
u years of age. went to the sea-wall, close
to the Chilean bark Guinevere. and stripped
for swim Albert Joyce, little fellow
who resides somewhere on Telegraph Hill,
was the first TO plunge into the water He
swan out n short distance and then turned to
come back, but the tide was too strong for
him, and only for the assistance rendered
by one of his friends. who was good
swimmer, lie would have been carried out to
sea and drowned. The name of the boy
who went to the little fellows aid could not
be learned.
FIGHTING FEMALES.
The loungers around the new pier at Lom-
bard street were treated TO a rattling fight at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. A number of
girls were on the pier fishing and two of
them, named Maggie Ross and Dora Gala
han, mad row over the ownership of some
bait. From words they got to blows, and in
very short time were engaged in 4 first-class
hair pulling match. Ribbons, hair, pieces
of hat and dress goods were soon flying
about, but hOnors were equally divided until
Miss Ross fell over rope, when the Gala
han girl seized the opportunity and the
Ross girls hair at the same time and pro-
ceeded to dust off the wharf with her. At
this stage of the encounter some one raised
the cry of police" and the tishterS at once
skipped out, both locking as if struck by
lightning.
BASEBALL EXPERTS.
An immense crowd watched The game of
ball played at the foot Of Vallejo street by
the "Skipjacks Of Tar Fiat" and the "Ris-
ing Stars of Telegraph Hill" The game
pitcher for a crack New York team, who
created lots of fun for the Buys by offering
TO lick every enc who objected to his rulings.
1t was very exciting as the crowd wildly
cheered every stolen base and good strike.
The game was won by the gentlemen from
the hill by a score Of 80 to %.
No great work was done by the members
OF the various boat CLUBS. The Ariels had
their barge out, so had the South Ends and
the Alameda crew came to this side of the
bay and took spin in the South Ends boat.
MORE COAL.
Two coal-laden vessels arrived in port yes
terday. They were the ships j. i. Brown,
from Nanaimo, with 2403 tons on board and
the Two Brothers, from Tacoma, with a
cargo of 1000 tons.
The barks Charles b. King and Nj cholas
Thayer both towed to sea yesterday.
THE WEATHER.
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with
northwest wind blowing from eight TO
twenty miles per hour. The barometer
took rise, going up to 30.0S.
A Boatswain Drowned.
William Carter, boatswain of the ship
Elmbank. was drowned off Long Wharf,
Oakland, at . o'clock yesterday afternoon.
He struck on his head and hip and died
soon after being taken from the water. The
body is at the Morgue in Oakland.
A SINGULAR MANIA.
Searching the Congressional Library for
BIue-BlOOd Ancestors.