The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-27

pavement for an entrance to the base
ment saloon, and compelling him to
desist.
Hershberg's clothing store is in the
Scheuerman building, at the corner of
Front and Cherry streets, and the base
ment of the building is occupied by the
Figaro saloon, owned by A. c. Miller.
The entrance to the saloon is on Cherry
street and by very steep stairway. Miller
concluded that if there was a stairway di-
rectly on the corner his trade would in
crease. He therefore obtained the permits
sion of Mr.. Scheuerman, the owner of the
building, to put in the entrance, and yes
terday morning he employed John Bower
and Pete Neebe TO cut hole in the cement
pavement and build fight of stairs The
men worked from the under side until 0:30
O'Clock, when Bower came up and pro-
ceeded TO bore several holes in the pave
ment for the purpose of putting in rail-
ing, to remain until the job was completed.
While he was thus engaged r. Levy, "a friend
OF Hershberg's. came along and, ascertain
ing what the men intended doing, went
into the Office of the clothing store and ad
dressed Mr.. Hershberg:
"Do you know what those men are
doing?'
Mr.. Hershberg did not know anything
about it, and then Levy told him:
you ought to stop that. If / were you
wouldn't have that stairway cut there
for 5000"
Mr.. Hershberg Immediately came out
side and demanded that the work cease,
but Bower refused to obey his command.
Then Levy and Hershberg grabbed the
iron railing which had just been put in
and threw it out into the street.
The details of the affair as told by the
two interested factions do not tally at all,
but there was a great deal of profanity,
and upon the workmen declaring their in
tention of completing the job, Levy went
to w. Y. Rinehart, chairman of the board
of public works, and asked him to order
the workmen to desist. While he was
gone the two workmen gathered up the
railing and again started to put it in
place. Hershberg came out again and
was very much excited. The affair at
tracted an immense crowd, who blocked
the street and urged the two men to put
the railingi in. Hershberg, in a rage, seized
the railing again and attempted to throw
it out into the street, but the men caught
hold of it, and in the scrimmage which
followed one of them waved hammer.
and Hershberg drew a revolver and threat
ened to bore holes through the men.
BY this time the excitement was intense
and Levy returned, pushing his way
through the crowd, which by this time
must have numbered at least 500 The
mob crowded in and pressed Levy hard,
and the latter created confusion by seizing
trowel which the workmen had left on
the Dayement and shouted for the crowd
to sand back The crowd demurred. and
Levy then brandished the trowel threaten
ingly and yelled
eff you don't give me six feet, I'll cut
that much room out OF you fellows"
He got six feet in short order.
By this time policeman had arrived.
and little later Mr.. Rinehart appeared.
The latter stated that the entrance would
be menace to pedestrians, since it would
endanger their lives, and he ordered that
the work cease. The chief of police
instructed his officers to arrest any work
men who attempted to complete the stair
way, and Miller was forced to give up the
idea of corner entrance to his saloon.
The rabble's sympathies were with the
workmen, but many business men yester-
day called on Mr.. Hershberg and Mr.. Levy
and commended them upon the prompt
and energetic manner in which they
stopped the work.
Late yesterday afternoon Hershberg filed
a petition in the superior court asking for
an injunction to prevent Miller from at
tempting to put in the railing or to alter
the sidewalk in any way. Judge Lichten-
berg issued temporary injunction, and
set the case for hearing today.