The morning call., 1892-06-19
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Bob Craig Lays In a Supply of
Explosives.
Oakland Officers Still vainly Hoping to Catch
the Train Robbers-Judson Men
Paid

81 wish it was the Fourth of july" said
Bob Craig plantively, last night. Then
I'd have an excuse for blowing old TaylOr's
piles sky-high."
Bob, with the rest Of Fortin's men, is
going to do little blowing anyhow, and
for this purpose they went out to the Jud-
con Powder Works yesterday and brought
back 100 pounds of dynamite. They also
procured 500 feet of hose.
They started In to blow up some piles yes
terday afternoon. but the fuse got wet and
they had to give it up. The Water Front
Company has driven three piles across the
foot of Grove street. utterly ignoring the
intimation Of the City Council that the
streets must not be closed 1t is these three
lies that Craig is going to destroy.
I'VE wont allow them to close the street."
said Bob Craig, because we have the law
on them there. They can run their thunder
ing old piledriver all they want to along
the edges of where the streets open into the
water and We'll use their piles for building
our buikhead.
rumOr, apparently well authenticated,
started Yesterday that the Water Front
Company had ordered its piledriYer up to the
land claimed by Edison Adams in order to
jump it. The railroad men told Forth that
they had received such orders and that they
were not going to bother him any further.
Bob Craig, Fortin's captain, said last night,
however, that they were only ''joshing the
old man."
Another story started and Craig says it is
true. This is that the Remilard Brick
Company is about to close lease with the
Water Front Company for portion of land
next to the Puget Sound lumber yards and
that this will be used as a landing place for
the Remillard schO0ners, the Water Front
Company having agreed to at once remove
its piles at that place to make passageway.
AFTER THE BIRD HAS FLOWN.
The employees of the Judson Iron Works
were paid off yesterday. The coin was
brought over guarded by three men with
shotguns.
Tie Ordinance and Judiciary Committee
OF the City Council met last night to con-
slider the applications Of Davie aud others
and Of Edwin K. Alsip and other for an
electric railway franchise over the same
route to near the water front The COM
mittee made no recommendations and the
two applications will come before the coun-
Gil in regular order.
Southern Pacific trainmen on the Western
Division are now undergoing examination
IN West Oakland upon the new rules and
system Of signals TO go Into effect on July l.
Sheriff Hussey and Chief of Police Temp
klns are working quietly now on the train
robbery, and Chief Tompkins still expresses
the belief that he is sure to get the thieves
in the course of time if proper vigilance is
maintained He complains that entirely
too much publicity WAS given every clew
from the very start and that by this means
the robbers kept posted and knew exactly
how 10 guard themselves. He believes that
they are yet hiding in the vicinity of Oak
land, as escape would have been next to
impossible.
ESCAPED FROM JAIL
William Hennessy walked out OF the
County Jail In the gray dawn of yesterday
and escaped a 90 days sentence for va
grancy. S. T. Dillon was the man whom
Jailer Schoneau intended to release, but
during the night HenDessey had stolen
billions clothing and shaved off his mus
taehe, so that he passed very we'll for Dill
lon when the latter's name was called.
Dillon was In his cell asleep.
The FFuitvale Land Company has been
incorporated with capital stock of
$500, 600. 1t is understood that the new cor
poraton has secured control of the Melrose
property, lately purchased from the South
ern Pacific by S. S. Austin, and that the
land will be divided into town lots. The
subscribers are: w. j. Dingee and w. G.
Henshaw. 100000 each; S. s. Austin,