The morning call., 1892-04-12

III. Norman OF SOC Battery street. whose
name appears on tho recommendation OF
Mike Dunn's dive. the AIhambra, for the
properly at SO Fourth street. said he did not
think the signature was his Own-ho would
have to se6 1t to be sure. He did not think
he had ever Endorsed such a place. de
would not do it knowingly.
w. j. Somers of 1884 Mission street said
he bad twice refused to sign the petition for
the Cremorne.
"Then they came third time. and were
so persistent-they showed ME the sigma
lures of some of my he ST neighbors and
property-owners on the block-that 1 con-
cluded to put my name down. j thought IL
such men could sign | had no good reason
for refusing. didn't know anything about
the character of the place. but since then l
have read HE CALL and am convinced that
1t was great error on my part to sign my
name to such paper. You may be sure
that my signature will never 60 down
again"
S. FL. Seymour of the Russ House said
ne had never known anything good or bad
nature off that document at once" he said
to HE CALL man, 'or at least never sign
again. don't think such vile resorts should
be allowed to run. Mailman will never
nave my Endorsement again, you may be
sure of that"
j. L. Flood was called upon at his office
In the Nevada block. When Informed Of
the reporters errand he declined to be in
terviewed.
James g. Fair said that he signed the rec
ommendation without any Idea that the
place was so vile as ii had been represented
to be In THE CALL. II thought it was an
ordinary whisky-shop," said he. 81 would
not have signed at all had / not known Jack
Mailman SO long. l see that Homan was
arrested tor keeping minors in the place.
That is right. He ought to have been ar
rested. don't approve OF such dolngs as
that. and certainly would not have signed
my name had | known what sort of place
/ was signing for"
The CALL reporter who visited Joseph
Ross residence at 600 Bush street several
times was always told that Mr.. Ross was
not at home. He has no place of business.
II have refused to sign for the Cremorne,"
said Charles Stein. al am a signer for the
Aihambra, but will never sign again for
that place. | did not know its character
until lately"
The Pine-street dive or Stadler & An
deregg is almost as good as closed. See
what its signers say:
Charles l.. Tilden said: Captain Blum
enberg IS the son of an old friend and | have
known him since boyhood. That is the rea-
son L signed the petition. | was given to
understand the place was to be saloon,
ana was shown no names on the list except
that OF Mr.. Colman. Captain Blumenberg
came 10 my house while L was at dinner
and urged me to sign. i had about con-
Guided not 10 sign my name TO any paper of
the kind, but for old frie ndsbip's sake 1
would make this exception. / didn't read
the petition and asked for no particulars,
having no idea that the place was to be
other than saloon, and had / supposed
dive was to be started in the place 1 should
have refused point blank to affix my sigma
ture. Should movement be started to re-
woke the license l should withdraw my
name"
Martin Colman said the place was repre-
od lad
signed the recommendation because Captain
BIumenb berg was an old friend of my chill
dren. l would not have signed. Under any
circumstances, haq Mrs. Bumenberg pre-
Sented the petition. and | certainly would
have refused to sign, no matter by whom
The petition was presented, had L known a
dive was to be started in the place"
Il. l.. GoldSteln made reply to the reporter
as follows:
Yes, l signed it. Captain Blumenberg
came TO me about two weeks ago and stated
that he would like Tue TO make one of the
II SgnerS necessary TO recommend to
the Police Commissioners the issuance of
license TO saloon about TO be opened at
51412 Pine street. OF course. knowing the
captain, L had no hesitation in complying
with his request, but had known that the
place was to be turned into an underground
dive L should have fatty refused. Every
respectable citizen should discourage these
desplcable resorts, already far too numer-
prevent the opening of new ones"
Louis Schm DIT had this to say: 81 I'M
derstood the place was TO be a saloon and
affixed my signature under that impression.
would not have signed the petition if l
had known it was to be a dance-haIi or
dive If such is the case it should be sup
pressed al once, and if the Police Commits
sioners will come to me and request ths
Withdrawal eff my signature preliminary to
reyoking the license, will gladly do So"
George Whittel, executor Of the Laning
estate, became highly Indignant in the
course of his remarks. Said he: when the
petition was first presented to me fatty re-
fused to sign IL, but afterward said that if
the signatures of eleven other respectable
men could be procured / would make the
twelfth 1 signed more on account Of MY
friend Byrnes' signature than any Others.
This dive is no outrage and should be at
once suppressed. am willing to do every
thing In my power TO secure revocation OF
the license. My name was procured by
false pretenses--that the place was
counter petition should be at once drawn
up, signed by the same parties, for a revo-
cation Of the license. / will put my name
at the head Of the list. There are far too
many hellholes of this description in San
Francisco, and instead of fostering them
and adding TO their numbers the authori-
ties should take active measures to wips
them out. l am glad to see THE CALL
take the Initiative In the interest of popular
reform and will heartily second its efforts"
John JiDgg said: Captain Blumenberg
came to me with the petition and asked me
to sign it; he said it was all right. was sick
IN bed and didn't understand the nature of
the petition-thought it was for saloon.
Had L known the true character of the place
l would not have signed"
Mrs Hannah Regain of 191 Hyde street
made the following statement: Gap
tain Bumenberg assured me that the
place was respectable and asked me
to sign. L supposed it TO be saloon
and affixed my signature, which | certainly
would not have done had | known its true
character. Ii it is not too late 1 shall insist
upon my name being taken off the list of
petitioners"
II. Tietjens said: 81 was shown a blank
paper by Captain Blumenberg who re-
quested my signature to 1t. didn't read
the heading, but supposed 1t to be saloon,
and wanted to oblige the captain, who Is
Que OF my friends, aud who owns the prop
erty. If L had known the place was dive
1 would not have signed"
Mrs. Susan Blumenberg, one of the own
ers Of the dive, said that il was conducted
In perfectly respectable manner She
said: "AndeTegg and Stadler are Swiss and
allow nothing wrong in their place. They
Keep dance-hall and sell wine and liquor;
that is ALL"
Captain Blumenberg who was found at
MS military headquarters on Post street,
said: The young men told me their rivals
were trying to capture the Swiss trade
They are my third tenants-each one buy
lug out the others-and all kept a respecta-
bic place. Previously elected three dis.
orderly tenants. Anderegg and Stadler
were formerly milkmen and many of their
patrons follow that vocation. l had some
very prominent mon sign the petition
among them the executors of the Lunjnp
estate, j.. NJ. Byrne. Simon Bros, Martin
Colman, John Jingg and Others"
The name of Mrs. Mary Stearns appears
On the petition as one of the signers RECON-
mendlng the issuance of license. The re-
porter visited the office of Sergeant Nc
Kenna, clerk TO the Police Commissioners.
to obtain the address Of Mrs. Stearns. but
after long search Of the records the resi-