The morning call., 1893-02-23

being holiday and there being numerous
excursions on the bay the police paid no at
tention 10 the crowd for awhile. but finally
the crowd became multitude and then one
of the policemen went up and asked the
meaning of tho gathering.
Sure. sir" said the man addressed, IT'S
him as can tell you all about IL" and he
pointed out a well-dressed young fellow who
was moving around in the crowd and APP
parently giving orders. Approaching the
man the policeman asked him what the men
were congregated about the ferry for add
ing that it was against the law for such
crowds 10 collect ON the wharfs. unless they
were going TO take steamer or ship.
II haven't time To talk to you now" said
the young man. These are my men, I'm
a railroad builder. Ask any of them
they'll tell YOU" and the fellow FASTENED
away.
The crowd kept growing until at length
the officers found it absolutely necessary TO
move the men, and then ii was the whole
story came out. The thousand men had
been gathered from all the Christian MIS-
siOns and Salvation Army barracks by the
young man who was In such hurry. He
had employed them to work on his railroad
in Sausalito, and ordered them TO be at the
ferry in time for the :45 O'Clock boat To
them all he promised steady work for a
least eight months, at $50 a month, board
and lodging, and many Of the poor fellows
had given up positions in order TO take the
job he had offered them He was TO meet
the men at the ferry and provide them with
tickets to Sausalito, and he cautioned them
all TO be sure aud be on time. The police
man began making inquiries about young
Handy. for he 1t was who had employed
the men, and soon found out that
he was not responsible for his
actions or utterances. He went back and
told the men that they had been fooled, but
they refused to believe the officer, and when
- a
Sausailto ferry landing, gathered on the
dock a few feet away and waited for
Handy's reappearance 10 put them aboard
the errv-boat
One o'clock came. half-pastl o'clock, and
no Handy showed up. The men began to
murmur aud some Of them swore out loud,
good. round waterfront oaths. but the ma
jority OF the crowd still pinned their faith
TO the young fellow who had hired them and
made excuses for him. Finally the SaUsa-
Tito boat moved from the wharf and left the
crowd of men on 1t and then pandemOnium
broke loose. Handy was cursed In every
language spoken on the earth. including
Chinese and japanese. for he had several
ChristlaniZed members of both nations wait
ing for him. The men were wild. and had
Handy appeared he wouldn't have been
given time to draw a long breath before
he was beaten half to death. Again and
again the police tried TO coax or drive
the men away from the wharf, but they re-
fused to bulge an inch. and for time it
looked as If the officers were going to have
their hands full, for the men were mad, and
awful mad at that, and only wanted a pre-
text TO select anything or any one as the
object or person upon which TO wreak their
vengeance. Suddenly a happy thought
struck one Of the policemen and he went
about among the men telling them that
Handy was going from one mission TO an
other getting more men. Then the crowd
scattered In every direction to hunt for
him. vowing vengeance whenever they
should lay eyes upon the smooth tongued
young fraud who had deceived them.
There Is no question but what young
Handy is crazy although some of the water
front people are inclined to believe him
practical joker. III the latter the man
should be prosecuted. for, as stated. more
than one OF the men who were waiting at
the wharf yesterday gave up paying posi-
tions to go 10 work for him upon his pro-
posed railroad. and many Of them will find
il impossible 10 obtain their old situations.
Whether crazy oil only fool with penchant
for practical jokes. it is we'll for the young
man that he kept away from the Sausalito
ferry yesterday afternoon. Half of the
police force. IL on hand. would not have
saved him from the crowd of men he had so
cruelty bambooZed, had they once got him
in their clutches.