The morning call., 1893-08-13

any man can tell the railroad people, who
want to do what is right (Mr. Gage said
this softly. just how tn solve the problem.
he will get paid for it,"
The problem Mr.. Gage referred to was
the deadhead travel.
why, you know" he went on. "the
railroad company has been trying for
years to offset this traffic. 1t has thought
of every possible scheme. 1t talked of an
underground way and of every other
known scheme. The trains we're getting
so heavy that it took big engines to haul
them, and the wearand tear to the roadDed
from the starting ana stopping was some
thing enormous; enormous, sir. This may
not last. But our trains were getting 80
heavy that we were always behind seven
or eight minutes, and the people were dis
satisfied"
How does it come you did not make a
change ten years ago?" bystander asked.
at should have been done; it should
have been done"
rs it not true. Mr.. Gage. that you would
not have made the change now had it not
been for the opposition?"
Mr.. Gage did not answer, but elbo wed
his way ont of the crowd.
After this the railroad men said little.
They saw that the people were not in the
proper mood for words of explanation aud
that they refused positively to have the
wool pulled over their eyes.
Accidents were reported during the en-
tire day. People wonld take the wrong
trim at station and in attempting to get
off at Broadway would fall. Some were
bod lv hrui tn hnf traiu
men seemed to sympathize little with those
people who were thrown down. One time
a conductor was noticed to grin and al
most break into laugh as one poor old
fellow, who had got on the train ND in
East Oakland. attempted to get off. He
was thrown forward on the hard asphalt
pavement and rolled over and over, and
was picked up by the crowd. He was
pretty badly bruised. but not seriously.
A boy named ohm Jasper. living at Eev.
enth and Jackson streets. was thrown of
at Oak-street station and very severely
bruised, and it is believed his back was
broken. Ii is thought he suffered internal
injuries. A woman was very badly hurt at
the Point, and another attempted TO jump
from the cars at the Oak-Street station aud
was thrown down and seriously bruised.
The first person reported hurt during the
day was Conductor Compton of the Berke.
ley local line. He attempted to jump at
Seventh and Washington streets and was
thrown on his head, sustaining severe
scalp wound.
Ahe roll of wounded was completed by
'ne report of three men who we're more
vi iess severely injured at different points
on the line
in"i no person was killed is the greatest
w'na4r. as by nearly every train some one
was 'nfown violently down in attempting
TO get OH the flying trains.
Great hardships were worked on West
oaKianders. 1t was free market day, and
the people are in the habit of hocking up
from West Oakland to attend the sales at
Washington and Fifth streets
They could ride No further than Market
street station. and from there men. women
and children were compelled to walk
A formal protest against thu raiIroad,s
action was made by the Board of Trade.
M. j. Keller. president of THAT oro,niza.
ton. and Director Nordhausen called At
the company's offices and for hour and
half argued with Messrs. Towne. S,nhhs
Huntington, Gage. Wilder and Fillmore.
Ihe representatives Of Oakland a,ere told
that their city he'd been nauahtu and
acouid be punished. In other scords that