The morning call., 1893-08-31
OVER IN OAKLAND.
The Southern PaCific's
Latest Move.
A MoTORMAN IN TROUBLE.
The Inside of the Jail Riot Conn
plants From the Home for the
Blsnd-The Fair.

NMNAli ~ AA%Nl 81 AtsE 0WMkHEEA GAsNLr
cane 20 light yesterday afternoon. twas
IN tie shape Of a peti'ien that showed the
stains OF much haud.ins. Il leads as fei-
lows;
To TIE Honorable the CRY Council. the city
~ Oakland - GENTLEMEN: The under.
signed merchants. business men aud ihs resi-
dents Of tie cry of Oakland respectfully re-
quest that your honorable body at once deslst
all attacks upon tile opet alton of the Southern
Pacific Railroad COmpauy'S local ferry system,
aud we further ask most respectfully that yuu
at once commence proceedings to repeal the
ordinance knOwn az The hre-limit ordinance, the
effect of which prohibits Trains from passing
each other 90 seventh street. between Clay ana
Webster streets, We believe hat the proposed
ordinance regulating tile crossing by railway
engines OF tbe tracks OF steam railroads aud the
ordnance proposed 10 regulate The speed of
railway engines and cars propelled by steam In
the city Of Oakland, rs VIII as other eglSla-
Ilou proposed, is not in tile best interest o: the
city.
We dOnot wish TO be understood as being in
any manner opposed TO legitimate opposition
10 The Southern Pacific Railroad Company, but
we are simply talking TO you as merchants and
business men of he city, asking you for the
sake OF our respective business establishments
that you let good enough alone and that you
permit the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
10 give us the splendid service that they nave
given us for years, with which we are and al
ways have been satisfied.
Hoping that you will not regard this as any
thing else than Ihe voice Of the merchants and
business TDeD OF lHlS Gity speaking IOC tneil-
selves and the future outlook of the city:
The document has sixty-four signers in
all. Ii has been assiduOusly passed from
hand 10 hand, and there are eight blank
pages of fOolscap which have not been
written upon. These signers claim TO rep
resent the business men of Oakland, but
their addresses show that they are all
located on Broadway, near Seventh street,
and adjacent thorGughfares close 10 that
spot. Their business had been hurt by the
putting on of the flyer. That is just what
The Southern Pacific made the move for.
One man who placed his name TO the
document said to a reporter of THE CALL,
al the same time begging that his name be
not used:
RAILROAD men have visited merchants
all along Broadway within the past ten
days and have told us that if the rontem-
plated legislation is abandoned the old
train schedule will be resumed. but If the
ordinances are passed the railroad will
abandon the Broadway station alto
getber."
Said Councilman Smell: 1.-The document
will have no weight. 1t simply shows
that the Southern Pacific has put on the
screws. 1t is the old story. These men
ship and receive freight by the monopoly
and they have been called to time tell
you the Southern Pacific will find such
measures hurtful. The Council is trying
to legiSlate fairly. and while working in
the interests of the people does not wish to
pass oppressive legislation, but II the rail-
:oad resorts 10 mean tricks it will be met
with the same tactics"
Want Harrison Square.
A move was made yesterday by the rail-
road TO regain possession of Harrison
square. from which place the tracks were
removed by the citizens of the Sixth WaId
the night of Octo ber 81. 1888. The induce
nient offered to residents in that vicinity is
that il the rails are allowed to be placed on
the square they will be incloSed within an
ornamental iron trellis. and the grounds
viii be cared for by the company. The OBJ
ject is TO have the Alameda broad-eause
trains run up Alice street. across the
square and into Seventh street. They
could thus be made to do the business for
Oak street and Broadway and allow the
flyer to be discontinued.
Kershner in Trouble.
Charles Kershner, not long since gay
motOrman on the eighth-street electric
line, is now an inmate of the County Jail,
put there by the prompt action of pretty
Napa woman named Mrs. Ida James,
KerShner started for far-away Massa-
chusetts q few days ago, but he had not
been gone long when stylishly dressed
woman put IN an appearance at the police
station and wanted TO know of Chief
Schaffer ii Kershner could not be headed
VII nho buOHJ 90 bO huQ GOOO VI DcI
money.
The Chief put the wires to work and
headed off his man at The Needles. Con-
stable Paige was sent down after him and
returned yesterday with him and locked
him up in the County Jail. In the after
noon he was brought before Justice Cliff,
accompanied by his lawyer, L. j. Rodgers.
He waived the reading of the complaint.
which document was signed by Ida James
of Napa. and the Justice held him 10 an
swer to the charge of embeZzling $3.50,
with bonds of $4,000 or $1,000 cash. He
could furnish neither and went back to
jail.
There is just little bit of the mys-
terious in connection with this case. Mrs.
James says that she gave kershuer the
money to make an investment for her.
The man himself will say nothing about
the affair. When interviewed he would
offer no explanation.
1t was charged by the woman that
Kershner also carried off diamond-ring
belonging to her. The ring, he saws, lie
sent back to her by mail.
1t is said by some of Kershner's friends
that the woman gave the money and ring
TO Kershner. the former to be used by
kershDer In his endeavor to obtain a di-
vorce from his wife, the couple being
somewhat estranged.
Mrs. James is very handsomP-appear-
ing woman and good dresser. She was
formerly Mrs. Borgess.. She was di-
vorced from her husband, who was quite a
wealthy man, a certain sum being set aside
by him for the care Of the children.
Beaten to Raise an Outcry.
Burglars Phillips and Miller, who were
with O'Donnell when he attempted to
down" Jailer Gilligan and gain freedom.
were taken from their bread-and-w
diet yesterday, and will be given more
substantial fare. They are entirely cured
and very submissive, and feel so badly
that one of them yesterday sent an apology
TO Trusiy Davenport freely expressing
contrition and sorrow at tile way in which
Davenport had been treated in the row.
O'Donnell. on his trip to San Quentin
with Deputy Sheriff HOLLYWOOD, talked
pretty freely about the affair, and stated
that they meant business when they tried
to get out. He said they knew Gilligan
was alone and that Jailer Lane had gone
away, and tried for over an hour previous
to the outbreak 10 get Gilligan into the cor
riior. They hit upon the plan of making
one of the bows in the Jail for some offense
crv out and bring the iailer in to his aid.
ODonnell said he beat the boy. choked
him and even knocked his head against
the hard iron wall, but the little fellow,
despite the pain Of the hard knocks. re-
fused to be a party TO the affair, and could
mt he made tO uttpr a snund Tho ioit