The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-11
A WOMAN'S PERIL.
How Sick Mrs. Garcia
Was Tortured.
THE COUNCILS INTENTION.
A Seventh Street Merchant Forced
to Adhere to His Sunday
Closing Agreement.

Hospital in this city Mrs. Ella Garcia of
Lafayette, Contra Costa County, who is
afflicted with most painful affection of
the stomach and liver, and who had early
yesterday morning an experience that she
VII probably not soon forget.
The story she told a CALL reporter yes-
terday was most singular one, and the
narrative was continually INTERRUPTED bv
shrieks of pain from the sufferer.
On Tuesday night last Mrs Garcia left
her home at Lafayette to visit friends in
San Francisco. She was driven into Oak
land in her brothers carriage, and was in
perfect health when she babe him good
by at the station with promises of meeting
him at the same place later in the day and
returning home with him.
Having finished her Visit in San Fran
cisco and arrived at the meetng-place
again earlier than she lad anticipated
Mrs. Garcia decided to walk Ieisurely along
the street over which her brother would
drive IN coming TO meet her, and so, by
saving him part of the distance to drive,
they might reach home earlier.
Mrs Garcia walked out new Broadway
and had almost reached the Four-mile
House. at the corner of College avenue,
when she was almost instantly Frustrated
by an acute attack of an internal disorder
that has intermlttently distressed her for
months.
The sudden return Of the complaint and
IN such yiruent form left the afflicted
woman with scarce strength enough 10
drag herself to the house of friend who
fortunately lived near by.
Arrived at the house she rang for admis-
sion, but there was no one at home, and
she was obliged to crawl through a base
ment window aud drop to the floor. When
the family returned they found Mrs. Gar
cha, in an unconscious condition, lying
where she had fallen. RestOratves were
administered, which while they had the
effect of restoring consciousness served
also TO bring back with it senSibility of
her painful condition.
The friends were not skilled in the trest-
ment of such disorder. and sought 20 al
leViate the pain by the application of hot,
burning stoveplates. This they kept MP
for four days, with the only effect of scar
ing the patients body with blisters and
burns as sensitive 10 the touch as the
original complaint and varying in sizes
from a spot as big as silver quarter to
others as large as the palm of the hand. In
their haste 10 convey the plates hot from
the stove the friends forgot to clean them.
and in consequence Mrs Garcia was soon
a mass Of black smut from her head to her
feet.
But good intentions Will not cure physical
ailments. On the night of the fourth day
Mrs. Garcia concluded that if this thing
kept up she would probably not survive
the week. IF l must die" she said to
herself, u shall do so under scientific
treatment"
She kept her own counsel, confidiug her
determination to no one, and when her
friends were sleeping, Saturday at mid
night, she crawled from her bed, dressed
herself as best she could and started for
Temescal.
She was two hours going the SHORT dis
taDce. In speaking of this midnight ex-
perienee. she said it was a blur in her
mind. Falling by the way, lying for mo-
ments almost unconscious, clutching az
fences for support and dragging along on
hands and knees, the afflicted woman
staggered into Temescal. The torture OF
her malady racked her In waves of pain,
aud it was only by working her way along
during the moments of relief that she was
able to make any progress whatever.
in this manner She finally reached Han
sens dairy-tarm, and by these people she
was driven into Oakland TO the Receiving
Hospital. The ride was almost as bad as
the walk had been, for the driver was
under the impression that time should be
saved at all hazards, and accordingly made
no allowance for cartracks and such o.
stacles, but ratified into town at clipping
rate.
Once under DR.. Johnson's care at the
hospital, Mrs. Garcia's condition mended
rapidly, and at late hour yesterday she
was resting quietly under soothing opiate.
She has husband and five children.
Clerks and Merchant.
Since signing the Sunday-closing agree
ment with the retail clerks, Happ, the
SeYenth-stTeet mere liant, has had a card
in his show window announcing that his
store would not be opened on Sunday in
the future.
Yesterday morning he took this card out
of his window and threw open his front
doors preparatory to doing thriving Sun
day business.
The clerks soon heard of it, and a COM
mittee waited upon him with the request
that he close up as per agreement This
he refused to do, at the same time order
ing the Ummittee out. They went, but
they stationed themselves in the street in
front of his place of business, ard were
soon joined by sympathetic crowd, which
made so much noise when a customer en-
tered that the would-be purchaser would
turn and come out to see what was the
matter. When the condition OF affairs
was explained to him. he usually joined
with the crowd in helping TO keep others
from entering.
Happ was hot and appealed to the 20
lice. but Officers Carson add Williams told
him that they could make no arrests I'M
less some offender was specifically charged.
The crowd as a whole was orderly, but the
officers did not fnnI justified in running
them all in, and so told the irate merchant
Happ said he would keep open. and he
did for an hour or so. but at noon locked
up his doors in disgust. He says be is de-
termlned to keep open next Sunday in
spite of the clerks.
The clerks, on the other hand, are de-
termined 10 make Happ live up to his
agreement and " ill continue the boycott.
They say if one merchant is allowed to
violate the agreement they cannot expect
others to close and lose tie Sunday traffic.
When the crowd was largest and the
shouts anG cat-cries lOudest }. II. Foanes.
the street haranguer, mounted a boot
blacks chair and began to address the peo-
pie on the woes and oppression of the
Iahoring classes. He was created with
cheers, but had scarcely launched forth on
a TRADE against capital when Police Cap
tain Wilson pushed his way through the
crowd and ordered him TO desist There
was spirited tiff for a moment, but the
orator saw that the captain was in earnest
and reluctantly decam ped. As he climbed
down from his improvised rostrum he fired
a parting shot.
L will speak on these vital questions at
O'CLOCK tonight at Eighth and Broad
way" said he. You must all come out
and hear me-"
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