The morning call., 1893-10-03
OVER IN OAKLAND.
A Boy Has Mysteriously
Disappeared.
THE WOUNDED MEN ARELOW
Southern Pacific, Not Satisfied With
Grabbing Oakland, Is Putting
= Fence Around 1t.

OAKL Henry Jones. little
over 16 years of age. has been missing
since Septem her 1. On that day John ac-
companied his. mother to the steamer
Rusalie on the San Francisco side of ths
bay. and while the mother came over 70
her Oakland home it was presumed that
the boy.went back to the restauranin
which he has been employed at 1928 Bat
terry street, San Francisco.
He was not missed by the motha for
probably a week after. when she called at
:ths res tauran tito see him. The proTletor
of the place told her the boy had no. been
there since he left. with her q week pre-
vious and he supposed that for same res-
son the boy had decided to go home. He
thoughtno more about it, but proceeded
to get another boy to fill his placs.
The mother Immediately reported the
matter to Chief of Police Crowey of San
Francisco ami Chief Schaffer of this city,
and every endeavor has been made to trace
Johnnie jones, but without success. IL
the earth had opened and swallowed him
he could not have more. completely dlsap-
peared.
He had not cent in his pocket when he
last saw his neither, and it was not pos
sible for him to get out of the city by any
trains or boats, unless be worked his way
ont, or took the tTamp'S style and beat the
corporation. He had aterrible dread o /
the sea, his nfother SAYS, and could not
have voluntarily shipped on an outgoing
vessel. His mother has fear that he was
shanghaed, as had be gone OFF of his own
volti0n he would have sent her word. lie
was always a dutffql boy and is lntelil-
gent and steady young fellow. de at
tended the Lincoln nlght-Sche0l and was
anxious to learn.
His mother said the family had lived in
the country and johnnie had always ex-
pressed q desire for farmers life. But
the mother is certain that had lie gone TO
the country he would have written her.
She is nearly distracted at her sons alb
senee. She IS a widow with one other
child, Mrs. e. o. Brockless, living at 1868
Fourth street, Oakland, to whom any in
formation leading to the boys where
a bouts may be addressed.
Building Fences.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
of Kentucky or it's advisers are surely mu-
nOmaniacs on the question Of building
fences. The railroad has put up in and
around and about Oakland fences OF every
Imaginable kind. 1t has erected the ught-
board variety, Ornamented at the top with
a string of wire;~ ii has put up the good,
0ld-fashioned running-boa fence, and
has tried its hands at a recent period in
building a baTb-WiTe concern with board
attachment
Heretofore it has confined its attention
TO dry-land fences, but. its latest achieve
ment stamps it as the grea est fence builder
of the nineteenth century. Not content
with putting up fence in every open gap
visible about Oakland, it has begun run
aing fences through the waters of the bay.
It has actually attempted to fence off and
hold port on of the waters of the bay.
and the frouS on this portion includes
part of that strip OF land which the city is
trying to wrest from this fence-building
corporation. -.
= On Sunday last the railroad company
ran two tugs, 500 piles and piledriyer in
between the brOadgauge mole and the
trsining-wall and commenced driving
striDgrf piles across, and the chain is now
complete. While working at this the rail-
road saw another little strip between the
opposite training-wall and the narrow
gauge pier, and immediately commenced
putting a row of piles in there also The
only thing that will keep them from fenc-
ing in the entire bay is the scarcity of
piles.
: The city's attorneys think the railroad
company has gone fence mad. Mr.. Hill
OF counsel for the city said he could not
possibly see what the object of all this pile
driving was, IN less. it was a. wild notion
of the railroad company that somebody
the bTosdgauge mole with the expectation
of making an opposition ferry-landlng of
it. He did not believe the movement had
anything to do with the loop proposed by.
the railroad company some time since.
'fOr," ssid Mr.. Hill, Corporations ar.
not investing much money in improve
ments Just now. Times are too hard"
When councilman asked the attorney
what snou1d be done in the premises. Mr..
Hill said:
'They have noright TO build that fence
across there, nor have they any right to
fence up any portion OF the water front:
there is surely nothing 10 gain by il. If
the city wanted to use that section, or if
it wanted to close public street, then |
should say tear it down. They gained
nothing by the fences at Harrison and
Alice streets that can see. and they
actually lost by their Castro-street fence.
Nor do l think according to the Schillen-
berger map, that they have any right to
the CastFo-street land they claim outside
of the street. Let them build their fences
across unused streets, but the moment
they attempt.t0 fence a. thoT0ughfare then
lei the city assert herseIf.p
The sheet of water fenced up by the
railroad company is about mile square,
1t is said tnat the company has been for
some time Contemplating the seizure of the
bay on this side, but Colonel MendeIL of
the United States engineering corps has
stood in its way. The question is now
asked: ~:'
'FWhat is the matter with Mendell that
he should thus allow the octopus to fence
in the waters the bay Of San Fran
.cisco?":
The railroad company is not stopping
with lis fence building in Oakland waters:
either. II has now commenced operations
below The narrow-gauge pier aud is work
ing: rapidly around the Alameda shore.
and will soon, at the rate the work is
beng carried on, have that city's water
front iHciOsed in beautiful network of
piles This string of piles has already
been extended half mile below the
naErOW-gauge pier.
= After the Shooting.
-. Contrary to expectations, the three
bHliet-riddled men at the Receiving Hos
pItal are still alive, and some Of them may
recover. Another bullet vas taken from
the. body of Pacing Billy" yesterday. 1t
was removed from near the right nipple
and was no doubt one of the balls that
entered at his back and went through his
lungs. .Anolher bullet eau be felt in his
left breast and il is thought that this is the
other bullet that entered the back. Billy
still has two bullets in his body.
" Yesterday he was sensible enough to
talk. He did not know where he was yes
terday until told. He did not RENE NJ Der
single circumstance connected with his