The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-02
The Great Tammany Boss
May Arrive To-Day.
HE WON'T BRING A BAND.
Nor Is He Hunting Climate or
the Big Fair.
THE PARTY HE HAS WITH HIM
Rumored Indictments to Be Found
in New York That May Cause
a Sea Voyage.

The dispatches from New York an
nounce the disappearance from that cirv
OF no less than thirly-seyen of the hest
known boss" politicians of that civ for
the Pacific Coast. ana give San Fran
cisco as their destination. The ssranc'' ia
headed by no less a parsonage than the
famous Iammany leader, Richard Croker
and with him, it is said, are: Thomas F
Gilroy, Mayor of New York; Thomas z
CrlmmlnS, court contractor and associate
leader OF the Twentieth District: Patrick
Diver, Police Justice and leader of the
Second District; Barney O'Rourke. boss
of the Third District; James J. Pbelap.
Dock Commissioner and lieutenant of ex.
Mayor Grant; W. Fl. Burke, Police jus
tice, lieutenant OF Mayor Gilroy and leader
of the Twenty-siXth District.
just when they left New York and
whether they are all travelling together the
dispatches do not state. for the simnle
reason that no one knows when Croker
left the city or whether he left alone or
not.
There is rumor rife in this city that
Croker and his party will arrive in San
Francisco to-day, and as the rumor comes
from railroad source it is not to be dis
regarded. From the same quarter it is
learned that parties here have made ar
rangements to furnish Croker and his con-
tingent quick passage out of port by
steamship to some country where extradl-
ton laws are unknown. 1t is even asserted
that a portion of The men who sudrenl,
desired to go West with Croker are
already in the city awaiting the arrival Of
their leader before proceeding furth er on
their journey, and that they are in strict
secuslon and will so remain until the
chief sachem of the all-powerful Tam
many arrives on the scene.
The party does not come to California to
see the Mid W inter Fair OF enjoy the salu-
brious climate of the Golden State. Ac-
cording TO the dispatches they have urgent
business here. and that is to find a way in
which TO avoid warrants upon indictments
that may be found by heartless Grand
Jury in New York City, which will
charge them with crimes similar to those
committed by Boss McKane of Brooklyn
and for which he is now in Sing Sing
prison.
Of late the small men who aided in the
crooked work OF the last election in New
York have been convicted at the rate of
one a day in that city, and it is only
question of time when some one OF them is
going to turn States evidence and tell how
he happened to commit such crime. Then,
will come the deluge and the big men ind
the work want to be out of the way of the
tidal wave.
San Francisco is an excellent temporary
city of refuge. for from this port lands can
be reached where the long arm of Uncle
Sam does not reach. 1t is not TO be sup
posed that Mr.. Croker expects to come
into San Francisco with brass band if he
is getting into convenient quarters, and il
is hardly to be supposed that be and the
delegat ion with him are travelling all to-
gether. Ii they are fleeing from ''the wrath
to come" they will probably drop in here
one by one and keep in touch until such
time as they know whether or not sea
voyage will benefit their health.
That the New Workers are bound for
San Francisco there can be no doubt, and
it is reasonable to suppose that. since their
time of leaving is unknown, they may
arrive to-day.
Several of the men named have relatives
here. namely, Police Justice Diver, whose
mother, married a second time, resides
here, and Dock Commissioners Phelan,
who also has distant relatives here. If
indictments have been found and war
rants forwarded the news has been care
fully suppressed, but it is strange that so
many inquiries have been made of rail-
ROAD ana steamship men during the past
day or two concerning the probable line
of the arrival of the Eastern visitors.