The morning call., 1894-01-12
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
She Meets a RObber and
Shoots at Him.
Finding Work for the Unemployed.
From Cable to Trolley-A
Stevedore's Fall.

OAKLAND.-"Open that door, and that in
hurry - shouted fellow in the early morning
hours at Oak-street station on the Seventh
street line yesterday at o'clock.
And Mrs. Sadie NJ Reeves, who acts as ticket
agent there for the Southern Pacific Company,
did as she was ordered. She opened the door
promptly. and instead Of showing a frightened
woman begging for mercy the man behed
pair OF flashing eyes and determined face be-
hind great big steely barreled revolver. which
was pointing straight into his face. He quailed
before that pistol and woman and he Stated
only moment when lie took 10 his heels and
nastened of.
The door was quickly closed and the ticket
office window as quickly opened, ana Mrs
Reeves sent two bullets after the flying man,
and she thinks she hit him.
a papeT-carrier passing near and hearing the
shot, took after the man when he saw him run
ming away. and chased him some distance.
The man turned down FallOn street and was
| finally lost near the water front.
When tile early morning up-train arrived at
Oak street the man was seen TO alight from it
| and go into The statl0n. in one corner OF which
is the little ticket Office, 10 which Mrs. Reeves
was busy working.
The man raped at the ticket window and
| said he wanted 4 ticket 10 the city. The lady
! behind the Partition told him that there was
| plenty of time and that she did not open the
window until nearly train time, and that the
train was not due for while. The fellow in
! sisted, and was finally told that if he was in
hurry he could go and take a narrow-gauge
| train.
The ruse proving failure the fellow tried
the door. 1t was locked. He began pushing on
H. and finally began banging 1t with his knees
and body. II was just al this moment that The
plucky woman opened the door. and the next
| moment the rObber, for such it no doubt was,
was flying off In the darkness with two bullets
singing after him. Mrs. Reeves was the
marion at the PauisOn Fruitvale Hospital at
The time the body of the Paulson infant WAS
placed IN little zinc box.
Making Work.
The City Council in special session last night
made some very important moves which will
result in giving work 10 a large numb OF The
unemployed and at the same time considerable
needed work VIII be done for the city.
a resolution was introduced by Mr.. Smell and
passed which was in the nature of an agree
ment with Charles Newton and Jane Newton,
his wife. by which The Council agrees to Mr..
NewiOns condition that If the city I'LL the
marsh on his place from lake dIedglngs within
one year he Will give The city land enough 10
build The boulevard along Lake Merritt III front
OF The Newton property.
This Will give work when fully under way TO
over 200 men for several months and will very
much beautlfy that portion of the city about
the lake.
The ordinance empowering the city TO pur-
chase 1900 cubic feet of rock for street work
was finally passed.
e>olulions we're adopted whereby S99S was
appropriated 10 remove earth from Indepen.
dence square and use the same on the grading
OF Commerce street.
By resolution the City Engineer was ordered
! 10 place The grade stakes OH Jefferson street,
| below First, 30 that arrangements could be
| made TO go ahead with the grading thereon.
| The sum Of S499 was appropriated to grade
| the SWEET School lot in East Oakland
! a resolution To engage the unemployed at
| 81 90 day was referred 10 the Stre ct Commit
| lee 10 report at the next meeting of the Council
j. l.. Lyon OF tile clIzens' committee spoke
| TO the resolution and stated that in view of the
| Tact that the wages were only 81 day III San
| Francisco and were higher in Oakland than
! elsewhere, he thought il advisable TO stretch
lhe work out by reducing the rate Of wages.
| In this way more men would be given WORK.
| MIR. Lyon said also that to-day the cilizens'
committee intended TO make arrangements
whereby an appeal would be made To the pub
lie. and that lie expected that the citizens would
give 81 for every dollar given by The ely.
Collision with a Pier.
| A collision with the pier in San Francisco by
| the narTow-guage ferry which connects with the
! II 80 train from Fourteenth and Franklin
| streets gave several Oskanders severe Shak-
| ing NJ, although none or them were seriously
! Injured There was one broken arm resulting
| from the collision and several were bruised
more or less. The Encinal. when nearing the
slip. ran foul of Tug ana In turning south TO
avoid The tug she came into violent contact
| with the pier just as the passengers were de-
ScendIug the stairs and three OF the lady pas
| sengers were thrown clear To the foot OF the
| stairway. Mrs. j. Anderson Root, one Of the
! ladies, had her left arm fractured al the wrist,
a spTained ankle and was severely cut and
| bruised about the head and face. 1t was i'm
possible 10 learn the names of the other two
|
| side Immediately, one of them being uncon-
Scious at the time. Mrs. Root, who is a
! Christian science healer was conveyed to her
home as soon as possible and a physician SUM-
moned to care for her.
Mncdonoush's Suits.
When Thomas Fl. Andrews agreed to build
and fit IN the MacdoDough Theater stage for
| $4,000 1t was little thought so much trouble
would come OF II. Andrews started in braveIy
| 10 DO the work but Tell down after seeing he
was in too dep, and withdrew after having
| been paid $4,000 on his contract price. But
! Andrews failed 10 pay the men to whom he had
sublet the contracts. and now there are no less
| Than five suits which Mr. MacdonOugh has 10
answer 10. Andrews is made a party 10 these
! suits. but he is not losing any sleep over the
matter. The suits were commenced yesterday
| before Judge Henshaw, and John SesnOn and
| Attorney Cole are looking after MacdOnOugh'S
! interests. Ii Is stated that Andrews lost his
! $4,000 I'm backing Laura Hollis in one Of her
! theatrical ventures in San Francisco, but this
! he denies. Ii Is expected that there Will be
some interesting developments on the trial
when inquiries are made as 10 where this money
went.
Fred Hines Fall.
Fred Hines, stevedore working at Frank
! lin-sIreet wharf. was brought 10 the City Re-
cevng Hospital suffering from a serious con-
| fusion OF the spine and perhaps internal
injuries. Hines was employed as a cOal-hraver
in the hold of the ship India, now dischargng
at The City Wharf, and in some manner just as
they were getting ready 10 hoist the bucket his
foot got entangled In one of the numerous guy
ropes, and before they cOuld stop the engine
he was swiftly raised about thirty feet in the
air, remaining In that position for instant.
when his feet became freed and he fell head
foremost back into the hold, although his fail
was slightly broken by striking he edge of The
deck and fellow workman in falling. Dir,
johnson, the physician who is attending the
unfortunate young man, says that It is impos-
slble To tell at present just how serious his in
iuries are, as there may be internal cOmpca-
lions.
Killed by Needle.
Mrs. John Rush OF FTuitvale while oper-
ating her sewing machne had the side of one
of the fingers OF her left hand punctured by the
needle. The injury seemed trit1ing. yet ir
almost Immediately induced lOckiaw. The
sufferer passed from one cOnvusion into an
other and In spite of medical assist ance died In
few hours time.
The form Of the dread disease was most ma
lIgnant. The patients body would be bent
backward like n bow by the violence of the
contraction of the muscles in her arms neck
and body. Then the muscles would relax aud
as suddenly contract again, always causing ex-
IRENE suffering. 4 lie case has attracted con-
siderable attention.
Death on the Cprs.
Timothy Brew, a saloOn-keeper from Mar
tlneZ aged 20 years, died yesterday morning
| on the train while coming to TINS city. He was