The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-27
. LORlN CAPITALIST INSANE.

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Oakland end of the road seem to be pretty
happy over the present state of affairs.
They saw they are running the road as
usual and Master Mechanic Mckenzie
saws he has more applicants for work than
he can provide for. The master mechanic
also made the statement that the company
is now paying off the men for June. That
gentleman said that this did not neces-
sarilv mean that the men paid off need not
apply for work.
Among the strikers there is nothing to
be learned, but a majority Of them are
still of the opinion that the company will
take them back without prejudice.
Strike stories are cropping up daily. An
outgrowth of the matter is the question OF
veracity raised between the Mayor and
Councilman BILLY" Watklnson regarding
the visit Of that famous committee TO
Fourth and Townsend streets to intercede
with the company for the men.
The Mayor said Watknson had called
on him, and the latter said he had not
Now the Mayor reiterates his statement,
and adds some more 10 1t OF an interesting
character. He says:
"Watklpsuu called or me Monday morn
ing and said he aud a committee were
going to Fourth and Townsend Streets
and said il would be a good thing If a COM
mittee IF citizens would go Also We had
some further talk ABOUT it; telling him
that the subject WAS under consideration.
That same afternoon WatkinsOn called me
up by telephone just as l was about
TO leave the City Hall, and asked me
Whehe his own committee ought to go
over before or after outs. ! told him l
could not attempt to decide that, but ad-
viSed him to 90 after we had been to see
the officials.
"Wben NatkinsOn says he saw aud talked
with me at Fourth and Townsend streets,
he states what is not true. l didn't see
him there. and don't believe he saw me.
! don't think lie was ia the building at the
same time we WERE"
The Mayor now adds this bit of pungent
gossip TO the statement already made. In
speaking Of Watklnson's Tuesday visit to
his Office, Mayor Pardee says:
"Natkinson came in TO learn what we
heard in San Francisco, and, after telling
him. | advised him 10 90 to West Oakland
and urge the A. r. u. to call the strike
off. He admitted that under the circum-
stances it ought TO be done, but said he
did not dare to do it-that they would
point their fingers at him and taunt him
with weakening. This kind of talk made
me hot, and | told WatkiusOn any man
who pretended to call himself an Ameri-
can citizen ought to be ashamed to make
such confession. After | had talked to
him in this vein his hands trembled, as if
he was nerving himself up, and he went
away with the understanding that he
would play the man. But he seems to
have been afraid"
The statement is made that Watkinson
was trying to get back his ola position as
yardmaster at the mole, while at the same
time he was playing fast and loose with
the a. r. o.; that he really only joined
the A. r. q. for political purposes and
never really expected to be called out.
In this respect it may be said for Wat
kiDsOn that one Of the chief men in the
a. r. O., Charles Fink, said early in the
strike that the Councilman was all right
and a consistent a. r. Z. man; that he
was, indeed, one OF the staDchest support
ers Of the unions principles, and that any
statement to the contrary was false.
An attempt 10 wreck freight train has
been reported from West Berkeley, where
it is stated track-Waker on Wednesday
night found a switch forced and held open
by rocks. The rocks were removed and
the train passed all right and the next
morning the matter was reported at the
mole.
There are now only about twenty deputy
sheriffS on duty in the railroad yards, six
of these BET G stationed at the mole.
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the militia will cost the State something
like S25. GOO. It is now expected that all
military life about the Point will have
vanished by Sunday next
Oakland Lodge 80 of the a. r. .. held
a very important meeting last night, at
which it was decided by vote Of 1877 to
147 TO declare the strike off.
This settles the matter pretty definitely.
it is thought, but the men Will not be ready
to go to work yet, as the rules of the union
say that tW0-thirdS vote of the entire
system must be taken.
There are twenty-five lodges in the sys-
TEN. By the close vote il will be seen thai
there was a very strong fight against the
action taken. but it is thought generally
that there will be break up all along the
line. Many of the strikers wanted to wait
and hear from the Chicago meeting on
Thursday, at which time it was thought
Debs will declare The strike of altogether.
Fruitvale's Ambition.
A meeting of the citizens of Frutvale
was held at TaylOr's Hall last evening .C
take action in reference to the proceedings
held before the Supervisors OH Monday
and Tuesday last on the petition for town
incorporation. Z. H. Marwpdel was
chosen as chairman aud Walter NJ. Axtell
as secretary. The chairman made full
report Of the proceedings had before the
Supervisors, and stated that the meeting
was called To see whether the citizens de.
sired tn accept the lines rs fixed by the
Super visors. Remarks were made BY
Messrs. AXtell. Jones, ThornalIey, Plaw,
Savage, Taylnr, Bassett, Maloney, Judson
and others. A motion was finally adopted
appointing a committee, consisting OF
Messrs. w. w. JudsOn, j. A. Jones and ]
w. Miller, to act with the attorney OF the
petitioners for the town, George w. Reed
in consulting with the Board OF
Supervisors and endeavoring to- have
the lines extended TO include some
of the territory cut by the board, and il
the board declined to do so to have the
election called upon the lines decided upon
by the board last Tuesday, TO wit: Be-
ginning at the center line of the tidal
canal, running east to $50 feet west OF the
center line of High street 10 San Leandro
road; thence west along the San LeandrC
road TO Redwood avenue; thence north
along Redwood avenue TO $50 feet south of
Hopkins street; thence west TO the city
line OF Oakland; thence along the line OF
the city of Oakland to the point of CON-
mencement-
Some of the remarks were rather caustic
with reference to the action of certain par
ties living outside of the district, who were
instrumental in having the lines cut down
by the Supervisors, and also in reference
TO some Of the Supervisors. The senti-
ment of the meeting was strongly in favor
given full power to act, but with the un-
Outstanding that tie election must be
called.
There promises to be very lively Ugh
over the Republican nomination for the
ShrieyaIty in Alameda County this fall
If is we'll known that Chief of Police