The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-07
THEIR TRANSFER ENJOINED.
Judge Hebbard Grants a Re-
straining Order.
UNUSUAL SUNDAY PROCEEDING.
After Noon To-Day the Matter VIII
Fall Under the Jurisdiction OF
the New Board.


The Board of Education at noon to-day
they may not wear the bland and smiling
faces they had been anticipating Tor about
month or so back. They will meet their
successors not with the accustomed ex-
hibition of good-fellowship to be expected
on such an occasion.
The cause of all this unpleasantness TO
these members of the board came yester-
day afternoon at time and ON day wnen
they least expected it. This cause is MOTH
ing less formidable than an order issued
by the Superior Court restraining them
from taking any further action toward
the transfer of Principals W. ii. Edwards
OF the Croker grammar school, Mrs. N.
A. Wood of the Hearst school and I. B.
White of the Washington grammar school.
This order grew out of an application
and prayer for temporary injunction
made before Presiding Judge Hebbard
yesterday by Thomas j. Walsh. The de-
PENDANTS to the action were the members
of the Board of Education. John SWEET,
Superin endent Of Public Schools, and the
three principals concerned.
The order was at once served on all of
the defendants yesterday. 1t requires the
board and Superintendent SWEET 10 take
no action looking to the transfer of the
principals. or for the principals themselves
to make no attempt to assume charge OF
any school other than those over which
they are principals at the present time.
There are five clauses in the complaint,
and the main basis of action is that the
transfer of these teachers at this period of
the term the beginning of the second
would work injury to the pupils of these
schools, in this, that the modes adopted
by these several principals In preparing
the pupils for examination and their
various modes of instruction would be
entirely changed. As each principal diff
fers from the other in this respect progress
of the pupils would be seriously retarded
10 each OF the schools.
Among other minor reasons against the
changes is that these principals have con-
Quoted their work in a manner satisfac-
tory to Mr.. SWEET and in all things have
lived up to the rules of the Board of Edu-
cation, and that the only motive that can
be assigned for this arbitrary action on the
part of some members of this outgoing
board is that Of political revenge.
This order has thrown decidedly new
and unantieipated color on the contest
that has ragged between the two member
Of the board and Mr.. Edwards for some
time past. and it appears very much now
as though the proposed transfers will not
take place.
About month ago the board decided to
transfer Mr.. Edwards from the Croker
Grammar School to another school and
give his principalship to Mrs. Wood.
The parents of the children that at
tended Mr.. Edwards school were greatly
opposed to changing that gen tleman, and
several hundred uf the parents held mass
meetings to protest against it. All action
by them was apparently ignored by the
board as the changes were announced to
take place to-day, it being the beginning
of term.
The parents, however, seeing that their
protests and complaints went for naught,
decided to consult an attorney. Accord
ingly Mr.. Walsh, the plaintiff in the above
action, called on the law firm of Jones &
ODonnell and stated the facts of the case.
1t was too late to accomplish anything
that afternoon. but yesterday Mr. O'Don-
nell appeared before Presiding Judge
hoODniu nuQ hppltcu lOi thO
injunction and pending action on this the
restraining order was issued.
The reason for taking this step on Sun
day. so unexpectedly, is apparent from
the fact that the old board does not give
up Office unit! noon to-day, and further
more, that the teachers take charge of
their respective schools early In the morn
ing. With the accession of the new
board to Office there will be no attempt, so
the parents believe, to make any such
changes.
Mr.. O'Donnell was seen last night.
1--WE propose to make this test case"
he said, ito determine whether or not the
Board of Education has any right to trans
fer teachers about from one school to an
other according TO their own pleasure.
The parents seem very much In earnest
over this and seem determined to fight it
through.
SIN regard to the cause OF disagreement
between Mr.. Edwards and the others |
have been informed that when Mr.. Burke
was running for the State Senate Mr.. Ed
wards opposed and worked against him in
that district"
The order to show cause was set for the
18Th inst, at 10 A. NJ, before Judge Slack.