The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-04

Charles Baker, Rev. A. B. Banks of the
First Baptist Church, p, S. Lawson, Rev.
M. d. Buck of the Sixth-street Methodist
Church and others.
Charles Baker said that the times de-
mand action. not words, It is not enough
TO form civic guard and patrol the city.
1t is not enough to drive out the hobos
and the Industrial Army element. [Cries
of mo, NOT The high places should be
attended TO as we'll as the low places.
Publicsoficers should be- taught that brib-
cry and neglect of duty will not be tol-
Grated. He had heard-and he could not
voucL for the truth of it-that police OIL
GERS iB this city have been seen gambling
in saloons during the hours Of duty. Ii
that were true their superior officers
should be made to put stop to it.
Rev. NJ. d. Buck said that the time had
come when the sight of man at the door
or in the yards asking for something to eat
frightened the women so much that they
run into the houses and bolt the doors. be-
cause they fear that behind the appeal for
bread may hide the dagger and the bullet.
There are two classes of men that prob
ably the police may be abba to distinguish
from each other, and they are the honest,
Industrious man who wants work, and the
other class is the sort that committed the
dastardly. damnable murder that was
committed last Sunday. He believed that
honest men should be provided with work,
and that the city should be beautified and
her streets cleaned, so as TO afford employ
ment to poor and honest men. The root
and the source of three-fourths OF all the
crime is the saloons-those places that are
closed on election day and that the Mayor
has ordered 10 be elased hereafter at mid
night. His hearers knew why the saloons
should be closed. and that was because
they were the breeding places of vice and
crime, places where men were inf1amed
and inspired to do horrible crimes.
Chairman White remarked that be would
like to see everything that was done done
within the law as nearly as it could be
done. But sometimes in order to reach an
evil, such as exists in this city. things may
be done that in times Of no disorder might
be con strued as being very severe. Every
member Of the organization should be
willing to do patrol duty.
At this stage of the meeting W. T. Ham
ilton read the report of the committee on
organization. 1t recommended that the
meeting organize itself into a committee of
safety; that an executive committee and a
patrol committee be appointed aud that
100 volunteers be called upon for special
work te-night.
The report was adopted by reclamation.
The committee on organization was made
the executive committee and the Tempo
rary officers were made the permanent
officers of the organization.
Volunteers were called for and about 500
responded.
The. organization intends TO go to work
Immediately to drive out the hard charae-
tiers, and while it is the intention to keep
its secrets from the press and the public,
it is thought the active work will begin
late tonight.
The CorOner's jury tonight found that
Mr.. and Mrs. Weber we're murdered by
unknown parsons. The city is quiet No
acts of violence have been reported to-
night.
W. r. Rains, the young man who in
vaded General a. l.. Harris residence in
this city--Ou the night CT October 24 ana
WAS caught under the bed in the servants
room, bat who was acquitted of the charge
OF burglary, is once more in the county
Jail. He was landed there tonight. having
been arrested by John Judge at Brighton,
where the young rascal had invaded the
railroad statioD-house and frightened the
lady telegraph operator there.
Rains was caught under Uoman's bed
in Woodland clearinghouse on Tuesday
night, but was allowed to go by the arrest
ing officer. He left Woodland and turned
up at Brighton, near this city, tonight.