The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
Anti Saloon Men Jubilant
Over the Councils
Action.
LIQUoR-DEALERs NOT AFRAID.
Mrs. Harvey Sues Kate Yates for
Damages-Louis Matheny's
Trial.

The members OF the Council for the
Suppression of Saloons are iubilant over
the action of the City Fathers in granting
their petition foe an ordinance closing the
saloons of the city from 6 P. NJ. Saturday
to 6 A. NJ Monday. They profess to believe
that Mayor Davie will sign the ordinance
when it is presented to him and that the
law will do much to assist the prosperity
of Oakland.
The saloon men on the other hand are
far from downcast and intimate that they
have several moves in prospect which will
yet defeat the ordinance and permit them
to carry on their business without inter
ruption.
This fight is far from lost, - said mem
Der of the executive committee of the Cal
ifornia Protective Association yesterday,
land we propose to fight as long as there
is anything to oppose the carrying on of
our business as we see fit.
"a majority of those who were at the
meeting of the Council last evening
thought that when the voting on the petit
ton of the Council for the Suppression of
Saloons was going on the Councilmen were
voting on the ordinance itself and that it
would soon go into effect.
"Such was far from the fact, and the
completed and adopted measure is yet so
far in the future we are not worrying our
selves very much about it. Last nights
action was simply granting the petition Of
the anti-saloon people that an ordinance
in accordance with their ideas and wishes
be drafted by the city authorities.
1.-The action of the committee OF the
whole viii be reported at the next regular
meeting of the Council and.the Ordinance
and Judiciary Committee will be instruct
ed to draw up the order. At the meeting
following the committee will report and
the measure Will have its first reading and
viii be passed to print. 1t must be adver-
tised for tel days and will then come up
for final passage at the first meeting after
that term has expired. Should it be
amended it will go back to print for five
days and will then be handed to the
Mayor.
THE latter is allowed ten days to con-
slider 1t, and should he refuse to approve 1t,
as we certainly hope and believe he Will,
II must go back to the Council for passage
over his veto.
Here is where the anti-saloon element
will strike a snag, for their full strength
was exhibited last night. and the seven
votes they control will not override the
Veto as they must have eight votes, or a
full two-thirds majority. We firmly be-
heve that the four Councilman who stood
I H.,
shat event the ordinance will be killed.
We have consulted eminent legal authority
on the matter, and have been informed
that in case the ordinance is adopted it
can be knocked into a cooked hat in the
courts, and we shall fight it there if neces-
sary."
The Mayor, when asked regarding the
saloon mans summing up of the condition
of affairs, confirmed what was said except
as to his own position in the matter, which
he refused to discuss, on the ground that
it would not be proper before the ordin-
ance had been placed before him in the
regular way.
He said, however, that by suspending
regular order of business and passing the
measure TO print Immediately, the order
could be sent to him in a much shorter
time than it would in going through the
ordinary course.
The New Bicycle Ordinance.
A meeting OF bicycle dealers was held at
Oakland yesterday to consider the framing
of ordinances more in accordance with the
wishes of the local wheelmen and the city
authorities than those now in force.
Cyclists have objected to the ordin-
a s requiring the s carrying Of
since it was passed, and have
made several efforts to have it repealed
without success. The ordinance permit
ting riding on the sidewalks during the
daylight hours was obnoxious to the au-
thorities and it was decided to eompro-
mise the matter. George A. Faulkner, who
presided at Yesterday meeting, stated that
IL was desirable TO frame measures that
would suit all parties, and that the ma
jority of wheelmen would refrain from
sidewalking if the ordinance could be ar
ranged that way. City Attorney Piersol,
who is thoroughly in sympathy with the
cyclists, stated that an ordinance
agreeable to all concerned could easily
be formulated and would no doubt be
acceptable to the Council. 1t was decided
to hold another meeting to-day and frame
a measure making it unnecessary to carry
lamps, and entirely prohibiting the use of
the sidewalks by wheelmen. In addition
to Mr.. Faulkner, Messrs. Martling, Peck
ham, Elliott and Wellman were present.
TreadweIPs Shop Afire.
Fire nearly destroyed the carpenter-shop
where James Treadwell, the multi-million-
aire mining man of San Francisco, worked
before he accumulated wealth in the gold
reefs of far Alaska and ceased working as
a carpenter. Years ago the Treadwell
brothers, John and James, were looked
upon as substantial contractors and build
ers, who were able to do tidy bit of car
pentering If occasion demanded. Then
they we're attacked by the gold fever and
went to Alaska, where they discovered the
famous Treadwell mines on Douglass ISL
and, near Juneau, and developed them.
Fortune favored them and their modest
fortunes grew to plethoric proportions.
after that everything they touched turned
to gold. They invested in quicksilver
, mines in the neighborhood of Calistoga
and sold them for a fabulous amount.
Later coal claimed their attention and
mines near Livermore for which they paid
a comparatively small sum are now valued
at 100000. They were offered 100000
for the mines at one time, but refused and
have recently incorporated a railroad to
ship the coal to San Francisco to compete
with the imported combustible.
The damage to the shop was between
$500 and $500 and the insurance $500. The
fire started in the rear of the building at
516 Sixteenth street occupied by Herbert
Jones as carpenter shop.
The loss outside that Of Mr.. Jones was
not more than $500.
A Novel Race.
The wheelmen of the Reliance Club are
going to have little sport at the Oakland
Trotting Park on Sunday next, as a change
from the regulation club run.
The main event will be a go-as-you-pIeaee
race between teams of Relianca ridare