The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-09

been discharged unjustly from his engine,
he said, after an accident at Port Costa.
and he lived in Oakland Five cents more
would pay his fare home; would the gen.
tleman, etc. He was always half-drunk
and was two years getting to Oakland.
Out on Valencia street one day lately an
alleged hungry man was given a meal and
90 cents by good but impractical woman,
and told to saw some wood. He saw the
wood and Immediately climbed over the
back fence and cleared out. Meeting an
other man on the sidewalk he told him
where real, good, all-day wood-sawing
job was to be had. The new man, who was
worthy work-hunting fellow, hurriedly
made application for that woodpile He
was met at the back door by the woman's
angry husband, who thought it was the
same old beat after more food, and kicked
him from the yard. The second man spent
vagrancy term in the County Jail as re-
ward for his industrial intentions.
AT the ferry landing a well-dressed man
calling himself Mccullough earns a liveli-
hood with a Southern Pacific baggage
check, mum bered 2O76. He tells pathetic
tale of his trunk being held somewhere and
shows the brass check in confederation.
Among the gullible people of this city he
succeeds with his simple scheme in picking
up great many dimes.
ANY bloke ken get along in dis town."
said professional striker in moment of
confidence and of beer to CALL reporter.
''All he has to do is Jest pick his mug and
hang to him. Day'lI fling YOU a nick lest to
shake you. Any fairy story will go. San
Francisco is de best town to work west of
the Missouri River. Git in and sing yer
song an de box receipts is all right. Say,
pardner, take steam with me? Work was
good ter-day; struck de Stockton boat
gang and de route panned out four hicks,
bit and two quarts. My pal will be in
soon an We'll pool our issues fer night
on de Coast "
Mayor Sutro is decidedly of the opinion
that the manned, the halt and blind men
dicants who haunt the streets of San Fran
cisco and make people wretched with their
apparent misery should be removed from
the public thoroughfares and placed in in
stitutions where they will obtain food,
clothing and proper care.
They are nuisance and a constant yio-
lation of the law" said Mr.. Sutro yester-
day. II say, by all fair means they should
be suppressed. These cripples and blind
beggars are unfortunates to be sure, but
that is no reason why other people-par-
ticularly those of a sensitive nature
should be made wretched by these sights
at all the principal street corners. If This
city is civilized community provision
should be made for these unfortunates so
that they can be taken out of sight and
cared for. AT the present time ] don't see
what can be done with them. The Aims
house is full, and besides most of these
street beggars do not want to go there.
They make money and prefer to lead their
present mode of life.
Now, as to the Almshouse," the Mayor
continued, that needs thorough over
hauling. There are many persons in it
who ought to be out, and there are MANY
out who ought to be in. If those who have
no business there were taken out there
would be room for the blind, crippled and
deformed creatures who are now on the
streets. The city ought to make provision
for all disabled and incurable persons who
have no means OF support. There should
be a home for INDECENT consum ptives 1t
was only yesterday that a poor woman
came to me with her 16-year-old daughter,
who is slowly dying of the disease. She
begged me to have her daughter sent to
the City and County Hospital; | tried to
do as requested, but the hospital authori-
ties would not receive her. Next L tried
the Home for Incurable Children, but with
no better result.
las regards the street beggars and blind
srteet musicians, / shall call the attention
OF the Chief of Police to the matter, and
Will request him to have the law enforced.
Inc nuisance should be stopped
In addition TO the Supervisors order re-
Iatlng to begging on the streets, as pub
I!shed yesterday, there is another order on
licenses which applies directly to the blind
and other mendicant street musicians who
play any kind of musical instruments on
the streets, with a view to securing aims.
Inns Is order Is, section q, of the Super
vlsors orders OF 1882 1t provides that
every blind or otherwise disabled person
VINO desires to play any musical instru-
ment on the street shall first procure per-
NIT from the Mayor, and shall then pre-
sent the permit to the License Collector
ana pay TO him $40 for each three months
IN ADVANCE, Whereupon a license shall be
issued, Violation of this order constitutes
mlsdeamor, punishable bv fine or i'm
prisonment, or both
License Collector Lees, when questioned
on the subject yesterday, said:
None OF these persons mentioned in the
GALL have licenses and therefore thew are
constantly violating the law and are liable
to arrest They should be suppressed Of
course, but how to do it is the vexing oIles-
ton. The License Collector and his denu-
ties have authority to make arrests, and so
have all police officers. Several arrests
have been made in the past. and where a
complaint for non payment of license was
submitted to Judge of the Police Court
conviction almost invariably followed,
But those people are pretty cunning. They
know how to enlist sympathy and gener-
ally demand jury trial. Well, that set