The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-18
THE FLOOR GAVE WAY.
Several Men Dodge From Under Thirty
Tons of Hay.

Several Men Dodge From Under Thirty
Tons of Hay.
A number of men. employed in grinding
barley on the Meek ranch had close call
one day this week Of being crushed to
death. While they were at work sudden
cracking noise was heard, and they had
Just time to escape when the floor gave
way and down came thirty tons of hay
with a crash,
John Fink had Just carried a sack across
the floor to empty into the bin and had he
remained a second longer he would have
been crushed beyond recognition, but the
cracking of the floor warned him in time,
and he lost no time in getting outside.
Another workman who was engaged in
emptying sacks into the hopper, fortunate
ly was at the moment out after sacks, and
thus escaped horrible death.
DisgracefuI Sandlot Scenes,
There was need of the police tonight to
preserve the peace in. front of the City
Hall. For more than half an hour there
was one of the most disgraceful scenes
Oakland's ''sandIot." About O. clock the
two coIored evangelists who nightly preach
from the steps on one side of the entrance
took their stand as usual ana began to eX-
hort the crowd. About 500 people gath
cred and were listening attentively to the
eyangelists when an enthusiast mounted
the steps on the other side Of the entrance
and began to talk politics.
The two rival speakers about twenty feet
apart drew an enormous crowd, and the
new arrival speedily encountered opposi-
ton. A crowd started up the steps to pull
him off. as they did not approve of his
views on religious questions. Yelling
and shouting was kept up for fully half an
hour when J. II. Zones, a temperance
ha mr. cTa a
distance off and commenced. to hold. forth
on metaphysics and popular Ignorance OF
great subjects. So great was the crowd
that when the City Council adjourned they
were forced to leave the hall by a rear en-
trance.
When the political speaker, whose name
is not known to tie police, was hustled
till it was apparent violence would soon
follow the police broke up his meeting and
took the old man into the prison for pro-
lection. He was liberated as soon as the
crowd had cleared off: The cause of the
massing Of the nightly crowds is the ordi-
nance keeping them of the streets, which
is being rigidIy enforced. Before the police
broke up the crowd there were about 1000
people in front Of the City Hall.
A Brass-Ffnisher's Dilemma.
Cornelius e.. Stuart; brass-fnisher,
was locked up tonight on charge OF
August he took out marriage license
and married Mrs. Moore, widow who
owns two flats at 765 and 1854 Twentieth
street. Everything progressed smoothly
until this morning, when Stuart and his
wife went to local:6ank to make some
property transfer. On producing their
marriage certificate the teller informed
Stuart that his name was spelt wrongly
and that he would have to go to the Re
corder and have the document corrected.
The name on the certificate was Seward.
Stuart went to the County Clerk office
and told him Of the mistake and Deputy.
Mason told him it would be necessary to
make an affidavit for County Clerk Jordan
to attest. Stuart then went to the Record
err office and asked Deputy Spear to make
the change in the record. OF course Spear
refused to do so without authority. When
the County Clerk appeared later the stub
hook was found to have been corrected and
the name Seward changed to Stuart.
q The name appears three times on the
stub: and only in one place was it altered.
Mason charged Stuart with altering the
record Stuart denied it, and was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Mason on the advice OF
the District Attorney and charged with
felony.s: ?;
The people at the house where the
StuaTts' liye said Tonight shat he was mar
Eled: by the name of Start, and everybody
knew his name wastStuart The issuing
efathe. warrant was. the quickest piece of
work done in the District Attorneys office
during the present administration.
Haywards Hard at work
Haywards is working hard to have the
Grand Council of the Young Mems Insti-
tute of next year held III that town. The
question will be decided at Vale IN Sep
TEN Der. &c. and every string that ian be
worked in favor OF. Haywards is being
pulled. A committee has been appointed
to secure the pledges of delegates from all
parts of the State, and so far they, haye