The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-15
A YOUNG LAD DROWNED.
Fell Into the Water at the
Bay Farm Island
Drawbridge.
The District Organizer of the Carpen-
tiers Trying to Establish
Local Union.

ALAMEDA, CAL, July IA sad acct
dent occurred about o'clock this after
noon on the drawbridge leading to Bay
Farm Island. A young girl named Daisy
Lomax. accompanied by her brother Harry
aged Is years, left the Park-street Station
by the o'clock narrow gauge train for
High street on a fishing excursion. They
walked to the bridge and sat down on a
platform under the stringers of the draw
bridge where they fished for some time.
In going back home the boy suddenly
fell into the water and was drowned. 1t
is thought he was seized with cramp in
the chest ana this caused him to fall back
wards into the water, or he might have lost
his footing.
The girl screamed for help and was
about to Jump into the water, but some
men who had heard her cries caught hold
of her lust in time The boy was not seen
by the men, and as a strong tide was COM
ing in, they could do nothing. Search is
being made for the body and number OF
persons are dragging about the spot where
he fell into the water. K. X. Lomax, the
father, is a well-known blacksmith, and
has family of five children, the lad harry
being the youngest.
Peterson Disappears.
ALAMEDA, CAL, July AS. Peterson,
the boatbrilder who has built and repaired
the water craft of the gilded youth of Ala
media for several years past, is numbered
among the missing, and while no one APP
pears to know which way he has gone thu
general i'm preston Is that he has left for
more congenial chimes, where creditors
Will not annoy him and he can ply his
trade in peace.
Peterson was a master OF the boat
builders art. but not over fond of work !;
he spent much of his time in the saloons
of Alameda. rather than at his shop, near
the Bay Farm Island bridge. Some time
ago his incorporate habits caused his wife
to leave him, and after that his business
was neglected, and boats that had been
left for repairs lay on the oeach or ways
until the sun opened their seams and let
the tide in.
On the I'd inst. Peterson packed up the
best of his. tools and left ostensibly for
San Francisco to do some work, but as he
has not been seen since. it is believed that
he does not intend to return.
Local Carpenters Union.
ALAMEDA, CAL, July 14.-This morn
ing c. f. Schadt came over from San Fran
cisco to organize carpenters union. He
is com missioned as a district organic and
came over 10 view the ground. Speaking oil
the matter to-day, he said that by com bill
! ing and forming union carpenters can
! demand and get not less than So day. Ii
is well known that quite number are only
receiving from 81 so to So a day in this
city. He had the names of most Of the
carpenters in the place and met with fair
success. He considered it highly probable
! a union would be formed here.
There are only three firms actively en-
gagged in the building OF homes in the city
| and the opinion of each of them is thai
there is no necessity for union here.
The New Saloon.
ALAMEDA, CAL, July 1s.-Eight more
names have been appended to the applica-
ton OF NJ DeDret for new license for the
| Pacific Hotel. TWAS on this license tha
| the voting was equal at the City Trustees
meeting of July 6. Trustees Leydeckel
and Forderer voted against the granting
| of the license and Trustees Clark and
| Fleiter in favor of it, Trustee Hammond
being absent. Mr.. Hammond consider.
that being in the liquor trade. he shoulc
not be asked to vote on the question, as i
ne consulted his own interests he woulc
| naturally be against increasing the mum
Der of licenses. NJ. Debret's application
will be settled at the next meeting of tn,
1 City Trustees.