The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

: Upon Colnon's resolution. The presidents s
name was called firs;.
Pass me for the present." SAID that
gentleman. 81 want to see how TIE
others will vote"
Then Colonel Chadbourne's name was
called ana ne voted AYE" his brother
Commissioners greeting his vote with
laughter. Harvey voted aye and CoInon
made the ADOPTION unanimous
The meeting immediately adjourned.
and preparations for doing battle were al
once made. Chief Wharfinger Root who
was present, was directed to rally all the
| wharhngers and with the tugboat Gov
ernor Markham and piledriver pro.
ceed to the point of attack and pull up
those offending piles.
the necessary or .ers TO clear the deck
for action were communicated TO Philip
I. Brown. Superintendent OF Tugs and
DredgeS, and to L. L. Long, Superinte nd
ent of Repairs.
Chief Whsrfneer Root placed in his
pocket Judge Hebbard's order aad all
hands repaired TO the water front to en-
! bark with their fighting men for the scene
of hostilities.
At 3 o'clock the Governor Markham
left for the Howard-street wharf 10 tow
pile-dr1ver No. = to the front. There were
on board the tug, attired in their haud-
some uniforms. Chief Wharfnger Root,
Assistant Chief Wharfinger Scott and
Wharfingers Edward Buckley, Edward
Short and Geo. II. S. Dryden, SioreKeeper
h. w. Peterson and Superintendents
Brown and Long. At the Howard
>trest wharf these were re-enforced by
Wharfngers Alexander Rosborough.
Robert Stafford, James b. Hvslop, Ed
ward ri. Buckley and State Harbor Po-
Iiceman |. I. Mooney. The piledriver.
having been duly lashed alongside the
tug boat, the formida BILE looking engine of
NO RI ~. -
Beach.
On the way down Chief Whar6nger Root
pulled out his war map and conferred with
! superintendent Long III regard 10 their
plan OF action. Asked what he intended
10 do, Root said: II shall simply do my
duty, and If we can get near those plies
We shall pull them out"
Al minutes to o'clock the invad-
ing craft came into full view of the army
OF occupation. Tins far the movement
seemed full of promise. The enemy
seemed to be inactive. Only one man
among them was in sight from the water.
and he stood on pile of rocks carelessy
handling shotgun. Otherwise the place
had the appearance of deserted camp.
The Governor Markham, with the pile
driver, was approaching close 10 the shore,
when suddenly a column of white vapor
shot up from the enemy's vidette boat.
which In this instance was the piledriyer
| Tam al pals lying directly across the line
0f piles which was the object of attack.
The vapor was from her steam whistle
A rapid succession of shriil toots had a
magical effect upon the scene.
Men on shore were seen scurryiug from
every direction toward the Tsmalp pals
The adj jacent rocks suddenly swarmed
with a defending horde. The time for
something dec sive to happen seemed i'm
minent.
The armed mercenaries of the Fair
estate had rallied TO a man to repel the
Harbor Commissioners craft. Meanwhile
the gallant wharfingers had clam bered
over the side or the tug and formed a hoI-
low square on the pIledrver. The mis-
haps OF war then began 10 obstruct the
course of true strategy.
Captain Jake Peizinger. at the wheel of
the Governor Markham, found obstruc-
tions in his watery path. Colonel Baker
was the first. In this case Colonel Baker
was a scow schooner loaded with charcoal
and making for the nearby wharf of the
Fulton Iron Works. A large barge load ed
with empty rockcars was the next. This
was moored right along the front of the
100 feet of trespassing piles. There was no
ters, and while Roots expedition was
looking for an opening the Tama!pais
kept its whistle screaming.
The Chief Wharfinger, accompanied bv
his assistant, stepped into a rowboal and
was pulled 10 the Notifications. They
displayed no flag of truce. but rode calmly
in he face of grim fate. Boarding the
Tamalpais the wharhnger pulled oui-not
gun, but his court papers-and asked
| for the man in charge.
The big crowd. consisting of about sew
enty all told, looked suilen ard put its 14O
hands in its hip pockets. A meek look
ing man came forward ana said he was
the foreman of the gang. He loosed at
Judge Hebbard's modification in Root 8
hands and begged to be excused from
reading it verbatim, as he had no author
ity except to protect the property in the
absence of the superintendent Living
stone. Would the emissary from the Har-
Dor Board kindly postpone any belligerent
movement until he could be called
The whistle wire was again ierked for
several minutes.
Root concluded to make the best of his
opportunity by investigating the nature of
the defenses. No attempt was made to
frustrate this audacious spying upon the
works and Root and Assistant Scott saw
that they would require two or three
more towboats to attempt any effectual
attack.