The San Francisco call., 1897-03-14
Ex-Mayor Sutro Signs the
Deed Which Means
So Much.
Over 1900 Men Are Now Reg.
istered as Applicants for
the Work.
subscriptions Continu. to Come in
Largely From Schools-Chinese
Take a Hand.
son to the boulevard I"

"On to the boulevard ~
That is the cry OF the unem ployed, and
soon the hearts of many men will beat
happily as their arms toll away for the
money that means. so much to themselves
and families.
At last ex-Mayor Sutro has signed the
desired deed now securely reposing in the
vault OF the. Nevada Bank. A few pro-
visos still stand in the way, but they are
fast vanishing. When the last stumbling
block is consigned to the backward and
abysm of time" the Supervisors will accent
the deed without any redtape and work
will begin.
Practically speaking, preliminary work
has already begun. Taking six men with
him Mr.. Eagan went out to the park yes
terday and made call upon Superintend-
ent McLaren, who pointed out the loca-
tion of the wheelbarrows. The men at
once begun putting them in condition for
heavy use. To- orrow morning construc
tion will begin on the Toulouse.
Work will commence on the Almshouse
road, about 100 feet from the Sutro tract.
The question OF transportation is still CIV
ing some trouble, for the men must travel
then take the Park and Ocean steam cars.
and finally make walk of fifteen or
twenty minutes duration.
The sub-com mittee. com posed OF w. M.
Bunker and Messrs. Ellert, McCord,
O'Connor. Bemis and Wheeler, met at Mr..
Bemis' office, 324 Montgomery street. yes
terday. Thomas Eagan was elected super
intendent and Mr.. Terrill his assistant.
The wages agreed upon are 81 day net,
ErD fs0vr, t~vv 1nr l.
road; if not, 81 10 will be pail. Labor
Commissioner Fitzgerald has en- barrassed
the company in its work good deal by
demanding that the men be paid twenty
cents an hour. He seems not 10 realize
that this is charitable movement for
which benevolent-minded persons are
working with no desire for pecuniary
reward, but TO think that it is to find
regular employment
The boulevard fund is rapidly swelling.
The following subscriptions were handed
in to Treasurer Daniel Meyer yesterday:
Pope & Talbot, $50; Buena Vista School
teachers, So; Rincon Grammar School teach
ers $3.50; Girls High School teachers.E so
John Sweet Grammar School teachers, $50
Hancock Grammar School teachers,$l5; Sher-
man Primary School teachers, SO; Agassiz Pri
mary School teachers, So 80.
This makes total OF S7174 subscribed to
date.
Over 1900 men are now registered as ap-
plicants for work at the registration head
quarters on the corner of Leidesdorff street.
They came steadily all day yesterday.
The applicants belonged mostly 10 the
laboring class, but there were many men
stepped up and wrote their names i'll a
hand which showed pretty conclusively
that the graphite was no stranger.
One of the applicants was so strangely
out of place as to be worthy OF notice. By
letter which he ubmitted for the in
spection OF the secretary it was revealed
that he was Knight Templar who few
years ago was worth $4,000. His health
failed, his means dwlndled away. and
now he is oblieed to resort TO manual la
Dor to support his family.
AT the old armory, on the corner OF
Howard and New Montgomery streets,
the devil of discord is simply having q
picnic. The members of the old relief
committee, which was discharged by the
majority for making certain charges
against the commissary department, .are
now saying some very hard things against
the executive committee, and vice versa.
The Tim Yee Kong Benevolent Society,
a Chinese organization, yesterday sent in
twenty FIVE sacks of -four, fifteen sacks of
potatoes, one barrel of corned beef. Sew
eral minor subscriptions were also re-
ceived.
The following received their cards from
the committee, which will entitle them to
work on the boulevard Monday, or as soon
as the work starts:
Jerry o. Brien. Frank Ryan, George Ray,
N. Muldoon, James Duff. Alexander Mil
ler, James CLARK. M. T. Boyd, N. T. Nes-
ter, joseph Boyan, ]. Burger, George
Kim ball, John Lents, John Ray, Hugh
Killeen, 7. ]. Scalens.
There was a long-continued and stormy
meeting of 400 of unemp ployed last night
in the main hall of the old armory that
they make their headquarters.
Vice President Davies, late chairman of
the recently ousted relief com mittee, had
preferred charges against LeffingweIl. the
president of the organization.
He charged him with misappropriating
funds; with depicting the commissary !;
with want Of executive ability, and with
not having done anything to get the men
work.
Lefingwell made statement in which
he said the old relief committee had done
much to attempt to harass him and to
thwart the purposes of the organization,
and he denied each one of the charges.
One temporary chairman, despairing OF
maintaining order, resigned and Mum
presided during the remainder of the
meeting.
Lefingwell was put on the stand, while
Dawes did the questioning As the pecu-
liar trial progressed it became evident
that the charges were unfounded and
unfair, but though good majority stood
firmly by the imperiled president of the
organization, there was large enough
number OF dissensionists to form an eff.
fective opposition ready and willing fol
almo ost any kind of change In this way
the storm and strife was maintain until
IL O'Clock, at which hour an adjournment
was taken until o'clock this afternoon
when the remaining charges will be deal,
with.