The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
Health Board Acts on
 Baldwin Ruins.
LAB0RERS QUIT WORK AGAIN
THEY REFUSED TO TOLL FOR
 A DOLLAR A DAY.
Burned Out Tenants Prevented From Recovering Their Property in the Debris by Baldwin's
 Stinginess.

The Board of Health has given Lucky ! Baldwin just forty-eight hours (unu 1 Monday morning) to abate the nuisance ! he is maintaining at the corner of Mar
 ket Powell and Ellis streets If active work is not begun within the time either charges will be preferred or the board
 will order the work done and assess the expense to the irascible Lucky. The stench that arises from the ruins is growing daily more intolerable, and IS
 deemed by the board to be ininical to the public health. To somewhat abate 1t the board yesterday ordered a large quantity of chloride of lime spread over the TUCK
 heaps from which the 0dors enanate:
 When the peremptory order of the
 board was served upon Baldwin yesterday
 he urbanely promised to follow instruc-
 uons at once.
 Unless the authorities apply some dras-
 tic measures to compel Lucky Baldwin
 to remove the ruins of his hotel the
 streets about the block will be obstructed
 all winter Laborers employed to exca-
 vate the debris again quit work yester- day on the ground that he refused to pay
 them living wages and drove them like
 slaves while they did work.
 Early in the week the parsimonous
 proprietor discharged all the workmen
 who would not endanger their lives for '
 were compelled to accept that meager wage that he could get all the men he needed for s1 a day. The men quit, and Baldwin said he had laid them off tenn porariIy because of the high wind. Yes terday number of poor men who had worked for Baldwin a few days gathered about the wreck and the true story came out. Baldwin not only wanted to force the men to work for a dollar Q day but also insisted that they take only half an hour for lunch.
 The riggers who were pulling down the walls, in constant peril while at work, re- ceived 8 50 2 day up to Friday, when they were informed that they must accept 8 a day or quit. These men resigned on the spot and many dangers from falling wreckage still menace passers-by in con sequence
 Regardless of city ordinances, the rights of other property owners in that vicinity and disreparding common decency, Bald win intends to inclose the half-burned rooms abutting the annex and rent them if any one Is foolish and hazardous the ire wardens has been called to this. and it remains to be seen whether or not they will enforce the law and prevent the contemplated imposition.
 Baldwin is evidently taking advantage of the miSfortunes of several of his for mer tenants by forcing them to employ laborers to dig out their undestroyed property, which would have been recov- cred ten days ago had he been compelled to obey the law. Nearly all the excavat- ing done on the Market street side has been paid for by J. Edlin, the tailor; J. J. Groom, the natter, and Mrs. Seymour, a guest of the hotel. The work done by these persons last week saved Baldwin over S210. and he showed his appreciation by refusing to pull out the ton and a half of iron girders which prevented the work men from digging where lost property is located.
 Mrs. Seymour lost valuable jewelry and bric-a-brac and hoping to recover some of it she expended nearly s40 and got noth- ing. J. J. Groom and J. Edlin joined in employing a gang of diggers, who worked all the week. These men were paid s2 day and they succeeded in recovering some property for Ediin. Baldwin's re. fusal to assist them by having the heavy timbers and girders pulled out with Ihe donkey engine prevented any work where Groom's stuff is buried.
 A letter, written to The Cali by Captain E. Walker, who now lives at 100 Broad way, demonstrates that no effort has been