The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-12
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10 81. ono Of tn things that | am proud
n hat IA" revsraper gang had so few
'-,r .uts.' dog trotted TO the office,
arriving hero about G A. NJ. The managing
editor was there. my brother, and a few
ofhnr. Men from all departments zane in
steadily and ! began hustling for an extra.
The old building was not seriously hurt.
and ono elevator was in commission and
We got a few typos upstairs. The type
setting room was on the top floor |
established the city desk in the business
oNfcc. and soon had a bunch of copy going
u while my brother was holding the men
upstairs, At SIS O'Clock we got another
jolt about No. 4, l guess-and nc more
upstairs for printers or s~tereotypers. Tho
frp was coming at us from the east and
south strong. We went upstairs to see
what we could do with the machinery, Then
we found that we were without water or
power, and il was agreed TO try TO publish
a one-for-all paper somehow and some
where Thursday morning. Az an emer-
genCv last chance, an Examiner bunch was
sent over TO the Oakland Tribune to get out
a Chroricle-C Gail Examiner, lots being drawn
wv Nicholson, Mcknight and me in tho
Bulletin Office for order of precedence in
lilr The Buletin is ar evening paper;
the Chronicle, Cal and Examiner morning
%rarers,
The rest Of the day was one hot weari-
resS We tried until 7 p. NJ. t6 get power
on in the Bulletin Office, Then the war
lords quit those who had not given it up
earlier and scattered to the four winds.
had watched the Gail and Frdmincr burn
tHriipr in tive afternoon When tho game
vl.up FOR san Francisco paper. / plodded
along the edge ~ the FIRE and ont Market
street, home, too weary to climb the Office
stars # that had been possible. At II p, NJ.
| reached home. We tried to sleep in our
tioit doorway, but,it was no go. We could
hcaJ he nr cast and north OF us and Il was
to light that you could read easily indoors
ind out The noise of falling walls and COR
mo-, w&s Ike u string OF flrecrackers, and
c,erv ,rw minutes the dynamiters would
Iririudto il with an earth shaking explo-
to2
-'ly I'eopl, wHrN packed and provisioned
"a, r.rJv 10 move. stayed with them
Va raou and then sent FIR 'noh to make
. 1cal viii thc Oaklind H"rIid and put
Il rhr, my second assistant, in charge 10.
Cily. Luttnd into the committee Of
c., wIs made n member Of the press
committee, got n special policeman's star,
c"nuldudoyrad automobile until ] had o
GOO ct. with a regular devil Of a driver
r,nENG up stafr and reporters and got to
NdiInl about 10 p. NJ. took my bunch
~ tho oakland Herald, There ] found
FIR rct and my brother Lynne. We man
NGrd 10y : 4. NJ. to pull out 1000 copies OF
u combined Coli and Chronicle, differing in
till and editorial. There was no more
rap.r LIT after the Hcrold had run of it's
own extra at 20 A. NJ. These 1000 l had
10 count, stack and tie myss II. as well as
! police them from tho gang that was trying
lul"' ~ "hAb IN bN's y '''N
IN that crisis. ] helped load them on q
one horse, riokety express wagon and sat
On them for a four mile crawl through the
GAVIN 20 the estuary, where ! had a man
hoIdinga iayhawk launch with promises Of
money and threats of shooting. We piked
IN through the wreckage Of the villa rvcs at
"A, NJ, found that good automobile wait
ing, and tore through what was left Of the
town, giving away papers from Noe Valley
to the Preside. The psople were crazy
for them, Out in the park, crowded with
refugees, a big chap got on our front board
and refused TO got of. II we had stopped
anywhere we would have been stripped Of
our papers. LEANED across Jimmy Hopper
IN the ionneau and soaked Mr.. Husky,
We were running some'ard he spun like
top wN"n nc hit the moondam
AT \ NJ. | went up to Mr.. De Young
THE proprietor of the Chronicle this was
Friday. He had saved his house after an
all hight struggle. He had got his people
out to san Rafael, He had plenty OF food,
no water, plenty Of automobiles and no
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