The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-08-01
TAYLOR BOARD
IS PROTECTED
BY INJUNCT|0 ION
Judge Cofey Grants Writ
Against the Schrnitz
Appointees
HEARING AUGUST 7
Judge Seawell Will Decide
the Status of the New
Supervisors
APPEAL TO FOLLOW
New Members Return the
Complimentary Tickets
for Fight
APPEAL TO FOLLOW

The FRS, steps were taken yesterday
to secure a judicial determination Of
the contest for the Office of mayor and
for places on the board Of supervisors
when the Taylor board secured an
order from Judge Cofey restraining
the Schmitz appointees from taking
possession of the quarters in the hall
of justice or interfering n any way
with the new administrator. The
hearing was set for August and the
case assigned to Judge Seawell. At
that time the Schmitz pretenders viii
be given an opportunity to-prrsrnt tf1eir
claims to Office and the entire question
viii be decided. An appeal will be
taken and the supreme court will there
fore have opportunity at an early date
to say whether Dr. Taylor or Eugene
z. Schmitz is mayor.
The application for an injunction
was made a few minutes before
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by Attor-
ney William b. Kollmyer, who is acting
as the legal adviser of Mayor Taylor.
The application was signed by 15 mem
bers of the Taylor board Neither
Tveitmoe. o'Neil nor McGushin was
made plaintiff The defendants named
included all the. supervisors appointed
by Schmitz since his incarceration and
Chief of Police Dinan.
FIGHT TICKETS SPURNED
An hour after the Injunction was
signed the new supervisors met in the
hall of justice. They were safe from
attack from the Schmitz appointees, for.
The Injunction was sweeping in its
terms. 1t forbade the Schmitz men to
take possession of the Office of the
board of supervisors. to take the rec
ords or seal of the ofice or to interfere
in any way with the transaction of
the city's business.
Earlier in the day 1t had been re-
ported that the pretenders would at
tempt to storm the hall and take pos
session. AS aprecautionary measure
the doors were locked and guards sta
toned at the entrances. However, no
attempt was made, to force an entrance
and those who gathered to witness a
battle between the two boards were
disappointed.
The new board had not been in ses-
sion one hour when it broke the
worlds record for honesty. An en-
velope had been passed to each super
visor resembling very much in appear
ance those in which the late mem
bers received their Doodle. In each
envelope were two tickets to the Britt
Nelson prize fight. Across each ticket
was stamped $1,000: complimentary"
Some OF the members had carelessly
placed the tickets in their inside vest
pockets. when Supervisor Matt Sullivan
arose
T. Some one is evidently trying to in
troduce graft into this board already"
he said. six hundred dollars In graft
has been distributed among the men,
bers here. Each one has been pro-
vided with tickets to the prize fight.
1 never received one before and the
only reason I am given one now is that
I am supervisor. I suggest that all
these tickets be gathered up and re-
turned to the sender. Has your honor
raoelvaS vn,,rn 7n
MAYOR SETS GOOD EXAMPLE
Yes" replied Mayor Taylor. II re-
ceived mine and it is already on the
way back
Thereupon the tickets were gathered
UP by the sergeant at arms 1t has
long been custom for prize fight pro-
moters to send a liberal supply Of
complimentary tickets to the members
of the board OF supervisors and in the
past these tickets have been accepted
with thanks. Even the most virtuous
Of the city's boards was unable to