Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-24

s1OO. asked him why he had come
to help us, as we were not friends, and
he said:
"I thought that you people were
doing what was right and 1 knew that
If everyone had done right 1 should
have had to close my bar anyhow, $50
thought would try to help you.
"The mother of our church treas
urer, who came from a well-known
family and had a number of heirlOOmS
that had been in the family for genera
tions and who was living In little
house that was thrown off it's founda-
tions, crawled through the heavy fog
cast into the room by the SCOT of the
chimney and CROPPED her way on her
hands and knees, for she was an in
valid to where the church money was
kept and crawled out of the cottage.
The church money was her first
thought, probably because her drunken
husband lad been helped by the
church to see Alright before he died,
and on his deathbed said the first
prayer that he had uttered in many
years, and because her son had been
saved from suicide by the church. So
you see 1t was very dear to her.
Wanted Church Soon
1.-THE church clerk carried all the
church records away and one of the
trustees went to the fire line to res
cue the insurance policy. The general
sentiment was that they could live in
tents, but that they must have
church building as soon as possible.
There were many odd features and
many that we have thanked God for
many times since those days Of sus-
pense.
zone member of our church, a Wild
ow who had lived on Telegraph hill all
her married life, felt confident that her
house would not be burned. She said
that she heard a voice say over and
over again that her house would be
saved But she sent her children to
Oakland and stayed on in the little
house. keeping to her work of dress
making. However, she put some of
her most valuable things into sheets
and put them on the sidewalk, where
they were stolen. She set on the step
of her little home and saw the wind
change and the fire leap up the hill at
the rate of a house minute, but it
looked faster than that and she
thought she would have to leave her
home.
Save House with Wine
"As she was leaving, with tears
streaming down her face, a gang of
street urchins came along. Now, this
widow had always been kind to the
boys and had been their companion in
many a debate. AS these boys saw
their well-loved champion leaving her
little home they decided they would
do what they could for her. So they
broke into the house next door, where
quantity of Italian wine was known
to be stored, and they poured this into
buckets and saturated sacks and any
thing they could find and covered the
little house with the saturated sacks
and soaked it with wine.
"Some say there is alcohol in this
wine and that it will burn, but Ii
wont. When the fire came to this
house it went right and left. The
house was at the apex of a wedge and
thirty other houses were saved for
this woman having done unto her
neighbor as she would unto herself.
After this she said that God had been
so good to her that she would give rp
one day week besides Sunday, and
each Wednesday she goes to the
church and sews and cuts out gar
ments with band of women.
The Labor Question
'In regard to the labor question in
San Francisco today. 1t is not a one
sided affair Neither side is right.
The lumber people We're the first to
raise the prices, and they did this nine
successive times. The laboring men
did ask high wages, partially because
some contractors were willing to paw
them, so they agreed that all should
receive tHe Nigh wages. Inc labor
leaders are not the kind that the city
would choose If 1t were not for the
scientific political powers. I think it
Is getting better and really there has
been very little bitter feeling. The
violence is largely through the doings
of the unemployed and the loafers.
who are looking for excitement.''
Rev. Mr.. Walz has raised nearly,
$4,000 for a new church building and
hopes to raise the $4,000 to Complete
the work. Shortly after the disaster
Mrs Walz went east and spoke in the
largest churches, and in that way se-
cured several thousand dollars for the
work.