New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-27


IN END ARGSa-oRDrR TRIUMPHANT.
SAN Francisco, July 26-l1 A. M.-The Citizens
Committee began TO assemble at 7 p m. last night
AZ Horticultural Hall, and the building was soon
filed. About O'clock, w. L. Coleman, Prcsi-
dent, called the Getting to order, and had scarcely
done 50 when message was received that fire had
broken out at the Pacific Mail dock. II was soon
ascerained that the fire was in large lumber yard
near the dock. One hundred Of the Committee,
armed with clubs at once dispatched to tho
scene, followed soon after by hundred more. The
remainder of the Committee were then tolled
off in companies by Wards, and with tho
exception of about 300 proceeded to the
City Hall to await orders from the Chief Of Police.
Sky were dispatched to Sixth and Howard-sts. TO
ispersc the crowd collected there smashing Chinese
houses All the members If the Committee were
armed with clubs in addition to the pocket firearms
carried by nearly all. The fire at the undergrad
ragged iercely aud crowd of several thousand peo-
pie collected there, heavy force of vigilantes and
police standing guard A man detected cutting tho
hose was shot down IN his tracks. Tie vIgIlantes
closed the streets leading to the of the fire.
fire alarm has been given from the corner Of
Stoclon-st. and Broadway, and party of yigilants
despatched to keep order. All quiet in tho
central portion Of the city. No call had yet been
made on the military. President Coleman had
5000 viiLnt6s or hand and just before reaching
the City Hall h. perfected arrangements for quell-
ing any disturbance. The principal streets were
quite full of people. but there signs of dis
| turbauce except as above mentioned
Ar II p. m. the fire at the Of StocktOn-st.
and Broadway had been exinguIshed and order
was restored in that neighborhood man was run
and killed by hoscclTt the way to the fire.
squads of vigilantcs scattered throughout tho
| northern and western parts of the city, and no
breaches of peace reported in those localities.
| South of Market-st. small bands of "hoodlumsD
were ranging around and were breaking into Chr
| nese hOusos-the yIgiiantes following them.
At tine Mail steamship Company dock aud vicinity
| the excitement and disturbance was increasing Tie
| fire still raging II appeared to bee under con-
troll the directonof the Mail dock, but spread
Ing 10 the northward along the city front in the uIn
bor yards and westward along Front-st. The mob
was becoming more and more denOnstratiye, and
was with difficulty held in check. They at
tackled the police and vigilantes with stones.
One policeman was crippled by a stone
and two viglantes reported shot. The
Force charged on the crowd with clubs aud pistols,
hrmg about fi.ty Shots and forcing them back.
Gen. Cobb, III charge of the vigantes, reported tho
riot increasing. and asked that the military be dis
patched t. mis- assistance. but Chief OF Police Els
declined TO have troops ordered out except rs last
resort. Kecnforcenrcnts of yiglantes were dis
patched to the scene and at midnight there were
between 800 and 100 duty there besides tho
police.
strong force of vigilantes were held at the City
Hall to be sent where required, and number re-
manned at the headquarters. horticultural hall.
About midnight the city ire alarm sounded for the
corner of Mission and Stewart-sts., few blocks
from the former coniagration, aud in the immediate
Il.
establishments.
At l Il. III. the latest reports from the vicinity OF
the Pacific slal dock were, that the crowd had
mostly dispersed. the fire was under CONTROL
though it still burning. aud the police and
citizens were masters of the situation there. Tho
hTe-alarm from the corner Of Stewart and Mission
,ts proved TO be unfOunded. As far ~ can now 10
gathered the lire the Mail dock OF incendi-
airy origin, the evident intention being to involve
the Companys property in its spread On the
arrival OF the fst detachment of citizens, a
crowd numbering about 10000 had gathered The
wharyes, lumber and coal-yarls, in which the Ire
was raging were surrounded on the laud side
by fence, running near the bottom Of a
steep hill leading up to St. Mary's Hospital.
On the top of this hill crowd had assembled.
While portion of them attempted 70 set fire to he
fence the police and citizens attempted 10 drive
them of. and were met by shower Of stones from
the hill The hill was then stornled in the face of
hot fusillade Of stones, and the mob began firing ps
tolls. The force answered with volley, and getting
to close quarters used their clubs with telling effect.
La the charge young man, the Note Teller in The
London and San Francisco Bank, fell, probably ia
tally wounded. Another citizen shot dead and
great many were wounded more OF less seriously by
stones and pstol-shots. Ii is impossible to ascer-
tain the loss of the rioters. Several are reported
killed and wounded, but nothing il definitely known.
At least 100 shots fired into the mob. This
charge broke the courage of the mob many of whom
were captured, and long chain being stretched
across III front of the Mail dock, they were mana
ced 20 ii for the present for safe keeping The mob
at no time obtained access TO the Mail dock, which
closed and strongly guarded, several cannon be-
ing also planted commanding the entrance
In the meantime the fire had burned immense
quantities of lumber, mostly belonging to Simpson
Brothers, Mcdonald, Mills & Co.. and Starbuck e.
GoIdstein also the wood yards of OConnell IL Hig-
gins and Collins, and grea, deal Of similar property
owned by various persons and companies. The ships
az the wharves were huriedly towed tn places II
safety. The tiremen after the first outbreak were
we'll protected and worked with only slight him
drance The driver OF a hose-cart was reported IA
have been shot dead by the mob but this Is not con-
irned, and there were no other casualties amono
the members of the force.
After the police and citizens had dispersed the mob
a portion of the latter, including some who had been
raiding Oh Howard and Folsom-sts. gathered in thu
vicinity of the Grand and Palace Hotels on Markst.
st. Some of them paraded into Kearney-st wbers
they were met by q force of citizens and dr;v.r
back to Market-st., while another detachment ~
citizens and police marched along Montgomery-st-.
| and taking the crowd between them pun,shJ
| them severely and scattered them. During the re-
mainder of the night no attempt at ooncentration
was made by the rioters, who r0ained IN smsn ganu