Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-26
EXTRA!
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
THE san FRANCISCO MOB.
Incendiarism Rampant.
PLUNDERERS DEFEATED.
Gallant Charge of the VigiIantes.
They Dispense The Rioters.
HJlDE TDnJTnIE TN tDyn
Incendiarism Rampant.
PLUNDERERS DEFEATED.
Gallant Charge of the VigiIantesD
They Dispense The Rioters.
MORE TROUBLE FEARED.
INCENDIARISN IN SAN FRANCISCO
A Night Of Terror and Plenty or Work
for the Vigilance Committee.

man. pre- idenI. called the meeting to order,
and had scarcely done SO when "A message
was received that fire hal broken out at
the Pacific mail dock. 1t was soon aScer-
tanned that the fire was in a large
lumber yard near the dock. One hundred
Of the committee, armed with clubs, were
at once despatched to the scene, fol-
lowed soon after by one hundred more.
The II mainder OF the command We're then
told of I'm companies by word, and with the
exception OF about 200, proceeded 10 the CITY
Hall To await orders from the chief OF police.
Sixty were dispatched TO 9th and Howard
streets TO diSper>e the crowd collected there,
smashing Chinese houses. A II the members
of the committee were armed with clubs, in
addition to the pocket firearms, carried by
nearly all. Muskets will soon be issued If
necessary. The fire at the lumber yards is
now raging fiercely, and a crowd OF several
thousand people are collected there
heavy force OF vigilantes and police arr
standing guard. News has just been received
of a man detected cutting hose being
SHOT DOWN IN HIS TRACKS.
The yigilantes have closed the streets lead
ing 10 The scene OF the fire. The fire a Harm
has Just been turned in from the corner of
Stockton street and Broadway, and a party
of yigilantes has been dispatched to keep
order. AL is quiet in the central portion of
The city. No call has yet been made on the
President Coleman says he has 5000 vigi-
lantes on hand, and just before reaching the
city hall he perfected certain important ar
rangements, the nature of which has not yet
transpired. The principal streets are quite
full OF people, but there are no signs of dis
turbance except as above mentioned.
The Situation nj IL p. m
IL p. m.-The fire at the corner OF Stockton
sire Ell ard Broadway has been eXtiuguished.
al order is restOr, in that neighborhOod.
A man was rnn over and killed by hose
cart on the way 10 the fire. Squads OF vigil
laDtS are scattered throughout the northern
az western parts of the city, and no breach
es of the peace are reported in the localities.
South OF Market street small squads OF
hOCdlumS are ranging around, and breaking
INTO Chinese houses, the gilanteS following
them. AT the mail steamship companies
dock and vicinity the excitement aud dis
turbaLca are increasing.
TIE FARE Il SIILL RAGING.
and appears TO be under control I'm the diree
ton OF the mail dock, but is spreading To the
northward along the city front in the lumbs"
yards and westward along Front street. TIE
mob is becoming more and more demonstra
tive, and is with difficulty held In check
They are attacking the police and vigilaIte
with stones. one policeman was crippled by
a stone and two Wig iante are reported sno
The force charged on the crowd with clubs
ana pistols, firing about fifty shots, aui
forced them back. Gen. Cobb, In charge o
the vigilan'e, reports the riot increasing aud
that the military be dispatched To his assist
ance, but Chief of Police Ellis declinest have
troops ordered out except IS "A Ia { resort.
REINFORCEMENTs OF yIGILASTE
have been isIatched 10 the scene, and now
there are between 300 and 400 on duty there,
besides the police. A strong force of vigil
lante are held at the City Hall to be sent
where required, and a number remain at the
headquarters, Horticultural Hall.
LdtT:-The city fire alarm has just sound
Ell for the corner OF Mission and stewart a
few blocks from the present conflagration,
and in the immediate vicinity Of the lumber
yards and manufacturing establish ment5.
The Excitement subsiding.
J., SAN FkANCIscoi July 70, l a; m;-The
latest reports from the vicinity OF the Pacific
Mail dock are that the crowd has mostly
dispersed. The IRE is under control, though
II is still burning, and the police AMI citizens
are masters OF the situation there. The fire
alarm from The corner of Stewart and Mis-
sion streets proved to be unfOunded. AS far
as can al present be gathered,
The FIRE NEAR THE MAIL DOCK
was of iEcendiary origin, the evident inten-
ton being TO involve the cOmpanys property
In its spread. On the arrival of the first de-
tachment OF citizens a crowd numbering
about 10000 had gathered. The wharves,
lumber and coal yards, IN which the fire was
raging, were surrOundei on the land side by
hill leading up 10 ST Mary's hospital. On
The top or this hill crowd had assemb led.
Gallant Charge ON the Rioters
"hIle "a portion of them attempted TO set
FIRE 10 the fence the police and citizens at
tempted to drive them off, and were met by
shower OF stones from the hill. The hill
was then stOrmed I'm the face OF hot fusil-
ade OF stores, and the mob began firing pis-
tolls. The force answered with a vOlley, and
getting 10 close quarters, used their clubs
wi,h t.lling effect. In the charge young
man, me note teller In the 10 l0On and San
Francisco Bank fell, probably
FATALLY WOUNDED.
Another citizen Is reported shot dead and a
great many were wounded more or less Sc
riousIy by stones and pistol shots. 1t is i'm
possible 10 ascertain the loss of the rioters.
Several are reported killed and wounded,
but nothing is definitely known. About 100
shots were fired into the mob. About dozen
are lying in the drug stores near the scene of
action more or less severely injured. This
charge
many OF whom were captured, and, q long
chain being stretched across in front of the
mail dock, they were marched 10 il for tbs
present Tor safe-keeping. The mob at no
time obtained access 10 the mail dock, which
was closed, strongly guarded, and several
CANNON PLANTED
commanding the entrance. In the mean
time the fire had burned immense quantities
OF lumber, mostly belonging To Simpson
bros, Mcdonald, Mills * Co, and Starbuck
q Goldstein; also the wood yards of OCon-
nell, Higgins s. Collins. and q great deal
of similar property owned by various par
ties. The ships at the wharves were hurried
y towed 10 places Of safety.
THE FIREMEN.
amer the nrst outbreak, were well protected,
and worked with but slight hindrance. Ths
driver OF hose cart No 1 is reported 10 have
been shot dead by the mob, but there " ere no
other casualties among the members of the
force. After the police and citizens had dis.
GLIDING some who had been raiding on How
ard and Folsom streets, gathered in the vi
entity OF the Grand and Palace hotels on
Market street. Some of them penetrated into
keariey street. Here they were met by a
force OF citizens and driven back TO Market
street., while another detachment of citizens
ana police marched along Montgomery
street and, taking the crowd between, pun
ished them severely and scattered them. Al
present the rioters are roaming In small
gangs over that portion OF the city lying
south OF Market street, closely watched by
me police and citizens, and 1t expected they
VIII seize the first opportunity to gather
again in force.
THE ANTI.COoLIK MEETING
Whlch had been called, met early in the eve
ming, near the G ty Hall. There was not a
very large crowd, perhaps from 500 to 500
people. he speeches from the stand and the
utterances OF the crowd were OF The mosf In