The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-29
SAN FRANCISCO'S SENSATION.

/ oAN EhANOlSOO'O OENOA lVNs
| The city OF San Francisco has Just passed
through a scene Of turbulence and hor people
have been stirred to a degree of excitement
that has not been witnessed ON that coast since
tho days of vigilance committees and mob
rule, when violence and bloodshed were of al
most hourly occurrence, and law and order
were unknown. The occasion of this wave of
excitement was the shooting of Rev. Isaac s.
Kalloch, candidate of the Workingmen's psrtyfor
Mayor, by Charles De Young, senior proprietor
of the Chronicle newspaper. From the reports
OF the affair telegraphed tn the metropolitan
press we CLEAN the following particulars:
| After Kalloch was nominated by the working
men OF the city as their candidate for Mayor
Charles De Young, In speech the State Con-
vention of the Honorable Bilks, announced
that he would compel Kallochs withdrawal
| from the contest. Subsequently he notified
Kalloch that, unless he withdrew, he would
rake up his record in the columns OF the
| Chronicle Kalloch sent back word for him
to 60 ahead that he could tell worse things
about the Dc Youngs than they could
| bring against him. On Wednesday last the
Chronicle came out with long article, review
ing kallocn's career in Bos on and Kansas,
| dwelling particularly on his reported amours,
and also ventilating his political and businees
record. On Thursday and Friday the Chronicle
| contained blmlldT dnO more eldDOrate aTtlclet,
and dragged in Kalloch's father, now dead, re-
| counting sundry immoraities on his part
| kaloch had advertised q mass-meeting at
the Metropolitan Temple last night, at which
| it was given ont he would read copy Of an
article published some five years ago by Il. r.
Naphtaly in little paper called the
! Sun. This article an attack upon the
| personal and family record of the DE Youngs
of the most pronounced character, and led 10
| an attempt on their part to kill Naphtaly, which
1 H.,1a NJ all
read that article he would shoot him on sight
Last night an immense audience gathered at
| the Metropolitan Temple, and the street out
side was packed with a crowd numbering thou
sands Kalloch addressed the indoor meeting,
scoring the De Youngs merciessly and reflect
! ing OH their personal records and family ante
cedents IN the most direct manner. After adj
| journing the meeting in the hall he went outside
mounted stand, and spoke briefly. After re-
| viewing the attacks of the Chronicle upon him
self, he said: In malgDing the reputation of
my father, Who has filed an honorable grave
| for many years, these journalistic vipers have
rendered the most vicious retaliation on my
part necessary and justfable These disgrace
| ful records make such an attack possible, and
| am justified in pronouncing them the bastard
progeny of prostitute" He said he had the Sun
article IN his pocket [Cries OF Read II, read
| i'll :" but ne aid not wish to eXpend all his am
munition at once. Ii would be published inn
mediately in full in the Workingmen's paper,
|
would take it up and comment upon 1t.
Charles De Young evidently considered the
| proceedings Of the evening equal provocation
| to the actual reading of the article He accord
| ingly drove to the Metropolitan Temple in
| coupe at a time when kalloch was about step
! ping into a carriage with Carl Browne. De
| Young sent an American District messenger
| boy to him to say that a gentleman wished TO
speak with him. AS Kalloch approached the
coupe De Young fired, hitting him in the
| breast, Just above the heart kaioch stag
gered and turned To ESCAPE. De Young fired
again, h ting him in the hip or thigh.
| 1t would appear that trouble had been anuci-
pated, as quite number of workingmen were
in the vicinity of the Temple. They at once
made q rush for the coupe seized the horses
| heads and endeavored to get De Young out
He kept them at bay for moment with his
| pistol Meantime an officer arrived on the scene.
| The crowd seized the coupe and overturned it.
| AS it went over De Young got out. He and the
officer were at once attacked, the officer
| knockedd own and trampled on, and De Young
beaten about the head and face, though not
| very seriously. The officer, De Young and
the driver of the coupe struggled through the
| crowd amid cries, Slang hlmi" Kill him !"
At the corner of Fifth and Market streets two
more officers made their appearance, and with
their assistance De Young was taken to the Bald
| win Hotel and, escaping by the other entrance,
got into carriage and drove rapidly to the po-
| lice station, the crowd following
|
tank halls, while crowd numbering thou
! sands, surrounded the prison and ovmced de-
sire to make an attack
Meantime the police rapidly assembled,
| ropes were stretched across the streets leading
| to the prison. and every preparation made to
resist an attack The Chief of Police at once
called Gen. McComb III consultation. Gen.
| McComb ordered the military to assemble at
| their armories.
| News of the tragedy spread like wildfre
| through the city, and the streets were soon
| crowded with excited throngs. Strong guards
were placed over the Chronicle business and
printing offices to prevent their being sacked.
In the afternoon there was an immense gather
ing OF workingmen, at which there was manifest
ed general desire to march on the Jail, take De
Young out and hang him. IL was decided, how
ever, 10 await the arrival Of Dennis Kearney,
who was a short distance out of the city, before
proceeding to extremitles. kearney hastened
back arriving in the evening. he was met
by crowd of several Thousand, who re-
ceived their leader with almost frantic ex-
hibiton of Joy. Three OF the workingmen's
military companies, numbering 16O men, with
rifles and fixed bayonets, were on hand as an
escort With Kearney at their head, the pro-
cession moved up Market street for the sand
lots, filling the streets for several blocks, and
making the air ring with cheers for Kearney
and cries of Hang De Young" Kearney ad-
dressed the excited multitude, advising the
preservation Of law and order. His counsel
was Willingly accepted ny te popuiace,
and at the conclusion Of the meeting the
multitude quietly dispersed to their homes.
Public sentiment seems mainly to run against
De Young, partly on account Of the manner Of
his attack, giving his victim no chance for de-
feuse or escape, and partly because the Chroni-
Gle in it's assaults upon Kallocb has been
abusive beyond all precedent in political cam
paigns.
The Chronicle editorially contained the fol-
lowing defense of Charles De Young.
"Io our political friends: For the informa-
ton OF the New Constitution party in the inte-
rior, where the affair between /. s. Kalloch
and one of the proprietors OF this paper may be
altogether misunderstood, we say that the oc-
currence was entirely personal matter, which
in no sense whatever affects or concerns the
political principles Of the Chronicle or the par
tywhich it supports. Weputit to any brave and
honorable man in this community, who has q
mother or the memory Of one, and who loves,
respects and reveres her, if such language as
that used by Kalloch in the hearing of thou
sands does not challenge and provoke personal
chastieement to the death. 1t would be inf
nitely worse than death to bear such an
insult put upon ones mother. and no
man has q right to give it without
being prepared for the worst OF consequen
ces. The man who would not resent it il
meaner than dog, and the mode of resentmen,
i'm such cases ia the same throughout the civil |
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