The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-28
Desperate Strikers

SAN PkAscIsco, December 27.-At an
early hour this morning q number Of
stikers on the Geary Street cable road
gathered al the corner of Gesry ami
Franklin streets, with the determine
/ ton TO prevent the cars from being
run. The frss car coming into the city
was attacked by them and the conductor
and gTipman driven from the car. The
\ car went flying Down Lne street, hen
/ following, smashing the windows. A
police officer managed to stop the car
| and was pelted with stones. The officer
drew his revolver and hred several
shots into the crowd. Two persons are
said to be injured but not seriously.
/ Their names are unknown. At the
/ same hour that this trouble was taking
place on Geary Street line, number of
men attacked the incoming car on SUIT
/ ter Street line. The conductor and
gripman met similar treatment. One
arrest has been made, George W. Kelly,
who was recognized as a former con-
Guctor on Suffer Street road.
The men who made the attack were
masked so that recognition was rem
/ dered impossible. The train which was
attacked on the Geary StTeat rosd was
the second one from Central Avenue,
and was in charge Of Conductor VIZ ght.
There were two policemen aud ons pas
ssnger abOsrd. No Indications of
: trouble were noticed until the train was
crossing Franklin Street, when "A num-
Der OF masked men dashed UUt and let
hy the stones. which went crashing
through the windows, and striking
both policemen. conductor aud grip
| man. They then boarded the tram,
and after q severe struggle, got
possession OF it. The conductor
did mis- best TO make things
lively for his asSailauts, and in
Tie struggle pulled off the zAask Of one
OF the attackers, and recognized him TO
be George w. Kelly, who went out on a
strike. The car and dummy were un-
coupled. and the latter was started
down grade, tut one of the policemen
chased IL, jumped aboard ard stopped
It The car Was stopped b. the other
policeman. As soon as the policemen
had secured the dummy and car. they
started in pursuit OF the attacking
party. The latter quickly Ged, and
although the policemen Sired after
| except Kelly. None OF them were
struck by the shots, it being only the
intention OF the policemen TO stop
them. The gripman was severely
beaten, but his injuries are
not serious. Kelly, Wh3 was ar
rested, is charged with riot, assault
to murder, and felony. He ssys he was
on his way TO his mothers ON Cough
Street, when the officer asked him to
stop and arrested him. David Thomas,
charged with being one OF the leaders
OF the strikers, has been arrested; also
three others-named Fred. Me5baum,
| George Small, William MOrrisOn-au
suffer Street strikers, on suspicion of
being concerned in tO-day's riots. The
attack made on the Suffer Street line.
was even more serious than that of
/ Geary Street. In this case, - in Others,
the attackers were all masked. The first
intimation that Martin Bowman. grip
man on train No. IS, had of trouble was
| seeing lot of boards piled up across
I the track. He Immediately stopped
the dummy and got OF TO dear the
/ rails. This was the moment chosen by
the maskers for their attack. They
Knocked the gripman down and beat
him so severely that he had 70 be car
ried TO the hospital, where il vas found
that although badly, he was not dan
gerously hurt. The conductor was
frightened and ran, pursued bg several
masked men, but he was not oyertaken.
The dummy and cars were then IN
coupled, AID sent flying dOgn the grade
IN different directions. There we're
three passengers or. the train, but when
the attack commenced Il e. fed for
their lives. The dummy, which
started down the g-ade, seemed to fly
through the alp. but Is il was
secured by the grip. il kspt the
rails. Il continued It's fearful
pace, until il reached The company's
building at Suffer and SOlk Streets.
Just beyond the building. is a bumper.
with which the g-ip cCllided- IL was
broken OF short. but the momentum
was so great that the dummy con-
tlnued 70 run antIl il reached the up
grade beyond Polk Street. The ear,
which vas sent flying in On opposite
direction, ran TIL it smashed into a
train, which had lefs the end Of the
road subsequent to it. The crash was
so great thai the dummy Of the in
coming sraiEs was badly smashed.
while the sid car was completely
wrecked. The trains on both routes
were stopped running at dark. so no
further trouble will occur tonight.
superintendent eCOrd, OF the Suffer
Street lima, said what had happened
could not make no difference in the
running Of cars.