Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-12-31

A despatch from San Francisco, December
-, says: Early this morning number OF
strikers on the Geary street cabls road
gathered at the corner Of Geary and Frank
lin streets with the determination 10 stop
cars beng run, and tie first car coming into
the city was attic ked 10y them and the con-
ductor and gripmIn driven from the car,
wh ch went flying down street The men
followed, sma hing the windows Police
officers managed tC stop he car and were
assaulted with stones. An officer drew his
Ievo.ver and fired several shots into the
crowd.
At the same hour that this was taking
place on Gerry street. numbar of men at
tacGtd an incoming car on the Sutter street.
II e. The Conductor and the gIipman O.
co.ved sm.iar treatment.
The men who made The a tack were masked,
Tie truin which was attacked on the Geary
street road was the second from Central
avenue and was IN charge of Conductor
Nr ght There we're two policemen
and one passenger aboard No IN
cations of u cube were noticed until the
ram was crossing F. an lin street when
umber Of mast Z men dashed out and let
fly shower OF s-ones, which went crashing
Tin ough windows and struck bo,h
oi,t tmJn and the conductor and grip man.
They tnen boarded The train and after a Sc
vtr5 stlugg'e obtained possession of
t. The CONDUCTOR defended himself
the Lest h. coull az linsS his a sail
ants, ard in the struggle pulled off the mask
OF one of th- men recognizing HIM as George
w. ke ley, q striker
The car and the dummy were uncoupled,
ami the latter was stared on the d WI g aie,
Lut one of tho ollcemen chased It. and jump
ing oard brought It tUa $ OF, Th9 dummy
was stopped by ether 20 icenen.
As soon as the policemen hal secured the
du amy and car they s..rted II pu suit of
the rio crs The "A! e. fed an altnough
the policeman fl. ed alter them al escaped ex
cept X ley. Mono of them, as is now known,
was struck by the sh) $. The grIuman was
severely Leaten, hut his injuries were not
seriou Kelley who was arrested, is
C, arg, with rot assault with mtenJ, TO
murLer and felony. He is about 4O y ars
old He says he was on h way to lis
mothers house on Cough street when an
officer ask d HIM to stop and arr strd him.
David Th mas, charged Wl'h Icing oae
OF tie adrrS Of he r.ke $, has b en- ar
rested, as have also three other men, Fred
Ne baum George Small and William Nor i
on, Su er s rect strikers, on suspicion Of
being concerned in to-,!ays rot.
Tie a tack on the Suffer ieet line was
even more serious than that made on the
Geary street line. In this case, too, the
asSailants we're ali masked. The first init
nation that Wardn Bowen, grip man on
train No. 49, had Of The trouble
was seeing q lot of boards piled
up ac' oSs the track lie immadia ely
stopp d the dummy and got Off to cj ar the
IA is. The NAKED men AZ onca knocked the
grip man down, and beat him so severely
that he lad TO be carried to the hospital,
where it was found that he as bad y though
not q ngerousl5 hurt The conductor was
frightened and ran, pursued by several
mas:ed men, but he was NOT overt a,el. The
dummy and The ears ere then u"COunlcd and
Sc t flying down the grade in iferent
directio :. There were three p sSangers on
the t. ain hut when tbs attack commcnCel
they hel for lh2r lives. The dummy
rUshe along at a fearful rate UntilitreacheI
he {, mpany building at Su Ter and Po k
str cts where il COiidcd with n bumper,
breaking it off short. The dummy then
continued on un,il it reached the upgrade,
beyond Polk str ct The car which vas
sent III he opposite direction, ran Ii it
smashed into the train which had left the
end OF the road subsequent to it, The crash
was so great that the dummy Of the ncom-
ing train was badly smashed whio the Wild
car was completely wrecked. Trains ON
both routes stopped running at dark, SO no
fur her trouble will cCur tom Gut.