St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-28
DESPERATE STRIKERS.
They Put on Masks and Make An Attack
on the Gable Lines in San
Francisco.
Conductors and Gripmen Badly Beaten
and the Cars Sent Flying to
Destruction.
The Police Finally Succeed In Ar.
resting a y umber of the
Rioters.
knights of Labor in Bad Tangle,
and Serious Split Pos.
stbIe.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Dec. 27.-Earlv
this morning number of strikers on the
Geary street cable road gathered at the
corner OF Geary and Franklin streets, with
the determination to stop cars being run.
and the first car coming into the city was
attacked by them and the conductor and
grlpman driven from the car, which went
flying down the street. The men followed,
smashing the windows. Police officers
managed to stop the cars, and were as
saulted with stones. An officer drew his
revolver and fired several shots into the
crowd. Two persons are said to have been
injured. but not seriously. Their names
are not known. AT the same hour that this
was taking place on Geary street NUM-
Der OF men attacked an incoming car on the
Sutter street line. The conductor and grip
man received severe treatment. One arrest
has been made, George w. Kelley, who
was recognized as a former conductor on
the Sutter street road.
The men who made the attack were
masked, so recognition was rendered inn
possible. The train which was attacked on
the Geary street road was the second one
from Central avenue and was IN charge of
Conductor Wright. There were two police
and one passenger aboard. No indications
OF trouble was noticed until the train was
crossing FRANKLIN street. when number of
MASKED MEN
dashed out and let fly stones which went
crashing through the windows. striking
both the police, conductor and griprnan.
They then boarded the train and after a
severe struggle got possession of it. The
conductor did his best to make things liyely
for his aSSailants, and in the struggle pulled
Off the mask OF cne of the attackers and
recognized him to be George w. Kelly. who
went out OH the strike. The car and dummy
were uncoupled and the latter was started
down the grade, but one Of the policemen
chased it. jumped aboard and stopped it.
The car was stopped by the other
policemen. AS soon as the policemen had
secured the dummy and car they started
in pursuit of the attacking party. The lat
ter quickly fled and although the policemen
fired after them they all succeeded in es-
Gaping except Kelly. None of them, as is
now known, were struck by the shots it
being only the intention of the police to
stop them. The gripman was severely
beaten, but his injuries are not serious.
Kelly, who was arrested, is charged with
riot, assault to murder and felony. He Is
man about 40 years of age. He SAYS he
was on his way to his mothers on Cough
street when an 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 Nusbaum, George Small and William
Morrison. all Sutler street strikers, on sus-
piciOn of being concerned in to-day's riot.
The attack made on the Sutler street line
was even more serious than that of Geary
street. In this case, as in the other, the at
tackerS were all masked.
THE FIRST INTIMATION
that Martin Bowan, the griplnan OH train
No. 10, had OF trouble was seeing lot of
boards piled up across the track He i'm
mediately stopped the dummy and got off
to clear the rails. This was the moment
chosen by the maskers for their attack.
They knocked the gripman down and beat
him so he had to be carried to the hospital
where it was found that, although badly he
was not dangerously hurt. The conductor
was frightened and ran, pursued by several
masked men, but was not Overtaken. The
dummy and car were then uncoupled and
sent flying down the grade in different di-
rectiOnS. There were three passengers on
the train. The dummy. which was started
down the grade. seemed to fly through the
air, but as it was secured by the grip it
kept the rails. 1t continued its pace until
it reached the company's building at Sutler
and Polk streets. Just beyond the building
is bumper. with which the grip collided.
1t was broken off short, but the momentum
was SO great that the dummy continued to
run until 1t reached the up grade beyond
Polk street. The car, which was sent flying
in the opposite direction, run until it
smashed into the train which had left the
end of the track subsequent to it. The
crash was so great that the dummy of the
incoming train was badly smashed. while
the wild Car was completely wrecked.