Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-14
STRIKERS RIOT.
THE CAR STRIKE RESULTS In
BLOODSHED AT LAST.
Conductors and Gripmen Assailed
Cars Bombarded with Rocks
One Man Fatally Shot.
Tsan Francisco Post, December 18th. |

lSan Francisco Post, December 13thl
The striking carmen of the Suffer and
Geary street lines met this morning at X.
R. B. Hall for the purpose of forming
parade and again marching through the
streets. The meeting came to order at $50
o'clock, and several speeches were made, in
which the strikers denied all connection
with the actions of the mob that followed
the procession Of yesterday. The men
were urged to be orderly and make no de-
monstration that would hurt their cause.
The line was then formed, and at 10 o'clock
the march was begun. The procession
went to Suffer street, and thence to Market
and the ferries, and returning on Suffer to
to Polk, crossed to Geary and moved out to
the western terminus No hostile demon
stration was made on Suffer street, with
the exception of the young hoodlums
These disreputables gathered in the lead of
the procession and followed along on the
sidewalk, so that when the Western Addi-
ton was reached they outnumbered the
strikers.
THE TROUBLE BEGINS.
A car had just reached the top of the hill
and the gripman, seeing the large body of
men coming toward him, let go the cable
and ran the car back down the hill, stop
ping it in front of the car-house. This
action only tended to excite the crowd, and
when they reached the car all kinds of in
suits were offered the q scabs," as they were
called. As parting salute, heavy cob
blestone was sent crashing through the
back window of the car, just missing the
face of the conductor.
ANOTHER CAR BoMBARDED.
The company WAS iniudicious enough to
allow car to be sent out along the line of
march, and when it came in reach of the
crowd they began hooting and yelling at
the gripman and conductor, and at last
assailed them with rocks, sticks and mud.
The car was dn open one, and perfect
shower of missiles was rained upon it,
some of the stones being as large as a
cocoanut The conductor stood his ground
at the tail of the car for some time, but,
after barely escaping having his brains
knocked out and receiving several blows
about the body, he retreated to the front of
the car and got down behind q seat. The
gripman and the policeman on the car were
treated in the same way. The latter made
no attempt to quell the riot, but took the
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stones. Ed Powers and another man, both
synIpathizers with the strikers, were driy-
ing along in buggy, and after the car had
escaped the mob, drove their vehicle on
the track and detained the car until the
crowd again came up. The same pro-
giamme was gone through with without
any one being seriously injured.
THE BUGGY SMASHED.
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buggy so much that they had to turn out,
and in doing SO the buggy was caught by
the front of the dummy and overturned,
throwing both men out on the ground and
smashing two wheels of the vehicle. This
only enraged the mob, and threats oflynch-
ing were freely uttered. The crowd made
a rush for the car, but were unable to catch
up with it on the steep hill. While they
were pursuing this car another started
down the hill, and as it came by the grip
man, policeman and conductor were as
slulted, and only escaped serious injury by
lodging the missiles. In this instance also
the policeman was so astonished that he
made no demonstration to stop the lawless
actions of the crowd. By this time the
procession had reached Central avenue
Here they found. a detail of several police
men, who surrounded the car and sought
to protect the men.
THE STRIKERS THROWING ROCKS.
Again the mob resorted to rock throw
ing, and succeeded in striking the con-
ductor in the breast several times. Most
of the stone-throwing was done by the
young, toughs that followed the strikers,
but in many instances the latter Joined in
the riotous proceedings. The crowd then
headed for Suffer street, and as they
marched past the car-house of the Suffer
Street Company, opposite Laurel Hill Gem
etery, loud cheers were given for the
strikers. The procession marched past the
Suffer street terminus and disbanded, no
overt act being committed in passing but
those who understood the situation looked
very grave and prophesied serious riot.
BLOODY woRK-oNE MAN SHOT.
The Surroundings certainly looked omi-a
nous. The strikers and the lawless gang
following them had had just enough ex-
element to make them reckless, and they
asserted that they were ready for anything.
Next to the cemetery wall, and just in front
of the starters house, stood James McCord,
Superintendent of the Suffer street line,
looking pale and determined. He was very
much excited and could hardly speak, ow-
ing to the trembling of his chin. He was
surrounded by crowd of about twenty-five
men, nearly all well known fighters, pro-
minent among them being Eddy Farrell
and Bob Fitzgerald The men all looked
determined, and it was a matter of COM
meut that each one had his right hand in
his coat pocket. Superintendent McCord,
noticing that the crowd was mixing in with
his fighters,
SENT FOR THE POLICE,
And ordered that the crowd be kept at a
distance. This was done, and the spec
tators breathlessly awaited the storm which
was evidently brewing. The disbanded
strikers by this time had returned 10 the