The morning call., 1890-05-21
ORGANIZED LABOR.
Another Version of the Trouble
With Eastern holders.
Callundan Declares That the Strikers Used
Violence-Aid Asked for the Locked
Out Mechanics at Portland.

The arrival OF the molders from the East on
Monday night and the exciting circumstances cou-
nected with their entry into the city was the
topic OF conversation among the union molders
yesterday
The foundrymen were quite iubiisnt over their
success in smuggling the men IN. They were not
at all dIsappon ed over the loss of the two men
who left the party and joined the strikers or
the five who remained with them, two went TO
work Ia the Pacific Iron Works, two IN the Union
and one In the Rlsdon. The men are good mold.
ers, the foundrymen say.
In regard TO the fracas with the mOlders' pick.
cts. who followed the carriage containing the five
new arrivals and wherein shot was fired,
CAPTAIN Callundan of Morse's Patrol. who had
the party in charge. tells a different story from
that OF the pickets published yesterday. He said
that quite large party of the union men went
up the road to meet The newcomers, and used
every argument 10 induce The men TO go with
them.
THE HACK WAS FOLLOWED.
Upon arrival at the ferry here the five who re-
manned out OF the party of eight were placed In a
hack, II Qeing the captains intention TO take two
10 The Lick House and three TO the Grand Hotel
for the night The union molders followed the
hack up Pine street TO Montgomery, and there a
crowd OF hem, Captain Callundan says, tried 10
lake The men from the vehicle, using at the same
lime vile language.
remaining three were driven Out Market street.
The crowd Of union men had ceased TO follow,
Dut when opposite the Baldwin Hotel II was dis
covered that two OF the pickets were riding on
the springs In the rear OF the carriage. The
driver ordered them OFF aud lasned them with
his whip, yet they still chung AS the carriage
rolled out Eddy street 10 Leayenworth the TWO
pickvts, Calundan says, yelled at the men In
side aud called them "ScabS" and other names.
he carriage went down Leayenw0rth TO
Golden Gate avenue, and Ii was then, Captain
Calluudan says, that lie found that the plcL cts
were tearing out the back part of the carriage.
They managed TO reach the spring which allows
tile back par OF the vehicle 10 be thrown back,
and by that means opened 1t. They then jumped
In with the three nou-uniou molders and made
threats TO "dO them up." The new arrivals
Called upon Callundan for protect on:
SHOT WAS FIRED.
Then" said the captain, "a shot was fire d."
who fired it?"
"0h, a sympathiZer with the fouDdrymen," re
piled lie captain With a smile.
The union mUlders still maintain that they did
not do anything which they had not right to
do, but the appearance OF the carriage, which
was broken and torn, Callundan says Is EVIL
dence that they were decidedly violent.
MIR. Moore OF the Risdou Works says that the
last lot Of men who came out did know all about
the strike before they lett the East. and were
not deceived by The manufacturers representa-
tive5.
lie four st. Louis men. who the molders re-
ported as having arrived and as having been in
lie hack, have not yet reached here but were
expected last evening. The molders had men
out looking for them as well as others exp -cted.
In consequence al midnight there was hardly 4
mOdeT 10 be seen around the ledduuarters.