The San Francisco call., 1896-07-29
Chief Crowley Blamed for the
Disturbances the Night of
the Parade.
VERY FEW MEMBERS DISSENT
Reports of All Committees Accepted
and Arrangements Made for
Banquet.

The executive committee of the Cycle
Board of Trade and Southside Improve
ment Clubs met at the Indiana Bicycle
Company's establishment, Is McAlIister
street, last night, to listen to the reports
OF mmittees and wind up the business of
the parade. The business of the parade
proved to be pretty wide in its scope be-
fore the meeting adjourned, and ended in
drastic condemnation of the police and
the Market-street Railroad Company.
The report OF the committee on prizes
was accepted. and a vote of thanks was
extended it for the efficiency with which it
had performed its duty.
A vote OF thanks was also extended
those who had been enthusiastic enough
to help out the parade by decorating along
the line of march. and to the Street De-
partment for the excellent manner in
which it had prepared the streets for
the occasion.
DR.. RottanZi, president of the Southside
Improvement Clubs. made short speech
eulogizingiSergeant Price for the thorough
manner in which he had preserved order
at the speakers stand on Van Ness avenue.
The following address to the bicycle
clubs of this City was issued by the COM
mittee:
To the Bicycle CZttbs Of San Francisco: The San
Francisco Cycle Board of Trade and Southside
Improvement Clubs in regular session extends
TO you their thanks and concentrations for
%. In point OF numbers the procession ex-
ceeded any similar demonstration ever held
west OF Chicago. In regard 10 original and ar
tlStlc decoration OF wheels and tandems your
efforts have never been equaled nor exceIed.
We regret that better police protection was
not possible in our City and we deplore the
selfish and unreasonable conduct of the Mar.
ket-sueet Railroad Company.
We.can assure you, however, that the objects
OF our demonstration have been fully accom-
phshed and that we have aroused the sympa-
thy and secured the support of the we'll
wishers OF San Francisco in regard to the bet
terment OF our streets ana pavements.
SAN FRANCISCO CYCLE BOARD OF TRADE
j. ;. COGWELL, President.
JAMES NJ; HAMILTON, Secretary.
4. A. RoTTANZI, NJ D., President.
i. SCHWARTZ. Secrets
A redhot discussion was precipitated by
J. j. McEwen, who introduced resolu.
ton severely censuring the Market-street
hallway Company for the manner in
crowd, the result of which was to break
the parade up into sections and DESTROY
the effect coming from unity and the in
difference of the police.
A. b. Maguire was opposed to any such
resolution being adopted on the grounds
power
to keep the unruly element in order, and
that the railway company would retaliate
by making things as uncomfortable for
cyclists IN future as possible.
To this argument Henry +. Wynne re.
torted that If they permitted themselves
to be oVerridden without a murmur at this
time they would always be so treated, that
the railroad company had acted shame
fully In the matter and should be cri t1-
clzed as they deserved, and that as regards
the police they were perfectly able to be
out in force around the Pavilion and keen
immense crowds orderly when some
''plug-uglles" were engaged in battering o
each other, and it was very peculiar they
could not so in this case.
w. J. Kenney thought the palice had
done all they could to assist in making the
parade success. He said he had had a
conference with Chief Crowley, in which
the latter had explained to him the diff
culties arising in handling a mixed crowd.
and as for himself he was perfectly salts.
fed.
Wavering sentiment was fixed by the
stand taken by Chairman ]. S. Conwell.
who believed with Wynne that the Chief
could spare men enough to preserve order
at prize-hght and was dissem bling when
he intimated that he could not do SO in the
case of a cyclists parade
Upon putting the resolution to a vote
II was adopted almost unanimously. The
following Is the text of the resolution:
WHEREAS, The cyclists good streets demon.
strauon, under the joint auspices of the San
francisco Cycle Board of Trade and Southside
Improvement Clubs, held on Saturday July
70, was lnterfered with by roughs, hoodlums
and other disreputable characters, and aIso
especially by the electric and cable cars of the
MaTket-street Railroad Company on Folsom
Market and Kearny streets, even to the ex-
tent OF some of the cars running into and
overturning some OF the bicyclists, therefore
be it
ResoLUed, That we. the executive committee
'of tue above demonstration, denounce the in
ment in not furnishing sufficient protection:
apd also especially condemn and denounce
the Market-street Railroad Company for their
outrageous, hlgh-handed actions in operating
and insolently intruding their cars, thus
breaking into the parade and materially inter-
fering with its success.
After the adoption of the resolution, the
bills were audited, and the general fnan-
cial matters of the occasion settled up.
"A committee of two. in the persons OF
A. Il. Mcguire and Henry F. Wynne, was
appointed to arrange for banquet in
which the members of the executive COM
mlttee and a few invited guests should
participate.
Resolutions of thanks were adopted for
the press, the press committee, /. Schwartz,
F. w. McEwen, and DR.. I. a. Rottanzi;
w. J. McKenney, the chairman of the
parade committee; the committee who
hado charge of the speakers stand, Treas
urer James NJ. Hamilton, and Secretary
E. Wiener.
The committee then adjourned sine die.