The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
JURY TRIALS WILL
Be ASKED FOR,
Socialists Through Coun-
sci Demand This Pro-
cedure.
REFUSAL TO DISMISS.
Counsel Attack the Allegations
Contained in the Com.
plants.
CASES TO BIB SET SATURDAY.
Action of the Court Spoken of Dis.
paragingly Just Outside of the
Courtroom.
CASES TO BIB SET SATURDAY.

Justice of the Peace Carroll presided in
Judge Conlan's police court yesterday.
Just before noon, after cases of many
sorts had been disposed of, the cases of
the Socialists who were arrested last Sat-
urday night at the corner of Seventh and
Market streets came up. ALI of those who
were taken into custody at that time and
place were in court and they were accom-
panied by Attorneys Monteith and Has
kelI.
The charges against them were obstruct-
ing the sidewalk and disturbing the peace.
When they were arrested they were tax
ing part in gathering at which the
principles of socialism were being ex-
pounded. The trustees of the Odd Eel
lows Association were meeting in the
Odd Fellows building, at the corner OF
Seventh and Market streets, at the time,
and the noise made by the speakers and
attendants at the Socialists meeting in
terfered with their deliberations.
The police officers who made the arrests
were Whalen, O'Connor and Jackson.
They were in court yesterday, and there
were also present mum Der of mem bers of
the Socialistic party to the mum Der of two
score or more, who were interested specta-
tors and auditors when the cases were
called.
Mr.. Monteith was the first to speak for
the Socialists, and at once>moved that the
case against William Costley, who was
first named on the calendar, should be dis
missed. The ground upon which he based
this motion was that the warrant set up
that Costley was obstructing the sidewalk
when public meeting was not being held.
Now, the contrary was, according to Mr..
Monteith's information and belief, the
fact, for public meeting was in progress
when the police came, and there were
many persons in attendance who were
listening to the speeches which were being
made.
Mr.. Monteith declared that the COM
plant was false and fraudulent and con-
tanned perjury. He asserted again that
the arrests were made at public meeting
and offered to prove by the testimony OF
the complaining witness, Officer Whalen,
that the comp plant was not true. 1.-THE
planning witness will say" aid Mr..
Monteith, with q show of considerable
warmth, eff he is put on the stand. that
when these arrest were made there was in
progress public meeting at which they
were in attendance"
Judge Carroll denied the motion to dis
miss and an exception was taken.
Mr.. Haskell then spoke as counsel, and
with even more heat than had been mani
tested by Mr.. Monteith demanded an in
slant trial.
"These men are poor and work for a
living; they are here to-day and we are
ready to go on. To compel these men to
come back again would entail hardship
because they would lose their work again. .
Mr. Haskell also denounced the complaint
as fraudulent, and said: "We shall de-
mand jury trial in every one of these
cases. We will not consent that one man
shall be tried by the court and that all the