The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
A Violent Riot Follows the Quiet
Passage Of the Obnoxious
Ordinance
NOT VOODVARD'S NIGHT.
Peaceful Oakland Aroused to Fighting
Pitch by the BarefaCGd BulldOzilg
of The Solid Six 4 Saloon as !
a Place Of Refuge.

81 OAKLAND Feb. >2S,-If public indig-
nation over. the water rate job increases
this. week, as it has done since last
Thursday night it will be necessary to
r call out the. National Guard 70 preserve
some of<the solid six from the. violence
q of the. mob. Such is. the: opinion of calm
+ minded. citizens, who witnessed to-
nights riot and the. narrow escape of
Councilman ~Brosnahan from vicious
treatment. r. IT,
:. Last Thursdays trouble was but a
:: skirnish compared to the. battle. to-
night, and only under the escort. Of a
= dozen police. officers under Chief. Lloyd
and Captain Fletcher was. .Brosnahan
-. enabled 10. reach home. ~.
Never, .at:11 p. M. has this quiet city
=. been. in such an .Aproar.@ The .hooting,
= yelling, kissing, Threatening. mob pro-
ceeded over half a mile. through. the
principal streets. before. they. could be
dispersed. People. who had retired
rushed to.%the windows to- see: the. ex-
citement and Oakland for once had not
regained her usual tranquility by mid
night. = -. +:.....=
AS. soon .as. the Council assembled it
: was apparent that. there would be
trouble. Brosnahan. did; not come in till
:. late, and. when he came he was not in
a condition to. transact. business, and
!, his .slurrfng references to the church
people aIld*.E'the whisky ring were
more suggestive than timely. y:
Z. The water. question: only came. UP. in a
very quiet~:way.>. Girard introduced a
resolution resembling the. resolution
passed last Monday night under sus-
pension of the rules. The solid six
voted together, and the packed lobby
D.: hardly knew. that.the peoples betrayers
~ had again placed: themselves on record.
Brosna han. was ugly. "A resolution
was. introduced requiring the. City
Treasurer@to perform: some trivial ser
vice: in the, transferring Of funds that
Z. would do away with the necessity of
= city employees having: to- discount their
warrants. Mr.. Rowe, one. of the gentle
!. men OF. the Council, spoke to the mo-
p, ton. +. -. - - =. -
ri. Brosnahan Jumped up. and shouted.
= you are in a job to do UP Zach Gifpin
and the whisky ring, and the: Enquirer
gang wants to put Mr.. Upton there.
:. I'm onto it all. - ~ ~:
Mr.. Upton denied any knowledge. of
the affair, and Brosnahan said, You
can't fool me. I:knOw:it all You are
+ the biggest hypocrite in the county
like all the rest of the church gang
to order, but it was of little use.
= The riot began when the Council was
about TO adjourn. Some one inthe crowd
yelled 'Boodler Brosnahan." Brosnahan
was on his feet in a moment His Ian
guage cannot be put in type, but 1t was
a succession of volleys of oaths, curses
and vile language that would have
done credit to the Fish gang
President Pringle called him to order,
but it was no use. Brosnahan kept it
up while the crowd hooted and yelled
like tigers.
President Pringle ordered Chief Lloyd
70 nut Rrosnahan out of the hall. The
. Chief paid no attention, and when at
tempting to make Brosnahan sit down
he refused to do so and ordered the
Chief to leave him alone. Cher Lloyd
did so.
Three times did President Prirgle or
der the Chief to put Brosnahan out,
but the irresponsible Councilman Gelied
him. and Sergeant Peterson, who was
also present, seemed powerle IS to act.
II fine you $40. Mr.. Brosnahan," said
President Pringle, in a moment OF
'oh, you are no betterl" yelled Bros
Il fine you s2O," said President Prin-
gle.
"Oh. shut upi It takes six votes to
collect that, and you can get EN-
was the retort
Finally Chief Lloyd restored tempo
rary order and the Council was ad-
journed.
AS the vote was being taken, Brosna-
han turned to the crowd, and after
some vile appellations he said. Yer
can't intimidate me; I'm not Wood
ward. and / never was in the army.
You are a lot Of" but the rest or
Brosnahan's words are not printable.
Brosnahan made a motion to get MS
gun and uproar prevailed which nobody
seemed able to restrain or queiL Chief
Lloyd attempted to keep the mob out
side the rail and was partially success
full.
But the crowd had not forgotten the
vile abuse hurled at them by Brosna-
han because they objected to being
robbed by his vote of S125.000. They
waited at the entrance to the City Hall,
and when Brosnahan appeared 1T was
apparent that only with the greatest
care could he be taken through the
streets safely TO his home. Chief Lloyd
called all the available officers to his
aid and the Councilman was escorted
to Hanifins saloon. where Chief Lloyd
kept sentry at the door while his men
tried in vain to dispense the mob.
''Thara'S a la mn TlOGfft shouted sOmp-