The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
Toughs Rampant at
SChuetZen.
SET FIRE TO THE DEPOT
IRRITATED OVER LONG DELAY
OF TRAINS.
Heavily Loaded Cars Stalled in a
Tunnel and Merriment Grew
Fast and Furious Dur
ing the Wait.

The picnic season was duly opened yes
terday. Schuetzen Park was the scene
Of the inaugural, and the day was closed
by the burning of the depot building at
that place by a band of hoodlums. All
the tough element of the city enjoyed the
first outing of the season, and when the
big ferry-boat Ukiah came over from
Tiburon at o'clock last evening she
brought the evidences.
1t was palpable evidenCe-oral evil
dence-oCular evidence.
The various shooting organizations had
their day at SChuetzen Park, but there
were others-many others. The regula-
ton Sunday picnic crowd inaugurated the
season and was out in such force that Tor
a while il looked as If the San Francisco
and North Pacific road had changed own
ership.
Yet, wlthal, it was a good-natured'
Jolly crowd Every cannery girl was there
with her STEADY" and If she didn't nave
i new Easter hat she was Just as nappy
as many of the more fortunate OF ner
sex who displayed millinery at church.
But il was not at the park that ENJOY
ment reached the top notch. Hllarlty ana
d general good time achieved It's clInaA
through an accident And here is where
the crowd owned the road. Regular pat
rons of the line up as far as Santa Rosa
were Inconvenience by 1t, but the san
Francisco Sunday picnickers had an
added element to the enjoyment OF the
day that will serve for gossip IN can
merry circles for many days 10 come.
II all came about through the TACT
mar there is q limit TO the power of a
locomotive. The management OF the ..
+ q y 2. had good intentions, put the
trains were too heavy. II would nave
been different, perhaps, were there no
tunnels on the line. but when a train
load of Sunday picniCkers gets stalled IN
a tunnel and there are no lamps IN the
much must be left to the imagination.
There was splendid opportunity Tor the
plav Of q vivid imagination IN any one
of those cars that got stuck in the tun-
It is possible that damsell, who
seemed to be generally known by the
name of Kittie, had an experience that
would indicate that she was IafoIdale III
affections several times-in fact, a Sood
many several times-but her op1ecilkoIs
were invariably oYerruled-that IS II d
conjunction of Osculatory SOUNDS anu
Imagination can be used as paSls Oh
'i But ali things have nending-even de-
lightful session in a DARK luIlnel 4 liz
trains finally reached TiburQn ana us us
gorged their loads on the Ohah, anu
Shen for an hour two Thousand peolple
owned the boat. Not in any asgres31Is :
would call for police interference, Out
tbev lust enjoyed themselves as only a
Sunday picnic crowd can. 1t Is but natur,
al that since Kittie and her STEADY
have only sunday in which TO enjoy each
otber's society they make the most OF
the occasion. and if they feel so alone N
the great crowd that they 90 aHeau WIZ IN
their lOve-making they at least nave the
excuse that all the other k1tues ana all
the other ,"steadies'' are equally Obvious
TO their surroundings ...
T,OVe-making was one Of the distinctive
features of the Ukah's trip last evening
and while II was not so private as thaJ
done in the parlors Of fine mansions II
surely was as honest and sincere. And
if to the intoxicatiOn of loves young
dream there was added an aroma OF
steam beer there was no one on the boaI
who could view the combination with any
- Bur ali the crowd at Schuetzen Park
was not so gOod-natured as that part OF
il which came back on the early BOAT
There was much weary waiting, and as a
result the thousands who were impatient
TO get home became bOisterOus, then IN
ruly and finally aggressive. When the
train which should have left the park
at o'clock was delayed until after the
crowd Wreaked its vengeance by tear
ing down the fence and then, TO accentu-
ate its dissatisfaction, boards Were
piled under the station building and set
on fire As the train pulled out the house
was fast being reduced to ashes.
Fights were frequent on the train and
hoodlumism was rampant from the time
the train left the park until the boat
reached the San Francisco slip. Pick
pockets reaped a harvest and the police
were powerless TO keep even semblance
of order.
- The crowd was so great on the boat
that there was danger of panic owing
TO several hOOdlums rushing about with
life-preservers on, and at times the boat
dipped dangerously as the MOB rushed
from one side 70 the other
San Rafael was also invaded by the
hoodlum element, and the peace officers
Of that city had all they could do to pre-
vent the town from being at the mercy
OF a drunken mob. A young fellow by
the name of Larry Seiss was attacked by
number Of the worst characters, and
would have Jared badly had it not beer
for Constable w. J. Treanor. who rushed
TO the scene in time to turn the fury OF
the gang upon himself. The roughs set
upon Treanor in overwhelming numbers
and he was saved from being badly in.
jured or killed only by the arrival of q
number Of other officials upon the scene
OF the disturbance. AS it was Treanol
will wear pair OF ornamented optics fol
several days to come.
A half-dozen of the boldest hoodlums
stole a hand car from the turn table Of
the North Pacific Coast Railway Com
pany and ran it down to Schuetzen Park
They were followed by Marshal Johr
Healy and Constable Lewis Hughes who
recovered the hand car, but all efforts t
discover the identity Of the marauders
failed.
The redeeming feature Of the day was
the behavior of the crowd inside the
had everything in readiness for the
opening. and the people enjoyed them
selves in every way possible on such al
occasion. Five special trains arrived a.
the park during the day, laden with hu
man freight. and many other picnicker:
took the regular trains for the festive
scene. 1t Is estimated that fully II 0g
persons were present
GIRLS IN BLACKJACK.