Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
Men at the Preside Indulge in Riot
and Revenge.
OBNOXIOUS SALOON BURNED
women aud whisky start the How
Rioters are white aud Coiorcd
Troop. Guard Them.

San Francisco. April iG-Tonight 800
United States soldiers are under arrest
on the Preside reservation. They are
cncampei on the open and are guarded
by cavalry and the Twcnty-fourth in
fan,ry regiment. oolorcd. the force be-
lng IN charge Of Lieutenant Harris.
The offensc Of the men was the burn
ing down Of n saloon Juat outside Of
the reservation lines. IN which Private
charles l.. King, company u, Twenty
third Infantry. was brutally beaten last
night.
private stark Of company y. also Of
the Twcnty-third regiment. IL In the
guardhousc, charged with the assault.
but the soldiers assert that the saloon
people nrr responsible. and claim that
the proprietor. A. I. Rehfeld, was the
chief assailnnt Of the injured man.
a report being circulated today that
King was dead. the place was set on
Ere tonight and destroyed as an act Of
rctrihution.
The trouble began last night when
I'VE or six recruits went 60 the saloon
which was known ~ the Preside club
cafe. There were several women In the
place. and row soon started over one
NJ them. In which nearly all the men
present participated. When conpara-
found Private Rims had been seriously
injured about the head. his skull pro-
baby fractured and features badly bat
tered lie was taken to the Preside
reservation and his supposed aasaiiant.
Private Clark. placed In the Tuarihousc.
Early this NORMAN some one started
the story among the troops that King
wns dead. Despite the deniala OF the
officers the report spread and BY night
fall the men had become wildly excited.
Soon after dark nearly 1000 ~ them
proceeded 10 the saloon. where the row
had occurred. and after quitting It's In
terror. set IRE 10 u IN several places
no one dnrlnH o. Interfere. The incon-
diaries In uniform established an I'm.
promptu bucket brigade and prevented
the adjoining buildings from catching
trc. During the progress ~ the finincs
the soldiers arr said to have discharged
many shots In the air and INDUCED In
much hlinrity.
when the saloon had been reduced 10
nnhe- they returned 10 tho reservation
ana 900 were promptly put under arrest
by Col. Freeman, ~ the Twcniy-fourih
United States Infantry. commandant OF
the post.
All the mon implicated In the afiair
hc white. The colorcd troopa. none OF
whom took part. were placed over them
~ guard. the cavalry lending Its as
ristnncc.
There being no Euardhoun. OF sum
Client capacity the prisoners were
rounded M In the open. The mon were
nearly all 10 sail for Manila In few
days on the outkolng fcet OF transports.
Later on. after n roll.caii had been
taken ~ the men IN quarters. the
names of those under arrest were
registered and they were permitted To
40 to their barracks. Untn n late hour.
n colorcd proves, guard secured tho
city In search Of missing men. Nearly
all of those Involved nrc raw recruits.
assigned 10 the various regiments now
IN the Philippines.
The saloon destroyed was at tho
Greenwich street entrance 90 the Prcai-
do, and the loss Will BE- about u.s0o.
Sharica King, the injured soldier, was
a New Yorker, recently from Washing
ton, u. @. but enlisted In this state,
fIc says he became involved IN tho
trouble because he interfcrcd 10 save a
fellow soldier. who was being thrown
out of the saloon. and denies that there
was a woman In tho case.