The San Francisco call., 1901-10-01
STRIKERS ASSAULT A NON-UNION TEANSTER
AND TWO OF THEM ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
County by Influx Of San Francisco Union Laber Ue
HnnMachinis Work Day and
AeanW When Concession Is Reued-Roters Are Identified

T its efforts to fasten the RESPONSE
bility for the riot at Kearny and
Market streets Sunday morning
Ia upon the special policemen engaged,
the Examiner has not disdained to
misquote and falsify and the Rev. Potter
G. Yorke. relying upon information tur-
nished by that paper, makes assertions
equally at variance with the facts
In his letter to the Examiner yester-
day, Father Yorke comments upon the
shooting Of Sunday morning and after re-
ferring to the appearance at the Thalia
of the special policemen engaged in that
affair he says:
What happened last night? The special
policemen who are empowered to preserve law
and order in San Francisco got so violent and
intolerable in the Thalia that the proprietor
was compelled to tseph6ne for the poice zee bi3a9 Di9
chasing ghosts on the water front. Did the
specials leave? They did; they left full of
whisky and fight.
This statement, which is reinforced by
another in the same issue of the Exam
iner in which it is made to appear that
the special policemen fouriShed revolVerS
denied by Joseph Schwartz, proprietor of
the Thalia, as being false in every detail.
Mr.. Schwartz made the following state
ment to Call reporter last night:
The published report that the specials were
night is absolutely false They disturbed no
one No attempt was made to display pistol
nor did they utter single word to the dozens
of strikers who were in the place. My atten-
ton was called to a remark made by one of
sfe %nc o %as Wa tho 5e sne
ing they intended to assault the specials in the
house. I made preparations for the event by
The specials left the place about five minutes
to l O'clock and were followed by the entire
bered not less than 100. The specials left with
out saying word to any one. l can get fifty
witnesses to to the truth of this state
ment.
Garbles an Interview.
In it's reference to the shooting affray
the Examiner quotes Leon Cohen OF 790
Bush street as saying that the firing was
the east side of Kearny street, while the
pursuing strikers were on the west side.
Mr.. Cohen is made to say
was. the west side of Kearny street.
near Union on sapa6e ge d sew s srae haf @
then another group came out OF the avenue.
As these men came on to Kearny street .et. one o
they are; now let them have it." A
shot followed the words and the next instant
a dozen men were firing at each other. am
positive the men on the east side of Kearny
street fired the first shot
Mr.. Cohen Indignantly denies the truth
Of the published report Of the affair as
far as he is concerned. He said last
night:
by the Examiner reporter. am positive
the specials did not fire the first shot. was
on the right side of the street where the strik-
gathered, and know the shooting
did not begin on the east side. The Examiner.
for purposes of its own. has deliberately falsi-
fed my statements and 1 to-day sent a letter
protesting against being placed in false posi-
ton.
The letter addressed to the Examiner
by Mr.. Cohen is as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 30, 1901
To the Editor Of the Examiner: I most en-
phatically deny the statement published in the
Examiner relative to the shooting affray which
occurred on Kearny street Sunday morning.
did not make the remarks attributed to me by
the Examiner reporter. ewho misquoted every
remark made by me on that occasion Yours
truly, LEON COHEN.