The San Francisco call., 1906-09-04

Cintinued From Page 1, Column Z.
TO the second floor of the barn, par
leyed for a time with the guards at the
door. In a few minutes twelve men,
each carrying baggage of some sort,
were seen descending the stairs. The
rdeafening roar that greeted their ap-
pearance told Of another victory for the
carmen. who crowded around the de-
serting strike breakers and, relieving
them Of their baggage, escorted them Off
10 waiting wagon, into which they
were hustled and hurried away TO the
unions headquarters.
After that incident desertions became
more frequent until about forty Of
G Farleys men had been claimed by the
g carmen and more were threatening to
desert as soon as the opportunity pre-
sented itself.
This is not bad record for one after
noon" shouted Larsen 10 the carmen.
Those fellows are not going to stick.
Wen have them all out before tomor-
row" And seemingly satisfied with
what he had done for the cause OF the
carmen the perspiring teamster bade
his labor associates goodnight and
started homeward
As darkness approached the carmen
showed less energy in effecting the re-
lease Of the strike-breakers realizing
that under the cloud Of night they
would be badly handicapped. especially
as the men in the barn could not see
them in the street and could not so
easily communicate with those who
were ready to take them from under
the protecting roof of the Valencia
street barn.
Women figured conspicuously in the
crowd Of carmen that surrounded the
Valencia-street barn yesterday. For
the most part their participation in the
afternoon affair was limited to shout
ing and handclapping.
GIRL WINS OVER DESERTER.
Miss Pearl Afford CT 80 Dame street
was the one girl whose enthusiasm for
the union men led her into communica-
tion with the men A strike-breaker
noticed her in the crowd and attracted
by her pretty face wrote note and
sighaled that il was for her. Miss AL
ford ran under the window and secured
the bit OF paper when it fell. The note
read, Z would not mind coming IL
could get nice girl like you"
Miss Afford rewarded the gallant
Farley man with e sweet smile, which
assured him that when he would leave
the company he would have at least
one little blond ready to greet MN.
One Of the first men to get out OF
the Nalencia-street barn was Stephen
9. Burke, who had been hired as 2
guard. He has worked for Farleys De-
tectiye Agency in New York as pri-
vate detective in the big New York
city department stores.
Il started TO work for Farley or
August as a watchman in the stores
looking out for pickpockets," said
Burke Last week about Monday hs
came 10 me and asked me If I would
go out 10 San Francisco as a watchman
I'm the boy / said, I'm out for the
dust They said we were to have
plenty 10 eat and beer TO drink al
days-we had one bottle OF beer DAY
and we could have made IL last If we
had q mind to. AS for the food, il was
bum beans in the can and sardines thai
had been through about seven hands.
We ran out Of the beer Thursday
night that is, the men did. The of
hcers in the bunch had plenty to drink
whisky and stuff. Sometimes we
would get boiled eggs. They came out
Of the ark, I guess. About seven out
Of every ten Of the men in the gans
are mechanics who are union men and
they viii skip out on the first chance
Now they are hello by clubs and guns
The men were hired in New YorI
between August 25 and August 2s. We
came out on the Lehigh Valley to Buf.
falo; the Grand Trunk 10 Chicago
NutIG We Cl&uStO over 10 Lle CdnIe
Ie. At Stockton we took the South.
ern Pacific TO this city, through Nile,
and San Jose
COMPLAIN OF FARLEY rood.
Burke said that D. H Hardy was il
charge of the train and that under hin
were Captain Russell and Lieutenant,
Finnan and O'Neiil.
H. Markwood, who was among tn,
first escapes, returned in the Afternoon
TO use his influence TO induce the othel
men to leave the roads employ Mark
wood who gives his vocation as that o.
brakeman. says that he was hired b.
Farleys agent last Tuesday as :
motorman. He saw the Farley adver.
tisement in the New York World. which
read.
''Non-union men wanted-Experi
enced motormen. conductors and line
men. Apply ssI Eighth avenue. New
York"
Markwood declares that en- route th,
men were treated like convicts" tina
they had only chair cars and no sieep
ers and that the food given them wa.
OF the poorest quality. He says tha
he was 10 be paid SO a day and board
but no wages were to be paid until tn
men had worked q month.
The badge worn by the Farley guard
in charge OF the trains which are ar
riving is an elaborate affair in darl
metal, surmounted by . spreadeagle