The San Francisco call., 1906-04-02
Angry West-of- -Castro-Street
Residents Hint at the Use
of Force if Blasting Is
Done in the Neighborhood
BITTERLY ARRAIGN
BLUE ROCK COMPANY
Citizens VIII Attend Meeting
of Supervisors in a Body
to Fight the Petition for
Permit to Operate Plant


eff the worst comes to the worst we
would be justified In using any means
to prevent this deviIish outrage. If we
can't stop 1T any other wny we should
organize vigilance committee. Force
may be necessary before we are SAFE"
Frank Pierce before West. of Castro
Street Club.
"YOu must keep fighting If you want
to save your property. Labor Leaders
Kelly and Tyeitmoe have organized this
corporation to destroy our homes
mostly the homes OF labOring men. IL
you went three or four times and put
some of TINT powder they use In blow
ing cut the rock under the boilers of
the rock-crushing plant you would soon
be rid of this menace for good, and no
jury on earth would convict you."-P.
J. Healy before same meeting.
These are some of the remarks made
at the meeting of the West of Castro
Street Improvement Club at its meeting
on Douglass street, near Twenty-fourth,
yesterday afternoon to protest against
the opening of the quarry on Mrs. Mary
l.. Craig's property at Twentieth,
Douglass and Clipper streets by the
Blue Rock Blasting and Quarrying Com
pany. Edward C. Sewell presided and
c. Of. Butte was secretary. The hall
was crowded. and If the same earnest
ness is shown at the Supervisors
chamber tonight the club having ad
journed to meet there in body. the
board should be impressed with the
fact that the residents of the district
affected are aroused to high pitch AMI
will brook no rock crusher.
EUREKA CLUB PURGED.
The most important event of the
meeting was the appearance of a dele
provement Club to repudiate the unau
thoriZed action by which it had been.
made to appear that that club favored
the recpening of the quarry. The dele
cation was headed by William Lynch.
secretary of the club. and with him
were z. F. Conlon. its attorney; II. Nc
Carly, DR.. t. X. Sullivan and John Nc
Kewen. They all made speeches. de-
claring that the Eureka Valley Club
was opposed to the establishment of
the rock crusher and would stand
shoulder to shoulder with the West of
Castro Club in opposing 1t. One man
had taken 1t upon himself to indorsc
the quarry without the sanction of the
executive committee. and he would be
kicked out" of the club. it was said
I'VE will go down there with you to-
morrow night said Secretary Lynch,
''and help you make this battle before
the Supervisors. That shows where we
stand"
On motion of C. e. Tallmadge the ex-
planation of the Eureka Club delega-
tion was accepted and that organiza-
tion was purged of any charge of op-
position and given vote of thanks for
its loyalty.
OPPOSITION Is BITTER.
Speeches were made by Frank Pierce,
c. E. Tallmadge, John Manning. F. A.
Hackney, Joseph Niedorost Leon Dol
hoguy. f. III. Quallman. John Booth,
John Milsener. S. Meehan. M. H. Sche
per and l.. E. Hackett. all of the West
of Castro Club. and P. j. Healy of the
Fairmount Improvement Club, now en-
gagged in fighting the crusher on Thir-
tieth street The remarks all breathed
the strongest opposition to the COM
ing of the crusher. The speakers all
agreed that even the effort to establish
it had deprecated property and brought
building to temporary standstill.
This would be only a starter" said
Manning. IF this permit is granted the
Crocker estate will put in three crush
ers and another will be established on
the property of DIR. Kenyon. Gray
Bros will want to get in again, too"
On adjournment all members were
urged to attend the Supervisors meet
ing tonight and bring their friends
Ladies were urged to attend.
No protest was made when Healy
made his charges against Kelly and
Tveitmoe. but after adjournment one
of the members said the remarks were
ill-advised, and that it was not defin-
ite1y known tnat those two were be-
hind the Blue Rock corporation.
In the forenoon Supervisors Rea, Cof-
fey and Phillips of the street commit
tee visited the site OF the proposed
crusher, at which was gathered a great
throng of citizens. These Supervisors
expressed themselves against granting
the permit.