The San Francisco call., 1906-09-11
THREE INJURED BY
BULLETS FROM
REVOLVERS.
Running Fight Attends the
Progress of Strike-Break-
ers After Leaving Barn
GORDON OF POLICE
ACCOMPANY CROWD
Golden Gate Avenue and
Market Street Are Scenes
of the Widest Disorders

of the Widest Disorders
Riot and bloodshed. resulting in the
serious injury of three victims. formed
the closing scene OF the war between
the imported Eastern strike-breakers
and the union men and sympathizers
of San Francisco. A march OF $50
strike-breakers. many of them armed
and shooting indiseriminately into the
kissing. rock throwing crowds along
the streets from the Turk and Fillmore
streets carbarn to the ferry depot. was
the manner of good-by to-the city given
at 7 o'clock last evening by the last OF
the Farleyites.
Shortly before O'Clock the march
from the carbarn was begun and for
an hour Golden Gate avenue and Mar
ket street were held in the grip of a
running fight, which the little band Of
police accompanying the strike-break-
ers was unable to hold in check. Al
most every block from Webster street
to Fifth and Market was the scene of a
fusillade of shots. Much of the shoot
ing was into the air. but here and
there bullets were aimed directly into
the crowd along the way. AT Webster
street and Golden Gate avenue the first
one of the injaries from the shooting
occurred. Abe Rosenthal Of 1918 Post
street being the victim, and between
there and Van Ness avenue two others
were wounded by bullets. while several
were slightly hurt BY flying bricks
and stones.
Only when police reserves from the
Central and Harbor police stations
joined the rabble and swept back the
crowd after a volley of twenty or thirty
shots from the strike-breakers at
Fourth and Market streets did the
shooting cease. A strong Gordon sur
rounded the men at that point and
guarded them until the ferry depot
was reached.
TROUBLE DURING AFTERNOON.
Trouble was rife all afternoon in
the neighborhood of the Turk and Fill
more street barn, where the strike
breakers were quartered. and the rumor
that an attempt was TO be made TO
take the men from the city late in the
afternoon caused crowds of union SYM
pathizers TO overrun the neighborhood.
openly avowing their intention to force
a fight the minute the Fasteners LEFT
the barn. The result was that when
ever strike breaker left the building
he Immediately became the center OF
an angry throns and a dozen fights
occurred. Five strike breakers re-
ported to the Central Emergency Hos
pital during the afternoon for treat
ment for injuries received at the hands
of the mob. the most seriously injured
of them being j. H. Severance of Bos-
ton. who was badly beaten about the
head and eyes.
At $3.50 O'Clock a police detail under
Lieutenant AIullender of the Central
police station swept the streets in the
vicinity of the barn and drove the
crowd from the fence surrounding the
buildings.
Taking advantage of this lulI. the
sally into the streets was made by the
strike breakers shortly before o'clock.
and so quietly was it done that
the n1ove was not discovered until a
start of almost a block had been Sc
cured.
HOW THE BATTLE BEGAN
An express wagon was backed up to
the Webster street side OF the barn.
and quickly loaded with the suit cases
and travelling grips of the strike-breax-
ers AS il turned the corner into Gold
en- Gate avenue the men issued from
the barn and fell into line four abreast
behind it. Four police officers station
ed at that corner OF. the block were the
first to discover the ruse. Sounding
their whistles for assistance. they
started after the throng. which was
already moving rapidly down the
street. and at the next corner seized an
automobile TO carry them
The news of the escape spread with
lightning rapidity and resulted in a
rush from every direction. AS the
men turned of Webster street into
Golden Gate avenue several missiles
were thrown and were answered by
shots from some of the Farley guards
Abe Rosenthal. cigar clerk of 1912
Post street was on his way home from
theater. where he had been purchas-
ing tickets. and dropped in behind the
crowd ct this corner. When the firing
began he took refuge behind a pile OF
lumber. but was struck in the rixhE