The San Francisco call., 1906-09-11

with but little interference, as num-
Der of policemen stood at the foot of
the stairs and allowed no one to go
up the steps unless he could prove that
he had a right to do so.
AS each suspicious character was
separated from his fellows and placed
under arrest he made a vigorous pro-
test, but il was unavailing. TWO of
the first men to be placed under arrest
were Thomas Williams and Sam Seeks
On Williams was found revolver with
missing cylinder and he was accused
at once of having thrown it away At
first he was sullen and did not want to
tell. what had become of the missing
part of his gun. but finally he took off
his hat, and from the top of his head,
where he had been carrying it,, came
the lost piece of the revolver. but there
were no cartridges in it.
Seeks had been seen by one Of the
policemen slowing his revolver in a
suit case, and after being put under
arrest his grip was taken from him
and the contents examined. Two re-
volvers were found in it, but Seeks
denied that they both belonged to him.
He even denied that the suit case was
his property, and said that he had con-
cluded to put the gun in there to get
ii out of his way.
MEN HIDE WEAPONS.
1t soon became apparent that many
of the men were throwing away their
weapons in any convenient corner that
was to be found.
There is a wooden building con-
structed on the second story of the
ferry building, and 1t was around this
that the men skurried and tried to hide
their weapons. Search here developed
the presence of a number Of loaded
clubs. such as are used by criminals
in lSnnrkfnp IN ,.ni,
them. Some of these are of wood, but
the larger number are of iron or lead,
covered with leather, being heavy
enough to kill a man. Some of them
consisted OF bars of iron that seem
t. have been picked UP on the street
in the vicinity of some of the ruins.
F. G.. Sherlock was found to be car
rying a revolver with two empty cham
bers, but he denied that he had been
firing it, He said that he had been
struck in the back with brick, but
that he had borne the pain patiently.
NJ. A. Miller was found to be carry
ing a gun so warm that ii was evident
to the police that it had been recently
fred. He was quite Indignant when
arrested and declared that the gun
was warm because he was carrying it
next TO his body.
Following are the names, the ages
and the residence of the first twelve
men arrested: Marsh c. Blaker, %
years, New York; Michael j. McDon-
aid, "a years, Missouri; Frederick
Sherlock, q years, New York; James
Lucas. 35 years, New York; Thomas
Hardy, 30 years, Kentucky; Harry
Addison, age not given. New York:
Frank Sharkey. 3S years. New York:
Henry Miller, 26 years, New York;
Thomas Williams. 2s years. Australia;
Samuel Seeks, p years. New York;
Walter J. Jones, So years. Maine; John
T. Stewart, q years, New York.
After having gone through the entire
lot Of men, the police had twelve under
arrest. These were placed in a patrol
wagon, near the north end of the ferry
building. and taken to the Central po-
lice station.
SFRIKE-BREAKERS DEPART.
The next move of the officers was to
get the departing strike breakers safe
Iy on a ferry boat, but just as they
were being sent out OF the building five
more men were arrested on suspicion
and sent to the Harbor police station
The remainder were at once started
on their long journey across the conti-
nent.
The FIVE men last arrested are A
Hrinda. Charles Henry Wingate,
Thomas J. Deignan, George L. Young
at the Harbor police station until a
patrol wagon arrived to take them to
the Park station.
STORY OF A STRIKE-BREAKER,
Gilreath told a pitiful story of hav-
ing been attacked by men the day be-
fore, when he left the Fillmore street
barn to go TO a drug store. He
avoided difficulty on that occasion, ne
said, by telling the men who were try
ing to injure him that he was not one
of the strike breakers.
Il would have got away tonight. all
right" he said while at the Harbor
station, but one Of the fellows who
was after me at the drug store came
in and told the police that l was one of
the fellows who did the shooting. He
did it to get even with me. L wasn't
hurting him. I guess fellow has to
earn a living somehow"
Hrinda is the youngest among the |
men placed under arrest, being only %
years old. AS he stood handcuffed to
a tall man of mature years he present
ed a sight that aroused pity in the
hearts of many of the police. accustom-
toned as they are to seeing similar
cases every day.
Il didn't have a revolver. and L didn't |
do anything" he said, while a sorrow
full look came into his pale face. II
don't know why they want me. They |
just said I must come and handcuffed |
me- Ny home is in New York"