The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-05-11
Mob at San Francisco ForcibIy
Stops the Running of
Street Cars.
COMPANY GUARDS USE PISTOLS
Bullets Wound Number Of the Riot
ers, Some Fatally.
Police Seem Powerless TO Stop the
Rioting. but They Arrest the
New Company Men Cas-
ualty List.

San Francisco. May s--The strk
OF the 100 union motormen and con.
ductors OF the United Railroads has
developed into the riot which always
follows such strikes. and more than
score OF persons was severely hurt
some were fatally wounded and 9th
ers hurt 20 lesser extent. At 2:30
p. m. the company made It's first at
tempt 10 resume the operation OF It's
system by sending out seven passen.
ger cars manned by between thirty and
forty new men. each carrying re.
yolyer strapped around his waist out
side OF his coat The start was made
FROM the company's barns at Turk and
Fillmore streets. where crowd OF
from 5000 TO 5000 had gathered.
Assaiied Man Finally shoots.
Twenty-seven policemen. five mount
ed officers. and several sergeants, I'M
der the command OF Captain Mooney.
were on patrol guard. The appearance
OF the cars In Fillmore street. from
which they were switched into Turk
street. was the signal for an Immense
outburst OF jeers and howls Before
the cars had gone one block they were
made the targets OF stones aud bricks
In few moments every pane OF glass
had been smashed. and several OF the
armed operatives had been struck.
cut and bruised. Al Turk and Buch
anan streets an especially fierce at.
tack was made on the foremost car. A
guard on the rear platform answered
the flying stones with a pistol shot
and the bullet struck one OF the rioters
In the arm.
Regular Battle Results.
This transformed the mob info a
wild mob. and thenceforward flr
twelve blocks there was fierce fight.
ing. The strikers and their fr ends.
aided by hundreds OF hoodlums. eft
up n running shower OF missiles. The
guards on board the cars responde
with fnslllade after fusillade OF pistol
shots. Eight men received bullet
wounds some Of which will prove Ia.
tai. Among those thus injured are a
detective sergeant and patrolman.
Finally n dozen or more OF the com
pany's guards were arrested by re
serves from the Central police station.
and mob boarded the rcarmost car
and started II back 10 the barns where
there was another riot In this en-.
counter several men were shot.
Following Is the list OF Injured.
Thomas White. lacerated scalp: Altl
Palm. shot IN back, may die: james
Walsh. shot IN head. viii die Police
officer Harry Sauer. shot through
shoulder; r. 10y. laceration OF cheek
J. Khr0ner shot In shoulder: William
Slattery. confusion of foot anc head.
J. Arena. confusion OF knee: a. G.
Jahn. shot In throat; y. Leish. shot
through chest: y. Granville. laccrated
face; @. VI. McNaughton. shot In fore
head; Tom buchanan, shot In nhd1-
men. viii die. G. w. Forester. con
fusion Of face: Dete tive Serge
Bell, shot IN chest
Two Cars Hun Six Miles.
San Francisco. May 9.-The poire.
for the first time since the commence.
ment Of the street ca ST he, supplied
actual protection Cor two OF the Ill {
ed railroads cars and their crews. and
as a result Of this profession these
cars were run over slN mics 81 track
without the firing Of shot. Four men,
one of them new company man, the
other three members OF the Electri nj
Workers union. were injured. Thee
was intermittent hurting o. missiles by
union crowds 40 various points along
the route. and for two or three miles
a mob Of NJ least 1900 men and Toys
ran with the cars. yelling calling
eplthcts. and daring the non.unlon men