Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
ENDS
WITH RIOT
FIVE SEVERELY WOUNDED IN
SAN FRANCISCO
CROWD ATTACKS STREET CAR
INSPECTOR
Non-Union Conductor and Motorman
Draw RevoIvers and Fight Be-
comes ceneraI-PoIice Tar
gets for Stones
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.-Several men
were wounded one probably fatally, dur
ing a riot which occurred shortly before
noon today on Market street, near the
ferry landing. The riot was precipitated
by an attack on a non-uniof inspector Of
the United Railroads and was participated
in by more than 1000 persons.
Following is a list of those injured:
John Peterson, union man, shot in the
groin; may die.
]. w. Hall, United Railroads Inspector.
shot in head.
F. ]. Durston, motorman, shot in head
and badly cut.
Henry C. Castan, motorman, hit on
head with rocks and badly cut
Thomas Bowman, union iron worker.
shot In leg.
The parade of the labor unions afiliated
with the building trades council had Just
been dismissed at the corner of Main and
Mission streets and large crowd was
waiting at the ferry to go across the bay
to Shell Mound park, where literary exer-
cises and athletic games were part Of the
days program.
For some cause not clearly understood.
but believed to have been the running of q
street car close to the assembled people,
an attack was made on Inspector j. w.
Hall, who was starting the cars for the
| United Railroads. Seeing the rush of the
angry crowd, Conductor James Watkins
| and Motorman r. j. Durston Of Sutter
street car No. 1916 drew their revolvers
and fired into the mob. This infuriated
the crowd still more. and the fighting soon
extended along Market street from the
ferry to the junction of Sansome and SUIT
| ter streets.
Police Reserves Called
| The police reserves from the harbor and
central stations were called up under
| Capt. Comfy and part of the fire depart
ment was also summoned on a riot CALL
| The first man arrested was Fred Sum-
| merfield, member of the Structural Iron
| Workers union, who was taken to the
Harbor police station. He and the arrest
| ing officers were followed by crowd of
| men, who attempted to rescue Summer
| field, but without success. Bricks and
stones were thrown at the officers and
also at the police station. Capt. Conboy
mounted his horse, and calling his men
together finally succeeded in driving the
mob away from the station.
Car No. 1915, having in the meantime
| proceeded as far as Sutter street, fol-
lowed all the way by hooting crowd of
men and boys who bombarded 1t with
bricks and other missiles, at this point
the crew of the car again discharged their
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| Peterson sustained serious wound in the
groin.
| The police placed under arrest James
| Watkins, conductor of Sutter street car
| No. 1915; f. j. Durston, motorman of the
same car, and Robert Tyler. conductor of
another car of the United Railroads.
| Several members of the mob were also
arrested but were released, as there was
no direct evidence connecting them with
| the assault on the car.
| Observance of the day by union labor
of San Francisco was twofold. The local
| labor council made it's demonstration in
| Golden Gate park. while the followers of
| the building trades. under the direction Of
| the building council, arranged to assem-
| BILE at Shelimound park in Oakland
| In connection with the labor affair, a
parade of the builders was had to the
| Oakland ferry. Owing to the impossible
| condition of Market street for several
blocks up from the ferry, the route of the
| parade to the water front was turned out
| of Market street at Third, and the men
marched down Mission from Third to the
bay, turning up East street to Market.
| This left Market street free of paraders
| from Kearney to the eastern terminus of
| the thoroughfare. Orders had been issued
| by the police that the street cars should
not be run over the line of march while
| the unions were passing, in order to pre-
| vent conflicts between the men and the
| union builders
The Sutter street cars as they entered
Market street found a clear roadway, but
| the police feared the crowds at the ferry
and directed that when the cars came to
| the intersection of Market and Sutter
| they be turned back upon the return trip.
| Police Coptain Conboy, who was in charge
| of the harbor police, watched the parad-
| ing unionists unit, 1t seemed that the end
of the line had arrived and disbanded.
Allows Cars 20 Proceed
| He then sent word to some crews at
| Sutter and Market streets that they could
bring their cars down to the loop at the
| Ferry building, and three cars came down
| to the end of the line. In the meantime
the belated division of the procession COM
| prising the carpenters and structural iron
| workers unions swung around East street
| from Mission, and arrived at the ferry
about the same time that the cars came.
Gathered about the vicinity OF the loop
was a great throng of dispersed paraders.
The appearance of the three cars was the
signal for storm of derisive cries. and
the non-union motormen quickly found
their progress blocked by an angry crowd
Of unionists. The cars were under the
supervision of Inspector ]. w. Hall Of the
United Railroads. who started to extricate
the motormen from their difficulties and
was about to board the first car when the
crowd closed in on him, and the struc-
tural iron workers, who carried cane
topped with a hammer, struck Hall on
the forehead, probably fracturing his
skull.
Inspector Assaulted
Hall was knocked down but did not lose
consciousness. and when he strove to re-
gain his feet he was kicked and stamped
upon until fearing that his life was en-
dangered he drew revolver and fired five
shots point blank at his assailants Mean
while a tremendous shower of bricks and
other missiles poured in upon the cars
shattering the windows and splintering
the woodwork. Police came up and dis
persed the crowd sufficiently to reach the
center of disturbance and made hasty
investigation and placed Inspector Hall
under arrest for carrying a concealed
weapon. When the police searched him II
was found that he had reloaded his re-
yolver to make further use of It.
Three of the cars were finally started
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