Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
Riots IN Frisco
Labor Day

San Francisco, Cal, Sept 3 Riot
ing and bloodshed made an unfortunate
termination Monday to enc phase Of
the Labor day celebration in this city.
One man is now in the throes of death
another is seriously hurt and scores are
suffering from minor injuries as a re-
suit of a spontaneous, maddened out
break of a mob of union labor adher-
enJs against few men who were
quietly assisting in the peaceful opera
ton of the street car service of the
United Railroads.
The Observance of the day by union
labor of San Francisco was twofold.
The local labor council made its dem
onstra ton in Golden Gate park, while
the followers of the building trades,
under the direction of the building
council, arranged to assemble at Shell
mound park in Oakland. In connec-
ton with the latter affair, a parad Of
the builders was held to the Oakland
ferry Owing to the impossible con-
dition 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 east up
street to Market.
This left Market street free of parad-
ers from Kearney to the eastern term
mus of the thoroughfare. Orders had
been issued by the police that the street
cars should not run over the line of
march while the unions were passing,
in order to prevent conflicts between
the nonunion carmen and the union
builders. The Suffer street cars, as
they entered Market street, fonnd a
clear roadway, but the police feared
the crowds at the ferry and directed
that when the cars came to the inter-
section of Market and Sutter street
that they be turned back upon the re-
turn trip.
Police Captain CJnboy, who was in
charge of the han Dor police, watched
the parading unionists until it seemed
that the end of the line had arrived
and disbanded. He then sent word to
some crews they could bring their cars
down to the loop at the ferry building
and three cars come town to the end of
the line
Meantime a belated division of the
, procession, comprising the carpenters
and structural iron workers unions,s
, 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 q
! great throng of dispersed paraders, a
host of people TRYING to board the fer
ries and hundreds who had arrived
r from the bay and were awaiting the
2 arrival of cars to take them up town
5 The appearance of the three cars was
( the signal of a storm of derisive cries
S and the nonunion motormen quickly
+ found their progress blocked by an an
y cry crowd of unionists.
. In the mixup Inspector J. w. BALE
r of the railroad was hit on the forehead
probably fracturing his skull.
He drew a revolver and fired fv'
/, shots point-blank at his assailant.
c Meanwhile q tremendous shower o
= bricks and other missiles poured in up
q on the cars, SCATTERING the window
4 and splintering the wood work.
The police soon dispersed the crow
9 sufficiently TO reach the center of dis
turbance, made hasty investigation
= and placed Inspector Hale under arres
. for carrying a concealed weapon.
2 When the police searched him it wa
found that he had reloaded his revol
ven to make further use of it.