The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

San Francisco, May THE United Rail-
roads this afternoon attempted to run
five cars on the Turk street line. but in
the burned district these cars were saw
agely attacked by union mechanics work
ing on buildings and by gangs Of men and
boys. Strike breakers manning these cars
began TO shoot and fourteen Of the men
and boys were wounded. FIVE Of whom
viii die.
The names of the badly wounded are;
James Walsh, teamster, shot through the
head win die; Al Palm, chauffeur, shot in
neck; John Buchanan. car shop worker,
shot through abdomen; Nathan Lesser.
messenger boy, shot through chest.
The fve cars were started from Turk
and Fillmore streets with six strike
breakers and inspectors uniformed and
armed with long .2S caliber revolvers.
strapped around their waists. There was
a big crowd around the car barns, but
there was no concentrated attack on the
cars until they reached the burned dis
trict. Below Larkin street where num-
Der of new buildings are under construc-
tion. cars were battered with bricks and
stone, bits of iron, and scantlings.
The men who made this attack We're
said to be union bricklayers and carpen-
ters They were aided by a large gang
of sympathisers composed OF men and
boys.
Strikebreakers shoot To XIII.
At Leavenworth street this attack was
so vicious that the strike-breakers. sew
eral OF whom had received ugly wounds,
opened FIRE on the worst Of their assail-
ants. They shot to kill, and several men
fell The crowd scattered and several
policemen cleared the track in front.
The cars then moved along Turk street
10 the corner of Market street There
the worst riot occurred. There are sew
eral three and fOUr-stOry buildings under
construction on this corner while the
street is lined with billboards. From win
dows and upper stories of these buildings
a perfect rain of missiles set in. Two
men threw down large six by six timber
which broke the roof Of one ear, and
men behind bilIb0ards began shooting.
The strike breakers showed great nerve
and GOODNESS. They fired only upon those
whom they actually saw shooting on
throwing bricks and stones. but in nearly
every ease they dropped their man.
HOtOrman Kills Boy.
One boy of sixteen came from behind
the billboard with a brick in each hand
As he threw his second brick the motor
man drew a revolver and dropped him
with a bullet through the head. one mar
threw a half barrel of cement from
second-story window. All the Windows
in the cars were smashed, and blood
a,u-a1 from, fbs v-o,,r1e Of 4,,av,,- ,f 4t-.
men who were hit by stones. Two cars
were derailed, and the strike breakers
calmly hooked them together with threi
sood cars and took them back TO IN,
car barns.
Inspector James Cummins. OF the UnioI
street line, acted as motorman. and SAILED
through the storm of bricks and stone,
with grit on his face Fully 1900 peopl,
crowded about the cars and reviled tn,
strikc-breakeTs. Many of these Wer,
young boys of sixteen or eighteen years
and these were the most reckless of tn,
gang.
The police did little 10 protect the mel
on the cars until shooting began. TheI
they drove the crowds from the street
but they arrested none Of those who threw
missiles.
President Calhoun declared he will re
sumo running of cars tomorrow, an,
that he will keep at it until he restore
the old service.
Governor May Use Militia.
Gov. Gillette, who is in Los Angeles
said tonight.
If riots go on and they continue T.
XIII men in San Francisco. and the polic
are unable TO stop il. I will call out tn
militia There viii be no chilG's pla.
about it. either. if I take that action. I vii
see that riots are stopped. and stopped a
once. Everything is in readiness for tn
calling out of troops. These arrange
ments were made several days ago at m,
direction They viii be on the grounl
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