Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-08
Nine Shot as Result of
Attempt to Run Street
Cars
BY STRIKE BREAKERS
len Fire From Broken Win
doWs to Stop Shower of
Bricks and Stones.

San Francisco, May S.-The streets
were practically free today of crowds.
Police, mounted and afoot were sta
toned at Fillmore and Turk streets,
the scene of much of yesterdays riot
ing No violence. occurred during the
night Preparations are under way for
a renewal of the attempts to run cars.
PItohed Battle Fought.
San Francisco, May S. \ pitched
battle between the strike breakers in
unions of car inspectors and strikers
and their sympathizers was fought
yesterday afternoon on Turk street for
shot, among them a policeman and De
tective Bell, and several of them will
die. The shooting was done by strike
breakers from car windows, in response
to a shower of paving stones ana
bricks hurled at them by the mob that
chased the cars block after block, pick
ing up their wounded as they ran.
The deadly affray was the outcome
of the first attempt of the United Rail
roads to run passenger cars out Of
their Turk and Fillmore street barns
at 2:30 p. IN. An Associated Press
man who rode on horseback behind Il
string of cars saw four men Shot from
the car windows.
All Windows Smashed.
The first shot was fired at the inter
section of Turk and Buchanan streets
by a guard from the rear platform Of
the car that headed the string Of
seven. The bullet struck young man
standing on the curb and inficting Il
flesh wound in his arm. The shot was
not fired until most of the windows OF
the car had been smashed with stones
several of which had struck and Sc
verely bruised some of the guards on
board.
Blood EnraScs Crowd.
The shooting of this man aroused
the mob to a pitch of frenzy. Paving
stones and other distractions were cast
on the track. and in that way the car
was brought to a standstin a block fur
ther on. Hurling any missiles thai
came easiest to hand, cursing anl
screaming for the lives of the strike
breakers, hundreds of men and boys
surrounded the car. In moment ;
fusilade of shots rang out and thC
crowd fell back i'll fear The obstruc
tions were cleared away and the ca
proceeded, followed by two others.
The sound of the shots apprised tn,
main crowd in the neighborhood o
Fillmore and Webster streets that tht
battle was on, and more than / ,00
men and boys came running down Turl
street in pursuit of the strike breakers
who, standing to their posts, shot agai
and again into the crowds, indscrimin
ately. as repeated showers of stone
struck and injured them.
No Heed for Bullets.
At Van Ness avenue a youth wa
shot through the lungs. He pitche
forward into the street, whence h
was lifted and thrown onto a mattres
III a lul HltulN van anu lulllth W III
emergency hospital The mob, checl
ed, but not dismayed by the rain ,
bullets. kept up running in pursuit {
the cars. stoning them and cursing tn
guards.
Just beyond Van Ness avenue tn
first squad of police arrived in a patr,
wagon. The mob stoned them, too. bl
presently dessted on being implore
not to do so by union pickets. The p
Iicemen tried to persuade the maddel
ed crowd to disperse, but without c
feet.
Policeman Victim.
Three blocks further one of the guar(
again turned loose their weapons c
the crowd. In the fusilade policema
was shot in the back, presumably
accident. None of the strikers or the
sympathizers exhibited pistols or use
weapons other than stones and brick
The first two cars proceeded i'll &c
ting as far as Market street, where {
ficers arrested the guards and too
them To headquarters. Police reinforC
ments were rushed TO the scene of Il
fighting. TIey dubbed the mob rig
and left, and the crowd broke and IA