Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-15
San Francisco Strike
Beyond Police
Control
Men and Women Com
PEELED to Submit
to Insults
Hundreds Of Missiles Crash Through
Car Windows and Scores of Per.
sons - lnjured-crews
Demand Weapons

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O SAN FRANCISCO, May H. O
%The most brutal act of violence Of @
@ the day occurred shortly after 2 O
@ o'clock tonight the last car of @
9 the Mission street line was being @
@ run into the barn at Twenty @
@ ninth street. @
@ A passenger on this car was 9
@ Edward Raipher, n member of @
@ the Stationary Engineers union o
@ and employed by the California @
g Engineering works. AS he alight- @
@ ed from the car he was set upon @
@ by a crowd of union sympathizers @
@ and beaten almost to death. His @
@ skull and jaw were fractured, his 9
@ right arm and several ribs were @
@ broken. He was left unconscious @
@ on the pavement. o
@ Employees of the United Rail- @
@ roads carried the senseless and @
@ bleeding man into the car barn. @
@ The police say that the mob then @
o attempted to break down the car @
@ barn doors In an effort to get @
@ mt the man again. @
@ The mob was broken up by the g
8 police after clubs had been used @
@ freely. No arrests were made so 8
@ far as has been learned. Raipher @
g WAS sent to the hospital. His @
g condition is precariOus. @
@ @ @ @ @ @ o 9 @ 900 90 % % @
BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-Today,
one week after the Turk street battle,
which marked the present street car
strike as the bloodiest labor disturb
ance in the history of San Francisco,
was the worst day of violence during
that tragic event.
The forenoon passed with little dis
turbance, but throughout the hours of
the afternoon, from IL o'clock until Z,
stones flew on Mission street from
Fifth to Twenty-ninth, a distance OF
about three miles and the lives Of
many passengers as well as those OF
the non-union operatives of the ten
cars on that line were almost con-
stantly in danger
Though nearly one hundred police
men, a few of them mounted, were
stationed along Mission street under
the command of Captains Anderson
and Duke, violence was not prevented
and Comparatively few arrests were
made In some instances passengers
narrowly escaped great injury or death
from flying cobblestones and brickhats.
Several passengers were assaulted by
the crowds, numerous strike breakers
were struck. panes of glass were
smashed and persons alighting from
cars were chased and in some in
stances knocked down and beaten.
At the car barn on Mission street
and Twentyfourth, after the last car
had been run in, the motormen and
conductors, who have not been allowed
to carry arms since the Turk street
battle of week ago. presented their
case to Assistant President Mullaly In
substance they said:
Want to Carry Arms
1--WE have shown that we are as
nervy as average men. We are not
afraid to run your cars anywhere In
the city that you send us. We have
faced bricks and stones and personal
assaults for seven days. Now we have
about reached the limit. We are TAX
ing our lives in our own hands every
time we go out on these cars. We will
take the cars through any mob that
San Francisco can gather if you allow
us to protect ourselves. But some OF
US have made up our minds as a re-
suit OF today'S experiences that we will
take out no more cars unless you give
us revolvers."
The striking car men made new
move toda.' in causing over one hun
dred John Doe' warrants to be is
sued for strike breakers on the charge
Of violating municipal ordinance
which makes it misdemeanor for a
motorman or conductor to operate a
car before having had seven days ex-
perience. The situation, according to
President Cornelius of the carmen's
union, is very satisfactory. He said:
1--WE have instructed our men to aid
the police in keeping peace and order
on the streets, but~the police are taxi
ng an unfair advantage OF our men
and using unnecessary violence on our
pickets; they are not even giving them
the rights that every citizen is entitled
to.
"Our pickets are not violating the
Jaw, but Mr.. Calhoun is. He is now OPP
Grating his cars with men that have
had no experience in San Francisco.
This is in direct violation of the city
which requires that every
man must have at least seven days
before being placed in charge
of car. Mr.. Calhoun is loudly call
ing for more pay to help him break
more laws. This must cease. Mr.. Cal
1oun must obey the law as well as the
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