The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-08

Non Unions Use Their
Pistols
WERE BEING STONED
BY NFURIATED MOB
Eight Men Were Shot During Fury
Of Fray.
Believed That Bloodshed Could Have
Reen Avoided Had Policemen Used
Proper Firmness-Ca Guards
Are Only Men
Arrested.


San Francisco, May 1.-THE strike OF
the 1,7o0 union motormen and condua-
tors Of the United Railways developed
this afternoon into riot in which more
than a score of persons were severely
hurt, some were severely wounoeo anu
others hurt to a lesser extent
At ,230 o'clock the company mace It's
fourth attempt to resume the opera
ton of it's system by sending OUT sew
on messenger cars named by between
thirty and forty strike breakers, wear
ing the uniform of car inspectors anu
each carrying a 3SScalipre feVoi'el
strapped around his waist, OUTSIDE o.
his coat The start was made from the
company's barns at Turk and Fillmore
streets where a crowd of from 3'ooo
- 900 men and boys had gathered.
rwenty-seven policemen, five mouhleo
officers and several sergean.s' uhoei Inv
command of Captain Money WERE On
patrol guard. The appearance Oh TUG
cars In Fillmore Street, from "heie
thew were switched into Turk street.
was the signal for an immaculate
burst of jeers and howls.
Cars Were Targets.
Refore, the cars had gone ohe 49,
thev were made the targets VI
ord bricks In few moments eN.
mana of glass had been smasheo anu
o,ara1 of the armed operatives hao
80 etruck. cut and bruised. Al IurA
na buchanan Streets, an espeeiais
aaroa attack was made on the Iore-
at cor guard on the rear piat-
60, answered the flying stones with
In ahnt The bullet struck one Oh
the union sympathisefs In the arm.
This transformed the crowd ih'o
lila mood and thencerortn TOT @
nlocks there was fierce hshtihs'
.tr,lsers and their friends, aided py nun
a.aas ~ Youthful hoodlums, kept up
,ira shower of missiles. The GUARDS
haard the cars responded WI"
ouasa after SHADE of pit 81 snolA ,ss
Eight men received nuiie e1 smonp
noa IF which ma yprove Iatal
those thus injured are d
peant and a patrolhah' ra of the
E,inalIv dozen or moro
,rards were arrested by rese.Ness vr-
PIE central police station ana tne oar
ION crowd boarded the reaIliost
"a started 1t back to the parns' &C.
an there. the strikers charged tha'
,,ni1ar Are was opened upon tneih
49,, the harms In this encounter sew
araI more men were shot. A hoh-un ~
man threw the switch at the coIhei
Turk and Fillmore streets anu s,Sawaik
raiied car shot into the sldewain
raeu ,,yo men. whose names nave
not been learned. In the s'an1p "eo,,
that followed here, score Oh ~
md cbildren on the outskirts OF tne
rnob in the Fillmore street, were nurieo
On the payement and trampleo "h'
Chapman Leaves Barn.
The appearance of rellef squaos ~
reinforce Police Captain money
resuIted about $40 o'clock in the par
+ial disnersing of the crowds. A cur
ran+ runor has it that superintendent
Grammar. who spent the forenoon ana
early afternoon at the FLimore stieo'
barracks was seen about O'CLOCK oris
ing rapidly away on Golden aVenue a.
an automobile that was dasheu with
blood. There is as yet no conrlrha-
tion of the rumor that Mr.. chapman
was wounded. Practically all or the
police reserves at the various pre-
cinct stations have been called out anu
are now patrolling the hels nooi No. 49,
of Fillmore and Turk streetS WHICH
the greatest congestion IS
The general belief is that because OF
this afternoons tragic happenings tur-
Their efforts to resume operation OF tno
system will be withheld until ofhcials
police are in a position to anord pro-
lection to property and life.
That the bloody events OF today 8
street car riot may be repeated tomor-
row with even more tragic results. was
the fear expressed tonight when 1t was
made known that the United Railroads
program for Wednesday contained an
other attempt to operate the cars.
This attempt, according to General
Manager MullaIy. will be made some
time in the forenoon. He declined to
state at what hour or TO discuss the
company's plans. Mr. Mulialy saio
when the attorneys for the United Rail-
roads visited the Central Police Station
10 request the admittance to bail of
the strike BREAKERS under arrest Tor
shooting strikers ana thei. sympathiz-
ers, Chief of Police Oman said:
Tomorrow I shall arm the ponce
with rifles. If any strike breakers
start any shooting from the cars. they
will be shot down in turn by the police.
81 can hardly credit this statement"
added Mr.. Mutually. but 1t comes to nae
direct and automatically.
Thirteen strike breakers We're ar
rested. Three of them were released on
on bail, and the remainder were he4o
awaiting developments.
James Wash Dies.
James Walsh. one of the strike sym
pathizers who was shot this afternoon,
died at the Central Emergency Hos
pital tonight. No hope is held for the
recovery Of Tom Buchanan, one OF the
strikers. also at the Central Emerson
CIV Hospital A bullet penetrated his
abdomen and punctured the intestines,
twenty-five times.
President Calhoun, at his home. stated
that sc has in view no appeal TO the
Governor for state troops. That ne
said, us no task for me to perform.
Patrick Calhoun. President or the
limited Railroads tonight issued the fol-
lowing:
ITO the People of San Francisco:
The time has arrived for the en-
forcement of law and order The hum
blest citizen in this community has
right to work. The issue has been
squarely raised: Shall striking ex-
employees. their friends and sympathiz-