The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-17
CARS ARE STONED
SAN FRANCISCO STREETS
RULED BY A MOB.
Police Utterly Incapable-Can
Neither Prevent Violence Nor
Arrest Guilty-Man Bru-
tally Beaten.

AfEost Iullty-Mdu DIu.
tally Beaten.
San Francisco, May 14.-Today
one week after the Turk street bat.
tie, which marked the present car
strike ae the bloodiest labor dis
turbance in the history Of San Fran
cisco, was the worst day of violence
since that tragic event. The fore
noon passed with but little disturb
ance, but throughout the hours Of
the sftarnoon from - to 7 o'clock,
stones few on Mission street from
Fifth to Twenty.fourth, a distance
of about three miles. and the lives
Of many passengers es we'll as those
of the non-union operatives of the
ten cars on that line were almost
onstan;ly in danger. Though
! nearly 100 policemen, a few of them
mounted, were stationed along Mis-
sion street under the commands of
Captains Anderson and Duke, viz.
lence was not prevented and com.
paratively few arrests were made.
In some instances passengers mar
rowly escaped great injury or death
from flying cobblestones and brick
bats. Several passengers were as
saulted by the crowd, numerous
strike breakers were struck, panes
of glass We're smashed and persons
alighting from cars were chased and
liz some instances knocked down
and beaten.
Thesmoet brutal act of violence
during the day occurred shortly af.
ter Z o'clock tonight, as the last car
on the Mission street line was being
run into the barn at Twenty-ninth
street. A passenger on this cal
was Edward Raipher, a member oil
the Stationery engineers Union
employed by the California Engin.
eering works. As he alighted from
the car, he was set upon by crowd
of union sympathizsrs and beaten
almost to death. His skull was
fractured, his right arm and sever
al ribs broken. He was left uncon
scious on the pavement. Employ
es of the United Railroads carried
the senseless and blee ding man intt
the carbarn.
The police say that the mob ther
attempted to break down the car
barn doors in an effort to get at til,
] man again. The mob was broker
up by the police after clubs hae
been used freely. No arrests were
made, 80 fal as has been learned
Raipher was sent to the hospital
His condition is serious.
At the carbarns on Mission stree
at Twenty fourth after the last car
had been run in, the motormen ant
conductors, who have not been al
lowed to carry arms since the Tur1
street riot of a week ago, presented
their case to Assistant PIesider
Mullaly. In substance they said
"We have shown that we are q
nervy as the average man. We ar
not afraid to run your cars any
where in the city that you send us
I'VE have faced bricks and stone
and personal assaults for eeve
days. Now we have about reacbe
the limit. We are taking our live
in our own hands every tine we e
out on these care. The police ar
either unable or unwilling to pre-
tect us. We will take the car
through auy mob that San Francis
, co can gather, if you allow US t
protect ourselves. But some of u
have made up our minds as a rt
suit Of today's experiences that "
will take out no more cars unit
you give US revolvers."
The striking carmen made ne
move today in causing over 1o
John Doe warrants to be issued io
strikebreakers on the charge OF v
olation of an ordinance which make
| 1t a misdemeanor for motorma
| or conductor to operate car befo,
/ having had seven days. experience
i The situation, according to Pres
/ dent Cornelius Of the Garments Vi
Il ion, is very Satisfactory. He sale
II "We have instructed our men
Il aid the police in keeping peace an
II order, but the police are taking q
II unfair advantage Of our men an
II using unnecessary violence on OF
II pickets. They are not even givir
II them the rights that every citize
II is entitled to. Our pickets are n
Il violating the law, but Mr.. Calhor
Il is. He isnow placing. on bis ca
Il men who have had 20 experien
Il in San Francisco. This is in
rect violation Of the city ordinanc