The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-15
MORE VIOLENCE IN
FRISCO CAR STRIKE
Mob of Strikers and Sympa-
thizers Beat Passengers
Who Dare Ride on Cars.
POLICE SEEN UNABLE TO
AFFORD PROTECTION
Move Is Made to Arrest Strike
Breakers Because of Lack
of Experience.

one week after the Turk street
battle, which marked the present
street car strike as the bloodiest labor
disturbance in the history of San
Francisco, was the worst day Of vio-
lence during that tragic event. Hhe
! forenoon passed with little disturb
ance, but throughout the hours of the
afternoon, from ~ o'clock until 7
clock, stones flew on Mission street
from Fifth to Twenty-fourth, dis
tance Of about three miles, and the
lives Of many passengers, as we'll as
those of the non.union operatives of
the ten cars on that line, were almost
constantly in danger.
Though nearly 100 policemen, 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
Mob Beats Passengers.
In some instances passengers narrow
ly escaped great injury or death
from flying cobblestones and brick
saulted by the crowds, numerous strike
breakers were struck, papes of glass
were smashed, and persons alighting
from cars were chased, and in some
instances Knocked down and beaten.
AT the car barn on Mission street, at
Twenty-fourth, after the last cars had
been run IN, the mntormen and con
ductors, who have not been allowed to
carry arms since the Turk street bat
%aI hn,,
case to Assistant President Mullally.
In substance, they said:
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 may send lis. We
have faced briks and stones and per
sonal assaults for seven days. Now we
have about reached the limit We are
taking our lives in our own hands every
time we go out on those cars. The po-
llce are either unable or unwilling TO
protect US: 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 result of today's ex-
perience that we will take out no more
cars unless you give lis revolvers.
New Work of Strikers.
The striking carmen made a new
move in causing over one hundred John
Doe warrants TO be issued for strike.
breakers, on the charge of violation of
an ordinance, which makes it a misde.
meanor for a motorman or conductor TO
operate car before having had seven
days experience. The situation, ac-
cordlng to President Cornelius of the
Garments union, is very satisfactory.
He said
eve have instructed our men to aid
the police in keeping peace and order
on the streets, but the police are tax.
and using unnecessary violence on our
plckets; they are not even giving them
the rights that every citizen is entitled
to.
''Our pickets are not violating the !
law, but Mr- Calhoun is. He is now
operating his cars with men that have
had no experience IN San Francisco. |
ordinance, which requires that every |
man must have at least seven days !
training before beoing placed in charge |
OF car. Mr., Calhoun is loudly calling |
for more protection to help him break |
more laws, This must cease. Mr.. Cal. |
houn must obey the law as we'll as the |
carmen. He should have no more
rights than honest citizens
Confident of Victory.
W. ID. Mahon, president OF the Inter /
nation Carmen 9 union, in an interview
this afternoon stated:
~ have nothing new to say about
the situation. l am confident that the
carmen will win their fight, The city
is considered to be strong union labor
one, and with the thousands Of labor
men on our side, the battle is won.
In order TO ru ma street car system
one must make 1t financial success
and this the United Railroads cannot
do with a great portion of the residents
not riding on the cars.
81 cannot speak on the boycott qucs-
ton, but you can understand exactly
what effect that can have when strict.
" enforced.
Mayor Schmitz and the committee of
fifty have spent the day in persistent
effort to formulate some definite plan
hat will make for industrial peace and
he restoration Of normal commercial
activity. but without success. Governor
iillett decided today to make his head,
quarters in this city indefinitely, for
he purpose of giving the situation his
PERSONAL observation.