The San Francisco call., 1907-06-03
OPPOSING PRESIDENTS
TELL Of CAR STRIKE
Magnate and the Union
Chief Hold Optimistic
Views on Situation
FEW CARS ON SUNDAY
Calhoun Says That He
Hopes to Resume Full
Night Service Soon
FEW CARS ON SUNDAY


An attack was made last night on
the MayfieId houses, Franklin and Fell
streets, by strike sympathizers. me
place was the refuge before the Strike
of many of the imported strike break
ers and has since been the home OF
several of the new carmen. In. the
course of the attack last night three
shots were fred and brickbats and
cobblestones were thrown through the
windows The police are Investigate
Ing the matter. but as yet have made
no arrests.
Fewer streetcars were operated IN
this city yesterday than on Saturday.
and the United Railroads officials ex-
planned this last night by saying that
for the present they did not anticipate
heavy traffic on the Sabbath.
Both Cornelius and Calhoun appeared
pleased with the situation. The former
said that the cars of the United Rail
roads were in such poor repair that the
mechanics could not restore them to
condition properly. The traction mag
nate said that the cars would run until
p m. for several days on all the lines
north of Market street, and that he be-
lieved that the regular night service
would be resumed next week 1t the con-
ditions continued to be as favorable as
at present.
''rhe cars of the United Railroads are
in q deplorable state" declared Corne-
lius I'm fact, the mechanics are be-
ginning to complain that it is inlpossi-
bic for them to repair the cars. The
tenders of 10 cars are smashed beyond
repair. The only cars fit to run on the
streets are the new green ones, and
they, too, are beginning to show the
Calhoun will not have any cars fit to
run within the next few days.
These stories circulated by the United
Railroads to the effect that the carmen
and their sympathizers have been guilty
Of greasing the rails are outlandish and
in keeping with the methods attempted
to beat us. AS a matter of fact, the
United Railroads officials have been
sending cars into the Potrero district
with their sand boxes stuffed with
CREASED rags. These rub on the rails.
cause the cars to slip and the union
men are blamed for the offenses COM
mitted by the corporation. / am as
confident as ever that we will win the
strike"
CALHOUN is OPTIMISTIC
The situation is perfectly satisfac-
tory to me- said Calhoun. $50 long as
the people continue to patronize the
cars as they have been doing have no
complaint to offer. l missed my auto
last night at the ferry, SO / boarded
Sutter street car, which was so crowd
ed 1 was forced to hold on to strap.
The register showed 119 cash fares and
six transfers. All the other ears we
passed seemed to be equally crowded.
I'VE operated about 235 cars today.
not quite as many as on Saturday.
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would be a little light for the present
and, therefore, it would not be neces-
sary for us to put on as many cars as
during the week days. We hope to
resume the full regular night service
next week
A benefit baseball game yesterday
morning at Recreation park between
q team representing the laundry work
ers' union No. % and the Garments
union resulted in victory for the for
mer by a score of to and netted
more than $4,000 to the strike fund of
the two unions.
The three days benefit theatrical
performance at New Century hall at
Twenty and Howard streets was
opened last night to a crowded house,
The proceeds will be turned over to the
strike fund.
FORGEY is RECOVERING
w. A. Forgey, the strike breaker
who was shot during the riot at Eddy
and Franklin streets on Saturday
night, is recovering from his wounds
at the st. Francis hospital. Yesterday
afternoon Detective Tom Gibson ar
rested another strike breaker named
Edward Davis on suspicion of being
implicated in the shooting. He was
locked up pending developments
Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening
an eastbound Castro car ran into a
Sutter car at Market and Sutter streets
Both cars were badly wrecked and
had to be turned into the carbarns
Two of the strike breakers were cut
by flying glass.
Thornwell Mutually was busy all day
yesterday riding along the various car
lines in an auto, jumping on and off
cars and inspecting them. He also
made a tour of the carbarns.
James Hodges, motorman on a
Castro street car, was arrested yester-
day morning by Sargent ellis and Pa
troIman Ogden and locked up at the
city prison on charge of carrying a
concealed weapon. The policemen found
a large blackjack wrapped in a hand
kerchief in Hodges hip pocket
The following arrests, growing out of
disturbances due to the car strike, were
made by the police yesterday; Dem is
DAILY, stevedore, for disturbing the
peace on Third street near Folsom
Alfred Va1ento, teamster, disturbing
the peace on Second and Howard
streets; Edward Jones, blacksmith.
disturbing the peace at Railroad and
Twenty avenues; Fred Gods,
Sixth and Market streets, disturbing