The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-11
FIVE MEN SHOT
BY POLICE At
TROLLEY BARN
Bloody Battle Is Started
by Strike Breakers
In Uniform
!. ATTACK ON PIcKETs
Fire Into Camp of Union
Men and Then Stand
Against Police
SURROUNDED IN BARN
Officers Enter Sheds to Take
One Man on Assault to
Murder Charge
SURROUNDED IN BARN
THE WOUNDED

III WIZ MEL
Roy Perkins, shot in the right
leg.
J. J. Cotter, shot through the
left arm.
Maurice Rosenberg, wounded in
the left breast near the heart,
probably will die.
Harry Cohrs, shot in the left
leg.
Frank Smith. bullet wound in
the right forearm.
In a bloody battle between
strike breakers and police at the
United Railroads carbarn at
Twenty-fourth and Utah streets
shortly before midnight last night,
FIVE of the nonunion men were
shot by the police and three prob
ably fatally wounded.
According to the evidence OBJ
tained this morning by the police
the battle was the result of plot
conoocted in the barn by the
strike breakers yesterday and car
ried. out with probably fatal re-
suits last night
By prearrangement wrecking car
crowded with strike breakers left the
Twenty fourth and Utah streets barn
shortly before midnight. The car. with
al lights out, was run TO Bryant
street, where there is q switchback. Al
that point there IS also located a tent
occupied by the pickets Of the union
carmen- The police say that the strike
Sreakers just before reaching this
tent, broke all the windows in the car,
and then. rushing the car along al
high speed. passed the pickets' ten;
and opened fire with their revolvers on
the union men, pouring fusillade into
the tent, and then sped on to the
switchback
The car was then hurried back
toward the Utah barn. into which II
was run. while seven Of the crowd
aboard IL took UP stand in front OF
the barn.
BATTLE WITH POLICE
Al this 5uncture three policemen
came running at top speed toward the
barn. having heard the firing. ReaIiz-
ing that the position of seven strike
breakers outside the barn betokened
a serious situation. the policemen halt
cd and cried out to the strike break
er guards not TO shoot
Don't shoot boysw shouted Patrol
man Wade. we are policemen" But
the warning was unheeded and the
strike breakers opened FIRE on the three
peace guardians.
Realizing their danger the policemen
drew their revolvers and returned the
fire. wounding Eve of the guards. who
feg to the ground. For time the
battle resenbled civil war.
The other two guards fed to the
barn. the doors Of which were hurried
ly barricaded TO prevent the entrances
OF the police.
RIOT CALLS SENT IN
% Riot calls were then sent in to tn,
reinforcements Of police arrived at tn.
barn the police surrounded the
barn in which were nearly 100 strike
breakers. A demand was then made or
the men within to surrender
Meanwhile tn windows of a house
near BY. which is occupied by strike
breakers. were opened. and shots were
fred upon the police. who emptiec
their pistols in the direction of the
house and silenced the FIRE The po-
licemen placed Gordon around tho
house Half an hour later the police.
men captured one OF the two men o.
the barn guard who had escaped. H.
proved TO be H Green. and was identi.
FED as the man who had opened fire
on the police.
The plot had as its object the
awakening Of sympathy for the strike
breakers and a further discrediting Of
efforts by union men to keep violencs
out Of their fight against the United
Railroads.
The wounded men were hurried tc
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