The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-08

TtOlS may De repeated tomorrow with
even more tragic results, was the fear
expressed tonight when it was made
known that the United Railroads pro-
gram for Wednesday includes another
attempt to resume the operation of its
system.
This attempt, according to General
Manager Mullaly will be made some
time in the forenoon. He declined to
state at what hour or TO discuss the
cofipahy's plans in this respect.
Police Armed With Rifles.
Mr.. Mullaly said that when attorneys
for the United Railroads visited the
central police station this evening to
request the admittance to bail of the
strike-breaker under arrest for shoot
ing strikers and their sympathizers,
Chief. of police Oman said:
Tomorrow 1 shall arm the police with
rifles. If any kebreakers start any
shooting from the cars, they will be shot
in turn by the police"
Il can hardly credit this statement -
added Mr.. Mullaly. but it comes to
me direct and automatically"
Thirteen strike breakers were arrest
ed Three of them were released on
bail and the remainder were held await
ing developments.
Death of One Victim.
James Walsh. one of the strike SYM
pathiZers, who was shot this afternoon
from one of the attacked cars, died at
the central emergency hospital tonight
No hope is held out for the recovery
of Tom Buchanan. one of the strikers.
He also is at the Central Emergency
| hospital. A bullet penetrated his abdo-
men and punctured the intestines TWEEN
ty two times.
D~ac;do,7t IL
stated that he has in view no appeal to
the governor for state troops THAT, I"
/ he said, 'is not task for me to per-
/ FORM
CaIhoun's Manifesto.
President Calhoun tonight issued the
/ following:
ITO the people of San Francisco:
The time has arrived for the enforce
ment of law and order. The humblest
citizen III this community has a right
/ TO work. The issue has been squarely
raised: Shall striking ex-employes,
their friends and sympathizers, para :
} lyze by force and violence our street
railway service. Shall mob violence
rule. or shall law be enforced? Shall
! individual liberty be preserved?
when the United Railroads attempt
ed TO resume the operation of its cars
today its employees were assailed by a
fierce and and violent mob; dangerous
rioting ensued; many men were injured
/ I appeal to you to preserve the peace.
My company will spare no effort to
resume lawfully and peacefully the
( operation of its cars, but il will not be
driven to compromise with wrong, and
it will fearlessly defend its rights. The
issue rests with you.
4 Defends Strike Breakers,
He issued also to the press a brief
epitOme of the days events, calling at
tention to the fact that no shot was
fired by the strike breakers until after
they had been repeatedly made a tar
/ get of missiles thrown by the crowd
In letter TO Mayor Sehmitz, Pres
ident Calhoun recites the fact and the
acts of the mob, the failure of the po-
lice to dispense the mob, and requesting
/ that the city's chief executive take
steps TO protect the companys property
henceforth.
10 this letter Mayor Schmitz replied
that he had notified the police tina,
| peace must be preserved at any cost. "
A duplicate of Mr.. Calhoun's letter
to the mayor was sent to Sheriff ONeiIl
and to this the latter replied that he
had been informed by Mayor Schmitz
that the latter had considered the po-
lice force competent to cope with the
situation The sheriff answered that he
is not authorized to appoint special de-
puties, but that his Office would hold
itself in readiness to assist the police
any way it could.
Orders of Chief Oman.
Chief of Police Oman said tonight:
There will be no more indiscriminatt
shooting should an attempt be made
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