The San Francisco call., 1907-02-07

Two thousand persons in a riot, half
end TO the disturbance and three cars
smashed with stones and brickbats were
all caused by the obstinacy of one man
last evening at $40 o'clock Many per-
sons were struck with clubs. and the
conductor OF car 1870 Of the Castro
street line was Threatened with q beat
ing by tile crowd OF angry men who
gathered about him. The timely ar
rival OF a patrol wagon filed with po-
iicenaen saved him from bodily harm.
The trouble occurred at the junction
OF Market, Valencia and Waller streets,
where the pavement is torn up await
ing replacing by the street repairers.
The tracks OF the Market-street line
are very riclzety at a point one block
away from the bottom OF the slope
at Waller street and that blockades
tion most of the cars are stopped at
/. The bottom OF the hill for a brief
space of time. The cars OF both the
Valencia and Castro lines We're much
overcrowded during the afternoon, and
at o'clock the strain upon the Castro
line at the grade was so great that it
was with difficulty that the ascent of
the slope was made. People crowded
on the already dangerously overloaded
coaches when the stops were made
and then followed a blockade.
TROUBLE is STARTED
Westbound car 1910 Of the Castro
line came to halt at the foot of the
hill and when it did so dozen men
climbed TO the roof of il. The con-
ductor told the motorman not to try
20 make the hill till the passengers
came from their high seats. For a
few moments there was a lively dis
pute and two inspectors of the division
ordered the men down from the car
roof under threats of arrest. Two po-
licenen emphasized the demands of the
inspectors. All left the roof but one
man, who defed the United Railroads
and gave the policemen his personal
opinion of Chief Dfnan and the Po-
lice Commissioners. The conductor in
the meantime announced to the pas
sengers in the car and outside of it
that IL was the orders OF the company
not to have a car move when a pas
senger insisted on riding on car roof
BY this time a string of cars from
Valencia to Twelfth street had lined
up IN the street. Each conveyance had
from l5o to $50 passengers and most of
these got off and walked to the scene
OF the trouble and loudly shouted TO
the man on the car roof to stay with
his seat An inspector took the high
seat man unawares and jerlked him
from his perch and the motorman got
ready 10 start the car up the hill.
Some one threw a stone, and in a
twinkle the car, the policemen and
the inspectors were the targets for
such missiles as the crowd could pick
up from the torn up roadway. Women
fought TO escape from the crowd and
did not DO so any too soon, for hun
dreds OF bricks and stones hurled at
the car smashed every window in it.
The guards were broken from its side
and an effort made TO overturn it.
TWO OTHER CARS SMASHED
The crowd then bombarded two other
cars OF the Castro line and tried to
get at the conductor. against whom
they felt aggrieyed- Policemen got the
csrnan out of the way after he had
hen' roughly used. A riot call had
Been sent IN by telephone and a patrol
wagon full OF policemen from the Cen
tral station and detail from O'Farrell
street responded. Much difficulty was
found In clearing the street The po-