The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22
UNITED ROADS To HAVE
1000 MEN 1T WORK ON
STnEETChnS NEXT WEEK
Half the Complete Working
Force of System to
Be in Service
MORE BUSES TO RUN
Cornelius Asserts Company
Is Misrepresenting
Situation
MORE BUSES TO RUN

The United Railroads announced yes
terday that 1t would have thousand
men operating it's cars by next Mon
day.
Thornwell Mutually. assistant to
President Calhoun, declares that the
traffic is increasing every day and that
half of the full working force Is now
required to maintain the service.
Cars are being run up to midnight
on the Suffer- Haight. Eddy. Ellis and
last night. Tomorrow cars will also
be run to midnight on the Valencia
street line. The company will also in
crease the number OF cars in kearny
and Third streets to take care of the
increased traffic in that section"
President Cornelius OF the carmen's
union said tbat the finances of the
strikers were'in such shape as to per-
nit them to hold out indefinitely. He
drew attention to the fact that $3.50
had been paid out in strike benefits
and that the men were as determined
as ever in their attitude.
THE reports that there have been
great many men going back TO the
company recently are without founda-
tfon." said Cornelius. Since the strike
began we have not had more than a
las for the alleged increase in the
traffic of the United Railroads, it ap-
plies only to the Sutter street and one
or two other lines. The rest of the
lines are doing no bigger business than
they were five weeks ago. The company
realizes this much more keenly than it
is affecting
Cornelius announced a list of a dozen
new bus routes to supplement those
now being maintained by the union.
These buses are to run both day and
night
Acts OF violence In connection with
the strike were extremely few yester-
day. The most serious reported was
an assault made at 10 o'clock last
night on Claud Chandler, a conductor
on the Jackson street line. by a gang
of strike sympathizers at Eddy and
Fillmore streets. Chandler was being
mauled by the gang when Patrolman
Murphy came along. Murphy had to
open few scalps with his club before
he succeeded in getting Chandler away
from his assailants. John King. who
claims to be a cook. was arrested by
Murphy in connection with the assault
and charged with battery at the Bush
street station.
westbound car No 1917 OF the Sutter
street line was stoned while passing
Kearny street at o'clock. About IS
were on the car. Several
windows were broken and a small sized
panic ensued, but the car pulled away
without any serious injuries being re-
ported.
George Wilson, strike breaking
conductor on the Folsom street line.
was attacked by two men, one of
whom was armed with a knife. in a
saloon at Folsom street and Precita
avenue last evening and narrowly
escaped serious injury. Wilson entered
the saloon and was recognized by Peter
J. Hughes, a carpenter, and John Con-
roy, a clerk. Hughes and Conroy fol-
lowed the strike breaker into a rear
room, where the former drew a knife
and attempted to stab Wilson in the
abdomen. The conductor parried the blow
with his right arm and received an
ugly wound. Hughes was arrested and
charged at the Mission station with
assault with a deadly weapon and Con-
roy was booked for disturbing the
peace.