Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-15
POLICE NOT ABLE
TO CURB HOODLUMS
They Beat and Abuse Pas
sengers in Frisco.
5Q QQQ RIDE ON THE CARS
$4,000 RIDE ON THE CARS
Carmen Now Have Plan for Munici-
pal Ownership.
THINK IT WILL SOLVE PROBLEM
Amalgamated Street Railway En-
ployes' Union Yesterday Pledged
$4,000 to the Strikers.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-The United
Railroads operated 102 cars yesterday and
everything passed Off quietly outside of the
district south of Market street. Here the
hoodlum element. which predominates, kept
up riotous demonstration all through the
day and with heavy odds on their side beat
and abused passengers and carmen the
cars to their hearts content. The police
from all accounts lost control of the situa-
tion and number of acts of brutal vio-
lence have been reported
Fifty thousand people rode on the cars
yesterday. according to returns Of company
. officials and the> number in operation will
be increased today. The general labor sit
uation remains unchanged The telephone
operators are still out, although it is re-
ported that quite number of the girls are
returning to their work.
Municipal Ownership.
The electrical workers held a meeting
last night to consider their course of
action in regard to the strike of the car
men. but their action is not reported. The
labor council also met.
The carmen are now directing their ener-
gies toward formulating a plan for the
municipal ownership of the street railroads,
and w. d. Mahon, president of the Associa-
ton of Street Railway Employees of Ameri-
ca. expresses the belief that this will fol-
low the present car strike.
The Garments union will meet Thursday
evening next to discuss the local situation.
The temporary sufferance under which
Do IL
has operated It's line since its franchise ex-
pired in 1SOo~comes to an end at o'clock
this morning by the resolution adopted at
the supervisors meeting Monday, the COM
pany having refused to run its cars.
Scale is Impossible.
President Horace Platt of the road held
a conference with his directors yesterday.
The resumption of car service, while it
would be possible upon agreeing to pay the
old employees the So and eight-hour-wage
scale demanded, was decided to be i'm
possible under any other circumstances,
and the directors refused to make this con-
cession to the carmen, even in the face of
losing their license to operate the line.
ia Cars Operated.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-One hun
dred and fourteen street cars were oper-
routes being the same as yesterday, except
that the Haight street line was extended
from 10th avenue to the Cliff House.
The United Railroads officials make no
secret of their intention to re-arm their
operatives if the lives of any of them are
sacrificed.
$4,000 for Strikers.
CHICAGO, May 15,-The Amalgamated
Street Railway Employees Union yesterday
pledged $4,000 to the striking street car
employees of San Francisco. Divisions 26O.
2I1, 264 and 3OS, the locals of the Chicago
street car employees, sent a telegram to
Richard Cornelius president of the San
Francisco division, notifying him of their
action.
Strikebreakers in Gotham.
NEW YORK, May 10. - One hundred
strikebreakers from New England were
brought to New York today and were
escorted by the police to the docks of the
Bush Terminal Company in South Brooklyn,
where they were set at work. The strikers
made no demonstration.
The White Star line steamer Majestic
sailed at her scheduled time today, and the
superintendent OF the docks said that she
carried full cargo.
One Italian strikebreaker was dragged
from street and beaten late last
night. but no disturbance occurred at the
docks this forenoon.
Wants Cancellation Board.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 1o.-Thomas Robb.
secretary of the Shipping Federation of
Montreal. has applied to the labor depart
ment for the appointment of a Cancellation
board to settle the longshoremen's strike
There is a general belief that the work in
which the longshoremen are engaged Is a
public utility, and therefore comes under
the LemieuX bill. The men have been noti-
fed to this effect