Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-08
MANY WERE SHOT
IN STREET RIOTS
Strike Breakers in Uniform Fire on
Mob in Frisco Which Tries to Pre-
vent Running of Cars.

action be taken until some general ar
| rangement is concluded.
Eight Men Shot.
Many men were shot, several Of them IA
tally, in riot between strikers and their
sympathizers and strikebreakers, In the
uniform OF car inspectors, In Turk street,
yesterday afternoon. The shooting was
done by the strikebreakers from the win
dows OF the cars after volleys of stones
the framework of each car.
Among the wounded are a policeman and
detective Bell. They are believed to have
been shot by bullets meant for the mob.
many In the crowd are believed to have
got slight wounds, while hardly q man
OF the strikebreakers who went out with
the car escaped being hit by the strikers
missiles Many police reserves were called
out and with clubs and drawn reyolyers
chased and dispersed the mob.
Inc ARRAY was the outcome of the first
attempt of the United railroads to run pas
senger cars out Of their Turk and Fillmore
street barns. A reporter who rode on horse
back behind the seven cars saw four men
shot from the car windows. The first shot
was fired at Turk and Buchanan streets
by guard on the rear platform Of the first
car. The bullet struck a man in the arm
The shot was not fired until most OF the
windows Of the car had been smashed with
stones. several Of which had struck
The shot aroused the mob to frenzv. Paw
ing stones and other distractions were
cast on the track and the car was brought
to standstill at the next cross street
Hurting any missiles that came easiest to
nand, curs1ng and screaming for the lives
of the strikebreakers. hundreds Of men
and boys surrounded the cars
Fusillade Into Crowd.
A fusillade Of shots drove the crowd back.
The tracks were clear and the car pro-
ceeded. followed a block behind by two
others. The shots appraised the main crowd
at Fillmore and Webster streets that bat
tie was on, and more than one thousand
men and boys came running down Turk
street In pursuit of the strike breakers
who, standing to their posts, shot again and
again into the crowds as repeated showers
OF stones struck them,
At Van Ness avenue youth Of perhaps
twenty was shot through the lungs. He
pitched forward into the street, whence he
was lifted and thrown onto a mattress in
a furniture van. He was hurried to the
Emergency Hospital.
The mob, checked but not dismayed by
the bullets, kept up its pursuit of the slow
ly moving cars. stoning them and cursing
the guards.
Just beyond Van Ness avenue the first
squad of police arrived in a patrol wagon.
The mob stoned them, too. but presently
desisted on being implored by union pick
cts, who shouted frantically, Boys, don't
hit the cops; they are our friends"
They called on the officers to arrest the
dozen or more guards on the first three
cars Few of the policemen drew their
clubs. They tried to persuade the mad
dened men and boys to dispense, but with
out effect. One union man who was loudest
In denunciation Of strike breakers threw
on his coat, raised his arms and wildly
offered himself as a sacrifice to the bullets
of the guards. At Turk and Hyde streets,
three blocks east of Van Ness avenue, the
guards again turned their weapons on the
following crowd. In the fusillade police
man was shot In TIE back, presumably by
accident. None of ~ strikers or their
sympathizers exhibited \ pistol or used
weapons other than stones and bricks
From Webster street as fr as Franklin
garbage cans were taken 2rom the curb
and their contents thrown at the guards
Guards Are Arrested.
The first two cars succeeded in getting
as far as Market street, where officers
from the central police station arrested
the. guards. Under what charges the
guards were booked the police refuse to
say.
Second and third relief squads from the
central police station, under Capts Scott
and Duke, raced out Turk street in car
riages and automobiles. Capt. Scott was
the first officer observed to use actual force.
Leaping from his buggy, he drew his club
and struck right and left After he had
I Rn1ek hsaao GOWN w four or FIVE rioters the
with raised club he tripped over a paving
stone and fell headlong. At this the mob
set up a shout of delight and missiles Of
all sorts were hurled at the PROSTATE man.
He picked himself up and gave chase
Capt. Duke followed Capt. Scott's tactics
and. with half dozen burly policemen
beat back and scattered the crowd, which
retreated jeering toward the car barns at
Turk and Fillmore streets
competent observers of the rfotinR ex-
pressed the opinion that the tragic hap
NOR inc prfcyhf hax H..
averted II an adequate police force had
been on hand and If the police had NOT
hesitated to use force.
All of the wounded men were removed to
the Emergency Hospital.
First Effort Failure.
The first riot and bloodshed of the car
strike occurred shortly before noon YES
terday when an attempt was made to run
big freight car, manned by four inspect
ors. out Of the barns at Turk and Fillmore
streets. Three thousand men and bows
packed themselves In front of the car and
howled jeers al Inspector A. F. Drohman
who was at the controller. The car, how
ever, moved slowly forward, and then
shower Of stones and brickbats was thrown
at it. The boarded up windows were
smashed. Drohman was struck on the
chest by the stones. but he stuck to his
post. The policemen made no serious at
tempt to protect the car or clear the streets
The car proceeded half block, when the
missiles became so thick that Drohman had
to take refuge inside. His place was taken
by Inspector J. B. C. Cummins. stone
struck Cummins in the jaw, but though
blood dripped from his face he stayed by
the controller. but made no effort to run
the car. Union pickets went among the
mob, imploring them not to throw stones
They were jeered.
Finally Superintendent Jones took the
controller and started the car back to the
barns. This move was greeted with tre-
mendous cheers and the throwing up of
hats.