The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
THRONG OF 10000 HOLDS
MASS MEETING IN STREET
Overflow Gatherings i'm Three
Places Are Orderly and
Quiet

There were more than 10000 persons
in the pavilion. but there We're close to
10000 persons in the three overflow
meetings. One was held in Hamilton
square, one in front of the pavilion and
another in Steiner street near Post.
At the Hamilton square meeting were
fully 10000 people. The meeting at
Steiner and Post streets was close to
5000 and the crowd in front of the
pavilion numbered 1000 AS early as
Z o'clock the citizens were trying to
force their way into the already filled
pavilion. Announcement was made that
overflow meetings would be held in the
park and thousands who had been un-
able to gain admittance to the large
pavilion rushed around the corner and
into the park.
The best of order was kept by Cap
tain of Police Anderson and his men.
Forty uniformed patrolEnen. portion
block and kept the people moving.
Twelve detectives guarded the entrance
to the. pavilion and II policemen in
citizens clothes were stationed just
When the announcement that over
flow meetings would be held was made
more than 500 people attempted to force
themselves through the stage entrance
of the National .theater, thinking that
1t was a back door to the pavilion.
John W. Sweeney. president of the
San Francisco labor council, opened the
meeting in Hamilton square He ad-
vised that the crowd control themselves
and that they assist in preserving law
and order He said:
Riot has no chance here; we want
to show the world that we are a peace
ful community and that we can take
care of ourselves in a condition such
as this. Graft must be stamped ont
in this city and there is one way to
do it. You know how. Do your duty .
Chester Rowell of Fresno followed
Sweeney and in his speech he advised
the citizens to quit taking the papers
that We're supporting graft and to
Follow the crowd" In the meantime
another overflow meeting had started
at Steiner and Post streets.
Thomas Hayden. Sidney NJ. Van Wyck
and @. K. Gushing addressed a gather
ing of fully 5000. Cheers from thou
sands of throats greeted the speakers
as they denounced the cowardly act of
Morris Haas.
Suddenly District Attorney William
H. Langdon appeared at the entrance
to the pavilion. The crowd rushed to-
ward the doors in an effort to get
closer to the speaker. Cheers upon
cheers greeted him as he commenced
to speak. A touch of pathos was
brought into the district attorney S
speech when he mentioned the name
of Francis J. Heney.
Rev William RAIDER. Prof. George II.
Boke. Rudolph Spreckels. Barclay Hen
ley, John NJ. Ryan, James ID. Phelan.
Robert Il. Mann. Rev. j. S. Thomas and
Walter Macarthur appeared in turn and
addressed the throng.
IT seemed that the crowd could not
get enough. When the words "Pur-
chasable Press were spoken a roar
of Kisses arose from the mass. Cheers
greeted the announcement that Heney' S
assassin had killed himself. Macarthur.
in his address to the crowd in front
of the pavilion. said:
The situation that has gathered the
people here tonight was one to deter
mine the ability of the people to gov
ern. and in spite of the impression that
has gone forth through the misrepre-
sentation of the press we are going
to maintain to the world that we are
Fable to bring the fight against corrup-
tion to a successful conclusion.
Il call upon YOU citizens to give your
enemies the lie. that you are not in
terested in the prosecution of the graft
ers. but let us demand between God and
man that the law shall take its course
and that the guilty shall be condemned
AN assassin's hand has struck the
greatest champion that the city has
ever had The shot has echoed TO the
remotest parts of the world and will
surely cry for better order of gov
ernment-
Let US bless the happy accident. if
may use such term, that has
brought about such Capitalization of
effort to place the guilty in felon's
cell