The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-21

hin every section of the city fol-
u lowed the attempt OF the PhiIa-
delphia rapid transit company to
operate its lines here today. Passen-
gers and crews were driven from cars
by infuriated mobs of strike sympa-
thizers, and in nearly every tn
stance the abandoned cars were
burned or otherwise destroyed At
nightfall every car was withdrawn
from service.
Two Women Are Shot
Stern measures were adopted by the
police to quell the disorders. Five per-
sons were arrested. charged with in
citing to riot. Two women and one
man were shot by stray bullets and
many injured people were taken to
hospitals
Mayor Rayburn tonight ordered Di-
rector of Police Clay to swear IN 5000
additional police and issue procIama-
tion enforcing the riot act.
The executive committee of the cen
trail labor union this afternoon pledged
both moral and financial assistance to
the strikers. They also decided to call
sympathetic strike of every union
man in the city in case the authorities
put into effect their threat to operate
the cars with policemen and fremen.
Mobs Stone Cars
In the morning cars were run on
every line with little difficulty, except
in the mill district of Kensington.
where cars were stoned by mobs. At
II o'clock transit company officials an
nouneed that cars were running on
their regular Sunday schedules. Short
ly afterward riots were reported from
scores of widely separated localities.
In the southern section a mob OF
boys drove a conductor and mOtorman
from their posts. and. after four
women passengers had left the car, set
1t on fire. The car following also was
stopped and being set on fire when
detachment of police and chemical
engine reached the scene.
In this same section Mary Devlin
aged 16 years. was shot in the leg when
effort to check the mob.
MObS Battle Police
In the usually quiet residence section
of West Philadelphia mobs for a time
bafled the police. Iron bars and stones
were piled on the tracks and several
cars were wrecked. Mounted police
were powerless to disperse the mobs
and a fire hose was brought into play.
Contradictory claims are made by
the opposing forces as to the number
of men on strike Leaders of the
amalgamated association of street and
electric railway employees say that
200 of the 1000 employees of the tran
sit company have left their cars. on
eials of the company say that $500 of
their employees are loyal and that reg
uIar service will be resumed at day
break tomorrow.
The importation of 175 strike break
ers from New York led TO an attack
on the barns and main offices of the
company this afternoon Windows
we're broken by the mob, which was
finally dispersed after S5 arrests had
been made
Young Girl Shot
The most seriously injured person
was g year old Viola Beaver. shot in
the abdomen by a stray bullet from a
poIieeman's revolver as she was step
ping from her house when mob was
attacking five cars in front of it,
George Feltsaup. a nurse. also was
struck by stray bullet when hasten
ing to a train. His condition is not
critical.
Transit officials say that 297 cars
were wrecked. two completely burned
and one partially burned today. Two
thousand. six hundred and eight car
windows were smashed.
Union leaders say they will force the
company to arbitrate. They charge
series of petty prosecutions been en-
deavoring to force the union to strike
and finally, by discharging a large num-
Der of union men. practically declared
lockout
Wonderful attention to details was
shown by those engaged in wrecking
and burning the cars. Before the car
was burned at Twenty-sixth and
Wharton streets. a freight car on a
nearby siding was forced across the
street to block the possible arrival of
fire engines. The pins were withdrawn
from the car wheels, and every pre-
caution was taken to prevent NOV
ing of the car after the torch had
been applied to the cotton waste with