Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-21
RIOTERS OF FRISCO
INCLUDE WIDOW Of
ANARCHIST PARSONS
Five Held in Jail on Charge Of
lnciting Disturbances ON
Streets.
UNEMPLOYED INVOLVED
&
Three Persons Are Hurt in Fights
Which Take Place When Attempt
Is Made to Arrest Leaders.
UNEMPLOYED" INVOLVED
[uNITrD PRESS LEASED w1Ra.l


San Francisco, Jan. 21.-Five more
prisoners were in Jail here today on
riot charges growing out Of the local
unemployment situation.
They were Mrs. Lucy Parsons, whose
husband was hanged in Chicago years
ago on a charge of participation in
Chicago's famous Haymarket riot; John
Sloan, Howard Sharp, William Delhanty
and Charles Monestiel.
Mrs. Parsons was arranged before
Police Judge Sullivan this forenoon
charged with rioting, the charge was
dimissed, she was re.arrested on
charge of rioting and her case was set
for Thursday. Similar action was TAX.
en- in sloan's case. Sharp, Delhanty
and Monesteil were held for disturbing
the peace.
Three persons were hurt in the fight.
ing which accompanied the arrests.
They were;
Lulu B. Wightman, knocked from
soap box speaking platform and severe
ly bruised.
Wilbur Davis, cut on the head by a
policeman club.
George Brewer, head bruised by a
policeman club.
Property damage consisted Of a nun.
ber Of store windows being broken by
stones or clubs thrown from the crowd.
Circular Distributed.
The disturbance had its origin in q
circular scattered freely about the city
yesterday the following effect:
"All those who wish to protest
against the highhanded and outrageous
methods of the police force Of San
Francisco in railroading to prison viii.
liam Thorn, Gus Meyers, Bus Bradigan,
Pedro Cudero and II. Finley, thus at.
tempting to overawe the unemployed,
come to Jefferson square hall Tuesday
evening, January 90.
The police did not approve Of the
circulars tone and when Mrs Parsons
and a number Of others arrived early in
the evening at the hall, which a mum.
ber Of women in radical circles hired
= recently for such meetings, a squad Of
bluecoats elected them
A crowd quickly gathered outside
however and Mrs. Parsons attempted
to make q speech from the curb. Ac'
cording to the police, she urged an at
tack on thrn. Many Of those in the
, crowd denied this At any rate she
had spoken but few words before she
was arrested
"The constitution guarantees the
right Of free assemblage, ''she said, anC
, was also arrested.
9 scuffle Starts.
' Seeing 1t impossible TO hold meet
I ing there, the crowd surged away II
the direction Of Fillmore street, thu
police following, on foot, on horseback
8 and in automobiles. At Post and FL
T. more streets Miss Wightmau, who wa
making a speech, offered her soap boz
to whoever wanted IL. The police In
u terefered again, however, aud II wa
/ in the ensuing scuffle that Miss Wight
8 man was thrown down
3 BY this time the crowd numbered sey
eral thousand and q genuine riot was b
!, progress. The police kept the crowd o
the move, however and II poured dow
Fillmore street and Golden Gate ayenu
J to Market, smashing windows here an
there, singing revolutionary songs, an
shouting "ffee speech and free a
ID semblage" and thunderously inyitin
in everyone to come and hear how Chic
w Of Police White had broken up pul
o. lie meeting.
Is. Police Quit Interference.
ly Az Grant avenue and Market stre
meeting was already in progress.
was quickly swallowed up in q
greater crowd, fresh speakers mount'
the platform, and for an hour the p