The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-16
1000 TROOPS MOVE INTO ClTY'S
WHOLESALE DISTRICT AS ROWING
BANDS OF VANDALS ROAM STREETS
5000 Troops to Be on Duty
by NightfaII; Food Is
at Premium.
CITY KEEPS UP SPIRITS
Sporadic Violence Reported;
One Grocery Looted
During Night.
BB HitCd Press

During NlUlll.
By TnHcd Press
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.
To the accompaniment of
scattered guerilla warfare and
hoodlumism carried on by row.
ing bands of strikers and SYM
pathizerS, and with 1000 mi
litiamen on riot duty, San
Francisco carried on today de-
spite a paralyzing general
strike.
National guardsmen, mobil-
lied in the city during the
night, began moving into the
wholesale district today,
where business had been at a
standstill since Thursday.
They took over protection of an
area bounded by Sacramento, San
some and Jackson streets and the
Embarcadero, district about a
half-mil square.
The walkout became effective at 8
a. m. with an estimated 10000 men
on strike.
Vandals among the wandering
pickets broke numerous windows,
beat several persons, tipped over at
least two produce trucks, ane
worked much mischief.
But, apparently undaunted, Z !.
large mass of the population pU
its walking shoes and trudgedneli r
sidewalks and streets to business -
usual.
Gasoline Supplies Replenished
At the peak of the rush hour,
streets were crowded with a great
parade of pedestrians, while auto
mobiles, their gas supplies replen-
ished yesterday by visits to out-of-
town filling stations, whirled
through the thoroughfares.
People rode bicycles, and not a
few reSorted to roller skates.
The strike was thoroughly eff
fective, but the populace still had
its spirit, and San Francisco today
was far from the deserted city of
yesterday.
Most of the violence was in the
outlying districts. Last night there
was one food riot of serious pro-
portions when an angry crowd
wrecked a grocery and took away
$4,000 worth Of food.
In Hayward, an Oakland suburb,
Communist headquarters was
wrecked and the furniture burned.
One case of attempted sabotage
against the municipal railway was
discovered. A switch had been
thrown so as to cause derailment.
Numerous arrests were made.
No Street Cars Running
No street cars we're running. There
was no public transportation of any
kind Hundreds Of shops we're
closed-business was in confusion.
Meantime, public officials - the
mayor, the police commissioners and
others-issued stirring appeals to the
citizenry to stand by organized
government" and promised that the
rights and lives Of citizens" would
be protected.
There were indications that as
many as 5000 soldiers would be on
duty by night. At the hour the
strike became effective the One
hundred sixtieth regiment was being
modified in Los Angeles with or
ders to move toward San Francisco
before noon q p m. Indianapolis
time).
Never before in the city's history
had there been such scenes, save at
the time Of the great fire and earth
quake disaster of 1906. Crowds
thronged to the nineteen restau-
rants allowed to operate by permit
from the general strike committee.
Police feared food riots.
Printers Not on Strike
Long lines Of pedestrians trudged
their way through a light drizzle,
determined to reach their places
of employment.
The only large union not on strike
was the typographical union A new
contract, effective today, between
the typos and San Francisco pub
fishers, assured continued publica-
ton Of the city newspapers despite
the strike.
The typOgraphers last night voted
more than three to one to accept
the one-year agreement which re-
stored a previous 10 per cent SAL
airy cut and which also precluded
any participation in strikes.
Union stereotypers and pressmen
also decided to remain at work,
disregarding the general strike call.
Meanwhile, conveys Of motor
trucks, escorted by state highway
patrolmen, rumbled along highways
toward the San francisco bay re-
gion, bringing new supplies of food
to depleted markets. They moved
on orders Of Governor Merriam, who
promised nothing should stop the
delivery Of foodstuffs to the strike
area.
In the hours before dawn the
guardsmen began arriving. Troop
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