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2 STRIKE BEEAKEES SHOOT DOWN SCOEES ( CeatlßneA from Pure One., Sheriff O'Neill and to this the latter replied that he had been in formed by Schmitz that the latter had considered the police force competent to cope with the situation. The sheriff added that he is not authorized to appoint special d/puties, but that his office, would hold itself in readiness to assist the police in any way it could. President Calhoun's Statement Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, tonight issued the following: "To the people of San Francisco: "The time has arrived for the enforcement of law and order. The humblest citizen in this community has a right to work. The issue has been squarely raised: "Shall striking ex-employes, their friends and sympathizers, paralyze by force and violence your street railway service? Shall mob violence rule, or shall law be enforced? Shall individual lib erty be preserved? "When the United Railroads attempted to resume the operation of its cars today its employes were assailed by a fierce and violent mob; dangerous rioting ensued; many men were injured. I appeal to you to preserve the peace. My company will spare no effort to resume lawfully and peaceably the operation of its cars, but it will not be driven to compromise with wrong and it will fearlessly de fend its rights. The issue rests with you." SCORES OF PERSONS WOUNDED DURING AFTERNOON RIOTS By Associated Press. '■'< SAN FRANCISCO. May 7.— The strike of the 1700 union motormen and conductors of the United Railroads de veloped this afternoon into a riot in Which more than a score of persons •were severely, some fatally wounded and many mothers injured to a lesser :\: \: \ extent. ■"* , At 2:30 o'clock the company made its flnt attempt to resume the operation of its system by sending out seven pas senger cars manned by between thirty and forty strike breakers wearing the uniform of car Ispectors. each carry- l 1 Ing a thirty-eight caliber revolver strapped around his waist outside of Bis coat. : " The 'start was made from the com -.-pany's barns at Turk and Fillmore streets, where a crowd, variously es timated at from 3000 to 5000 men and boys, was congregated. Twenty-seven policemen, : five mounted officers and '. : several sergeants, under the command j of Captain Mooaey. were on patrol |MfC Th« appearance of the ears on Fill more street, from irhish they were switched tat» Turk street, was the sig nal for an tames*? outburst of jeers and hamts. Before the oars had gone «■* block they wetv wade the targets ...... . and - ricis ■■;■.-!»'* tew- moments (every pane of ejtess toad tiff .a ?r-'> v^^ and several of the ins*s c-7>fritiT*s, had been triirfc. «sat amd fersssed. At Turk and ! Barfca— I screen s an ! es-peci&Hr fierce Mttcfc was made on the foremost car. A. guard on the rear platform answered , the flying stones with a pitol shot. The bullet struck one of the union sym pathizers In the arm. ■ ; -.-. . • This happening .transformed the crowds into a wild mob and for twelve blocks a pitched battle was fought, the strikers and their friends, aided by hundreds of youthful hoodlums, keep ing up a running shower of missiles. The guards on board the cars responded with fusillade after fusillade of pistol snots. Eight men received bullet wounds, some of which will prove fatal, among those thus injured being a de tective sergeant and a patrolman. ' i Revolver Fire Opened Up Finally a dozen or more of the guards were taken under arrest by squads of reserves from the central station and a union crowd boarded the rearmost car and started It back to , the barns. Ar riving there the strikers charged and a revolver fire was opened on them from the barns. •> - . ■ : • •' •• : " In this encounter several more men were shot. A non-union man threw , the switch at the corner of Turk and Fillmore and the. derailed car shot into the sidewalk,. maiming two men whose names have not been learned. In the stampede that followed here scores of women and children on the outskirts of the mob in Fillmore street were hurled to the pavement and trampled upon. The appearance of relief squads to ; reinforce Captain Mooney's men re sulted about 4:30 o'clock in par tially dispersing the crowd. A cur rent rumor has it that Superintendent Chapman, who spent the forenoon and early, aft moon at the Filmore street barns, was seen about five o'clock ; driving rapidly away on Golden Gate avenue in an automobile that was | dashed with blood. There is as yet I no confirmation of the rumor that Mr. Chapman was wounded. j At the central emergency hospital at Golden Gate avenue and Gough street 1* . gathered, a. large crowd of union men and- their friends, waiting eagerly | for | the messages that drift out from -moment to moment from the bedside I of their wounded companions. ' . . .Reserves C»!<ed Out ■ ": Practically all of the reserve officers . at*, th* ' various precinct stations have the neighborhood of Fillmore patrolling the neighborhood of Fillmore and Turk streets, where there is the. greatest congestion. It has not yet been learn ] ed ..whether tho company proposes to I itiake. a seednd attempt to run cars ■ tonight, but the general belief Is that because of this afternoon's tragic hap ■■ penings further . effort to resume op ' eration of the system will be withheld until tin officials of the company find that the police are in a position to af ford protection to property and life. The bloody events of the afternoon were preceded by a less serious clash -'"at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, when a freight car, manned by five Inspectors "•^ and ■ barn » Superintendent Jones; was run out of th« .yard at Turk and Fill- J more streets and operated for half a ■X Wock. '" The : crowds showered the car with brickbats arid stones and slightly injured two of tho inspectors. Finally j3j 3 all : attempt ■to operate the car. was given up and It was -run back to the yard* • by < Jones himself with union men '. swarming on the platforms and joining :In . the cheers that were sent •up by th« mob. ■ . ■ • , >' •. ;,*"; ,*"; ,*" -In both the < morning and afternoon battles the throwing of missiles Joined: in by strikers and strike sym pathisers. Both forenoon and after noon scores of union pickets pleaded with the mob not to use violence, but ' wer* -'Jeered- for ' their - pains. • Even ' ally '&„ few of > the pickets themselves V took 'li hand in the hurling of atones '■f Alt {pickets:-, were distinguished by a milk ribbon badge which they wore on their coata GUARDS SHOOT DOWN MANY INNOCENT MEN DURING STREET RIOTS By Associated Press. • • " SAN FRANCISCO. May 7.— An As sociated Press representative who rode on horseback- behind the. string of cars this afternoon saw four men shot from the glassless windows. The . first shot was fired at the Intersection of Turk and Buchanan treets by a guard on the rear platform of the car that head ed the string of seven. The bullet struck- a young man standing on the curb and inflicted a flesh wound In his arm. The shot was not fired until most of the windows of the car . had been smashed with stones, several of which had struck and severely bruised some of the » guards on board. The shooting of. this man roused ,4he mob to a pitch i of frenzy. '. Pavine stones and other obstructions were cast on the track and In that way the car was brought to a standstill a block farther on. Hurling any missile that came eas iest to hand, cursing and screaming for the lives of the strikebreakers, hundreds of men and boys surrounded the car. In a moment a fusillade of shots rang out and the crowd fell back in fear. The obstructions were cleared away and the car proceeded, followed a block behind by two others. The second of the shots apprised the main crowd in the neighborhood ' of Fillmore and Webster streets that a battle was on and more than a thou sand men and boys came running down Turk street in pursuit of the strike breakers, yho. standing to their posts. shot a«ain and again into the crowds indiscrtidnately. as repeated showers •at stones struck and injured _tjiem. . i Youth Shot Down I At Van Ness avenue a youth of per haps 20 was shot' through the lungs. He pitched forward into the street, whence he was lifted and thrown on J to a mattress in a furniture van. He was hurried to the emergency hos pital at Golden Gate avenue and Gough street. • Still the mob, checked but not dismayed by the rain of bul lets, kept up a running pursuit of the slowly moving cars, stoning- them and cursing their guards. Just beyond Van Ness avenue the first relief squad of police arrived in a patrol wagon. The mob stoned them too, but presently desisted on being implored by union pickets, who shout ed frantically: "Boys, don't hit the cops; they are our friends."' The mob called on the officers to arrest the i dozen or more guards on the first three cars. Very few of the policemen drew their clubs. They tried to persuade the maddened- men and boys to disperse, but without ef fect. One union man who was loudest in denunciation of the strikebreakers, created a dramatic scene. 'While the smoke from the emptied pistols of the guards still hung about the shattered cars he threw oft his coat, raised his arms and wildly offered himself a sac rifice to their bullets. At Turk and Hyde streets, three blocks east of Van Ness avenue, the guards again turned loose their weapons on the crowd. In the fusil lade a policeman was shot in the back, presumably by accident. None of the strikers or their sympathizers exhib ited a pistol or used weapons other than stones and bricks. Along the line of skirmish, from Webster street as far as Franklin, garbage cans . were taken from the curb and their con tents thrown at the guards. The first two cars succeeded in get ting as far as Market street, where officers from the central police station ln Eddy street arrested the guards and took them to headquarters, where they were booked — under what charge the police refuse, to say. . Second and third relief squads from the central station under command of Captains - Scott and Duke | raced out Turk street in carriages and automo biles. Captain Scott was the first of ficer observed to use actual force in the attempt to disperse. the crazed mob. Leaping from his buggy he drew his flub and struck right and left. After he had knocked down four or five of the strikers and their sympathizers the salutary effect of his manner of treat ment became apparent. The mob broke and began to run. As Scott pursued them with raised club he tripped over a paving stone and fell headlong in the street. At this the mob set up a shout of delight, and missiles ■of • all Borts were hurled at the prostrate man. He picked himself up and gave chase. Captain Duke, arriving a few minutes later, followed Captain Scott's tactics and with half a dozen burly policemen beat back and " scattered the crowd, which retreated, jeering, toward the car barns at Turk and Fillmpre streets. Competent : observers > of . the < rioting expressed freely the opinion that the tragic happenings of the , afternoon might have ' been In large j measure averted If an adeqnate police force had been on hand and if 'the police had not. hesitated to usa force in j opposing violence. . . I . ■ •'■." i All of the wounded men were re moved to the emergency hospital. MAYOR SCHMITZ SAYS POLICE CAN HANDLE ALL RIOTS THAT OCCUR SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. —In a statement made to the Associated Press tonight, Mayor Schmltz aatd: "The deplorable occurrence of this LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 8, 1907. afternoon was-Snot a general riot and there is no necessity for calling out troops. The police are amply able to handle the situation and I shall see that they do it. Tho fight today be tween the strike breakers and the striking carmen and their sympathiz ers was absolutely unexpected. On two previous occasions when the street car men went on strike there was no vio lence and none was anticipated today. This time, however, tho temper of the people seems to have been different and the conditions were different. "I suppose it was to have been ex pected that the first attempt to run cars would cause some trouble, but no one anticipated anything like what happened today. I have ordered the chief of police to swear In more of ficers If ho finds it necessary. I have also ordered him to arrest anybody carrying arms, concealed or otherwise. The men who go out on the cars will not be permitted to carry weapons. That Is the best way to maintain peace." Mayor Schmitz tonight Issued the following proclamation: "On account of tho Industrial dis turbances that exist In tho city all of those who have no business on the streets are requested to remain at home. All persons having business necessitating their presence on the streets are directed to keep moving about their business and not to con gregate. "Those who are now out on strike are earnestly requested to maintain the dignity of labor by discountenanc ing any acts of violence on the part of the sympathizers. The peace must be and will be preserved at any hazard. "All fair minded citizens are request ed to aid in keeping the peace, which means so much to our community. No tice is hereby given that any acts of violence or any breaches of tho peace will be severely dealt with. "E. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor." Copies of the proclamation were dis tributed throughout the city by the po lice and It will be published in the morning papers. POLICE ARE UNABLE TO KEEP THE STREET CROWDS MOVING ON By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO. May 7.— The utter Inadequacy of the squad of ten police men to cope with a mob of 3000 riotous men and boys was recognized at noon In police circles. At 1 o'clock Captain Mooney arrived at Turk and Fillmore streets with twenty-seven additional reserve patrolmen and five mounted officers from five precincts. He Issued orders that the crowd be driven back so as to clear Turk street from Fillmore to Webster and that this block be kept clear. The order was carried out twenty minutes later with considerable difficulty. The crowd, driven to bay, formed a vast hollow square at Turk and Webster and was kept pressed back by the mounted police. The ugly spirit of the strikers and sympathisers hundreds of the latter being mere boys— was shown In an assault on mounted officer J. D. Mann. Without warning a stone flew from back in the crowd and struck him in the face, laying open his cheek. Though stunned by the blow he kept his saddle and a moment later saw O. Rudolfo. a member of the teamsters union, hurl a jagged piece of brick at him. He dashed Into the crowd, which scattered right and left, and gave chase. Rudolfo fled as far as Eddy street, where he was overtaken by Officer Mann, who jumped from his horse and downed his assailant. Rudolfo put up an ugly fight and Mann drew his club and pistol, with which he subdued his prisoner, while thousands jeered and hooted. Rudolfo was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. In his pocket when he was searched was found a jagged ball of concrete, evidently intended to be used as a missile. CHINESE AT WAR WITH RUSSIANS STEERAGE PASSENGERS IN A FIERCE MIXUP Captain of British Steamer Maori King Puts in at San Diego — Immigra- tion Officials Guard the Vessel By Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, May 7.— With 921 Chi nese Bteerage passengers at war with 212 Russian steerage passengers, all on their way from Vladivostok and Shang hai to Mazatlan and Guaymas, the British steamer Moarl King put In here today in distress and is now lying at quarantine guarded by immigration and customs officials while waiting a settlement of the case. Captain Duncan, who sighted the pier at Coronado, thought he could land there and got into shoal water before he knew what he was doing. The sea was calm, but the tide was falling and the first report was that he was aground. He narrowly missed it, however, and finally got inside at noon to report his condition at quar antine. Trouble began soon after the steamer left Shanghai and war ensued between the Chinese and Le Sun Lni, the Im migration contractor, and the steerage passengers, who threatened to take the ship and run It back to China. The trouble was quieted finally, but broke out again when a boxer stabbed a coolie. This was hardly settled be fore more trouble of one kind or an other followed and on Friday last one of the Russians struck a Chinaman and laid his head open. The 900 Chinese attacked the 200 Rus sians and before they could be sep arated fourteen men were wounded. Captain Duncan Is hoping to get some sort of a guard on board to help him on the rest of his journey. He is working through British Consul Hitch cock. Tonight arrangements are made for quelling any further rioting on board the Maori King. The vessel has moved up from quarantine and anchored near Hit- Bpreckels wharf. A guard of six or right men has been taken on board from this city. The members of the guard are naval reserves, '.but are acting merely as cit izens and ■ not 'as , members of • the militia. In > the event of trouble ; the raptain of the Maori King will sound four : blasts on the | steamer's whistle as notice that help Is ' needed. "• Mayor Forward, in case rioting On the vessel is renewed, is prepared, to ask Gov ernor • Gillett, who in now in Los An geles, to call out the militia. ■ •.«;. - -.1 ■« . » 1 ■ Everything you" want you will find In the • classified page— a modern encyclo pedia, one cent a word. You're Always 1 x/I JL B v^.- v " ' /vi VV d^%* -\ kly Well Dressed in m m » m W^^ mt^^ B H Mr I H^^^^^ K~~ A Huh \*C ** - V/w ■ " Ready- an d - 4 gjflfe I \t/CLvJ. V Cll lv Wm^SSmmi T~^v • <| 1> ' Tshe New Idea V^fcJf Ra\ iVlclllL Clothing • . , •'Qw|^ffiHSM| km Sj«*i Kb— ■ No matter how long you wear a "Ready-and-Rlßht" suit li pos- jßjjmj BhUHP** "I scsses good style — can you say the same of others you have worn ? ii!^ffvlf%p%MHl|lßp/ ,'. 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