The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC—-NO. 90 Call, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1901. e PRICE FIVE CENTS. , HUNDREDS OF STRIKERS IN A FRENZIED MOB { SPECIAL BOERS SHOOT | BRITONS AFTER S{RRENDER Sworn Evidence That the | Burghers Killed Prisoners, War Office Tells Kitchener | to Warn Offenders That Death Is the Penalty. dispatch from ght to tt that on June | New South es Harvey and after surrendering I have forwarded | ments.” The War Office has telegraphed to Lord Zollows: u have not yet re- assurances respecting r of our wounded at Vlakfon- | he occurrences referred | 10 in your telegram of August %, we are vou should notify by members of h an outrage is and present on | whether | any captured beer ymmitted > deed or nof er of the commando will be | that the punished with death or | degree of com- | and other MINE WALL COLLAPSES AND MEN ARE KILLED Three Lives Crushed Out in a Disas- | King Solomon | ter on Mountain. SILVERTON, Colo., Aug. 28.—A cave-in occurred in the fifth level of the North | Star mine on King Solomon Mountain to- | burying four men who were engaged retimbering the shaft at the ti e. Three of the men were crushed to death, the fourth, T. J. McCormick, escaping without serfous inju The dead are THOMAS HODGE, aged 43, married. EDGAR TRESSIGER. GUS CONRAD. The North Star, which is the highest mine being worked in the United States, is operated by the Smuggler-Union Com- peny, the latter being owned by Boston and New York capitalists ——— WIRELESS MESSAGES FROM A LINER AT SEA Approach of the Steamship Deutsch- land Enown Long Before She Is Sighted. NEW YORK, Aug. 28, Herald’s Observ- ation Station, Nantucket lightship, Aug. 28 (by Marconi system of wireless telegra- phy).—When 200 miles east of Sandy Hook and speeding on her course for New York, the Hamburg-American liner Deutschland was spoken from the Herald's wireless telegraph station on the lightship this af- ternoon. For several hours wireless sig- | nals flashed between her and the light- £hip, telliag the story of her voyage from Hamburg. The Deutschland passed the iightship at 5:30 o’clock. It was about 4 o'clock when she signaled the lightship. She was then far to the eastward of the station and no visible sign had told of her coming. “This is the Deutschland,” came the message. “Dslightful trip. Dally runs 432, 562, 572, 572 and 578 miles. Please re- port me to my agent.” Communication with the liner was main- tained until she was forty miles to the westward of here, but still several hours away from Sandy Hook. Among those sboard the Deutschland was Tod Sloan, the jockey. THEy STOPPED THROWING CoBBLE. STONES AT THIS | hina | ma HOLD SIXTH STREET IN A REIGN OF TERROR+ = e ) Government Laborers Are Attacked by Angry Mob. Unequal Battle Ends With the Arrival of Police. IGHT non-union men, thres of whom were ex-soldiers, were at- tacked by a crowd of men sup- posed to be members of the unions out on strike, at the cor- ner of Steuart and Market streets shortly after 11 o'clock last night, and but for the presence of police officers in the immediate vicinity they would have been badly beaten if not killed. As it was three of them had to go to the Harbor Hospital to have their wounds dressed. The men who were attacked are em- ployed at the transport dock loading flour on one of the transports. They were be- in the work and were kept over- time. They quit work at 10 p. m., and knowing that it was dangerous to walk the front alone they left the dock to- gether. They were not molested as they pro- ceeded along E: street, though there were a number of strikers standing or sitting in the doorway The eight men walked at a rapid t and did not feel safe until after they had turned into Mar- ket street Once on that thoroughfare they feit that they were free from danger of at- tack. and consequence were not pre- pared for the rush that met them as they started to cross Steuart street. in e non-unfon men were surrounded in a moment by fully fifty men, who darted from the darkness of Steuart street, and without uttering a even of derision, started to hammer them unmercifully. The employes of the Government fought back as best they could, but the number against them too great. The to stay for a time, cry, was a together | 2nd thus saved themselves- from being knocked down and trampled upon. Blows were showered upon them from every di- rection, but most of them landed upon their shoulders and arms. The attacking party had carefully plan- ned the attack, for it made no nolse There was no yelling or shouting from the attackers, and the men who were at- tacked were too b warding off the blows to think of yelling for help. The crowd surged backward and for- ward on the street, and it was not until the unequal contest had been In progress for several minutes that the strikers suc- ceeded in separating the crowd of eight. Five of the men who broke away from their comrades, and by punching, kicking and shoving right and left got through the crowd and dashed up Market street. The three who were left behind were having a hard time of it when Policemen Edna and McGowan reached them. The sight of the regular officers run- ning swiftly, armed with their wicked- looking riot clubs, frightened the mob, for the men started to run and in a very few moments there was not one but the three non-union men and the officers left at Steuart and Market streets. The patrol wagon was summoned and the injured men, escorted by the officers, were taken to the hospital, where their wounds, which consisted principally of contusions on the face and head, were dressed. The men who were injured in the battle were J. A. Hall of 2325 Greenwich street, Joseph Gomez of 3 Chatham place and Joseph Strong of 2905 Baker street. After having their wounds dressed they were escorted to the California-street cars by the police. Continued on Page Three. were assaulted | I % | \ DAY AFTERNOON. NON-UNION TEAMSTER CHASED BY FIVE HUNDRED INFURIATED STRIKERS ON SIXTH STREET YESTER- RIOTING CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED, NONE OF WHICH TOOK EFFECT. THE POLICE FINALLY DISPERSED THE MOB. | Striking Teamsters Go on the Warpath, and in Their Attack A L Upon | Non-Union Drivers and Special Policemen Pistols Pop and | Rocks Fly and a Whole Neighborhood Is Terrified. 1 HE flame of resentment, smol- | dering since the commencement of the present labor troubles, ‘ against the employment of po- | lice-protected non-union team- | sters, burst into a blaze yester- | aay afternoon and for three hours the | pent-np passions of the strikers were | given free play. For three hours one of ! the mo; populated sectiors of the in the hands of a mob, police were comparatively helpless. Guns were displayed with the legendary | freedom of the wild frontier times, shots were fired and bullets and rocks ricochet- ed hither and thither with alarming fre- anency and in every direction. The lcaders in this outburst from the 1estraint of weeks were for the most part striking teamsters. ‘The active par- ticipants in the attack or series of at- tacks on special officers and non-union teamsters numbered about 500.° This umber was augmented by a crowd of ! over 5000 spectators apparently more or less in sympathy with the excited strik- ers. The restraints placed upon the men by their leaders in the strike movement were entirely forgotten for the while. Women and children huddled in the shelter of doorways fearful for their lives, and tradesmen watching the rising and.falling of the mob's fighting temperature heaved sighs of relief when the police managed finally to clear the streets. Twelve or fifteen shots were fired, but, as far as could be learned last night, without fatality. Forty or fifty times during the three hours pistols were dis- played, and only the fact of the display serving the purpose and making the mob cease its bombardment of rocks saved the firing of many more shots and a large sacrifice of life. The trouble started soon after 4 o’clock. The police did not reach the scene until some time after, and it was not until nearly 7 o'clock that the officers were able to make a clean sweep of the crowd and leave the district in its normal quiet: CROWD FROM BALL GAME IN FRENZY OF PASSION The close of the baseball game at the Eighth and Harrison street grounds for the benefit of the union teamsters seemed to be the signal to the strikers for a don- ning of warpaint. They took to the war- path with a rush and for several hours | eity The | | | | | ket at a rapid rate. terror ruled in the district from the ball grounds fo Sixth street and from Sixth stre=t to. Market. The police did not arrive until the mob had worked itself iinito a frenzy of pas- slon and even after the officers had in a measure got the crowds under control showers of rocks were hurled at the heads of special policemen and non-union team- sters Revolvers were freely exhibited and but for the fact that the men responsible for throwing the stones took care to be safe- 1y’ ambuscaded behind throngs of fright- ened women and children there is little doubt that the list of casualties would have reaehed formidable dimensions. In the district of the rioting business was suspended. Every window on both sides of Sixth street was filled with spec- tators. = Determined-looking men moved in frantic rushes from end to end of the scene of disorder, while storekeepers stood at the entrance of their places of business ready to close up their doors if the trouble reached the proportions it several times threatened. About 4:30 o'clock, just after the close of the teamsters’ benefit baseball game, a crowd of teamsters returning from the ball grounds encountered a Farnsworth & Ruggles dray. The driver was a non- union teamster named McLaughlin. Percy Ashcroft was the special officer riding be- side him as a protector. The cry of “‘Scab! kill the scab!” was taken up by a hundred voices as a crowd of striking teamsters made a rush for the dray. McLaughlin whipped up his horses and drove along Sixth street toward Mar- His pursuers, re- inforced as they went along, overtook and surrounded the dray. An attempt was made to cut the lines, but the Kknife, wielded in excitement, inflicted a serious stab in the shoulder of the off horse. SPECIAL OFFICER FIRES INTO MOB OF STRIKERS Special Officer Ashcroft, telling Mec- Laughlin to whip up his team again, fired a shot into the crowd. The mob opened up and the dray continued its fiight along Sixth street. Between Howard and Mis- sion the near horse slipped and fell, and before either Ashcroft or McLaughlin had time to make any attempt to get the ani- mal on his feet again the crowd was upon them. Firing another shot, Ashcroft leaped to the ground, followed by Mec- Laughlin. The latter ran up Sixth street and took refuge in Sorensen’s jew- elry store, whence he made a lucky es- cape. Asheroft followed more leisurely, hold- ing the crowd at bay with his revolver. He had occasion to fire once more, when near Market street, and during the halt of his pursuers, which followed the shot, he was able to reach the two policemenr who later escorted him safely to the Hall of Justice. McLaughlin, the driver, stampeded by the. mob, tore along Sixth street with a horde of infuriated strikers at his heels. There was not a policeman in sight, but an open door at No. 103 looked a promis- ing refuge and over the threshold the hunted man jumped, his howling pursuers at his heels. The haven he had selected was Sorensen’'s jewelry store. At the rear end is a dark room used by Soren- sen for testing the eyes of customers for gpectacles. There is no rear exit to this chamber, but into it dashed the strikers’ quarry and after him piled the man- hunters. Under ordinary circumstances the refuge selected- by the teamster would have been a trap. In this case, however, it proved a lucky choice. In the darkness it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe, hunter from quarry, and watch- ing his chance the non-union man slipped through the crowd in the dark room, through the howling mob which by this time filled the store, and out to the side- walk, where he soon got beyond reach of his pursuers. STRIKERS PUMMEL EACH OTHER IN DARK ROOM The strikers in the dark room hammered each other for fully five minutes before they discovered that their prey had given them the slip. When they reached the street again their man had disappeared. There were other non-union men, how- ever, and the appearance of one was the signal for a rush, a shower of stones, an unwilling dispersal under police pressure and then a wa’, which was never long, for another victim. The crowd did considerable damage to a showcase in Sorensen’s store, but the owner seemed too glad to get his place of business cleared. to worry much about the broken glass and mussed-up stock. The special policemen on duty as guards for the non-union teamsters seemed to be the particular object of the crowd's at- tacks. More than a few of the recently appointed peace officers were badly ‘bruised with rock or brickbat, and several A SPECIAL PoLICEMAN FIRING INTO THE. MoBs.- Special Officers Are Beaten by the Strikers. Hospital Surgeons Are | Kept Busy Treat- ing Injuries. | NUMBER of special officers were treated at the Harbor and Cen- tral Emergency hospitals yes- terday for injuries inflicted by strikers. None of the injured ones were seriously hurt, but the wounds were severe enough to compel them to lay off for several days. At the Harbor Hospital A. Herskind, one of Curtin’s employes, had several stitches taken in his scalp and dressings applied to numerous contusions on his face. Hers- kind escorted a teamster to section 2 of the seawall and was assaulted by a num- ber of union sailors who were lounging about the front. The union men waited until Herskind had got down from his seat on the truck and then grabbéd him. One of the sailors held him, while another took his club and pistol away, and then they all took a hand at punching him. When they thought they had administered pun- ishment enough they released him and he went to the hospital for treatment. H. T. Burns, a special officer, residing at 1511 Polk street, and O. S. Westbrook, a non-union man, residing at 415 Kearny street, received treatment at the Harbor Emergency Hospital last night for injur- ies received in a conflict with strikers at the corner of Montgomery and California streets. Burns had an incised wound of the left hand and Westbrook had a knife wound in the leg. ' The two men were on a California-street car when the attack was made by four men, two of whom drew knives. The injuries are slight. R. H. Ashman, a special officer, room- ing at the Prescott House, was attacked by a gang of strikers yesterday forenoon at Fourth and Brannan streets. Ashman was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Weyer placed four stitches in a cut on his scalp. In addition to this he had several contused wounds about the head and face. © ot e @ of them owe their lives to a lucky duck- ing of the head or an error in marksman- ship on the part of the rock-hurlers. Nearly every tusillade of stones was fol- lowed by a gun play on the part of the specials. The gun play generally resulted in the slinking to cover of the attacking party and the frightened huddling to- gether of the crowd of onlookers and sym- pathizers, who were apparently too muecn fascinated by the open display of law- lessness to seek safety in retirement from the scene of violence. A number of the specials attacked yes- terday were ex-soldiers. They were treat- ed as the other specials until they brought their six-shooters to bear in the direction of the rock batteries. There was no necessity for the sounding of a ‘“cease firing” call. “Look out, boys, he’s a soldier, he'll shoot all right,” was passed down the line, and ex-soldier and his non-union ward pursued their way in peace. ONE SPECIAL MAKES A DECIDED IMPRESSION One ex-soldier made a decided impres- sion on the mob. He paid no attention to the chorus of ‘“scab” or the howls of de- rision, and, to all appearances, might have been taking a ride for the pure pleasure of it. Whizz! A rock skimmed within two inches of his head. He never moved and hardly blinked. “Whang! A section of brick struck him on the shoul- MASKED MEN SEIZE A NOME bOLD GLAIM Dangerously Wound One Defender of the Mine. Contest Between Two Com- panies Results in Shed- ding of Blood. Special Dispatch to The Call. NOME, Aug. 19, via Seattle, Aug. 28.— Sixty-five armed men wearing masks at- tacked the eighteen workmen on the Cali- fornia fractional bench above Discovery, on Glacier Creek, at 3 o'clock ‘on Thurs- day morning, August 15, shot one man and tock forcible possession of the prop- erty. Richard O'Connor, the man shot, was wounded In the groin and is in a se- rious condition. The holders of the property were in bed when attacked, and O'Connor was shot because he did not put on his clothes quickly enough to suit one of the rald- ers. United States Marshal Richards has the following men under arrest: J. W. Griffin, lawyer; Till Price, Bob Warren, ex-policemen; Henry Johnson, private watchman; Frank Price, G. D. Erickson, a man known as “Dago Joe,” George S. Canfleld, J. E. Ryan, J. Epton, J. M. Harson, W. F. Eddy and Chris Tremper. They are charged with participation in a riot with felonious intent. Finley Mclntosh, who was superin- tendent of the work on the claim and who was present during the attack, gave the following interview: Attacked in the Dark. “Half of my men were in bed and half in the pits at work. The first intimation T had of an attack was a cry from a dis tance, ‘Hold up your hands,’ and at the same time a large number of men jump- ed over the dumps. and ran into the pits and tents. . They ordered the workmen out and those who ran into the tents were crying, ‘Get out; put on your clothes.” “O’Connor was in bed. A tall man stand- ing over him ordered him to hurry his dressing. He did not move fast enough, and the tall man deliberately shot him, the ball striking him In the groin. We were then ordered off. The attacking party ran down hill to where Richards and his men were camped, and I heard a great racket down there.” The Nome News says: “The affair is one of several sensational chapters iIn this bitter litigation. It is the third at- tempt to take forcible possession of the property, and as on all other occasions it ‘was only a miracle that no one was killed, as the parties have always been armed and ready for bloodshed. Twice before have attacking parties been successful and once they ran against superior num- bers and failed to dispossess their oppo- nents. Noyes Signed the Orders. “The litigation covers a period of a& year. There are really five litigants, the two big companies, Mongollon & Kimbalil and Richards, McIntosh & Price. Attor- neys Griffiths and Howard represent the Mongollon :nd the other parties are represented by Attorneys Pickler, H. Geary, Johnson, Sullivan and Sands. AIll of them claim to have orders giving them right of possession and allowing them to work under bonds to the others. Three of the orders are on the court minutes of the last two days that Judge Noyes held court. . The older orders were brought to the clerk’s office by the attorneys, with the signature of Judge Noyes and with the statement that they were signed by him while on the Roanoke. “Upon the statement that there was a Continued on Page Four. Continued on Page Two . .