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Sand lots

The local popular name of the Mussel Slough district of San Francisco, Cal., on which a large number of poor people had settled. The district came into possession of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1867-77. The settlers refusing to vacate, the dispute was carried to the United States Court. The decision of the court being against the settlers, efforts were made to dispossess them, which led to a conflict in which several were killed. Dennis Kearney was a leader of the Labor or Sand-lot party. He was arrested and found guilty of misdemeanor and sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of $1,000, on March 16, 1880, and on May 27 following the decision and sentence were reversed by the State Supreme Court.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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