Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-11
He'll Gate ShiVGrGd With ESQ 900
Pounds Of Dynamite.
ABOUT THE GREATEST EXPL0-
SION EVER IN AMERICA.
Further Particulars Of the st. Louis
Street-car Strike.
THE KNIcATS.oF LABOR TAKE
STUBBORN STAND.
Virginia Aroused by an Earth
quake Shock.
ANOTHER BATCH OF PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A Mighty Explosion.

nearly 5UU,uUu POUNDS Oh uynAUlte, WHICH
Is expected to SILVER food rock and clear
He'll Gate channel, is set for ii O'Clock this
morning. The work OF clearing away the
machinery, buildings and other valuable
property was completed last night. and all
that remains are the elevator timbers over
the main shaft and a little coal shanty,
which, having been cleaned out and filled
with shelves, hold the cells Of the
great battery, which will cause the ex-
p~losion. Thirty.six wires running to the
detonators in the mine are hanging in q
bunch awaiting the time when Lieutenant
Derby will connect them with the battery,
which will be the last work on the rock.
Since early morning 218-inch syphons
have been running water into the mine,
and the whole was flooded by 6 A. M. It
has been decided TO locate the land battery
and instruments on the old Astoria steam
boat dock, about 200 feet from the rock,
and the wires to complete the circuit will
be run across the channel. Cordons of
| police will keep the crowds at q respectful
and safe distance.
Ills A. M.-The $50, 900 pounds of
dynamite under flood rock in He'll Gate
have just been exploded. The shock was
plainly felt at the lower end of Manhattan
Island. In order TO protect life and prop
erty at flood rock the explosion to-day was
most careful, and adequate police arrange
pents had been perfected. A force of $50
policemen, in addition to the harbor
police, were detailed near the scene of
action, 800 Of whom were located on the
East River front. BlackwelPs Island
| contained 100 men, while so were on duty
at Wards Island. All the buildings o
| the north end OF B~lackwell's Island were
cleared Of inmates, including the Aims
house, Workhouse and Lunatic Asylum,
who were massed in towns at u safe dis
lance from the explosion, and carefully
guarded. In the Penitentiary all the doors
were thrown open. and the prisoners con-
Quoted TO the halls Of the prison, sur
rounded by police, while q large force was
stationed among the convicts TO prevent
| escape or riot, and to give aid In case IL
was found necessary to reach the building.
| At precisely Ills o'clock the earth
trembled and the bosom of the river was
| pierced with 9 mighty upheaval Of rocks
and timbers. Up, up went glittering
masses of water until it seemed as if they
would never stop. At a hight OF 200 feet
the uplifted waters paused and fell back
again to the river. At this moment, when
the air for hundreds of feet in each
| direction was filled with masses of spark
ling water, the spectacle was grand beyond
expression. The shock Of the collapse was
felt only slightly ON the Astoria shore aud
the noise resembled far-distant subter-
ranean thunder. When food rock had
lifted its strong back q mass Of broken
wreck was seen on the top Of it all. A big
derrick that had been left TO its fate turned
| over on its side and broke. A huge tank
| that had been left at the north end Of the
| Island still stood in its place, tilted over a
little, as il had settled when let down with
the angry waters from its aerial flight.
Immediately after the explosion q fire
| Amid the seething waters four instan-
taneous photographs were taken by officers
Of the corps Of engineers from the firing
| point at Astoria. As far as Ii was possible
to judge from the position and appearance
OF the wreck the explosion was an entire
success, tho Ugh, for the present. the vicin-
ity OF the blasted rock will be even more
dangerous than heretofore until the wreck
| has been removed. The shock was felt to
| a slight extent in the city. It was dis
| tinctly felt in the City Hall building, the
structure trembling for . space OF q few
seconds. At the County Courthouse the
| shock was also distinctly felt In the upper
part Of the building. The floors shook and
windows trembled when the explosion oc.
CURED.
The sireet.Car Strike I'm NJ. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 10.-The mornings de-.
| velopment in the street-car strike was
much more quiet than was expected after
the tumultuous proceedings Of yesterday.
There had been no rioting or trouble dur
ing tho night, although there has been q
double platoon Of police In waiting ell
night ct the station and till this morning.
| The business men and q committee ap-
pointed 10 arbitrate between the strikers
and street-car Presidents met at the Mer-
camille Club at 8 o'clock. At $50 they
| were met by a committee OF five men from
the knights of Labor. The Knights of
Labor Committee stated that no street-car
strike had been ordered until the men
tried in every way TO meet the street-car
Presidents, and failed. If the street-csr
officials had met the men there would have
been no strike. The committee went on
to say that the men would adhere TO the
demands they made, especially demanding
the l2-hour rule and the payment Of ~
cents per hour for extra work. They fur
Their stated that the Knights OF Labor
took no account Of the earnings OF any
street railroad. but they demanded living
wages for all the employees under all cir (
cumstances. The committee submitted |
Q table. showing the wages paid on |
all street-car lines in town. II showed |
that the men worked on an average Of |
16A hours per day. and the drivers were
paid an average Of 81 so per day and con-
ductors ii 70. aud they now demand ~ |
hours for a days work. and that conduc-
tors be paid So and drivers 81 rs. The
committee then took q recaaa. Tha Enaa |