The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-12
DYNAMITE DENIIIRN.
several Attempts Made To Destroy
HniIuHJ property az chicago.


CHICAGO. Ill.,, sept. H. The war
against the Lake Shore railway IN the
town of Lake has broken ont airesh,
this time in new aud dangerous
manner The latest method is the
use of explosives aud attempts to de.
strOy the property of the company,
which might have involved loss Of
lite.
4 few momcnts before ~ o'clock
last night, James Calvin, night opera
tor, was sitting in the signal tower OF
The Lake shore company at the inter-
section OF the main aud stock yards
tracks. The tower Is thirty feet high,
aud Ia II IL machinery 10y which
.witchos aud signal gates for a long
distance along the line OF tho road are
turned. Calvin was alone In the top
OF the tower, when he wa. suddenly
startled by seeing column of smoke
arise vi QUE side of the structure. An
instant later his little room was com.
pletely lillod with binding smoke
which almost suliOcaled him. Calvin
started to rush down stairs to inyes
tigAte the cause OF the unusual phe-
nOmenOn A. he reached the landing
below desiening explosion took
place aud at that moment Calvin saw
the figure of II tall slender man dart
away from the building. tie was lost
in the lRbyrnth of cars which cover
ths tracks Tho instant the explosion
occurred Calvin was thrown to the
ground with extreme force. A mum.
Der of tools were lifted from lhc tioOr
by the torco of the explosion aud
crashed through the windows. Cal
vim did not lose consciousness, and
after pulling himself together rushed
out on the tracks,
Otcors Donovan 'nd Costello, who
were ON guard nj the time nj the
Root street crossing, made search OF
the tower aud were rewarded by tiud'
ing twenty Inch piece OF shattered
gaa pipe and a package OF something
that looked lila cotton, which had
been soaked In kiud Of dark liquid
and smoke coming from II aud hrlghI
sparks thrown of.
luc door of the signal tower WA
alaT aud the dangerous explosive In,
been thrown on the tuor. The cN
plosion shattered all tho glass iron
| OF the house. In the cellar are ba'
leries used for electric signals. ihgrI
we're l,lOO battery cell, In the celia
sud OF these thirty-tour wore broken
Not only this, bat the pucun ali
tubes HlsO used in signalliug wer
torn aud twisted. The whole system
IL utterly ruined, II Will take lhOu-
aud OF dollars 10 repair the damage.
When daylight cane, search wa
made for more explosives lua littl'
shed al the rear OF the tower, a -mal
bundle, supposed 10 contain anothe
explosive, was picked up, II WA
soaked ia some substance and wa
aid in All old mattress, Tho pUlic
were afraid to open it, aud II WAS re
moved to the town hall, What max e
the attempt more dastardly 10 th
fact that the outbound paaseugr
train was due at the tower Il few mn
utes after tho explosion occurred
The theory OF the police Is that III
wreckers hoped to blow up the towe
and when the passengt train came u
to throw open the switch aud thu
wreck the train.
Other attempts At destroying pro
erty OF the Lake shore road wei
made last night, About G'cloc
the Lake shore road received fro
he Illinois Central train oightet
I cars, While these were being take
over the Root street crossing, Il
switch was thrown open after sbol
half the cars had passed which csus,
u general wreck, About midnigI
John ksgan, al eI..witlGmsu CT Il
road, was srreitsd NJ Forty-thil