Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-11
THE WAR On THE LAKE SHORE.
Dastardly Attempt 90 Blow Up . Sig.
nal Tower Last Might.

CHICAGO, sept 1.-THE war against the Lake
Shore railroad company in the town Of Lake
has broken out afresh, this time in a new and
dangerous manner. few moments before IL
O'Clock last night James Calvin, the night opers
ator, was sitting in the signal tower OF the Lake
Shore company at the intersection OF the main
aud stock yards tracks The tower is thirty
feet high and in it is machinery by which the
switches, signals and gates for a long distance
along the line of the road are turned. Calvin
was alone IN the top OF the tower and had no.
t.ced nothing unusual when he was suddanly
startled by seeing
COLUMN OF SMOKE ARISE
at one side OF the structure. Ii was bright moon.
light, SO That he Was aware OF the nature OF the
cloud in an instant, aud moment later his
little room was completed filled with binding
smoke. Calvin started to rush down the stairsL
As he reached the landing below
A DEAFENING EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE.
Al that moment Calvin saw the figure of tall,
slender man dart away west toward the siock
yards and was lost in the labarynth OF cars
which cover the track. Calvin was thrown To
the ground with extreme force, and his hat was
blown oil his head through a window. Calvin
did not loose consciousness, aud after pulling
himself together rushed out the track ),
Officers Donovan and Costello were on guard "
tue time at the Root street crossing.
They heard the defamation and ran To the
tower Then a search OF the tower was made,
and IL was rewarded 10y the finding of "A twenty
inch piece OF shattered gas-pipe. Attached To
IL was "A package OF something which looked
like cotton, which had been soaked i'm some
Kind OF dark liquid. Smoke was coming from
IL, and bright sparks were threw Oh. A bottle
containing what is supposed TO be acid was
The door oil the signal tower was ajar and the
dangerous explosive had been thrown onto the
noor. Tne explosion shattered all the glass
front OF the house In the cellar are the bat
teries used for the electric signals There were
100 battery cells In the room, and OF these
tnlrty-four were broken. The pneumatic tubes
used in signalling were torn and twisted, and
the whole system was utterly ruined. Ii viii
take thousands OF dollars TO repair the damage.
w hen daylight came another search WAS made.
There Is little shed at the OF the tower.
In this small bundle supposed to contain
another explosive was picked up. 1t was
wrapped in paper and tied with a black cord.
1t was soaked in some substance, and WAS laid
in an old mattrass. The police were afraid 70
Calvin had only been in charge OF the tower
little while, having relieved VIM. NeyinA
the fact that the outward bound passen.
ger train, No. IL, was due at
the tower a few minutes after the explosion
occurred. The theory of the police Is that the
wreckers hoped to blow up the tower, and when
the passenger train came along 10 throw =
switch, and thus the train would have plunged
into the mass oi freight cars that line the side
tracks. The explosion would have done greater
damage had the door been closed after the
package was ignited. There were also
OTHER ATTEMPTS AT DESTROYING PROPERTY
on the Lake shore road last night, one of which
was successful, the other resulting in the arrest
oil The man concerned in the affair. About
O'Clock last night the Lake Shore road received
from the ILLINOIS Central "A train Of % cars.
While these were being taken over the Root
street crossing a switch was thrown open after
about half the cars had passed, causing q gen.
eral wreck. Fifteen OF the cars were deralied.
and. although no loss of lie or serious damage
resulted, the contents OF the were badly
shaken up. About midnight John Pagan, an
eX-switchman oi the Lake Shore road, was ar
rested Al 43d street just as he was about, II 10
charged, 10 throw switch with the purpose OF
deralling a train; Pagan was seen in L,s cen
as Iallows: In company with a man named
Murphy, who is also an ex-Lake Shore switch
man, he was walking along the tracks, and
claims that neither of them noticed the APP
proaching freight train until IL WAS 30 close 10
them that they were separated by IT, He says
that when arrested by the Plnkerton officer le
was looking under the train AS IL passed 70 seo
IL any marin had come TO Murphy.
Settled Their Trouble with . Kaife.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept ia Pioneer Press
Butte, Mont, special says: b. j. schlesinger, Q
grocer, met on the road between Butte ana
Rocker yesterday. Schlesinger WAS found short
ly sfterward with half dozen knife wounds IA
his body. He will die. There was troubis
between the men over an old debt
The Celebrates Given Up.
BUT FOUR OF THE sold DEFENDERS" or DAIe
TIMokE NOW LEFT.
BALTIMoRE, Sept 11.-The celebration of the
anniversary OF the battle OF North Point, during
The war Of 1872. is OF the. past, and wtil %
known no more by the defenders or Baltimore
at that hat time. But four o. that band Of patriotic
James c. Morford, 81; John Petticord, 81, and
Nathaniel Watts. 81. samuel Jennings died
cred dinner at the Hotel Rennert on Monday.
The Grand Army Of the Republic win adopt
and Will observe Monday by . parade and camp
IRE.
The Visible supply - Cotton.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The total visible sun.
ply OF cotton for the world is l,O75, ,3Ol baisx
OF which 81 ,so2 bales are American, against
1,lO5, ,lO6 bales and 74l ,3O6 bales respectively
last year. Receipts Of cotton this week a al
Interior towns. 2So4a bales Receipts from