The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-21

| her, because, she said, he was only
years old. The scenes in the natator-
ium as the little ones were brought in
and laid upon improvised cots, the dead
placed together upon one side. were
pitiful beyond expression.
The Lathrop School Building has
long been considered unsafe and it was
twice condemned. but, notwithstand-
| ing this fact. ii still was used for school
purposes. The Court House was also
! thought to be insecure. and tO-day's
disaster proves that the suspicion was
we'll founded. The storm was not in
any sense cyclone, and was nothing
| like the tornado that visited Kansas
| City three years ago, either in its Sc
verify or the amount of damage done.
| The only loss OF life, so far as known,
occurred at the places above named,
| but the full extent of the disaster will
not be known before tomorrow. One
span of the Hannibal & ST. Joe Rail-
road bridge across the Missouri was
blown into the river, blocking the en-
trance to this city of trains on the
Hannibal & st. Joseph. Rock Island,
Wabash. and Kansas City, st. Joe 81
Council Bluffs roads. The fury of the
hurricane was confined to the north
end of the city, with the exception OF
the Lathrop School House on Eighth
street.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 1.-THE night
switchmen of nearly all the railroads
centering here refused to work last
night. The only road intact at mid
night was the Indiana, Bloomington
and Western. The yards are two miles
from the Union depot, and large
crowd of strikers started to persuade
the switchmen there to join them.
The day men all continued work, but
it is not known now what they have
decided to do tomorrow. The late
passenger trains all left OH time to-
night, the switching being done by
conductors and train-men. The most
serious feature is the Belt men quit
ting, which they did tonight. This
stops the transfer Of freight around the
city. The entire trouble was inaugu-
rated at the Vandalia yards. William
Williams, switchman, on going to
work was informed by the Vandalia
foreman that his services would no
longer be required. Upon inquiring
for reason he was told that Charles
Lee, an exist. Louis switchman, who
had done the company a service during
the recent strike there, had been sent
to indianapolis to work for the COM
pany. To make room for him Will
liams was discharged. The other night
switchmen, nine in number, decline to
work with "Scab" in the yard and
upon so remarking to the yardmaster.
were told that they could quit. This
they did, and tonight have succeeded
in persuading every Switchmani in town
to join them. The majority of the
strikers are knights of Labor, but the
strike is made upon the decision of the
men as individuals, not as members Of
that order. The Vandalia has eX-
perienced no difficulty as yet because Of
the strike, the day men not having as
yet participated. AT l o'clock there
were rumors that freight train was
stopped by the strikers on the Vincen-
nes road, beyond the river. No injury
of any kind was done.
AT q late hour the switchmen in the
Indiana, Bloomington and Western
yards Joined the strikers. About
siXty-five men are actively participating
in the movement. The yard masters
claim that business will not be serious
ly embarrassed.
CHICAGO, May 12.-The twenty-three
wounded officers at the county hospital,
the majority of whom are victims of
the bomb explosion, are all out of
danger, and owing to the prompt
surgical aid and good attention they
received, will recover, for DR.. Murphy,
the physician in charge of the hospital,
says that he no longer fears that any of
the officers will die. True, poor Off
GERS Jacob Hansen and Lawrence
Murphy will have to 90 through the re-
naming years of their lives cripples,
the first minus a leg and the other q
foot, but the brave fellows accept their
situation without murmur, and are
only thankful that the cruel bomb did
not tear them to pieces, so close were
they to it. Officer Redden, who had
one of his legs badly lacerated-in fact,
split from above the instep nearly to
the knee-cap, is also doing well, al
though he is suffering from q high
fever. 1t was thought aJ first that the
limb would ii We to be amputated, but
the physicians have managed to save
it. Redden, however. is suffering
great pain from his injured limb, and
it is not altogether certain that blood
poisoning has not set in, in which case
his condition may assume i'll the next
twenty-fOur hours a very grave turn,
but the patient and physicians are
hoping for the best. Officers Madden,
King, and Nels Hansen are doing nice
ly, and are rapidly gaining strength, as
is also Lieut.. Stanton.
MILWAUKEE. May 10.-The return
of the piping times of peace was shown
by the constant stream of visitors that
flowed in and out of the armory to-day.
The busiest about the premises was the
corporal of the guard, whose services
were in constant demand to attend TO
the wants of civilians whom an obdu-
rate-hearted guard would not pass in
side the lines. From observations TAX
Ell during the early afternoon the cor
poral received his daily stipend and
little more. There was no excitement
or stir to relieve the monotony of bar
rack life, and for the first time the
thoughts of the members of the differ
ent commands began to turn home
ward. The vigor of discipline was
somewhat relaxed, and spots of the
army blue lined the streets in which it
had before only appeared in masses
moving grimly on riotous mobs. The
only alarm during Saturday night was
had at the Allis works. About IL
o'clock the report reached Capt. Solli-
day, commanding the post, through the
guards, that mob was forming three
or four blocks away, but for what pur-
poca xyac NOT known Tho lnpn roll