The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-06
SEVEN SINGED MEN.
now a eRuDGE WAS SETTLED.
a shauty Fired By Pouring oil Down q
Chimney, and the Imprisoned Occupants
Terribly burned before Help Arrives.
Horrible suffering of ths Injured.

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Horrible suffering of the Injured.
ST.. Louis, Feb. 5.-A terrible attemp
upon human life and one in keeping Will
the reputation Of East st, l.ouis was per
petrated last evening. Shortly alter II
o'clock burst Of flames, envelopiug 4
shanty near the railroad tracks, was dis
covered. After the flames wers discovered
those who ran to the spot heard the most
heartrendering screams and cries, and Il
was known that human beings wera im'
prisoned in csge OF fire. There was no
one near the place ut the time, but the
glare ot light that illuminated the dark
ness attracted the attention OF all the rail-
road men who happened to be out,
They ran toward the place, and as
they did 80 they heard the most
RiCkening and piercing shTieks, groans and
cries, telling that human beings were held
there in the shanty unable to escape.
There was rush to the door and II was
forced IN, when two men staggered out,
their clothes abls2e. Other men were
dragged out unconscious. The spectacle
was one TO be long Remembered by all who
witnessed 1t, The victims as they come
out were seized by rough but friendly
hands and rolled about on the ground in
the snow, The light from the burning
shRnty cast glare over the throng and
presented picture that reminded one Of
the old prints Of battles. The faces OF the
victims were blackened and long strips oi
Ilesh peeled oh presenting q horrid sight,
such Us only burned flesh can.
HORRIBLE SUFFERING,
The unfortnnates were taken to the
Relay depot, where they were attended to.
There were six men taken out Of the build,
Ing, and when they all got together in the
Relay depot their moans and groans made
one tIemb!e and shiyer with horror,
During the btie intervals that they for
got their burns and pains they told how
The tire originated. They hat strolled 10
one by one 10 the shaGty in order to warm
up, and were sitting around the stove talk.
ing when suddenly the stove seemed to
burst open and the flames went
sll about the room enyeloping
the men before they could turn towards
the door. They could do nothing but
beat about with their hands and struggle
with each other In an Gndeavor to get to
the exit They grappled with each other
and this impeded their escape, and II
seemed an eternity before they heard the
cries oil those who came tO tho rescue,
They remembered very distinctly that
they snelled coal oil as tue flames burst
out around them. The tire was tho result
Of either practical joke or OF 4 deliberate
attack upon the lives OF the men to settle
an old grud2e. The strange manner in
which the fire started can only be account.
ed for on the ground that Boms wretch
pouredoil down the chimney Of the stove.
HAD GRuDGE TO SETTLE.
1t Is said the uau who did the deed is
known as hO had grudge against one Of
the men aud declared hut recently that be
would get even II 1t took him years to do
it. Near the back OF tho Bhanty on the
ground was found tin can that evidently
Dad contained coal oil. Some OF the rRil.
road men who rau to tho reGuce Of the
Imprisoned victims said that tho light OF
the blezng shanty disclosed TO them
the figure oi u man beating u hasty re.
treat from the vicinity, but they did not
know at the time Of tho horrible Circum.
stances attending tho origin ci tho con.
llagration.- 1.-THE man who carried out
such liendish plan Of vengeance had
b1en captured ho would surely hayo been
lynched. The nameD OF the unfortunate
men are Morris MCGlynn, James Douahue,
Wm. Gllky, Pat Boyle, Scott Sanderson,
Joseph MCGee and Fred Erickson.
now THE FIRE OCCURRED.
Scott sanderson, one 1.-THE injured men,
was seen this morning and stated that
early in the evening, when his men went
into the shanty for supper, they expected
trouble, for an Opposing and unfriendly
gang Of men had been there bslore them,
and had fastened the windows and door
Of the building, Sanderson and his friend,
however, soon gained admttanCe.
AS soon as they entered the door oi
the Bhanty was looked by some
one from without, and securely fastened
and almost Immediately pfterwards began
to throw powder down tho chimney. T6is,
however, did not result seriously, and the
men within flled tho stove with oily
waste in order to make the chimney, a
common stove pips, so hot that those
above could not approach 1t. Those with.
out then resorted 10 pouring oil in the
chimney, and immediately the room was
filed with flames. None oi the men we're
burned fatally.
.+ An l1utito Family burned.