Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-07

les were i,cked on his wrists, WAS the cause
OF the arrest OF the fourth man yesterday
morning Neither the deputy marShals who
made the arrest nor any OF the o officials
would say what the letter contained, hut they |
spoke OF IT in such significant way that it is
almost certain the letter contained the names
OF some prominent members of the brother
hood and also some details iii regard to con
templated plans for operating and employ |
ing dynamite that will produce a sensation
when they are made puhlic at the trial next
week
Deputy Marshal Burchard. with three |
other deputies, arrived in Chicago with their |
prisoner on one of the early train from Au- |
roTa and went directly to the United States |
marshalS office in the government binding. |
After waiting an hour valuiy TOR HOge OF |
some of the members Of the brotherhood to |
appear, the prisoner was taken before Com |
missioner He yue and held in - GEO bail |
District Attorney Ewing was not ready to |
prosecute, and the case was set for a hearing !
on July Il Within the next few days it Is
given out that large number of locamo |
tive engineers belonging to the brotherhood |
will he arrested and by the day Of the trial
there will b, quite an array before the com
missioner TO answer the general charge
placed against those already in the clutches
of the law
Engineer Bauereiseu is a good-naturad
well-fet man, and took his arrest very cody
He talked freely and was half inclined to
laugh at the whole thing.
Il can say, honestly. said he that have
no idea why | am under arrest. Ii was
early this morning and | was Just thinking
- a..
came ami Informed me that a couple Of men
wanted to see me went to the door and
saw two men on the step and two at the gata
One OF them read the warrant to me and |
| told him | would be ready TO go as soon as |
| could get my breakfast
Did you know Of the arrest of those men
yesterday" was asked.
Il didn't know it until the officer told me
on the train | am charged with transport
| ing. and delivering to BE- transported. nitro
glvcerine, but theF will have 10 prove it |
| haven't been out of Aurora, excepting for
| two DAYS since Feb =. | have been shad-
| owed almost continually | know that, but
| thought every one else was being watched
| the same as | was and so didn't ray any at
tention to it.
Bauereisen did not fancy the idea of being
placed under bonds. and, in his own behalf.
| addressed Commissioner Hoyne
You needn't he bit alarmed" said he. Il
| wouldn't run away Not if | were going 10
| jail Tor a year | could have saved YOU the
| trouble YOU have been put to to-day, be-
| cause dispatch saying that YOU wanted me
wouli have brought me right to this office
a straight a. the four mcn did who came
| after m-
| Soon after the bonds vera tiNed some Of
| his friends came and said they would see
that the necessary bail was furnished BY
| noon the engineer was free man agHIn he
| having gwen bonds The men previously
| arrest d arr stIil in jail.
The officers who arrested Bauereiseu re
| turned 90 Aurora at noon, and Al : T. III ar
| ri, al III the city, having in custody Alec
| Smith no was taken over 10 the Jail aud
TIN, capture viii ha put under bnnd- like the
r-St fl. Is striking fireman on the Aurora
| division a Young man NJ 26 who ha, lived in
| Aurora some time He j. said to have a>o
| handled some OF tht>- dynamite cartridges
Last night a statement was given ont by
General Manager Stone. Of the = which III
| Effect Is A. foil lows:
| \ lew DAYS after the middle of MAY last
were to b. made to damage its properly and
trains 10y the us. OF dynamite. and that
Bpwt-s the brotherhood engineer who was
arrested Thursday afternoon with dynamite
| in bis possession was about to leave town
TO put the plan III operation. Bnwes did
leave Chicago a was expected. having taken
a package Of dynamite and caps with him
from room 81 Grand Pacific hotel, the head
quarters Of the grievance committee Of the
strikers, and occupied by 5. f. hoge, chair
man Of the general grievance committee
On May -. at lU,4U p. m. hOmb was eX-
pipied under a locomotive between
this city and Aurora without doing any
material damage however Examination Of
he spot where the explosion took place
showed abundant evidence of dynamite, and
the name Dt the manufacturer OF the ok
plosive After large picnic OF brother
hood people at Aurora June Is, another
case Of thu saline kind occurred with similar
results These explosions are attributed
directly t. Bowles who then went to Mob les
. vile. ind. where he was supplied with funds
by means Of a draft from John A Bauer
elsen, the chief engineer and principal officer
OF Division No =, Of the Brotherhood oi
= Locomotive Engineer who Is also the chair
man Of the local grievance committee at
/ Aurora Banerpisen Is also one OF the prin
n cipal members OF the brotherhood on the
o whole Chicago Burlington & Quincy sys
TEN. as well as a leader In the strike
Frederick Is also a member of the brother
hood, and was during this time at Creston
la He had repeatedly asked Bauereisen t.
e send BOwles there, and he accordingly went
"a ] met FREDERICK and daIjVarad H. him th