Daily Republican., 1888-07-06

CHICAGO July 5.-nver slnos the
big strike Of the Burlington road WAS
inaugurated last February the non
union men on the road have been Rs
sAultsd by the strikers and trains have
been deIalled aud dred. The company
has had large force Of Pinkerton men
engaged 10 watching the movema nts Of
the strikers. Several "aRitators" whoae
movements we're closely linked with
attempts on tho compAny's property
were put under special surveillance, 1t
was then discovered that dynamite
was used IN several unsuccessful at
tempts to wreck trains within the past
month Inform alton was at last re-.
oeivsd by tbs ofioers that to-day had
been chosen for grand and murderous
attack upon the compEny's property.
Besides q definite plan to blow up
\ trains upon the tracks by means of di-
Mantle cartridges, the plot, 1t is said,
CONTAIN p Rted "a attack upon the great
depos and Off 80 buildings 10 this oity.
The oti cers Of the oompAny were not
ready 10 act as they decided 20 htilSe
the blow TO day. 5uperlnte 4deIt Of
Motive Power Q. ". Rhodes svnre out
a warrant friday, and Deputy Marshal
Burchsrd, accompanied by Assistant
bupt rntendent mcGtnly, Of the PM
kerLon force, went to Aurora to make
the arrests. They spotted ths mon at
O'Clock this afternoon. The Huspogte
were Thomas BtDderlck Rnd j. A
BoWles, two Brotherhood engineers o.
the Burlington, These nsn boarded the
9.15 train for OhioAEo. Another mSn
whom the Off 1srs did not know, accom-
panied the suspects, 1t is said that hi
name is Wilson. This strange man tool
q double seat beside Broderiok, Will,
Bowles Sat asst across the aisle.
The train was Just moving out Of thu
depot when the odicars tapped the met
on the shoulders Rnd made them prise
nerB, BJwles protested IomeWhat eL
citedly, but made no resistance. Hi
companions we're ALTO submissive,
package Wrapped In newspaper wal
lying on the seat between BFoderiol
and Wilson, While Broderick was be
ing mAnAoie1 be quickly seized lette
from his pocket and hurled IL out Of tb
window. mOGinly sprAng to the bel
rope and stopped the train, Runnin
back hal . mite the officer found tn
letter. IL is now In the possession G
District Attorney Ewing.
Thr eff ;ers reached Chicago will
their prisoners, aud L ValiBe and Eevess
letters ara Packages we're taken trOL
BoWles. Tao package, which wh
wrapped mp In newspapers, was fonnr
20 oOrtnig four dynamite cartridges
each about ter inches long and an iuc
and CUSTER thick, Th'Re were fle
with email fusss Each cartridge n
tanned . pJuld Of dynamite. seYars
email dynamite tain uattuR caps war
found 10 Bod sfick'o pJcEHEb0ok.
United S!Ates haTshal March was
the depot to meat the ptisODerr, VII
we're taken before Commissioner Hoyu
Brodetick aud %Il6on Rat silsnt
where they were placed, but BowleB c
cited y asked that OhRiTman Hoga
the Brotherhood Grievance Comm!tte
be sent f'r Bt once and thAt LNwyr
Alexander Sullivan be rummoue
Bowlss raid hs know nothing about II
plot, and that be had an honorable I
cord az an en- lInaer IN the East I
declared tnht he did not know d
names OF his oonnsnions The priso
era ere held IN 5000 bondH eNch Tor e
aniDa'ion on the 1871 Inst. They we
taken 70 jail. BrOdeTick and Wills
there dsoisr4t thai they knew nothlI
of the bundle Of dynamite that b.
baen found between them on the trsi