Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
ALLEGED DYNAMITE FIEND
Il Arrested for Completely in a Plot
Against a Western Railroad.
CHICAGO, july {

SHiCAGo, July o.
J. A. Bauereisen, deputy auditor of tn,
urars, Illinois, division of the brotherhood
of locomotive engineers, was brought to Chi
cago, Friday NOR ing, under arrest, charged
with completely in the alleged dynamite plo
against the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy
railroad.
Bauereisen's bail of s5 900 was furnished
by A. B. Fieller of Chicago, merchant
General Manager Stone of the Burlington
road. said this afternoon. The letter thrown
away by Broderick yesterday, connects Bau
ereisen with the other three beyond shad
ow of doubt"
Stone added: THE dynamite was OBJ
tanned from the BrotherhoOd's hall at Aurora.
The Brotherhood will look up the case
and if satisfied that it is matter of persecu-
tion by the railroad or conspiracy by the de-
tectiye agencies the Brotherhood will defent
the prisoners. but If it is shown that they
really had explosives and meant violenc.
they will have To take care of themselves
Deputy U. 5. Marshal Burchari left fol
Aurora this afternoon with warrants for more
of the alleged conspirarors. How many mel
he was after he would not say.
Later.
The officers who went to Aurora today
returned tonight bringing Alex Smith the
striking fireman, who is said to have handled
sJn,e uf the dynamite cartridges.
History OF the Dynamite Plot Against
the C. B. & O. Railroad.
CHICAGO, July 6.
General Manager H. b. Stone gives II his
tory of the alleged dynamite plo, against the
fNhirau., Rurii, yrn a (butnav RaIlrnuI au,I
says: A few DAYS after the middle of May
the company was informed that attempts
sere to be made to damage its property and
trains by dynamite. He details the move
ments of the men under arrest al length and
describes four actual explosions, which for
tunateiy failed TO cause much damage. He
further said that these attempts Ia injure the
company property were by no ni.a"s the
irst of the attempts of the brotherhood ii.
hat direction. On April l6, Hoge, chair
man OF the general grievance committee, is
sued a circular TO The chief engineers of II
number of tile divisions of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, reading as tol-
lows:
'CHrcAGo, Apr. l6, 1888.
The c. b. & Q. have only got about half
men enough prior to the strike. Iney want
about 400 to 500 more. We have de
cded to call on you to furnish one or two
men from your division. We will ask the
same of all the divisions throughout the
eofiftfy to come and apply for situations on
the g. under an assumed name aud as
soon as they get work to correspond with
John Sewers National Hotel, Chicago, for
instructions. The object is to disable the
engines every way We eau and on given
day, quit work in body, after receiving in
structiuns from us. The company is on its
last leg and by this means we propose to take
the other. We don't want any of them to
to come here but make applications at the
following points Aurora, Galesburg, Bur
lingtou. Creston, Lincoln and McCook.
be very careful who you select to come, men
that don't talk too much and are not in the
habit of drinking. Supply them with plenty
of sal soda and emery. Have them get a
leave OF absence 80 or more days"
= Z. S. PLEASE do not let this get outside
except within yourselves and those you se-
lect to come. Please answer on receipt of
this"
At the time Hoge issued this circular the
Co. was fully Supplied with engineers and
had large number of applications from
reliable men. A number of attempts were
made to carry out the suggestions of the
circular but in all cases the applicants were
refused employ yment.
Stone explains that the salsoda was to be
put into the tanks of the engines, so that
the water on being pumped into the en-, inc
boiler would foam SO as to prevent the en-
gine from getting dry steam, and make it
impossible for it to proceed and cause the
burning of the crownsheets of the fire boxes
Emery was 10 be thrown onto the surfaces
ot the different parts of the machinery
causing the bearings to run hot aud even
spoil ih en-