Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
coNsPIRINc ENGINEERS.
Alleged Conspiracy Among the Ex-raxs-
neers of the 90 Road To Dsmag. the
Company. Property sad Basi.~ss by
Dynamite and Otherwtse-Arr~<tsM Made
and startling Disclosure. preuaI@-sa


neers of the 90 Road to Dsmax. shs
| Company's Property aad Basia~ss by
| Dynamite and Otherwtse-Arr~-tsM Mad.
and startling Disclosure. rremI.-s.
CHICAGO. July Engineer John A.
Bsuereisen. chief Of Aurora division os
the Brotherhood % Locomotive Ea-i-
neers. who was arrested Mt Aurora YES.
terday morning, charged with completely
in the alleged dynamite plot TO DESTROY
the Burlington railroad property. was
brought to this city yesterday morning
and taken before Commissioner Hoyne.
The trial was set FOR July u, aud Bauer
eisen held in 5000 bonds. which we're
promptly furnished Engineer Bauer
eisen took his arrest very coolIy. He
talked very freely, and was half inclined
10 laugh at the whole thing. He declares
he does not know why he should be ar
rested, and that hs did not know OF the
arrest OF the other men until 'hs officers
told him. He knows BowieS. who Ia a
4 member OF his division but knows moth
| Ing OF the other men II il given out that
within the next few DAYS y large number
OF locomotive engineers belonging tn the
Brotherhood will be arrested. and by the
day OF the trial there will be quite an
array before the Commissioner to an swer
the general charge placed against those
already in Z clutches OF the law. Tae
three men arrested Thursday night are
stiil IN Jail, having been so far unable TO
get bail The arrest Of Bsuereisen woald
have occurred Thursday night, but at the
time there was little or no evidence that
he knew anything about the trsnsporta-
tion OF dynamite. Certain il was
that he did not know of Ii.
arrest OF the three men who had the
nitro-giycerine cartridges in their pos
session. Ii is surmised that the recovery
or the letter which Boderiek threw out OF
the car window after he was placed under
arrest was the cause OF the arrest OF the
fourth man yesterday morning Neither
the deputy marshal who made the arrest
nor any OF the %" officials would say
what the letter contained, but they spoke
OF IL in such n significant way that it is
almost certain the letter contained the
names OF some prominent members ~
the Brotherhood and also some details
IN regard to contemplated plans for
operating and employing dynamite that
VIII produce a sensation when they are
made public At the trial next week
| Genere' Manager Stone, ot the Bnriing-
ton, last night gave out for publication
the following sensational statement Of
facts "a 10 the recent arrests made BY the
Pinkerson National Detective Agency. at
his instigation- Duriag the day nearly
every body concerned maintained n close
silence. but toward evening. when Mr.
stone began to appreciate the deep inter-
est the public WAS taking in the matter, IL
was agreed to make a statement % the
case As fully as possible without defeat
ing the ends of Justice:
a few days after the middle OF MAY
last" said Mr.. Stone. 1.-The company was
informed that attempts were to he
made TO damage its property and trains
by the use Of dynamite, and thai B0wles,
the Brotherhood engineer who was ar
rested Thursday afternoon with dynamite
in his possession, was about to leave towa
to put the plan in operation. Boxles did
ieaye Chicago. as Was expeeteE- havins
taken . Packags of dynasnite and caps
with him from room 81 Grand Pacific
Hotel the headquarters Of the grievance
committee of the strikers. and occupied
by s E Hoge, chairman OF the general
grievance committee"
j Ir. Stone then furnishes in detail an
account Of a number of explosions and
attempts 10 wreck the company's prop
erty and trains AZ points where Bowles
and Broderick were located. and con-
tinues:
During this time Broderick and Bowles
had been furnished with funds and let
ters Of introduction to various members
OF the Brotherhood. stating that they were
on business Of the utmost importance TO
the brotherhood, and asking cooperation
in every possible way from all members
TO whom they were presented Letters OF
this character were found on their per-
sons when they were arrested Br0d srick.
before going TO the train at Aurora on
-1.sK~s s.ls..- ~
Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
eers, and there got the package OF
lRynamite which was afterward taken by
him, Bowles and Wilson on to the train
with them. This package Of dynamite
had been taken by John A. Bsuereiseu,
spoken OF above as being the CHIEF en-
gineer OF the Brotherhood OF the Aurora
division, to the Brotherhood hall for
Broderick- He was therefore arrested by
the United States Marshal as an accom-
plice."
Mr.. Stone declined to enter more fully
into the character OF the proofs OF these
| acts. As TO danger to trains passing
4 over the road, he ridiculed the idea, rs all
fhe conspirstors are SO well known that
my serious attempts are impossible.
Mr.. Stone further said that these at
tempts 10 injure the company's property
were by no means the first of the attempts
of the Brotherhood in that direction On
| April l6, Mr.. Hoge, the chairman o. the
| general grievance committee, issued a
circular to the chief engineers Of a num-
ber OF divisions ot the Brotherhood of Lo-
| connective Engineers, reading as follows:
CHICAGO. III. April IL 1855.
To C. Z AxDF. A Z. DIV. No. -: The Chi
cago. Burlington Quincy have only got about
one half Of the men prior 10 the strike. They
want about four to i've hundred more engi-
necrs- We have decided 70 call on you TO fur
nish one or two men from your division we
will ask the same Of all divisions throughout
the country, 10 come and apply for situations
on the o. under a. assumed ===sS zzas a.
soon as they get 70 work, 20 correspond with
John Sewers. National Hotel Cnicago. for in
s,ruetions. The object u 10 disable engines in
everv way they can and On 4 gwen day 10 quit
work IN q body after receiving Instructions
from Is. The company js on their last leg.
AMI By this means We propose 20 take the
other. We don't want any OF them TO come
here, but 20 make applications AZ the following
ton. Plattsulouth. Lincoln and McCOok BE
very careful who YOU select 70 come-men that
don't talk too much who Ia the habit OF
drinking. Supply them with plenty Of sal soda
and emery Have them get leave Of absence
PS Please don't let this get outside ex-
cept within yourselves and those YOU select 10
come Please answer on receipt % this.
Yours Fraternally,
Chairman C. G. c. Room 81 Grand Paein.
Hotel. Chicago
Death Of an Historic Character.
XExIA, o., July 6.-Leigh McClung