The Penn's Grove record., 1888-12-15
'%DYNAMITERS AT WORK.
AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A DISTIL-
LERY AT CHICAGO.
ONE BUILDING PARTIALLY SHAT
TERED.-A MEMBER OF THE
FIRM SAYS 1T is THE WORK

FIRM SAYS IT is THE WORK
OF THE WHISKY TRUST.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Shortly after G
O'Clock this morning an attempt was
made to destroy Shufeldt ~ Co.'S.
distlllery In the northern portion Of
the city by means of dynamite. at
the hour mentioned the nelxhborhood
was shaken by II tremendous explosion,
shaking the buildings in the neighbor-
hood, breaking many panes of glass In
the surrounding houses and causing the
people to rush into the street in great
alarm, Investigation showed that a
bomb had been thrown, probably from
the street, into a detached warehouse
used Tor storing high wines in. This
building was shattered 80 the hoops were
burst of many of the casks and the
heads were driven in. Very sooD after
wards a package, wrapped in paper,
was discovered lying in the street. 1t
contained several sticks of dynamite
and six Illuminating caps. A fuse con-
nected with the package showed evil
dence OF having been lighted but had
gone out p~rematurely. These articles
are now in the possession Of the police,
who are at work on the case.
A Jagged hole, about three feet
square, was torn in the roof, and in
various other ways the structure was
damaged. Examination revealed the
fact that some person, evidently stand
ing on the high sidewalk on Hawthorn
street, had thrown upon the low roof
of the building a package of dynamite
sticks, tied together and attached to q
fuse which had been ignited. These
sticks consist of compressed dynamite.
wrapped in pasteboard, and provided
with Illuminating caps. The combina-
ton had exploded, and it was only Ow-
ing to a peculiar chance that the entire
structure, as well as the surrounding
buildings were not instantly leveled.
The aim of the man or men who
committed the deed was evidently to
hit the skyllght on the roof, and the
mark was missed by but a few feet.
Underneath the skylight are eight large
tubs or watts of highly indammable liq-
uor. Had the dynamite s,SNks e" plo-
ded on the skylight the lLssAssS uld
have been instantly ignlteGi.|M tter.
rife explosion would have reskitet Ian
explosion, Captain Shack thinks, OF
sufficient violence to have torn down a
score OF buildings. AS 1t was the dam
age was comparatively small. A lot OF
barrels of wines underneath the spot
where the explosion occurred had their
hoops torn off, but none OF the con-
tents were spilled.
Fortunately no n was in the build
ing at the time. and no loss of life or
limb was caused.
James d. Lynch, one of She proprIe.
tors of the d. tillery. says he believes it
to be the work OF the whlskey trust.
I'VE are not in the trust" he scid,
land that organization has on numer-
GUS occasions threatened to do US up"
To show yoI the desperate character
of the deed, let me call your attention
to the fact that there were $1,000 bar
rels Of whisky stored under the
roof that was torn open, and If these
had been ignited a terrible fire would
have been added TO the horrors of the
explosion. One of the representatives
Of the trust was here shortly after the
EXPLOSION, but the feeling among the
men against his organization was so
great that he had to skip out for fear
Of being violently dealt with"
"There is no doubt in the world that
it is the WORK of the trust" SAID Mr..
Lynch. "They have been threatening
us with vengeance for some time past,
and the other day We received word to
look out for damage. We supposed
they meant to cut prices. and we told
them to damage away 1 never
thought they would be guilty Of such
an act as this"
Mr.. ]. d. Lynch, Manager of the
Shufeldt Company, offers a reward of
$25, COO to the person who threw the
dynamite on the distlllery building, or
the name Of the man who employed
him to do the work, or such infOIma-
tIon as Will lead to the detection and
arrest of the parties responsible for the
outrage. The members of the Whisky
Trust ridicule the idea that the attempt
to destroy the property was the work,
directly or indirectly, of their ~organiza-
tiOn.