Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-13
CLUBS ARR TRUMPS.
lhe Police Have Succeeded in Re-
storing Quiet in Chicago.
DYNAMITE ON THE TRACKS,
Three Railroad Torpedoes Explode Under
Car, but DO No Great Harm.
Chunks OF the Explosive Found
Wired to the Rails.

Held ave. nc cars lett the barn ON their last
trip, deafening explosion was heard, and
the air az the corner of Fremont street was
filed with sulphurous smoke. A second anda
third explosion followed before the car came
TO stanslstill
Hundreds OF persons attracted by the ex.
plosions floclxed to the corner. The police on
the car jumped out pcll nell, and were re-en-
forced by fifty or more hluecoats, who came
up ON the double quick from the patrol
wagons that were following.
The crowd was forced back TO the side
walks anil an examination made to discover
the source of the explosions The remnants
of three railroad torpesloes were found scat
tered along the track. Beyond a scare and
lively shaking up to the car and its occupants
no damage was done.
The fear that, owing to the excitement at
tending the strike, there would be trouble
growing out of the meeting at Battery ID ar
mory, where Gen. John NJ Palmer was TO
speak, proved groundleSs. A large crowd
was present, as expected, but Gen. Palmer
,Itrenuously refrained from alluding to the
employment of private police by employers
during strikes. His course in the matter at
tracted considerable attention as the regula-
tion of so called detectives in such cases has
been his constant theme since receiving the
gubernato:ial nomination.
Robert Bookstrey, the driver of the west
side car which made the first trip to State
street and return on Wednesday, received
$50 for his services. The contract was that
he should stick at his post for the entire jour
ney or forfeit the sum offered him.
His knuckles were laid bare by stone, his
jaw was broken with lump of granite and
his face torn open with a brick, but he full
filled his bargain and got 6is money the i'm
slant he entered the barn He was unable
to leave or secure medical treatment until
the next morning. owing to the surveilapce
of the strikers sympathizers
f. X. Caswell, who drove the leading car
on the west side Thursday evening, dropped
his lines when the car safely passed into the
barn. He fell on the platform in a dead faint.
The excitement and nervous tension had been
too great for him. The trip was six miles,
with a bowling mob continually in sight and
the chance of being struck by stone or n
pistol ball at any moment.
About twenty-five men were held in re-
serve all night at the Western avenue barns
ready to run out cars ON the shortest notice.
Ten policemen were also stationed in the
barn. An extra squad was kept ready in the
West Madison street station, a rumor having
been spread that a mob of strikers might at
tack the barns before morning. 1t is under
cars on one or two other West Side lines.
The usual number of cars were started on
the North Side this morning, meeting with
no opposition.
The North Side cars made their trips with
| out serious interference. The track obstruc-
tions were few, and the populace seem to
| have become weary Of shouting rats and
''scabsn at the new men. Two hundred and
| fifty policemen have been distributed along
| the line in West Madison street to preserve
| order.
At 10 o'clock three cars were run out OF
the barn at Western avenue under the pro-
| lection of strong force of police, and
| reached the business center of the city with
| out encountering serious trouble
Capt. Setback, of the North Side police,
has discovered that the dynamite which Jules
| Kalseberger was caught placing on the street
| car tracks on Sedgwick street Thursday after
noon is the most powerful explosive ever
found by the police in this city. The captain
and Edward Furthuiann, the attorney for
the street car company, both of whom are
experts ON explosives, carefully examined the
| stuff at the East Chicago avenue station
| Several pieces of the explosive were found
| ON the tracks They are cone shaped, about
| the size and shape of half an egg. Capt
| Schaak says the explosion Of one of these
cones would shatter car wheel into smith
Greens, and that three of them-and that is
the way they were placed on the tracks
| would blow street car so high that a fire
shovel would hold the largest fragment. If
three of them were placed in a gaspipe they
would make bomb precisely like those made
by Louis Lingg, the Anarchist.
A dozen of the cones were found in Kalse-
berger's pockets. On the surface of each cone
is small indentation, through which pro
! trudes something which looks like torpedo
Pieces of wire about two inches in length ex-
tend from the bottoms, and by means of these
the bombs were fastened to the rail so that
| the fiat surface would be on top of the rail
Kalseberger was closeted all the morning With
| Furthmann and Capt. Setback in the latters
| private office The captain was trying the
pumping" process. but apparently with poor
| success
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Crushed to,Death Batween Cars. =