The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-07
PLOT OF THE O STRIKERS
THE DETECTIVES JAIL ANOTHER
MEMBER OF THE BAND.


CHICAGO, July 6.--J. A. Bauereisen, dep
uty auditor of tho Aurora, ILL.,, division of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was brought to Chicago this morning under
arrest by deputy United States marshal.
He is charged with completely in the alleged
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy railway. Bannerson
is not the mysterious fourth man who eluded
the officers yesterday when three arrests
were made, and exactly what is his connec-
ton with the plot is what the Burlington
officials refused to state at this stage of the
proceedings.
BAUEREISEE GIVES BAIL.
Bauereisen was Aarraigned before the
United States commissioner and gave bail
in So, 900, A. B. Fadler, a Chicago merchant
becoming his bondsman. The other three
men-Wilson, Bowles and Broderick-have
not been able to secure bondsmen, and are
still in custody.
The only explanation of Bauereisen's
arrest so far is furnished by General Man
| ager Stone of the Burlington and Quincy
road, who said letter thrown away by
Broderick yesterday connects Bauereisen
with the other three beyond the shadow Of
| a doubt" and, he added: "The dynamite
was obtained by the men yesterday from
the brotherhood's hall at Aurora"
Broderick, Wilson and Bowles assert that
| the package Of dynamite cartridges was
| taken qy detectives from hat rack over
| their heads and not from the seat which
| Broderick and Wilson occupied, as has been
asserted, and they claim that they never
saw it until it was produced by the detec-
| tives.
ALL CLOSE MoUTHED.
Neither Broderick nor the officers of the
railroad company or of the law, will di-
| vulge the contents of the letter thrown
| away by Broderick There is but little pros
pect that the engineers would take any part
| in the defense of the alleged dYnamiters.
| When Mr. HOge was at the Jail to-
| day, they appealed to him to
secure bail and counsel for them,
but he gave them little encouragement He
said he would look into the case, and if he
became satisfied that it was a matter of
| persecution of them by the railway COM
pany, or conspiracy by some detective
| agencies, the Brotherhood would defend
| them to the court Of last resort.
VIOLENCE NOT CoUNTENANCED.
| But if it were shown that they really had
| those explosives and meant any violence or
unlawful use of them, they would have to
| take care of themselves. The Brotherhood,
he said, countenanced no illegal measures
| When arrested yesterday, BOwles demanded
that Hoge and Alexander Sullivan be sent
for at once. Mr.. Sullivan was counsel
| for some of tie 20" strikers
who were arrested and tried for conspiracy
shortly after the inception of the strike. He
is also the attorney who was to present the
! strikers side of the case in the complaint
against the 90" which was filed before the
| interstate commerce commission. When
asked about the case to-day Mr.. Sullivan
said he was not and would not be counsel
| for these mon.
MORE WARRANTS OUT.
| Deputy United States Marshal Burchard
| left for Aurora this afternoon. In his pos
session were warrants for more of the
| alleged conspirators How many men he
was after, he would not say. 1t was known,
however, that he had warrants for at least
| three more strikers.
THE STORY OF THE PLOT.
General Manager Stone, on being asked
| for a history of the plot against his road
| has told the Associated Press the following
| story A few days after the middle of May
| the company was informed that attempts
would be made to damage its property and
| trains by the use of dynamite, and that
BoYles, the Brotherhood engineer, VINO
was arrested Thursday afternoon with dyna-
mite in his possession, was about to leave
town to put the plan in operation.
Bowles did leave Chicago as was expected,
having taken a package of dynamite and
| caps with him from room No. "a, in the
| Grand Pacific hotel, the headquarters of
| the grievance committee of the strikers,
and occupied by S. E. Hoge, chairman
of the general grievance committee.
THE FIRST EXPLOSION.
May 90, at 10: 40 o'clock at night, the en-
| gineer of a train going from Chicago to
-to klnI ~ k,Aa ss.Lk
which he described as being like an electric
| light, and loud explosion, which Jared
his engine severely and partially stunned
| him and his fireman. An examination of
the engine showed that the forward truck
wheel was broken, but not so much
but that the engine was able to
proceed. The next morning a careful ex-
animation OF the track was made and at
| the place of the explosion, close by the raj,
were found a small handful of what APP
peared to be damp sawdust, an unexploded
| copper cap aboout an inch long and a
| quarter of an inch in diameter, some pieces
| OF oily paper and pieces of broken fish
line.
1T WAS DYNAMITE.
| The supposed sawdust on being examined
proved to be dynamite, and the oily paper
the remnants of the casing of a dynamite
| cartridge. The copper cap was a fulmlua-
the purpose of exploding dynamite
! The dynamite cartridge had appa-
rently been tied to the rail with
the fish line and the wheel of the engine cut
| off a portion of the cartridge which dropped
| by the rail, where it was found next morn
ing. The remaining dynamite when the
wheel struck the cap exploded There were
at least two caps used IN the cartridge, the
one found not having exploded. On the
remnants Of the paper found were the same
manufacturers marks as were on the car
tridges captured with Bowles, Broderick and
| Wilson Thursday afternoon. This brand
or mark on the cartridge afforded sure
meansof locating the manufacturer.
SECOND ATTEMPT.
l On the evening, after the large
picnic of the Brotherhood at Au-
rora, on June 10, another attempt
was made a short distance west OF
Aurora. The engiaeers report of the oc-
currence was almost identical with the one
referred to above east of Aurora, and here
again some exploded dynamite was found
near the rail, together with some remnants
Of the paper casing Of n cartridge. These
also bore the same mark as the cartridges
which were found in possession Of the ar
rested men yesterday afternoon. There
were also found two exploded Illuminating
caps and pieces of the same kind Of fish
| line as at the first explosion, and which had
| been used for the same purpose, namely, TO
tie the cartridge to the rail.
BowLEs IN INDIANA.