The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-11
DYNAMITERS AT WORK.
Attempt to Blow up a DistiIIery
Partially Successful.
THE WHISKY TRUST ACCUSED
or Being ut the Bottom of the Crime.
The Serious Charge Made by the
supcrIntcndcnt-His Reasons
For the Faith Within Him.

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Shortly after s. <
o'clock this morning IN attempt WIS
made to destroy shufeldt & Co.'s distil-
lery in the northern portion Of the city
by means Of dynamite. Enough facts
are not yet known to justify conclusion
as to whetherit is the work OF Anarchists
or OF some one who has personal griev-
ance against the Shufeldts.
AT the hour mentioned, the neighbor-
hood was shaken by tremendous ex-
plosion, shaking the buildings in the
neiRhborhood, breaking many panes of
glass in the surrounding houses, and
causing, the people to rush into the street
in great alarm. Investigation showed
that bomb had been thrown, probably
from the street, into a detached ware
house used for storing high wines in.
This building was shattered, the hoops
were burst of many the casks, and the
heads OF some OF them were driven in.
Very soon atterward package wrapped
in paper was discovered. lying in the
street. 1t contained several sticks Of
dynamite and some Illuminating caps.
A fuse connected with the package
showed evidence of having been lighted
but had gone out prematurely. These
articles are now in 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. Ex-
animation revealed the fact that some
person, evidently standing on the high
sidewalk OH Hawthorn street, had
thrown upon the roof OF the building
package Of dynamite sticks tied To-
gether and attached to a fuse which had
been ignited. These sticks consist OF
compressed dynamite, wrapped in paste
board and provided with Illuminating
caps. The combination had exploded,
and it was only owing to peculiar
chance that the entire structure as well
as the surrounding buildings were not
instantly leveled.
The aim OF the man or men who COM
mittcd the deed was evidently to hit the
skylight on the roof and the mark was
missed by but few feet. Under the
skylight arc eight large tubs or vats of
highly inaammable liquor. Had the
dynamite sticks exploded on the sky
light, the liquor would have been in
stantly ignited and terrible explosion
would have resulted, an explosion, Capt.
Shaak thinks, OF sufficient violence to
have torn down a score OF buildings
The damage was comparatively small.
CHARGE THAT THE TRUST DID IT.
"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. l never thought they
would be guilty OF such an act us this.n
"Was there any cause for the taking
of such desperate measures by the
Whisky Trust?"
"Well, l should say there was. Every
ono knows of the war they have waged
against us without success. They have
tried every means in their power TO force
us into the trust, aud they played their
last card when the froze us out OF feed
ing cattle. When they saw that had no
effect, they began 10 issue vague threats
to which we paid no attention"
"Now, last week there came the news
that house was about completed in st.
Paul with capacity of 10000 bushels a
day, and only short time before an-
other antitrust house Of 1000 bushels
daily capacity was started in Pekin, Illi-
nois. Another house OF several thous-
and bushels capacity in Danville re-
nounced allegiance 10 the trust, and
then the Kentucky distillers began
changing the product from whiskics to
high wines, which brought them into
direct competition with the trust and
raised the antitrust capacity to 1900
bushels day.
Mr.. J. D. Lynch, manager OF the Shu-
feldt Company, offers n reward OF $25, 900
for the person who threw the dynamite.