New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-11
DYNA MITE IN A DISTILLERY.
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A STORAGE HOUSE
THE FIRM BLAMING THE wHIsREY ThUsI-
MEMBERS OF THE COMBINATION
DrNyrNG THE CHARGE.

Chicago Dec Io-An attempt was made ABOUT
A. M to-day to destroy shufeldt g. Co.'s dsnllery, IN
the northern portion Of the city, By means OF oy"a
mite Buildings in the nelghborhood were shaheh anu
windows broken. Soon afterward package wrapped
in paper found in the street IL contained so'o'
sticks Of dynamite and six fulmisauhs caps "a ,"s'
in the package showed evidence Of having been shted
Tho dynamite had been thrown from tho high sidewalk
in Uawthorne-st. upon the low roof OK ou'loins
used as a storage place for high wines Inc s"oh'
consisted of compressed dynamite. wrapped In paste
board and provided with Illuminating caps ihe ann
WAS evidently to hit the skyght on the roof ana 'he
mark was missed by only few rect ohucii'a,"
the skynght eight large tubs, or vats, Oh h'sy
infammabIe liquor. Had the dynamite SUCKS eA
pIodcd on the skylight, the liquor wouin nave oeo"
instantly ignitcd and an explosion would nave re-
suited OF sufficient violence TO have torn down Score
of buildings As IL was, the damage was compare
lively small A lot Of barrels OF wines underneath
the spot wbere tho explosion occurred had their hoops
torn on but none Of tho contents was spilled. On
tho roof, about fifteen feet from the spot whore the
first explosion occurred found another bundle OF
dynamite stcks-seven in number. These had not
exploded on account of defect In tho fuse, which
had evidently been gnited. No one in the build
Ing tho time and loss OF life limb was caused
James D. Lynoh ono Of the proprietors OF the dis
tillcry SAYS he believes 10 TO be the work Of the
whiskey trust.
"We ere not IN tne trust he said and that or
ganizaton has numerous occasions threatened to
do us upI 10 show you the desperate character OF
tho deed let me call your attention TO the fact that
there were $4,000 barrels Of whiskey stored under
the roof that torn open, and II these bad been
ignied a terrible fire would have been added TO the
horrors Of the explosion One Of the representatives
Of the trust hero shortly after the explosion, but
the feeling among the against his organization
great that he had TO skip out for fear OF
being violently dealt with. There s no doubt in the
world that It is the work Of tho trust. They have
been threatening us with vengeance for some time
past, the other day received word to look out
for damage. We supposed they meant TO cut prices
and told them TO damage away never thought
they would be guilty of such act this"
50 " as there any for the taking Of such des-
perate measures by the Whiskey Trustl"
"Well, | should say there Every one knows
the war they have waged against without success.
They have tried every In their power to force
into the trust, and they played their last card
when they froze out of feeding cattle. When they
that had effect, they began to ISSUE vague
threats, to whoh paid no attention. Now, last
week there came the that a house about
completed in St. Paul, with capacity Of 10000
bushels day, and only short time before another
anti trust house Of 1000 bushels daily capacity was
started in Pekn, Ill Another house Of several
thousand bushels capacity in Danville ren0unced al
egance TO tho trust and then the Kentucky dstpers
began chan ging their product from whskeys TO high
wines, which brought them into direct competition
with the trust and raised the antitrust capacity to
1900 bushels day"
MI Lynch, manager Of the shufeldt Company,
offers a reward OF $25 900 to the person who throw
the dynamite on the disnery building for the name
such information will lead to the detection and
arrest OF the persons responsible for the outrage
idea that the attempt to destroy the property
the work. directly indirectly, of their organization.