Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-25
HE CANNOT BE FOUND.
No Clew to the Dynamiter at the
Thirty-Third Street Mill.
IN A QUANDARY.
After Blowing Up Freight Car the Mis-
creant disappears
STRIKERS ASSISTING IN THE SEARCH

All attempts of the police to unravel tho
mystery surrounding the dynamite e1-
plosion at the Thirtv-third street mill of
the Carnegie Company have practically re-
suited in failure. From the time of the
occurrence at 9:45 o'clock Tuesday night
detectives have been putting forth every
effort to apprehend the miscreant. They
have conducted their investigations both in
and outside of the mill, but up until late
hour last night they had not even captured
a suspect
The whole affair is shrouded in the deep
est mystery. Inquiries among the nom
union men and strikers reveal little if any
thing All have theories to advance upon
the subject. The non-union men blame the
strikers. While the police are investigat-
ing the matter in the interest of the firm
the strikers are searching for clews, hoping
to lay the crime at the door of the nom
union men.
Caused the Greatest Excitement.
The explosion caused the greatest ex-
citement among the residents of Lawrence
vile. About Gas o'clock Tuesday night
everyone in the neighborhood was aroused
by tremendous report, louder than the
noise made by a dozen cannon. One man
living on Forty-iourth street claims he
heard it very plainly. He had Just fallen
asleep at the time. Immediately after the
noise had subsidized hundreds OF men, women
and children buried to the scene. Soon
the avenues leading to and from the
mill were crowded with excited people
anxious to learn what had happened.
"A kI.k
an attempt had been made to blow up the
mill, resulting in q terrible loss of life,
Another was that several boilers in the mill
had exploded causing destruction of both
life and property. A third report was cir
culated that the strikers had possessed
themselves of two large cannon, and had
commenced bombardment of the mill
Threw a Dynamite Bomb.
At last it leaked out that someone had
thrown dynamite bomb at freight car
loaded with ingots and consigned to the
Thirty-third street mill. This report, after
investigation. proved true The bomb had
exploded after striking the car and did lit
tie damage beyond shattering the wood
work. The fact that no person was within
100 feet of the place when the explosion oc-
Cured explains why there was no loss of
life.
At no time since the commencement of
the strike have the police relaxed their
usual vigilance. They say that owing to
the darkness and also that the tracks of the
Allegheny Valley Railroad are used
as thoroughfare any person could
have easily thrown the bomb
and escaped without being noticed When
the people swarmed down upon the scene
Tuesday night the police found it almost
impossible to preserve order. Finally after
much hard work they dispersed the crowd
that had gathered around the scene and
quiet was once more restored.
He Quickly Closed the Gates.
Acting Superintendent Wriggley and
Police Lieutenant Orth were seated outside
of the main gate when the explosion took
place. The former realizing that the nom
union men inside of the works would be
frightened and there would likely be
stampede, closed the gates. This only made
matters worse. The non-union men made
q rush for the gate and in struggling to get
out free fight ensued in which several of
them were badly injured.
George McCluky, non-union man, who,
it is said, is responsible tor the riot, was
singled out by the management yesterday
morning and promptly discharged. Subse-
quently he tried to join the strikers, but
they refused to admit him to their ranks.
Dynamite or Powder Was Used.
Inspector McKelvey, who reached the
scene shortly after the explosion, thinks
that the person who threw the bomb only
intended to destroy property. The Inspector
says it would have been just as easy to
have thrown the dynamite into the mill.
In this case the loss of lite would
have been frightful. In making an inves-
tigation the Inspector found piece of fuse
about eight feet long. This makes him
doubt whether it was dynamite or powder
that was used.
The strikers say the damage to the car
was on the side nearest the mill.
The police say they are determined to
overtake the bomb thrower, and the
strikers have pledged their assistance in
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