New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-29
MILWAUKEE TERRORiIED.
rYcrNDIARy FIRES OF. ALMOST DAILY OC-
CIrREN'E
A BOMB THROWN YEsTERDAf MohNiN" DE-
srroyrp PROPERTY WORTH MORE THAN
o.ro ,,u, rt:wAKD OFFERED.

ejCocOO-A REWARD OFfEhhp
,,u, ou,e. WIS. Dec. as.-M . o'clock this morn
,nr a bomb was thrown into the main bnhuihs VI '"e
south side plln Of the Milwaukee Street RAILWAY lhrre
was n tremendous explosion and In moment 'he II"
to,,or Of the building In a blaze In lew
minute tho fire was beyond control and In less 'hah
-, hour thc entire plant consumed, en'ailhe
lo<s Of 100000. The company's S9ih-Sne l'r' was
In Kipnickinnicave. II inclu1ed IMMENSE 9'o'"s'
s,,h.s for electric motors machine rfopS ana Sa"'S
In the barn were fifty new electric motors ana he"iS
~ ,ho summer cars owned by the company. The
machine shors were built during the last season anu
were nttod with fine machinery for the rebuilding ana
,,,,, NJ GERS In the stable were sixty horses.
hut thss. were saved.
Tho cars stored in the building were V"iu'u at
$o,O 900 the structure itself wa worth ~ Ie'A' F'"
noo IN. machinery was valued az 10000 anu 'h'
torcs Of the company KEEP, In The building Were WORN
Po, 600 1b. insurance carried was on the bWlu'hg
',d a,,ounts IN $4,000 The buildings which We're
ds,,ovcd were the principal depot OF the MILWAUKEE,
c,, Railway Company and the fire greatly crippled
the company. ,
who IN. man Is who throw the bomb is not known.
ue e s,,pposcd 10 be the ircbg VINO mas 'tr'u l"'
, dozen other disastrous fires within mo"'" ~
Grand Jury will be- summoned to max" an 'h''Sus'
ton. -,,..o, ,on,, ,tro,rr
Tho only pcrson who saw the alleged DomD .i'o"h
r,s the night Waterman. wordoa. He fayS mat lie
800 standing n.ar tho main doorway OF the barn, IN
which tho motors and cars wcr' stored Ih'rc WIS
, whiz Of something through the air HASH "''"
tremendous explosion. II there was po"'' '""""'
which many doubt. It came through 'a' "'''" uo''
,ror and struck the car ncarrH ne 'nr'"''' -"
nroicc,lc mus; have been filled with some hiEhN III,
gamu,allc substance. rs hardly t'h S,o'""'
c.oraipc 70 tho night watchman before nearly III
49,. or, IN ,he building were I'm flames. Manager
,,r 81 the companv IS convinced OF the 'rntn'uh9
-, ,ho ro,chmans story. That thor" WAS an 'A
nIosiou every one IN the ncighborhood WIZ So
There was nothing OF an explosive nature ""'"' INV
plant. . 81, r,o co,rn,ny
uos also destroyed. woman hNlhs UNIV
,,l,zod and had 10 h. carried out Of tn" mouse h''
l., c,,,. Tho rear end Of tn" plant oil Inc
- stovo Componv which ha' been leased Dy NV
,u,u.a,,l,ec street Railway Company, was S'ishu'
damaged. -, so,,,t that the
o.o which Yesterday destroyed two ~hh'il'9' '""7'7
a loss Of $4,000 and by which two lives "',o Wv
wa, jncendiary. This Is also inc o">o wv" 900 .
srcs ., sunday. when property worth 9l2'ooo "a'
hnod T1ds afternoon Mayor Scmers sSueu
,orot,,n Offering a reward OF $500 for the ar
rcst ~ the persons who started any oil INC n'0' ~
ginning with the great contiagration 81 'c,opr -
or who shall Start any fires III t'' wy M" IA
next thirty days 1t has also been o''Heo u "r'
100 neclal policemen the regular force Tor hsn'
service. -, ,,~
Today two more bcdo, were found IN the runs
90, ,h t,,n.rv fire OF Yesterday Increasing On" NUMBER
NJ lives lost TO four. one body Is tna' OF H'Ph'n
Tr.ader a tanner: the other has not bceh f"'""n''
, number of Insurance agents representing l'""'"9
,onpanles have received orders from their several
companies u cease wriuhB i''"' VIZ
lns plants in Milwaukee.
The nrcbugT who Is operating in Milwaukee mas
cost the cty over 100000 IN two months lie
hogan his work Of destruction on the Night Oh Vc'o
her 20 when 900 buildings were consumed ah1 prop
crtv worth ~ 900 vas destroyed Nmie 'n
contagration raging on the east SIDE an aiteip,
was n,d 10 burn the west side. Herr IN" lO'' was
$1,000. The week following Koch q Lo1tcrs wo st
vnrc and notion store fred the loss there otlhg
SIS 900 A week later l.. kclS's drygoOiS st)re
burned with a loss OF S1Sj,O0). The NllWluhec
Mattress COMPANY burncd out a few days later
with $40 600 loss. The Hennccke Company art store
cane next with $4,000 IS. The origin OF this
fire is uncertain. An attempt was made 10 burn the
great AlIs Works. and later the Palsb Theatre ON
Christmas the Fly Net Works were fired with JOSS
n TO- 900 The Keenan, Mill was burned at the same
time where the loss 10000 Then came the
tannery FIRE yesterday. and today the car barn fire.
A meeting was held by the Chamber Of Commerce
M noon today when a committee Of six was appointed
IN arrange for meeting Of citizens - be held
tomorrow to take action on the incendarism.