The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-18
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE
MANY LIVES PUT IN DANGER
The Strike 10 stu On-Yeetsrday
Brought Few Change In the
Condition OF the country-eoth
Sides Firm--Tpoops for Butte.

Brought Few Changeo In the
Condition OF the country-eoth
Sides Firm--Troops for Butte.
WASHINGTON. July 17.-Daily reports ~
ceived at tho war department from the
troops engaged in preventing disturbances
on tho railroads in the Wcst show that tho
resistance of the strikers has generally
diminished from formidable rioting to
petty annoyance and obstruction.
General Merritt, at St. Paul, reports
that distractions have been encountered
on the Great Northern road running north
from st. Paul, likewise ut Livingston,
Mont. There is friction on all the Pacific
roads.
From San Francisco General Ruger no
ports IL will be necessary to send the
trains under guard for some time.
General Miles reported to headquarters
the frightful accident at Chicaso yester.
day. General Miles will take steps to 40.
certain how 1t occurred and he may ap.
point board for this purpose. As soon
a. in General Miles judgment, 1t will be
advisable to do ID, the regular troops now
In Chicago will be Withdrawn, but until
General Miles 20 recommends NO sugges'
tion or outside request will have any Of.
feet with the authorities hcre.
The history Of the Chicago riot has con.
1rmed in Official circles hero tho belief In
the soundness Of General Schofield's 70.
vorite policy Of consolidating the troops at
. great central post near the large cities.
Il 10 the intention now to carry out this
idea 40 far % practicable.
Tho first manifestation this decision
will be Chicago, for although the troops
will be Withdrawn from the city they will
20 to Fort Sheridan, Is miles distant, and
none Of the companies batteries that have
been brought to Chicago from eastern
and western points will be sent back to
their posts. They will constitute per.
manent garrison at Fort Sheridan, which,
with this powerful force 20 located 30 az
to be easily and quickly marched to Chi.
cago or to any point OF disturbance, will
become one Of the first units Of the new
system Of army posts.
Unless congress shall provide for sub
stantial increase Of tho regular army this
may involve practical abandonment Of
many of tho smaller posts In the west.
TROOPS FOR BUTTE,
OMAHA. July 1.-THE colonel command
ing the Second infantry United States
army, has been ordered to proceed at once
with the first battalion of his regimen,
from Fort Omaha to Butte. Mont. lie will
start In tho morning. Four troops OF the
Sixth cavalry are also ordered there under
Colonel Bates command.
OUTRAGE NEAR MIssoULA.
Srecial Dispatch to tho Standard.
MIssoULA, July II. - The quiet and
peace which prevailed hero during the
past few days was rudely disturbed this
morning by one Of the most dastardly out.
RACES ever perpetrated in this section. No.
east-bound express pulled out Of here at
1880 o'clock this morning with Engineer
Bob Rogers ut the throttle Of No. 419. The
train crossed Rattlesnake bridge safely
and, entering He'll Gate canyon, speed
was increased to Is miles an hour.
Just whore the track swings around the
southern extremity of Mount Jumbo 10 an
embankment about 200 feet long and &c
feet high at the greatest height. Al the
engine swung around the curve at this
highest point terrific explosion occurred
which was heard at points four miles dis
tant aud which shook tho earth for q
radius of two miles.
At Bonner, six miles away, the soldiers
on guard heard the explosion and started
down the track, supposinR the Blackfooi
bridge had been blown up.
Engineer Rogers stopped the train at
once and as soon as he could look around
found the front end of his engine badly
wrecked and the track beneath badly torn
up.
STRUCK A DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE.
The engine had struck . dynamite car
fridge and nothing short of miracle
saved the train from rolling down the
steep embankment, which was evidently
the intention of tho perpetrator of the
deed. Fortunately the engine did no,
leave the track and as soon as possible
the train pulled back to town.
The engineer and firemcn were not In.
juretl, except for severe shaking up, and
Rogers pluckily took the train out later
with new engine.
A pilot train preceded the train this time
but nothing OF incident occurred.
WELL PLANNED.
Rogers is one of the old engineers who
applied Sunday night for unemployment
and II is said threats were made on the
street last night that no would never sue
coed in taking the train TO Helena. THAI
no did not is only duo to providence, fol
the Same occurrence would not fail o.
complete wreck once in 100 times. The
dynamite employed to do tho work wa.
placed at JOINT between two rails on thu
outer side of tho curve. One of tho rail.
| was shattered by the shot and the tie,
splintered to kindling. In the earth. q
hole two fee, deep and six in circumfer
ence was formed.
Investigation this morning showed tha
the explosive had been taken from tn,
powder house of the Missouia Mercantil,
company, which was not far from th,
scene of tho outrage. The padlocl
which held the door was Gu
with cold.chiscl and % pounds of dyna
mite taken. The lock OH the storehous,
| Of Murphy 4 Worden, near by, had beer
| tampered with, but not broken.
| DENOUNCED BY TuE PUBLIC.
Public sentiment is strong against tn,
perpetrators OF the desperate deed and 4
! they can be caught it will 20 hard witt
them. The members of the A. II. L. arS
i loud in their denuncia,ion of the deet
| and disclaim emphatically any connec