The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-06-27

Chicago Mattress Makers union. The
trouble arose. over the refusal of the
company to sign a scale and contract
with the union, by which the company
was to agree to employ no one but
union men. The company refused to
sign and has attempted to secure a
force here at home. This has led to a
guerrilla warfare on the part of the
union against the company. All sorts
of threats, it is alleged, have been
launched against the company.
One Man Arrested.
At about 10 o'clock Sunday night a
man giving the name of Bernard Ros-
now, and e .4ling to come from Chi
cago, assfound down here in the city
with both his hands badly burned and
his eye broWs and hair slightly singed.
He went into Leach & Lambs
drug store to have the burns dressed.
DR.. Windesheim attended to his needs,
and Officer Feldschau put the man
under arrest on suspicion. He was
thought to be in so bad condition
thas he was at first taken to the Com
mercial hotel. Here the officer grew
somewhat alarmed and feared his man
might get away from him, so he took
Rosnow to Jail where he was kept for
the night. Rosnow looks like
a mattress maker and seems to be a
Bohemian. He denies all knowledge
of the fire further than as follows: He
claims he was out of work in Chicago
and tramped up to Milwaukee to find
some. He was on his way back, hav
ing failed. He says that as he got op-
posite the works Of the Chicago Bed
| ding company he heard a sudden eX-
| plosion. He ran over to the fire and a
window blew out letting the flames di
rectly into his face. He threw up his
hands to protect his eyes and thus was
burned. Others who have Leard him
relate the circumstances claim that he
has told about a half dozen different
stories, none of which gibes with any
other. One of the reported stories is
that he heard woman scream inside
and went to her assistance. Another
is that he was making the rounds with
| the Waterman when the flames were
discovered and he assisted in trying to
put them out and thus got burned.
When taken to Jail he seemed to be in
more or less of fainting condition.
| Whether real or assumed it is impossi-
BILE to say. He appears all right again
today. His hands are terribly burned
and this morning were badly swelled
and blistered.
They Made Bad Remarks.
There were at least two men here
Sunday who acted suspiciously the po-
lice say, but where they are now seems
impossible to say They have not
been located. One was heard to re-
mark as he passed an officer that he
guessed it was a good job this time. !"
This remark taken alone might not
mean much, but when taken in con-
junction with other remarks picked up
by others, such as a remark dropped to
fireman, that the " engine had better
be got out and cleaned as it might be
needed, +" would seem to indicate that
something was wrong. This Informal
ton is in the hands Of the police, but
with not very accurate descriptions of
the men who made them.
A Big Lesson Taught
Perhaps the most terrible lesson
taught by the fire was that Of the ne
cessity of putting factories within the
reach of a water supply Ordinarily
the fire department could not be called
on for help at such place. This fac
tory is located outside the city limits,
and the protection offered was purely
that of common humanity. When the
factory is rebuilt it should be brought
into the city limits
The Company.
The Chicago Bedding company was
organized as follows: President, q. J.
Lewis; vice president, S. J. Plotkln, a
produce dealer of Mt. Pulaski, H.; and
B. J. Bloch, secretary and treasurer.
The Losses.
President q. j. Lewis, of the Chicago
Bedding company, stated this morning
| that he believed the loss to the COM
pany would aggregate close onto $780,
900. This he stated was merely guess
work. 1t would be impossible to state
off hand all the damage done. Mr..
Lewis held quite long consultation
with George S. Perren and this was
stated directly after it's close
The loss is an especially bad one, !"
said Mr. Lewis, We had just begun
to get out of the woods, so to speak,
and were running nicely with every in
dication Of a prosperous season. Of
course, we shall rebuild just as soon as
we can get our insurance matters set
ted
An Interview With Rosnow.
/ The NEWS man called at the jail
this morning and requested Sheriff
Cropley to be allowed to interview Mr..
PocnoW WIN was under arrnSt IN Sis