Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21
NO ONE WAS HURT
Anticipated Attack on a Chi
cago Whisky Trust Dis
tillery Occurs.
REFUSED BY ARMED MARSHALS
Score or More of Shots Fired
by Both Sides but No
One Injured.

CHICAGO, June 1S.-Ihe anticipated
attack on the Shufeldt distillery, one
of the plants of the whisky trust, oc.
CURED at l a. M, when an armed party
of a dozen men attempted to take
possession of the distillery. The at,
lacking party was met by the deputy
marshals who had been placed on guard
by Receiver McNulta of the trust, and,
after a harmless exchange of rs or sc
shots, the men retreated.
Trouble has been expected at the
trusts distilleries since the recent de.
clslon OF the Illinois supreme court de-
starring h whisky trust illegal. Sew
eral OF the former owners of the various
distilleries declared that under the de-
cision, the plants reverted to them.
Receiver McNulta promptly applied to
the United States marshal for assist
ance and for several days each of the
distilleries have been
Closely Guarded by Armed Marshals.
The Shufeldt plant where the trouble
occurred is located at Chicago avenue
the river. The attacking party Sc.
cured a large GOV and when first seen
by the guards was gliding silently
across the river. The deputy marshals
were quietly punched at the landing
and when the scow neared the shore
the men aboard were commanded to
surrender. They replied with a volley
OF revolver shots and the deputies
promptly opened fire. Under the hot
volley, the men quickly dropped down
the river and, reachinga landing, dis.
appeared.
The force at the plants has been
doubled in anticipation of further
trouble. Who is responsible for the
attack the authorities refuse to say.
The Shufeldt distillery was sold to the
whisky trust by the millionaire Lynch
family. One of the Lynch brothers,
Thomas Lynch, Jr., has been reported
to have declared his intention of regain.
ing possession Of the distillery and his
name was frequently mentioned in
connection with the raid.
May Call Out Troops.
That serious trouble at the Shufeldt
or Calumet distilleries was feared by
the authorities was evident from the
warlike preparations made during the
day. Receiver McNulta had arranged,
it was said, for immediate help from
the United States troops at Fort Sheri-
dan in Isl of need, and a large addi-
tional force Of deputies was placed Oh
guard. It was stated at the receivers
Office that the troops at Fort Sheridan
were practically under orders to move
at any time, but the information could
not be confirmed at army headquarters.
The fear expressed by the authorities
was that in the event of a determined
attack on either of the distilleries, Sc
rious trouble would he caused by idle
spectators, many Of whom were likely
to join in the attack.
A Siberian Wonder.
The scientists have for years been per
picked over the wonderful frozen we'll at
Yakutsk, Siberia. AS long ago as 1928 it
was announced that the ground was fro.
zen to an abnormal depth at the place re-
ferred to. In the summer of 1899 a Rus
sian merchant set q gang of men to the
task OF ascertaining the depth of the fro
zen stratum. They gave up the job after
digging some 80 feet in solidly frozen
ground. The Russian Academy of Sci
ences then took the matter in hand. and
between 1888 and 1874 dug to a depth Of
382 feet and then abandoned the shaft be-
cause the earth was still frozen as hard as
a rock. Natural cold could never pene-
trate to such a depth, and the phenomenon
Is still unexplained. st. Louis Republic.