The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-15

,ord,y citarnnon had !, oood oiT,ct n,
~ ,Nu
the aushoti''es oi 'ho to"h' mayor
Westwood appointed ak special ollicers
for duty In guarding tho works These
.,,,;,.J ,n d,,, ,ha,, th, v,,t,, So
III ih'uhiBhs' "nen "'i uut ono descr'ou
thcir posts, having been worked upon
by ,sympa,hizers OF tho strikers or quit
,hror,h t,,r Tb, novor ,ho, nr,
t"'0uS" ''"'' o '''0' pu'
three regular oiiicotd on uusy' ana al an
early hour this morning nothing had
hnnnencd about tho plant. y
Ono Of tho most fendI,h crimca in
an, ,i.,. H., ohio v.,.
'"o "'''o' y, 'nU T'o '"''' was p''
pc'rated AZ MarI'ns Ferr? yesterday
inarnlng al d:5o O'CLOCK. An attempt
was maze 10 dow up portion oil the
buckeye 1Iass WORKS win dynamite
ana XIII Manager humphrey aud other
employees VINO were asleep IN the build.
ing. bomb was thrown into one Of
the Offices ana exploded with terrific
lorce. Mr. humphrey ana other EN-
piores narrowly escaped being Killed.
The matter OF attempting to blow up
the works with dynamite is not \ sur
prise TO many persons, Tor 1t has been
hintei Tor some umo tha' such talk has
been INDUCED IN oy certain hot headi.
mo ISrILLidEScEH learned fully n
month ago tnas some perdons were 70.
ported TO be IN 'avor oil using dynamite
and It was also understood that dyna-
mite had becn purchased Tor this pur-
pose, but that OH the advice Of the cool
or heads the plans had been abandoned.
Ono maa i1 reported to have said. I'VE
vii! not. allow the buckeye to run non.
union II We have TO blow up every
oricK IN II, anu II seems That some still
feel this way.
bang was heard by John Evarss,
one OF tho employees, who was sleeping
in tho sampie room with tho manager,
Alex Humphrey, on the second floor OF
the building fronting on First street and
between Hanover, ut $3.50 yesterday
morning. The noise was cauacd by tho
brcuklng OF front window in the pri-
vasn olhce, through which the bomb
was thrown and tins not only awakened
Mr.. Evart'. but Mr. humphrey. The
latter sprang out OF his bed and walked
toward the office door. Seeing a strange
color through tho transom. resembling
red lire, humphrey said to Evnrts.
"Fhnts bomb" Eyarts, who had
been sick. remained III bed and on see
Ing tue llnsn anu nearing wnat hum-
phrey SAID, droppcd ms head on the
pillow anu pulled the bed clothing
over his lace, awaiting results and sup
posing that the building would be
blown to atoms. Alter hesitating for q
moment Mf. humphrey concluded to
rush into tho office. seize the bomb and
throw 1t out OF the window. thinking
that his own chances would be equally
rs good 10 risk doing that ms TO be
so near In the building should the
bomb explode and desiring to save the
lives oi the employees sleeping on the
tioor above and only short distance
cast OF MIN, when the explosive fell.
Humphrey became alarmed Mt the way
the fuse burned and the flash i. caused ;
he thought 1t was about to explode.
Yelled to Evarts and ran back 10 the
rear end OF the sample room and the
bomb ihen exploded with terrific force.
shaking the entire building and causing
report as loud as that OF cannon.
The explosion over, Humphrey know
there was no further danger and made
n thorough investigation. after which
he telephoned 10 the police headquar-
ters.
The Office was n wreck. Tho windows
were shattered, furniture broken and a
portion OF the iioor torn up. A dozen
or more holes had been cut in the door
leading into the sample room, caused
by lying sIuSs which the bomb con-
tanned, tle door looking iiSo ,Gatling
Gun hnd been playing on it. The mon
sleeping IN that portion OF tho building
called tho barracks wore all awakened
by tho noise anu shaking OF tho build
ing, and they were soon on tho scene.
Tho explosion made tho earth
tremble. Buildings shook .soveral
blocks oil and many people wore
awakoned. rev poraons except those
In tho Immediate Vicinity wero aware
thnt 1t was at the buckeye. Police
Oillcet Martin Myers, who lives in Nc
Swords addition, in the Third ward,
almost miIc away, mad Just retired,
and says the noise sounded like iron
passing through tho rolls at the Top
mill.
There were only two night watchmcn
on duty at tho time, ana THIS lact was
probably known by tho dynamite
iiends who took advantage OF it. Mitch.
oil Cox. ono OF tho watchmon, was un-
der the bridge at tho time aud saw three
mon turn the cornor aud run mp Han.
over street at rapid ratio. but thought