Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-19
Suspected Of Completely in Dynamite
Explosion in Brooklyn.
ELEVATED STRUCTURE SHATTERED
Attempt to Tear Up Tracks on
Second Avenue Line.
PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE

NEW YORK, July 19.-At an early hour
this morning twenty-five strikers We're
Placed under arrest suspected of compile
ity in dynamite explosion on the EIevat-
ed railroad. which occurred in south Brook
lyn about l am. Acting under orders from
Chief of Police Devery nine detectives pro-
ceeGed to the strikers headquarters, at the
corner If Rockaway and Atlantic avenues,
Brooklyn, and placed all of the strike lead
ers they found there under arrest.
The police now say the men were arrest
ed as suspicious persons, but were not
necessarily charged with the dynamfting
Of the Elevated struc ture. They are strik-
ing motormen and conductors, except one,
who is a printer. Their names are Charles
A GiIdersleeve, Frederick Ward, Frank
Keegan, James Fox. john Gunther, Louis
MarkOWitz. John Eeegan. J. N Duffy,
James Keating. Charles Hammond. John
Mahoney. Z. W. Goodbody, Max Keegan,
Robert Seigel. Hugh Higgins. Thomas Cos
grove, John Williams, William Fox, Eu-
gene O'Hare. all motormen and conductors,
and John Mackcy, a printer.
All Sent to Jail.
When the accused, who We're arrested in
east New York on suspicion of being impli-
Gated in the dynamite explosion in 9TH ave
hue, were arraigned in the Adams street
court, Brooklyn. all Of the prisoners plead
ed not guilty to the charge of vaglancy
Several of them wore gold chains ana had
watches. and also mad money in their
pockets. All of them denied being vagrants.
Magistrate Bremen. on advice of Police
Captain Reynolds, held five of them in $40
bail for examira ton tomorrow. The others
were also held so as to give the detectives
a chance to look up their records. Bail not
being furnished in any case the men were
sent to Jail
Sixteen of the men whose records were
looked up by the detectives were subse
quently charged with conspiracy. An en-
pIoye of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pauy testified that he had seen dynamite
in their possession. They We're held in
default of bail for the grand jury, which
meets in September
General Master Workman Parsons said
today: Il condemn most emphatically the
blowing up of the L structure in Brooklyn.
If done by strikers, the guilty ones will
be repudiated by the organization. This
savors much, however, of the old tactics
employed by companies in former strikes
to create public sympathy.
This is not far-fetched idea. l have no
doubt that every extreme will be resorted
to in order apparently TO justify the calling
out of the state troops to assist in enabling
these companies 10 evade the law.
Elevated Structure Dynamited.
An attempt was made to blow up the
elevated structure at 9TH avenue and 35th
street, in Brooklyn, early this morning.
The police say that it was the work of the
One of the pillars of the structure was
shattered by the explosion Of dynamite at
1:lV am. The entire base of the pillar was
blown to pieces and the sides of the pillar
several feet up were torn away. Several
pieces of steel were thrown through neigh
boring houses. One piece Of large size,
nearly an inch in thickness, was blown
through the brick wall of house at the
corner of 34th street and 9Th avenue. An
other was blown through a house at the
corner Of 34th street and An avenue. While
still another dashed through the iron rail-
ing Of the Greenwood Subcemetery.
Several policemen who Were duty in
the vicinity hurried to the scene of the eX-
plosion, which was heard for long dis
Iance, but no arrests were made then.
The explosion caused n delay in the run
ming of trains over the 9TH avenue line for
time, and extra guards were sent out to
watch the structure.
Fortunately no one was injured.
Statement by the Company.
The following statement was issued by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company at
2:45 o'clock this morning:
AT 1:2O o'clock this morning the strikers
placed bombs under two columns of the
elevated structure at 35th street and 9TH
avenue. The bombs were undoubtedly of
The Structure is high here and the tall
columns supported by masonry
These supports have been blown out and
the columns are now hanging suspended in
the air from the structure.
The superintendent of the wrecking
crew. with all of his men, are now at work
on the structure. They hope to have
enough braces in by morning, that the
regular traffic can be resumed with safety.
The police, by command of Deputy Nc
Kelar. at the scene, $50
guarding property.
The damage to the elevated structure
caused by the dynamite explosion
paired sufficiently to allow d resumption
OF traffic on that road early this morning.
Fewer We're running the strike
involved lines of the Brooklyn surface
roads up to . am. today than during the
early hours Of yesterday.
President Rossiter's Statement.
President ROssiter today declared that
matters cOncerning the strike were pro-
crossing satisfactorily TO the company. The
strike in New York would have no effect
one way the other on the Brooklyn rapid
transit system. He acknowledged that he
was still IN need Of about / 800 men to make
up lis fun quota. He had applications fro,-
so men who are anxious to go to work but
as they Were new al the business he had
turned them away. He did not believe il
advisable to undertake TO break in novices
during the strike. About % men We're put
TO work yesterday. Mr.. Rossiter averred
that he did not want men 10 come here
fl ON other cities to take the places of the
strikers. as there We're plenty of expe-
rtelCed mOtOrs1eu and conductors in Brook
lyn To I'LL the vacancies.
STRIKE on MANHATTAN SIDE.
Begun on Second Avenue Line of Met
ropolitan Company.
NEW YORK Iuiy