Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-24
BOMB WRECKS A CAR
Explosive on Tracks Injuries Six Passengers.
Two Probably Fatally.
CAR IS LIFTED BODILY INTO THE AIR
Floor is Split Open and Front Portion is
Entirely Demolished.
CLEW TO THE PERPeTRAToR IS SLENDER
Unknown Man with Buggy is Seen at the
Spot of the Explosion.
RIoTlEG CONTINUES DAY AND NIGHT
Thousands of Excited Men Block the
Right Of Way and n Boulder in
Circle of Fire DeIny Tramc
for Several Hours.

an explosion Of nitroglycerine or guncotton
shortly after IL o'clock tonight. Six per-
sons were badly hurt, the names of the in
jured being:
Mrs. e. C. Martin, 70 Alanson street, com
pound fracture of the skull, right arm
broken and internal injuries, which will
probably prove fatal.
f. c. Martin, right arm badly cut and
bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris, 25 Cornfrew street,
injured by shock.
A. e. Smith, 60 Vienna street, injured
about legs and body.
Albert e. Fassett, IL Wallace place, legs
injured.
Dora Schessler, II oakdale street, bruised
about the body.
The explosion tore out the front end of
the car, smashed all the windows and de-
stroyed the brake. After considerable diff
ficulty the car was stopped and a call for
ambulances was rung in. The motorman
was dazed by the shock, but the conductor,
Frank Schroeder of st. Louis, escaped in
jury. The force of the explosion was so
great that it shook all the houses in the
neighborhood and was heard for two or
three miles.
The identity of the person who placed the
explosive on the track is not known. Per-
ooho VIZ III VIC ihNou 49, tASJ
saw a man in a buggy stop at the corner
of Kensington street and get out by the
railroad track. He remained there a short
time and then drove rapidly away.
Within a few minutes after the explosion
a crowd OF a thousand people assembled,
and the injured, who were suffering from
the shock, were cared for until the ambu-
lances arrived. Most of them were not
seriously injured, their hurts being con-
fined to bruises about the feet and legs.
Mrs. Martin tainted before she was taken
from the car. All were taken to their homes
in ambulances. The motorman on the car
managed to get out Of the vestibule of the
car and then fell to the street, but he
quickly recovered and helped to extricate
the passengers from the wreck.
Car Remains ON Track.
Passengers who were on the car say the
explosion seemed to lift the whole front end
OF the car and it ripped up the floor for
more than half the distance from the front
end. The car was, in fact, a complete
wreck, but. strange to say it did not leave
the rails and was taken to the barns by the
next outward bound motor.
The police were quickly summoned to the
scene OF the explosion and a force of men
was detailed to investigate, with a view of
running down the person who placed the
explosive on the track. A boy living on the
corner saw the mysterious man in the buggy.
He said he noticed the buggy drive up there
and stop and saw the man get out. He
fumbled about the rails for a minute or two
and then jumped into the buggy and drove
away at a gallop.
There seems to be no doubt now that
Mayor Farley will call out the three or four
available military companies in this city in
addition to those already under arms. The
call will include the battery of artillery, and
the governor may be requested to send other
troops to the city.
In the vicinity Of the Holmden avenue
barns today there was continuous rioting
for three or four hours. Every car that
passed was attacked with stones, and sew
eral pistol shots were fired at them. There
was a lively fusillade at one time, the non
union crews returning the fire. The only
person hurt was a woman, who was shot
In the finger as she stood in her doorway.
The police made twenty-five arrests in that
neighborhood.
Rioting continued all along Broadway to-
night and it took three squads of police as
many hours to escort three cars a distance
of four miles to the barns. Fifteen or
twenty of the strikers were taken into GUS
tody.
Later reports from those injured show that
they were hurt much worse than at first
supposed. 1t is now said that Mrs. Harris
suffered a fracture OF the skull and may
die, while F. A.. Smith had both legs broken.
Three or four other persons In addition to
those whose names are given above were
hurt, but none seriously.
Mobs Are Astir EearIy.
The mobs were astir early this NOM
ING SoOn altar 10 n'plnpk non mr.
more persons gathered on Bortin
street, on the South Side, and proceeded to
along with two policemen on board 1t was
attacked with a shower of stones. In spite
OF the policemen the nonunion motormsn
and conductor were roughly handled. One
OF them named McDermott had two ribs
broken and the other was badly bruised.
One of the policemen fired at the mob, the
bullet striking a man nmed Wennick. The
mob assaulted the officers, both OF whom
were struck repeatedly with stones and but
for the Intervention OF a priest of the
Catholic church near at hand, might have
been lynched, BY this time the cars had
been mixed up in the melee and a patrol
wagon full OF police arriving, the rioters
dispersed and the cars were taken back TO
the barns.
There was a serious disturbance on the
Broadway line, at the corner OF Petrie street,
where a mob OF 5000 assembled In the
forenoon and obstructed the track. Finally
a car came along from the Wilson avenue
barns, having on board Sergeant BURROWS.
a private OF militia and Detective Kelso.
The officer ordered the mob TO dispense,
when the motorman attempted to remove
the obstruction from the track, but the
rioters showed fight. Then Sergeant Bur
rows and the one soldier, with fixed bayonets.
faced the mob and attempted 10 clear the
way. There was a sharp fight for a few
minutes, during which a perfect shower OF
stones fell about the detective and the sol
diers, smashing the car windows, No one
was seriously hurt, and after arresting two
OF the rioters and placing them on the car,
Al WAS returned IN tha harm Tha noIica