Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-20
STRIKERS UNDER ARREST.
They are Charged With Blowing Up the
Elevated Road Structure.


Elevated Road Structure.
NEW YORK, July 19.-At an early hour
this morning twenty-five strikers were
placed under arrest suspected of completely
in the South Brooklyn dynamite explosion
on the elevated railroad, which occurred
about L a, m. Acting under orders from
Chief of Police Devery nine detectives pro-
ceeded TO the strikers headquarters, at the
corner of Rockaway and Atlantic avenues
Brooklyn, and placed all Of the strike lead
ers under arrest.
The police say the men were arrested as
suspicious persons, but were not necessar-
lily charged with the dynamiting of the ele-
waited structure. They are striking motor
men and conductors, except one, who is
printer. Their names are:
Charles A. Gilderseeve, Frederick Ward
Frank Keegan, James Fox, John Gunther,
Louis Markowitz, John Keegan, J. N. Duff
fy, James Heating, Charles Hammond
John Mahoney E. w. Goodbooy, Max Kee-
gan. Robert Seigel, Hugh Higgins, Thomas
Cosgrove, John Williams William Fox
Eugene O'Hare, all motormen and con-
ductors, and John Mackey, a printer.
When the accused were arraigned in the
Adams street court. Brooklyn, all of the
prisoners pleaded not guilty to the charge
of vagrancy. Several of them wore sold
chains and had watches and also money in
their pockets All of them denied being
Migrants. Magistrate Bremen, on advice
of Police Captain Reynolds, held five of
them in $500 bail for examination to-mor-
row. 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. Six
teen of the men whose records were look
ed up by the detectives were subsequently
| charged with conspiracy. An employee of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company tes-
titled that he had seen dynamite in their
possession. They were held in default
of bail for the grand jury, which meets in
September.
General Master Workman Parsons said
| to-day: 81 condemn most emphatically
| the blowing up of the IL" structure in
Brooklyn. If done by strikers the guilty
| ones will be repudiated by the organiza-
| ton. This savors much, however of the
| old tactics employed by companies in for
! mer strikes TO create public sympathy.
| This is not a far-fetched idea. 1 have no
| doubt that every extreme will be resorted
/ to in order apparently to justify the call
| ing out of the State troops to assist in en-
| aiding these companies TO evade the law"
| The damage caused by the dynamite ex-
| plosion was repaired sufficiently to allow
| a resumption of.traffic early this morning
| William Ashley employed as an investi-
| gator by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
| pany, made an affidavit to-day in which
| he said that he had attended a meeting of
the strikers late Monday night at which
| the statement was made that unless the
| elevated railroad men Joined the strikers.
the would purchase dynamite and blow up
| the structure. Ashley affirms that sixteen
| of the men arrested this morning We're at
| the meeting and endorsed the suggestion
| with shouts of approval. The police claim
| they have evidence that these men pur-
| chased the dynamite used this morning.
| President Rossiter has offered $1,000 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction Of one
or more of the dynamiters.
/ General Master Workman John N Par
sons to-day offered reward for any legal