The age-herald., 1902-01-28

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 feet away were knocked down and se- riously injured.
 District-Attorney Jerome made an in- in the official inquiry, and possibly crim- inal prosecution that will follow.
 WORkMEN UNDER ARREST.
 Ita A. Shaler, engineer in charge of the work at Park avenue, John Bracken, a foreman, and Martin McGrath, an assist ant foreman, were placed under arrest and charged with homicide Wm. B. Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit commission said that Shaler was one of the most competent and careful engineers he ever knew
 The damage may exceed 1,000 900. The first estimate on the Murray Hill hotel placed the loss at $100, 900, but later the hotel was abandoned as unsafe. If the building Is condemned the loss on 1t alone will approach $1,000, ,000. The damage to the Grand Union was estimated at $40,- 900 and that to the Manhattan hospital at s25, 900. The loss at the Grand Central station was entirely in glass as was that of the one hundred or more other build ings affected by the explosion. No esti- mate was made of the losses sustained by the Rapid Transit Contractors.
 ATTORNEYS CLASH.
 There was a clash in court this after noon between District Attorney Jerome and Coroner Goldenkranz resulting in the former being struck in the face by clerk. MT. Jerome was in his office exam ming Shaler, Bracken and McGrath, the m en under arrest when a policeman as- signed to the coroner's office entered and under the coroners instructions de- manded that the prisoners appear before that official. MT. Jerome allowed them to go but he and his assistants followed.
 The district attorney told the coroner that there was no information in the patrolmans affidavit on which to hold anybody and there was a wordy wrangle between the two officials. In spite of protests the coroner gave the case to the Jurymen who returned a verdict recom- mending the discharge of the prisoners The coroner then opened court as a sit ting magistrate. had the men rearrested and held them without bail. More pro- tests came from MT. Jerome and the coroner changed his decision holding the m en in $10,000 each.
 All this had worked up the feelings of everybody so much that there was a free fight. MT. Jerome received a blow in the face from a eoroners clerk who in turn was beaten by two of the district attor- ney's detectives. Then the detectives and the clerk had each other arrested, but soon better counsel prevailed and all charges were withdrawn for the present MAY FURNISH CLUE.
 Moses Ephs power man in charge of the shanty where the explosion occurred, Is at Flower hospital suffering from con tusions and shock. He said on going to the shanty about noon he found a candle, which he had left lighted on a shelf, ly- ing on the floor, and some paper which was about it was on fire. Close to this burning paper were thirteen boxes of dy- namite cartridges, each box containing from sixty to seventy-five cartridges Ephs threw a pail of water over the fire and ran to get another one. On coming back he saw that the flames were close to the dynamite and dropping his pail he tried to get away. Then came the explo- sion and the next he knew he was a pa tient in the hospital.
 This evening Ephs was practically a prisoner, a policeman having been assign ed to guard him.