The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-02
SOUTH DAKOTA
MADE EIGHT TRIALS
Persistent Attempts of Firebugs to
Burn the P. N. Carr Home
at Deadwood.
Mrs. Carr Fiercely Assaulted by an
Accomplish Of One Of the In
eendiaries.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal
Deadwood. S. D., Feb. Mrs. P. y.
Carr was set upon and dealt a stunning
blow back of the ear while trying to de-
fend her home against incendiaries. She
had a revolver in one hand, and it was
wrested away from her by her assailant.
who made eff in the darkness. When she
was struck she called to another woman
in the house, directing her to bring az
other revolver. This was probably what
caused the precipitate fight of the I'M
known. He evidently slipped on the ice
In the alley and dropped the revolver in
his haste, for it was afterwards found.
Eight attempts have been made to burn
the Carr home during the last few months.
In each instance the fire was started in
an outbuilGing near the house, and was
discovered in time to be extinSuished be-
fore it could be communicated to the
dwelling. Several times the fire depart
nent was called out, and one Of the fires
destroyed a shed in which it had been
started
The police set detectives to watch the
| premises and Mr.. Carr afterwards hired
| a guard, who was on duty several weeks.
during which the incendiaries did not re-
| turn. AS soon as the guards were taken
off, however, another attempt was made
to fire the buildings.
The fire was discovered by Mrs Carr,
| who ran out in time to man hasten
! ing away. She fired at him. and the bullet
| d
| phoning Mr.. Carr, she set herself to watch.
! in a few minutes she saw a man enter
the woodshed. With the pistol in her
hand she opened the back door and sta
| toned herself where she could set
shot at him when he left the shed. AS
soon as she emerged from the house an
accomplice, who had been stationed be
side the door, struck her from the side,
knocking her down. Both men then ran
away. .F
An effort was made to have the blood
hounds kept by Sheriff Moses at Belle
Fourche brought to Deadwood, but they
could not be procured in time to get a
scent sufficiently fresh to offer any as
surance CT their being able to follow it.
Plans are under way for the extension
of the public school facilities. The pres
ent buildings are over crowded, and the
basement of the Baptist church is used
for one school room 1t is the intention
f to add to the present school buildings and
. to erect new buildings, for which more
r ground is being negotiated.
Disastrous Strike. ..
There is a strike at the Golden Reward
: srnelter and the plant is closed down
e The management declares it will not re
=: sumo operations The laying off by thu
+. superintendent of one man employed a.
/. a helper on the feed floor was the cause.
n There are about 300 men employed a
5, the shelter. Only six reported for wcrl
y Saturday night and they were afraid t
remain. The superintendent was lef
). alone and being unable to care for tn
furnaces they froze, and it will requir
e weeks to drill them out and prepare 70
" resumption should the management recon
j. slider it's determination.
g. Harris Franklin, general manager, is 1
ar the east. 1t is believed had he been her
l. 1.-The strike would not have occurred.
lis asserted that he has telegraphed in
structions to pay off the smelter men, ca
l. in the miners in Ruby Basin and at Bal
l. Mountain to work the pump and keep u
is the tin1berirg.
,e The strike will result in the immediat
m laying off of 1000 men and will affec
r. many more, as several other mines hay
Or been shipping their ore to the Golden Re
ward.