Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-25
North End the Draw is Badly Twisted Out Of Shape and Bent Up
ward Result Of the ExposonDamage is Estimated at $4,000
Construction Company Has Been Having Much Labor Trouble For
Several YeasEmpIOyed NonUnon Men on The Work Here In
Spite Of Protest From the Structural Iron Workers Unon
Think The Men Came Up The River In Launch
Will DFIAY THF OPENING F0R S0MF T|MF

An attempt made II so o'clock night blow the
draw of the New York Long Branch railroad bridge between
this city and South Amboy with dynamite While alto
gether successful the north end Of the draw badly damaged
that will be time before repaired this
delay before the opening of the bridge for traffic.
The iron work is curled up such that looks
the charge had been laid the end the swinging section the
bridge and set off,
While the of damage known it
is said that it will amount to about 50 500
1t the opinion of bridge
by who know their business and that the charge placed
such way that the work would not be injured.
Men in authority explain the matter but is
admitted that the Pennsylvania Steel Company which has been doing
the structural iron work. has had labor troubles for several
past and admitted delegates have made
several visits bridge effort get
work there discharged but they unsuccessful Whether
the work Of last night has anything do with these labor disputes
will venture opinion this morning.
EARLY last night the watsman Charles Webb who lives aboard
the tugboat Despatch acting suspicious
about the place He followed them about and the last of them
when they walked toward the Ran Copper Works fence One
of the fellows he TALL black and derby
hat the other short and had He
black derby
The Explosion Occurs
About II so o'clock while Webb aboard dredge which is
anchored the draw the explosion took place Both doors the
dredge off Webb thrown he
recovered he rushed outside and found that the end Of the draw had
been badly damaged, but he could
Webb hurried office Of Mclulen McDermott who
the contractors and phoned Superintendent Melvin that
attempt bridge When the super
nndnt arrived at the bridge he the draw and after
investigation decided that the attempt blow the draw had been
made by persons who knew how handle dynamite
At o'clock this morning Sergeant Mulgan at police head
quarters notified Of the attempt blow the draw and Super
inndent Melvin asked him send policeman look into the
Roundsman Morris and Paroman Andrew Jensen de-
tailed look the They to the bridge but those who
did good their escape long before Sergeant Multi
the Staten Island ferry and all the depo watch
but made
Came In Launch
the opinion Of the employees the bridge that the
who attempted blow the draw the river launch
laid the charge Of dynamite the end Of the draw time fuse
and then got away before the explosion took place.
found this morning and Of those who
sevenhour This would
between and o'clock yesterday afternoon
Others however that this could be it could burn
that long without being discovered
Employees state dynamite whatever used about the
bridge in its construction.
O. R. R. Officials Here
Shortly today special an charge of Conductor
Walter Derrng from Jersey City, with General Supernten
dent W. Huntingdon Chief Engineer W. Osgood and two
Railroad New Jersey board The special
the Rartan Copper Works siding and the officials walked
to the bridge where they examined damaged draw
conversation with NEWS reporter who boarded the train
before it left its return trip Jersey City, Mr. Huntington
the could only be that Of anarchists and else
could what the damage the money line would be-
The repairing the draw said Mr. Huntington would
several special left here 125 o'clock for Jersey
Rufus Bodget Of the New York Long Branch