The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-07-03
BOMB 81 JARS
CHICAGO BLOCK
Loss by Latest Explosion
Aggregates $l5O,OO0
SEVERAL INJURED BADLY

OutFA4c OCC1rc ~ 0nc ot tnc punices
Sections Of the -Loop District"
Head Of Police Department inclined
20 Believe labor Troubles 10 Cause
Of the Property DestrletIon--cIn
Telephone Operators Faint When
Exchange 10 Rocked.
With an explosion which wrecked
the rear Of the Chicago Title and Trust
building, 100 Washington street. Chi
cago. and damaged every structure In
the block bounded by Washington.
Clark. Madison and Dearborn streets.
and the Boston store. the series OF
gambling bomb outrages In Chicago
reached It's climax. Seven persons were
injured and loss OF $4,000 was
caused.
In the series 10 was bomb thirty-one.
In destructiveness II exceeded the loss
OF all the other outrages combined
The nearby streets were filled with
pedestrians. who were showered with
the glass which came pouring down
from the windows for blocks around.
The dynamite, which the police OF.
ficials are convinced was the explo-
sive used. evidently was placed in the
alley at Ill Madison street. The room
used by Mont Tennes. king of gam
blers." as the base OF operation from
which all his syndicate business was
conducted and as his clearing house,
was on the second floor Just above the
place where the fuse had been set OF.
At the opposite side OF the alley is
the Title and Trust building, which
houses the Central and Randolph ex.
changes OF the Chicago Telephone
company. The full force OF the blast
struck the manhole OF the main cable
vaults leading 20 the exchanges, and
twelve of the cables. each containing
hundreds OF subscribers wires, were
snapped apart like thread. Thousands
of telephones in the loop district are
out OF service.
At the time OF the explosion thirteen
girl operators employed In the two ex
changes were at work on the third
floor. Some OF them tainted. while
others ran 10 the street.
Among those injured were the fol
lowing: John Laduc. employee Thomp
sons restaurant. probably fatal; A. l.
Mcdonald. secretary Building Trades
Council. cut about face and hands;
Frank Kean. secretary Steamfitters
union, cut on face: Frank Leslie. wice
president OF Painters and Decorators
Il upgor ~ O. 7 1ulo C,,f IN right hand
Clara Wilson. actress In Pastime thea
ter, bruised by fall; George Roberts
actor In Pastime theater, bruised about
body; Elizabeth Dawes. 1909 Calumet
avenue, cashier In Thompson's restau
rant. cut by glass.
The wreck and ruin wrought by the
explosion were terrific. Heavy stee
gates at the rear the Title and Trus
building were twisted as IL made Of
straw. A heavy sheet iron ventilatoi
pipe Ave feet In diameter, leading from
the kitchen OF Thompson's restaurant
was crushed like an eggshell. Man!
large plate glass windows on the ives
side OF the Boston store facing II
Dearborn street. were blown out.
The following resolution was adopte,
by the city council
The mayor is hereby directed TO OF
fer a reward of $4,000 to any person o.
persons who may furnish the polic'
department information which will
lead TO the arrest and conviction OF tn,
person or persons who caused the ex
plosion which occurred In the rear o
the premises Of the Chicago Title an,
Trust company.
Felix Sharkey. n former convict, ha
been arrested as a suspect In the lat
est bomb throwing case.
Sharkey is said by the police 4
have purchased twenty-five pounds o
dynamite from a local firm June IL
There have been three bomb outrage