The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-19
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! TO SAME INDIVIDUAL
me Peculiar Features Discov-
cred in Connection
With Affair.
REWARDS OFFERED.

= stale OF Ut2n- oUV q
lssEity (proposed) ....,...-,.-,... 500
u Total ................... 'S3Voo
1rThe explosion OF the charge OF dynamite
n the site of the Utah hotel building.
u rner Main and South Temple streets,
2:55 o'clock Monday morning, which
h used many people to believe that Hal
/ fs comet had struck the earth or that
u Earthquake had visited this region.
"a damage to the amount Of $4,000 and
sIlrred ZIP the city such as it has not
!, I'm stirred up for many months past.
within twenty feet OF where the ex-
/, ,psion occurred there was located a
~ arc light, which made that part of
p steel superstructure of the building
II light as day, One feature hard 10
= iderstand is that the dynaniters at
liked z part OF the building where the
hst possible damage could be done
1ere is not another part OF the build
3 where greater damage could not have
EN- done by n dynamite bomb, thrown
y persons who were intent on wrecking
4paruy wrecking the steel superstruc-
Z The Monday morning attempt TO blow
Ht The steel work Of The Utah hotel Is
second that has occurred since con-
7s'nctlon was started. on December 70,
e2. two bombs were placed in the foun-
tion OF the building and Il bag plate
nB broken on the hoisting engine and
lahrgc hole eXcavated near the derrick.
sae damage at that time was about $3.50,
! 20 men were arrested for the crime
!, 4nk Wilson and Ed Delaney. Wilson
3 released and Delaney was sentenced
tscrye six months in the county jail
1police court Judge Bowman told Dick
: les OF the Jones Construction company
~ he knew more about this Job than
ntcafed 10 admit
when Mr.. Jones was seen by repre-
nied courteously what he knew about
2 aTair. he gruffly answered Moth
- uoiDg. damn YOU" Just what his
dmus was toward the daily press he
not stop 10 explain. Evidently he
IL his own reasons why lie would not
? \ anything about the affair
81 Large Rewards offered.
ufcwsrds aggregatine $500 have already
III offered for the apprehension of the
,,,sspdmiter, or dynamterS. responsible for
- miest outrage. Acting Governor
aries S. Tingey offered Monday ON
~ -art OF the state $500 reward for
!, ~ arrest and conviction OF the guilty
: Foh5. the directors Of the Utah Hotel
sssppany offered $1,000 reward: the Str,Ic-
-, lronWorkcrs union offered $500 re-
sed $500. "
pore damage was done TO adjacent
;ssSperty than to the steel work OF tho
y "a hotel structure Il is estimated tbaf
,us,a su,an'aee 10 the steel work OF the
puing VIII amount 10 only $500. while
: ~ uamage TO the windows OF the build
az ~ y, inc vicinity viii reach s2500.
=. al2nt the scene Immediately after The
:, fioslon that II was necessary 10 rope
y, s.stnc building and place n Gordon OF
~ ~ fce around 10 see that no one rushed
,s,,n, rn.cle delayed charge OF dynamite
wsfht cause loss OF life.
w was said that the dynamiters chose
most easily accessible part OF the
tuing. The extreme northeast part.
o1fs Inc work has progressed the least
9 smccount t. OF the lack OF steel At this
N mere are hut two stories OF the
~ sscleton In place and little damage
OF oone A theory has been advanced
:. enose who have studied the circIm-
1''Ses surrounding the explosion that
IN '',nn ,,,,Do was lhrown from a window Of
unconpleted Deseret gymnasium
Sioing, which is but a few frct dis.
rom The northeast corner of the
~ hotel building -"
Dynamite Bomb Used.
wilkins. who Is In charge OF the
,or inc american Bridge company.
stytps'intrndent tt ent Norris. who repro
m 'tss ssv arGhitects rent Parkinson & Berg
81 etning over $500. AIR, WiI,,Ins o~
Gl ped the opinion that the dvnamitnrs
m ~ th@lr attack at tho air compressor,
ustt as oui twenty feet away from the
uM,fr OF the explosion" hc said "nnd
dht iheey succeeded In reaehin@ r. t%nu %t"
nave put us out of commisyion
sns lffnn,lilo iimc 1t is the machine which
n. f'ncs ms inc power for tho riYcters. As
-, = lnerc VIII he no DELAY -
~ tfHt n usn1Initn
~psNe agent i5 tho belief OF a MN
~, lu'peis who heard the roar. of The
n F2slpn and later observed fhc vnrk
,yI'on. rn,ns The men who did the
N psivanP. noi nave known much about
'rar '''.gs. ..s. said an old time miner Nor
WI The bomb. or dynamitn ,hnr.,,n
ieps t tp'"I'd In n position where IL could
iii, 'chst possible damage. At that
EoWcf could not Inc concentrate ed.
h1A h"e dynamitcrs placed the explosive
p% ne southwest corner nf tL, h,,;iJi
on lne point where Il woul1 have o.
III prossure against the steel rolu,nns
n ited ddas,'haEe =, would have undoubtedly
-ESlrn though tho explosion was moi
sNs1nsd TO small area. il had con-
- lorc2 AS IL shown bv the fact
,burg gno,,na piece OF steel weighing about
,Is Htha was thrown into Main street
lp:. pIisham Young monument An
epls piece OF steel was propelled as
III sta'e street and South Templo
,ns An Earthquake Anniversary
l~tiar coincidence Of the affair that
S commented upon il the fact
Her saeat san Francisco carthu,Ialye g
ues occurred just four years pre-
orli5r rt,,,., M,unsey. business agent of tho
= ,hssS h%'fi Iron WORKERS. union, cX-
n h,,,nsslt Monday as deplorIng the
,srfE. heh ,hoih might cause snrne people 10
boo'b ,N.,.l III. II was done by union men.
bo pgis,liye is,Le that the attempt to blow
G 81 h. an motel last night was not
,;mbrt ~ union men," said he ''rThe
> XII rY,s ns 700 much at stake In Salt
nny M at the present limo 10 do
g ;,fhssi "ke that 1t is very strange 10
Mat anything like "IiI,.".Im this .ha,,m on inc
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