The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-19
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few. If any arrests. arc ever made. II
looks to me as II this was just ono of the
non union men to give organized labor a
black eye. Any ldoa that the union has
0 anything to do with this is perfectly
, According to statements OF the two
niEntwatchmen: they were both ''on the
job at tho time OF the explosion. D.
: II. Osborne. one OF the watchmcn' was
In the act OF firing an engine. which
stands In the north of the building. when
to the ground and slightly dazcd. but
luckily escaped injury. When he re-
, gained his feet he saw man running
I down Main street and started after him,
but was unable To catch him. The other
nlghtwatchman, i. w. Newton, was In
the office the southeast corner at the
time OF the explosion. He states that
he saw man running toward the north
cast portion of the structure but did not
get description OF the trcspasscr.
Offer Of Reward,
Soon after the explosion Monday morn
ing directors Of the Utah Hotel company
were on the ground After Investigating
the matter. q meeting Of the board was
held In the office OF the secretary OF the
company John c. Cutler, and II was de-
cided 10 offer n reward OF $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction OF the guilty per-
The original contract for the erection
OF the steel and the furnishing OF the |
steel was let to the American Bridge
| company of New York which sub-let the |
| contract for tho erection OF the steel TO |
| the Jones Construction company OF San |
francisco. The Jones company continued |
| with the Utah hotel contract until last |
| saturday, when. IL Is understood. the |
| original contractors, the American Bridge
company. recalled the sub-contract from
| the Jones company.
From the stories told about the num-
! Der OF men who ran away from the
| scene OF the explosion directly after its
occurrence. they must have been legion.
Excited people tell divers stories OF men
jumping high board fences and making
hurried getaways.
Among the stories that must be given
considerable crcdence, because OF the
clrcumstaneos Is that of Mrs. G.. S. Gan
nett says that she had been awake all
night, due TO not feeling well. and added
Just a few minutes to o'clock I was
shook the window and ratified the furnl-
ture. While still in doubt as to what
caused it, l heard the clock at the city
and county building strike the hour OF
three. Just before this. however. / heard
some one run along the eraveied wall,
Just south of the house and jump over
with the blowing up of the Utah hotel
building or not do not know"
Walkley Is Startled
When the explosion occurred, ]. B.
Walkley. head Janitor Of the Templeton 7
building. who had been Informed that
safe crackers had planned to rob the
lions Savings Bank and Trust company.
he rushed TO the telephone and called ,
up o. {. Beebe. cashier, about 3 o'clock ,
and shouted: They've blown up the I
vault" No more information being forth ]
coming. Mr., Beebe hurriedly dressed and ,
went down TO the bank, where he found
the vault safe, but about eight large q
pleton building broken. In addition To a {
large number of smaller windows Mr.
Beebe said that the loss to tho bank \
would be a few dollars only. as the win s
doWs were insured for their full value L
The force OF the concussion was so a
great that windows In the Lion house. 4
the Mormon temple, to the west were d
blown In. The damage 10 the latter
structure is slight, however. as only two s.
OF the round windows were broken. 1t is n
SAID that this Will entail loss OF about d
SiOO The damage to the Lion house is ii
also slight as most OF the windows are +,
OF the small-paned variety. n
In the north front OF the Templeton n
building. occupied by the State Bank OF Ir
! S,o tan, Two large plate glass windows were Il
glass onto the sidewalk hardly any OF "
L falling on the inside. II
Two large plate glass windows were a,
smashed In the Beneficial Life Insur- ~
lnce company's office at IL East South ~
Temple street in the Templeton building. :"
\ double transom above the door was n,
Other Windows Broken. CO
Cannon & Cannon. real estate and in !"
is East South Teinple street pt
llso In the TempIeton building. had two CT
arge plate glass windows broken Maps 10
Ind pictures were torn from the walls ~
Damage amounting TO 500 was snIs-
aimed by the Gum Electric company TO &C
Is stock < OF hanging lamps at the quar- IA "a.
arge plate glass windows were torn out w
md the sash carried away.
, tlity windows were knocked out In the 81
teel, Weighing about ten pounds w,s
licked up at the rear OF the building
'heh was evidently hurled over the fac
ory.
The two large plate glass windows in Ia. Ia.
he Deseret Sunday School Union book 81
tore; a. East South Temple street, es- nv
n the west were smashed oe
Silght damage only was done TO the -,
a,tS ,udS Of Olsen & Grifnth at 46 East eIr sG
lass window was blown out onto the IN
ldewaik and photographs We're shaken Spif,
rom tine walls. MI
building escaped with sliphf SCI
amage. considering they arc located only WI
bout seyenty-dre feet from the scene fE, ffa
will approximate about 5000
I the buildings OF the Latter-day Saints NJ
University about three dozen windows VI
ere broken by the conclusion
The peseret News building which ie
laGonally across the street from The
otei building, lost fourteen windows. {
rect and that was in the front of the | yUI,
II termountain Electric company's store va " n
! l3 South Main street. On South Tenn | Il,
e street, west of Main street two win IN
1ws only were broken, one being In the :.
ndio OF II, l.. A. Culmer and the other
the entrance 10 the warerooms OF the r
Has Morris & Sons company
A rain OF pebbles was a feature ~ tbo L
'plosion. The Templcton building es-
iped this shower. as the force OF the
;plosion was sufficient To propeI the
nail rocks TO n greater distance but
e Standard Furniture company's store
Id the roomlng house adjoining were In oai
e direct path of this UNIQUE shower
ines OF glass IN the skylight were pune
red by the falling pebbles
In addition to providing three special
'icemen to help guard the hotel Inc /
~ council Monday night entertained a cur
oposition TO offer a reward of $500 for -
G apprehension or the hotel wrecker OF
wreckcrs. which undoubtedly will he son
opted. i' 'e ''u
tod
)LICE STRAINING EVERY IIel