The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-10
ONE MAN KILLED AND SCORES
INJURED WHEN BIG POWDER
PLANT EXPLODED LAST NIGHT.
RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED AWAY
Every House Within Radius of Five
Miles of Pleasant Prairie is Depop-
uIated as Result Of Last Nights
Explosion.

Pleasant Prairie, Wis, March 10.
The fire is still burning today in
the plant of the Dupont-Denemours
Powder company here, where a ter
rifle explosion last night killed one
man, injured scores of others, caused
a property loss of $1,500,00O and pro-
duced a shock felt for more than one
hundred miles.
f. S. Thompson, foreman of the
glass house, was instantly killed.
Hardly house in this thicBly popu-
lated farming country within a radius
of five miles from here, is habitable
today as a result of the explosion.
Residents of this village and the
surrounding country have moved
away until their homes are rebuilt.
called out the militia, / went to him
and informed him that if bloodshed
results he alone will be responsible
for it,"
Mayor PowerIess.
There was conference, held in
the offices of John w. Shartel in the
Terminal building. last night. at
tended by Mr. Shartel and Presi-
dent Anton H. Classen for the Okla
homa Railway company; o. G. Lee,
Charles Colcord, o. p. Workman,
Weston Atwood, G. r. Stone, X. w.
Dawson, Edgar H. Cook and Frank
P. Johnston, composing a citizens
committee; Adjutant General Frank
NJ Canton for the state; Mayor Dan
V. Lackey, for the city, and Shirley
Dyer, chief of detectives in the city
secret service department
1t was at this meeting Mayor
Lackey informed the state of his
inability to cope with the situation,
and before the meeting closed Mayor
Lackey informed Governor Cruce of
his decision, whereupon the governor
authorized the mobilization of the
state militia in Oklahoma City.
During the conference Detective
Shirley Dyer, directed the statement
to the mayor that 80 per cent of the
police force is in sympathy with the
car men who are fighting the Okla
homa Railway company.
When officials of the railway COM
pany were asked when another at
tempt would be made to run the
cars, the only reply was that no
attempt would be made until absolute
protection is assured.
When informed last night Governor
Lee Oruce had ordered out the militia
Commissioner of Labor Charles L.
Daugherty said:
Il went to Columbus, Ohio, when
the strike was on there to observe
the situation. There was no violence
or bloodshed until after the COVER
nor called out the militia. The mill,
tia in Columbus infuriated the people,
and while l hope it will not do so
here, still / am afraid it will"
Big Parade Today.
At conference held in Attorney E.
j. Giddings' Office last night which
waS ottapdad h,, Drac;don. ~ ~ 1a;
Ter, Secretary J. Luther Langston OF
the State Federation of Labor, and
Ollie Wilson, secretary of the Typo
graphical union, and Mont r. Powell.
president of the Trades Council, it
was decided to call a mass meeting
to form at the Trades Assembly hall,
13 IL South Robinson street, at 1
o'clock sharp this afternoon to march
to the Lee|Huckins hotel in order to
give Governor Cruce an opportunity
to address those assembled and to
afford him an opportunity to see
who is behind the fight for the Car
mems union.
Every union man and woman in
the city is expected to meet at the
place designated. and every man and
woman not a member of a union.
who IS in sympathy with the carmen
is urged to attend. and every msr,
chant is requested to close his place
of business for one hour.