The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-05-04
PRACTICALLY no part of the
United States has been free
from dynamite outra ges durino

AL cases there was a careful prepara
luon, showing that the outrages were
planned and executed by men who
knew their business.
Many of the outrages entailed a loss
of life, and all caused considerable
financial losses. Contractors in some
cases have been driven into bankrupt
cy because Of the lack of confidence in
their ability to construct without dis
laster, and some contractors have been
compelled to put their work in other
hands.
framing Of a professional nature has
been a striking feature Of all the out.
RACES. In numerous instances clocks
operating the explosives were set to
cause explosions in different parts of
the country at exactly the same min
ute. Homes have been endangered, al
though in most cases the bombs failed
either to explode or were found in
time to prevent disaster
A list Of seventy of these outrages
attributed by the National Erectors'
association to labor troubles, follows:
One of the earliest of the attacks was
In the summer of 1905, when a watch
man in bridge under construction for
the Central Vermont railroad at Mil
lers Falls, Mass, was assaulted. The
following morning the foreman found
thirteen sticks Of dynamite on the
bridge. The fuse had been lighted,
but had become extinguished.
During the same summer an engi-
neer found dynamite in the fire box of
a hosting engine used in the construc-
ton of the Kimberley avenue bridge,
over the West river, for the city of
New Haven, Conn.,
Attempt on Cleveland Hotel.
An attempt was made on March r..
1906, to dynamite the Hotel Frankfort.
cleveland, o., where a number of en-
ployees of a bridge construction CON-
pany were boarding: The dynamite
exploded, but the wrecked part of the
Fbullding was reached in time to pre-
vent destruction by fire.
Three sticks of dynamite were dis
covered in the fire box of a hosting
engine used in the construction of the
Arcade building in Cleveland on April
2, 1906. The fuse had been attached
and, it appeared, had been lighted
An attempt was made one month
later to wreck a derrick used in con-
structing a bridge on the Buffalo and
Susquehanna railroad. The attempt
was frustrated.
A derrick used in the construction of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
was dynamited and destroyed on May
81, 1906.
Dynamite was found on a derrick
used in the construction of a Nickel
Plate viaduct on Sept. 25, 1905. A
time clock was found also. The infer
nal machine probably had been drop
ped from a passing train, as the pack
age had been broken open and the
dynamite scattered
During the construction of viaduct
for the P, V. and G. railroad near
Charlton, Pa, derrick car was dyna-
m1ted. The outrage was committed
on Oct. II, 1905. A Waterman was
decoyed away from the place and as
saulted.
Dynamite exploded under a bascule
bridge over the Cuyahoga river at
Whisky island, near Cleveland, O., on
Dec. 80, 1906. The damage was slight.
In September, 1907, hosting engine
used at the plant of the American Steel
and Wire company, Cleveland, was dy-
namited and destroyed. The dynamit-
ing was done at night
Early in the morning of Oct. 30,
1907, an attempt was made to wreck
the Baltimore and Ohio bridge at
Youngstown, o. The dynamite explod-
ed, but the bridge was not wrecked.
Railroad Bridge Dynamited.
y Two months later dynamite was
placed under a railroad bridge on the
Newark branch of the Erie railroad
near Harrison, N. J. The dynamite
damaged one Of the Orders and blew
out thirty-six square feet Of buckle
plate. The damage was $4,000.
Two tons Of material which was to
have been used on the Parma road
bridge on the Cleveland Short Line
Mas damaged to such an extent on
Dec. 81, 1907, that it had to be re-
placed. There was loss of $500.
On the same night ten tons of mate
rial forsthe construction of the L. b.
find P. railroads Mill creek viaduct
Mas damaged, and loss of $1,000 re-
shlted.
s.Several? orders for the Eagle avenue
bridge, Cleveland, were dynamited the
night of Jan. II, 1908, and considera-
bile surrounding property was DAM
aged.
Thirty sticks Of dynamite were
found in various parts >ofsns derrick car
used in the construction Of a Chicago
and Northwestern railroad bridge over
the Mississippi river atrClinton, Ia, on
Feb. 16, 1908. Only small part of
the dynamite exploded. The damage
was $1,000.
A month later a derrick car on the