The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-11

the camp and the boarding house show
ed little interest in the fact that they
had been arrested. Sheriff Hermann
and, his men found things decidedly
quiet when they reached the lake and
there was no excitement or rioting. The
men had mostly retired to the boarding
house for the night and within half
an hour after the sheriff arrived he
had the two suspects tucked away in an
automobile and was on his way back to
Kenosha with them. The party reach
ed the Jail just after two O'Clock and
tie men, protesting their innocence were
locked up. Steinbach had been en-
ployed at the lake since the opening of
the ice harvest and Janke had come to
Twin Lakes from Milwaukee on T1es.
day night. He had been member of
the PARTY which it was alleged was made
up of members of the Industrial Work
ers of the World
The fire broke like bolt from the
clear sky. The men in charge of the
LaWler plant had been given to under
stand that all the troubles over the
wages of men employed had been set
tied and the men had gone back to
work on Wednesday morning evidently
satisfied with the settlement. The Chi
cago detectives who had been sent out
with a bunch of men who came to take
the place of the strikers had returned to
Chicago and the deputy sheriffs hal
been withdrawn. Harry Lawler came
to Kenosha on Wednesday afternoon
and asked the sheriff to assign two
deputies to work at the plant and these
men in keeping with his suggestion
were to have been sent out this morn
ing. There had been no sign of trouble
during the night and the only thing seen
about the ice house was the monotonous
working of the few men who were clean
ing the run-ways. Few men were about
the saloons at the lake and none Of
them had made any threats. An exami-
nation showed that oil which had been
used to start the fire had been taken
from the Higley oil house at the old
Alderman hotel. The door to this build
ing had been left open and it is thought
that the men who set the fire took the
oil ard poured it along the entire ground
Zine of the building. 1T is thought that
the fire was started at the outside of
the building and not In any Of the
twelve rooms.
Threats Made Tuesday Night.
Threats of damage to the property
had been made on Tuesday night when
"a big bunch of malcontents had been
SHIPPED to Chicago after they had been
paid off by the company. One of these
men in a saloon is alleged to have said
"They slipped it to me all right today,
but just wait and see how get even.n
At Twin Lakes the fire was laid at the
door of the agitators but it is admitted
that no evidence has been secured to
directly connect the fire with the work
of any of these men. Steinbach and
Janke made no effort to evade arrest or
to get away from their captors.
Burned House Two Years Old.
The house which went down Wednes-
day night was one of the largest on the
Kenosha lakes. It was built two years
ago following the burning of an old
house. During the past summer two
new rooms had been added. The house
was located in the bay near the old Ack-
erman hotel.
Lawler could not give out any state
ment in regard to insurance on the
house but the company covered insur-
ance which will partially take care of
the loss on the building. The ice in
the house was not covered by insurance.
There has been no decision as to the
rebuilding of the house and it is GER
tain that it will force the retirement of
the Lawler company from the ice fields
in this county for the present season.
With the burning of the house all of
the big companies took steps to protect
their property against similar occur
rences and detectives were brought out
from Chicago this naarning to guard
other houses at this va other lakes in
the county. Sheriff Hermann is also
sending men to aid in this work.
Think Plot Carefully Laid.
The plot to burn the ice house was
evidently worked out after the dis