New-York tribune., 1917-04-11
Almost Half of Victims at
Eddystone Factory
Were Girls
Notes Told of Plot,
Employees Declare
Sailor from Prinz Eitel
Captured Near the
Structure

.g-rs >'.- o,-rr.cle.' - rhs T0al0sl
Tdlystonc. Penn, April lo.-one
t.sdrcd and nineteen munitions work
e-s. almos, Dial. o. them girls pcuShed
a the explosion and nfe when "'peu
OF the >hrarocI loading bulidlng I'D
,se Eddys'onc Ammunition Corpora
ro7 plant today. Scvcnty-hve others
sore with legs and arms gone are IN
sospi,sls. OF these at least eight VII!
DE-
' ,.5o.,.lor,s sbon @.
S-'",' ~ r.a, n,lo sor.b Roforo
lo hon moro finally
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'l'A''''-. r.t.- ,.i..ar. d;so;,Ii,o ord
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...a-,,.;.o ,Lo Dri,.o,o noIice frcd
-.i .to.. a,d ono bullc, broko tho
mos, ;. tho rob
n. 10 ~ chic ovc;,o,ror, erd
- ,.h,o rolo,ivo, and friends
........,, ..lor,if,. tbo bo5ics local
..t.. So. S.r,ico ,cor,s =, tho on.
.,.. 80 Oh. cor,,sr, aud detectives
n...-..,,-. - I,,s,ico mon rrsbcd
5l.,. pb1.dol,b,o vero inning
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There was al INST no serious thought
hat ~ was an accideht "h'ch 'uI"cu
the biz building into helIs hali-acre
Of eyplodinc powdcr and bursting
, t-...-.- Id ,,~o,,o,,rcod this
'"'"I"'.
section u, inc plant SAFER thdh an!
munitions unit Of its kind in the coun-
,,, .,J ,bc routine of the workers
.....,... H.. .. ,,,o.s4
was covered a0 every ''o - " '''V-'
elaborate system o. safeguards
Stories are a4oat Of mysterious warn
.rr. which reached number Of the
i..5..- l... ,,ool Nureos at
ial'oI Hospital I'D NldieY rarh' W"e'e
a number of the injured are beng
cared ror .a. .omc Of the girls have
..,'... ,,....-.. h;..;,o .ha. ,.os-
.erday wound TO good day TO stay
away from the plant. These stories are
beng investigated but are still uncon-
e.,.e5
bu1 SINCE SATURDAY 'hou6h '"eS
deny having heard Of the warnings
official. ,f -to ronritiors cornoration
b...t.. .,ft -
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nierm they have had ND custody M
me tddystouc police station a man
who calls himself John Sickel, and who
has admitted he was one Of the in
termed German sailors who jumped over
The Tail Of the PrlnZ Eltel recently and
swan 20 liberty.
Sickol was picked up by Captain
John J. Hcfcruan. formerly a sergeant
20 the Is, United States cavalry and
now commanding one Of the three
eompauic. of tho corDoration's guard.
The man v.e .tcal;no alone, tho wood
en- wall which fonces in the square
mile and ,norc 80 cornany nronertv
His FIRST e,orv hat be was Iooking for
work WIS s,ccocdod after close cross.
ouestiori,o h.. ,bo sdrissior he was
ono - ...
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Suspect Is Held
pr.,t c.-A.r;,o oh;.t ;,,...,i-
60 49, n. a..
psJ'5o, y, 'n' Duieau % 1uS''Ve IN 'ne
-"@u'I IpN'a ols'iloI' was ho,""eu y,
capture ana had JUST sent one OF
rs men 10 kddystone when news OF
Ss explosion caused MN to follow IN
''C1soH, WI" an ms a'AIlSOIe atents.
h., ~ lslo1 eAis'S as 70 'he eM@e' Ii1 nun
n. y, .,"p'os'S a. "VlN "a s'e A.
hersb ''''.e Vi M 'ro ~" l.. p ~.
ekscted c3. IN S,Ii.eNvege - go ,hc
bujl6,,, y, o..;,,a.Na H.. : W Nou-
sain -; -, ~ - aoygDo@ra,;o, Dg 20 and
yiee-nres;l.n, "a oavoi o,'U r,srsga, of
he inSirer,i, aEjsteS Rsld,yin Loco.
motive Worts fbst onlv 36O wore there.
Other es,irs,,s -, 6o,wecn tho tvo
sgures
The nlar, o,,,ec,od -, ,,,r,ine, on, g.,
order of 5Oo 00o sbrannel shells for
he Russian eovernm.nt bad been run
rng might and dav and employing
about Q 800 workers
Aiit went on. The fifty or sixty girls
xb;eb Ioaulns uepAi t.Il ''''e,. ~.
roo,s ,SP'Tu On. % ,.aJ W.. o,. hn;iS
- @ ."'y M9ICh the uo'1ioSou oN,'b
So, wa u'loeo oegah "oIH ~ %
ar,."h 'no niSI OF the iou''ne p,e
sI,eS I,,1' ,r iu tne dressing i room vntouEh
tered M ,beJ p'.,evIo@D',S aonn4 IopI nIsc~ ,beir