The Mankato free press., 1922-09-01
SWITCH SHOWS SIGNS
HAVING BEEN MOVED
HIGH LIGHT IN RAIL STU
ALTON TODAY
RAISE BAIL FOR DUNN
Chicago and Alton System Pass
es Into Hands of Receivers;
More Dynamiting
[Associated Press pispatch. l

[Associated Press Dispatch.1
Chicago, August 31.-Passing OF
Chicago and Alton railroad into the
hands Of. receivers, disclosures of
new plots to wreck trains and sew
eral actual attempts to cause deraii-
ments and blow up railroad proper
ty were high lights today in the ma
tons railroad situation. Dynamite
bullets and FIRE brands played an i'm :
portant part in developments the
last twenty four hours.
The Minneapolis trade and labor
assembly voted $1,000 towards the
$1,000 bail asker for the release of
William F, Dunn, one of the radi-
Gals held at St Joseph, Mich, on
charges of criminal syndicalism.
An attempt was made to blow up
the commissary of the Illinois Cen
tIal railroad at Paducah, KY.
Open Switch For Train .
A fast train on the Chicago and
alton ran into an open switch at
Covel, illinois, near Bloomington. In
vestigators said the switch showed
evidence of having been tampered
with.
Police precautions at Algiers, a
suburb of New Orleans in effect,
amounted to martial law in efforts
to check disorders. Police reported
almost constant firing in railroad
dIstricts and between 35 to 40 as
saults since the shopmens strike
began. One man was killed by a
negro cook who was being beaten.
Reedy Booth, a. guard on the
Southern railway died in a hospital
ssff Aizg11st. fgcrn wounds re-
ceived when he and another guard
were attacked. His companion, e
M. Feater, was killed The men
were shot and cut with knives.
Four men, two of whom were said
to be United States deputy marsh
ais were attacked by crowd and
severely beaten by Sedalia Mo.
Fired At Bunk House
A Northern Pacific bunk house
where twenty five workmen were
asleep was made the target of a
volley of shots at Missoula, Mont.
None of the sleeping men was in
jured So 49,
Although preparations were made
to reopen the shops of the Missouri
Pacific and the. Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroads at Sedalia, Mo-,
the Missouri Pacific roundhouse and
shops at Desota, Mo-, have been dis
continued indefinitely, it was an
nounced.
Arrests In Dynamite Plot
With the. arrest Of three men early
today Chicago police declared they
had barred plot to dynamite the
Western Express" is fast pas
senger train which leaves New York
at six p. M, arriving in Chicago at
g.: Is the following afternoon. -
According to Information which
the police said they obtained with
the arrest of the three men, the orr
blow UP the train last Tuesday. The
delay, police said, was caused by the
capture of four men accused of
wrecking the Michigan Central's
Million Dollar Express" at Gary,
August 20, when two of the train
crew were killed. Charges of muir
der against these men and the Wig
ilance with which railroad property
has since been protected, made the
piotters against the New York Cen
trail train wary, according to their
captors.
Hartman Held As Rineleader o..
Frank r. Hartman was held as
the ringleader of the alleged con
spirators. His companions are ]. ].
Boyle and c. A. Lagham, who the
police said are striking New York
Central shopmen. At least two other
men believed to have been in the
conspiracy were sought. .
men held in connection with the
Michigan Central wreck August 20
began legal fight to obtain their
release. The lawyers said the men
were illegally arraigned, and that
they would repudiate their alleged
confessions. Following their cap
ture, capture, attorneys said, the
men were beaten and abused until
they admitted their alleged implica-
tions in the wreck plot.
Attorneys. representatives of the
striking shop crafts and the Ameri-
can Fedeation of Labor announced
huge fund would be set aside for
full investigation of the Gary
wreck and for the defense of the al
legged plotters If union leaders are
satisfied that the accused men are
innocent NJ
Rounding Up Radicals
Aroused by the disclosure OF
charges of plots to wreck trains,
and the arrest OF three men includ-
ing an alleged plan to dynamite the
Western Express on the New York
Central lines, the police today de-
clared they would attempt to round
up number of radicals.
Reports that raids on radicals
throughout the country was planned
were denied at the bureau of in
vestigation of the department of
Justice here.
Detectives today were attempting
to learn whether or not there WINS
any connection between the plot,
attributed to the trio held in con-
IContlnuea on Pace TMsl