, 1922-09-07
BRIDGES BURNED
AND DYNAMITEO
TEN ARE UNDER ARREST ON
CONSPIRACY CHARGE THROUGH
OUT NATION.
TERROR REIGN BEGINS
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE REPORT
FINDING OF COMPLETE
BOMB PLANT.

Chicago.-The disclosure of a new
train wrecking plot, an attempt to
blow up q train, the burning and dyna-
hitting of bridges and other railway
property, greasing of tracks, smuggling
of workers and other acts of lawless
violence has marked the strike of the
railroad shopmen throughout the
country.
A pile of debris heaped in the path
of an expected Chicago train near
Spring Lake, Iowa, was reported to
have resulted in the death of man
and the injury OF three others when Il
motor handcar on which they were rid
ing in advance of the train struck the
obstruction. An attempt to blow up IA
Chicago & Alton train neal Alton, ILL.,,
the bombing of a bridge in Wilmington,
Del, and the burning of seven bridges
on the Cotton Belt line also We're
reported simultaneously with the ar
rest of three men in Chicago charged
with "A plot to dynamite and wreck the
New York; Chicago Western Express"
of the New York Central lines.
The latest arrests followed the hold
ing of four other men accused of
wrecking the million Dollar" express
of the Michigan Central lea Gary,
Ind, recently, by removing thirty
seven spikes from the rails, causing
the death of two enginemen, and eff
forts were being made by federal and
state officials to determine whether
fharn xuoS INV a.ffAn hatyvnon fha
two groups.
Railroad detectives, posing as strik.
ers, obtained the first information
concerning the alleged plot.
The men were questioned in an at.
tempt to learn If othes were connect
ed with the conspiracy, n also to
find the location of the dynamite
which was to have been used. Whole
sale arrests of terrorists were prom
Used by the Chicago police, and fed.
eral agents consumed their activity In
all parts of the Central West.
Albuquerque, n. NV. Z. Seyfred,
president of the State Federation Of
Labor, and Andrew Bruno, both of AL
Du4utlQuC, Ntlt dIItSltu VII Sdlld re
train No. 2 at Hahn, four miles north
Of Albuquerque, by Sheriff Tony Ortiz,
A. X. Gere. special agent of the de-
partment of justice and Santa Fe spe-
cial officers. The officers reported
that they found in the mems grips
three complete bombs. fuses and q
quantity of caps.
The men were taken to Albuquerque
and a search was made OF Seyfred's
room where, according to the officers.
they found a number of bombs practi-
cally completed. powder and fuses.
Seyfred Is a plumber and Bruno a
taxi driver.
Officials are of the opinion that the
men had planned to blow up Ration
tunnel, which would have blocked traf-
fic on the main line of the Santa Fe
railroad. They had tickets to Trinidad,
Colo, when arrested, the officers said.
Slater. Motive arrests, the first
In the western Missouri district, for
alleged interference with the mails
were made at Slater a few days ago
by o. A. (Buck) Lindsay, deputy
United States marshal.
The five men arrested, who later
were taken to Kansas City. were Leo
+. Wrinkle, chairman of the federated
shopcrafts in Slater; Barney May
field, chairman Of the machlnists' or
g%anizatlon j. w. Nichols. striking ma
chinist and picket; Emmett Todd. a
stationary fireman, and T.. l.. John
son, brakeman.