Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 June 1893 — Page 1

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AN OLD RUIN FALLS.

Sudden Collapse of Ford's Theater at Washington.

ITS INMATES BURIED IN THE DEBRIS.

They Were Mostly Government Employes -Twenty-Two Dead liodles Itecov ered—A Great Many Hurt—

The Government Blamed.

OHKAT LOSS OF I.IFK.

WASHINGTON, June 10. A rotten United States government building has collapsed. In its ruins more than a score of human souls were launched Into eternity and a hundred living victims are now writhing in the agony of their wounds. Shortly before 10 o'clock Friday morning, with scarcely a second's warning, a large portion of the three floors of the old Ford theater on Tenth street broke down, carrying to the ground below hundreds of clerks, heavy desks and the miscellany of a great government of-

ITOIlD'e THEATKIi

floe. The old building was used by the pension und record division of the war department. Repairs undertaken recently had weakened the supports, but to the penuriousness of congress, which made it impossible to secure a fitting building, may he charged the a\vful catastrophe that must cast a blot of shame upon the national government.

List of the Victim*.

The following list of the dead thus far reported, with the names of the state from which they were appointed, contains twenty-two names, including one unknown:

Unknown man, taken from tho ruins at 5 o'clock Friday evening, evidently a clerk George Allen, Pennsylvania George W. Arnold, Virginia W. Hoody, New York Samuel P. Bancs, Pennsylvania John Bossius, District of Columbia Arthur L. Dietrich, Kentucky Jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania James R. Pagan, Kansas Joseph B. Gage, Michigan David C. Jordon, Missouri M. M. Jarvls, Michigan J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin F. B. Loftus, New York F. W. Maedcr 13, F. Miller, Now York Howard 3. Miller, Ohio-. J. H. McFall, Wisconsin: E. O. Shull, Kansas William Sehrlever, Maryland H. S. Wood F. M. Williams, Wisconsin.

Long List of Injured.

The injured, so far as known, number forty-live. Many»of them arc being treated at their homes. Some will undoubtedly die of their injuries. Tho list is as follows:

A. L. Ames, Iowa, skull fracturcd, leg broken and Injured Internally F. F. Calvert, Maryland, right leg fracturcd &. J. Dewey, New York Louis Dusapy George W. Davis, Missouri, scalp wound II. B. Ksterllng, Fort Scott, Kan., seriously Injured Wushlngton Fry, head badly cut W. S. Gustin, Ohio, left arm broken Dr. James Ii. Howard (colored), Maryland, scalp cut, internal injuries* F. Hathaway, Ohio J. N. Hammer, Tennessee, injured in eye George Handy (colored), slight outs on head: Thomas Hyncs, Missouri, skull fractured J. G. Johns, leg badly cut W. Kuglcr, New Jersey, scalp wound Clifton Lowe, Iowa, scalp wound: William W. Loture, District of Columbia E. Leger, Mississippi, head out and injured internally: Frank Metcalf, Massachusetts, dislocation of hip G. M. McLaughlin, Tennessee J. P. McCormack, Wisconsin, depressed fracture of libs ft McLachlan, leg broken K. M. Patrick, New York, outs about head and face Pody, police ofllccr, injured after accident G. T. Pruitt, Toxas, scalp lacerated P. K. Pennington, Alabama, skull fractured Charles Robinson, Colorado, slight injuries in head and back J. A. Stowart, cut about head F. F. Sims .C. D. Shadbolt, Missouri(colored),dangerously Injured F. B. Smith, Tennessee A. Smith, Connecticut, compound fracture of the skull F. F. Sams, Illinois, cut about the head

William M. Smith P. U. Sommers, Ohio, ribs broken arid head badly cut John Ii Thomas, Sodalla, Mo., arm broken F. W. Teat. Illinois, contusion of sculp C, Wellor, scalp wound and contusion of back: N. T. Worlcy, Tennessee, back and legs injured: James A. White, Georgia, cut on head ami let A. G. Yount, Pennsylvania, head cut and injured Internally 8. S. Baker, bad scalp uound William E. Kwlng, Mississippi, head, face and arms cut C. A. Johnson, Missouri, left shoulder dislocated.

Without Warning.

The building collapsed without a moment's warning. The front half of all three floors fell, carrying everything to the bottom. For a moment all was still. Then the air was split by the shrieks und groans of the frightened, wounded and dying hundreds who, like a mass of worms, struggled, twisted and fought to free themselves from one another aud from tho heavy iron beams and timbers and iurniture and government records which pinned them to their places. The people in the neighborhood were for tho moment stunned^ The horror of it all had robbed them of their seuBes. Then in a few moments, but what to the wretches pinioned in death's embrace seemed ages, tho truth burst upon their befuddled brains and they joined their cries with the unfortunates within the collapBed building. Then, dividing, some rushed for help some ran to the sink-hole of death itself to lend their hands, while others, with selfish regard for their own safety gnd curiosity, stood where they were to look upon the scene.

Work of Rescue.

The work of rescue began at once and was continued without the slightest let-up. The president sent a special messenger to learn the particulars. The messenger rushed back to the white house. The president a few moments later ordered the cavalry from Fort Myer to the scene for police and relief duty. They camc at full gallop and did gallant service.

Cleveland Thinks of Relief. The president was informed of the sad event just ns he reached tho 011 trance to the white house by one of the clerks, and he at once interested liiiiv

self in relief measures, learning with satisfaction what had been done by Assistant Secretary of War Grant. At a meeting of citizens Friday afternoon 15,500 was subscribed. President Cleveland, who had been asked to preside over tho'meeting but was unable to do so because of a pressing official business engagement, sent his check for 1100, and Secretary Thurber his for (25. The newspapers of the city are actively engaged in the good work, and the clerks in the departments are contributing liberally.

Cause of the Accident.

An investigation of the cause of the accident discovered that it was apparently due to criminal carlessness. A number of laborers were at work beneath the first floor excavating for an electric plant. The building rested on underpinning and the earth, and as the earth was dug away the pressure of the building rested on the unsupported beams' of tho first floor. The weight proved too much and the floors collapsed and fell Into the excavation, burying the laborers and clerks beneath them. The people in charge of this excavation were supposed to have known that the building was condemned and had been unsafe for years. The general insecurity of th« building had already been repeatedly reported, and for a long time past, whenever a heavily loaded wagon has gone by, the building seemed to sway backward and forward, as the clerks describe the sensation. A strange coincidence is that the old theater is wrecked on the day of the funeral of Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth.

Condemn the Oovernment.

Condemnation of the government for permitting the building to be used Is heard on every hand. The federal government has an account on Its hands of immense proportions. There is little doubt that friends of the dead and the victims who were fortunate enough to escape wi their lives will seek damages from the government which may aggregate millions of dollars. In the dangerous condition of the building they will have strotig popular support of their claims. Strong words of denunciation were uttered against the federal authorities for permitting the building to be occupied in view of Its unsafe condition. The strongest condemnation was visited on Col. Ainsworth, who as chief seems to have been optimistic all along regarding the building's condition.

What Col. Ainsworth Says.

Col. Ainsworth, who has charge of tho department, gave out the following as his official statement:

The placing of the electric light plant did not cause tho accident I inspected the building between 3 and 4 o'clock Thursday, and so did an inspector and chief engineer and chief of (supplies. .Everything was then sound. The center of the third floor was where the crash began. Thore was no extra weight there not as much, in fact, and when the medical museum way there. As far as tho work had progressed it had been.carefully supervisedl&nd was'infno way dangerous."

Congress Failed to Act.

WA8mNOTON, June 10.—An examination shows that the insecurity of the old Ford theater building was brought to the attention of congress in a points ed manner as far back as 1S85. Attention was then directed simply to the safety of the army medical library and museum. The protection of human life was not especially brought in question.

Mr. S. M. Stockslager, of Indiana, who was chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds in the XLVIIIth congress, made a report in favor of the construction of a new building for the museum and library, in which he said of Ford's theater, then used for that purpose: '•Tho building now used by the medical department for a library and museum is not only too small to contain tho rocords of tho library and museum but Is unsubstantial and disposed to destruction by tire."

Other members of congress supported Mr. Stockslager'e statement. Congress acted upon these statements to the extent of removing the inanimate contents of the museum to anew and safe building. But congress and the war department thought proper to expose government clerks to risks from which they shielded skeletons and medical books.

War Records Lost.

Least thought of now, when death and suffering fill the national capital, but certain to bring sorrow in the future, is the destruction of war records on which the claims of thousands oi veterans in all parts of the land depend.

History of Ford's Theater*

[The .building whloh was wrecked was tho Army Medloal museum, and was originally erected as Ford's theater, on tho site of the old Tenth Sueet Baptist church. It was a medium-sized structure, and was painted white. About forty years ago the Ford Brothers, of Baltimore, purchased the church property and transformed It into a theater* The interior was entiroly removed, but the old walls were left standing. It was used as a playhouse until several years later, when was destroyed by flro. The Fords then built a spacious brick theater on the site of the old building. It was in this theater that {Resident Lincoln was assassinated on the Good Friday night of 18G6 by John Wilkes Booth. After this event the government'closed tho theater, and Gnally the property was sold for about flSO.OW. Again the interior of the structure was remodeled and adaptod to the use of the surgeon general The museum proper ooouplod the three floors of the building. While It was originally established for the purpose of investigating the wounds and diseases incidental to war, its scope has broadened so rap* Idly that it lately included all interesting objects of medical and surgical study. It was said to be the only museum of Its kind in tho world. Labor and money had been expended on it to an almost unlimited extent Thore were no less ,than 22,000 specimens arranged with great earo and system within tho walls of the museum. The second floor of tho building contained the medical library of the government, a library which was said to contain more medical literature than the British museum or the National library of France. The entire building was usually filled with a force of clerks and officers examining and compilingithe records pertaining to the judicial and hospital department of the army.]

Death of Warren Le'snd,

NEW YORK, June 10.—Warren Iceland, last survivor of live brothers who made the name of Leland famous in the hotel business, died at the residence of William L. Ward, Port Chester, Thursday. Mr. Leland was fcorn in 1834 and was a son of Simeon Leland, who kept the Green Mountain house in Land Oruvc, Vt., three-quarters of a century ago.

DAILY JOURNAL

JUNE

10.1893.

FIGHTING HARD.

World's Fair Directory Still Working for Sunday Opening1.

ACTION IN THE COURT ON FRIDAY.

An Appeal Is Granted, But a Supersedeas Is Denied—Chief Justice Puller to Ue Asked to Grant a Stay of

Proceedings.

8TILL FIG11TINO.

CHICAGO,June 10—In the United State circuit court at 1U a. m., after listening to an able appeal by the counsel for the fair, the judges refused to grant a supersedeas in the case and likewise declined to stay proceedings for so short a time as one week. This seemingly cut oil all hope that the fair would bo open next Sunday, pending the final settlement of the question by the court of appeals, but Edwin Walker, attorney for the fair directory, and National Commissioner St. Clair., started out to find Chief Justice Fuller, intending to apply to him for a stay pf proceedings.

This move was suggested by Judge Jenkins and met with the approval of Judges Woods and Grosscup. The court did not question the right of the exposition to appeal from its decision, but was determined to allow no more open Sundays if it could help it. If Justice Fuller grants the supersedeas the fair will be open on Sunday, and if, as District Attorney Milchrist confidently asserted, the court of appeals may not meet until fall the exposition will remain open all summer.

Will Depend on tho Chief Justice. President II iglnbotham, when asked if the fair would be open Suuday, said it would depend almost entirely upon whether a supersedeas could be secured to-day staying the operation of the injunction of the circuit court. "The situation seems to justify the fear that we will have to go to jail whether the fair is o\ien or closed. Under the ruling of Judge Stein in the stale court, we can bo put in jail if we keep the fair closed, and according to t'.-e United States court we go to jail if we open. There yon are. I confess I never was placed between two fires in quite such an inexplicable case. We cannot obey both courts, for they are diametrically opposed in their mandates, and which authority should take precedence in this case 1 cannot attempt to say."

Troops, If Necossnry.

WASHINGTON, June 10.—The ultimatum of the federal court of Chicago that the world's fair cannot bo opened on Sunday is final and will be backed up by foree of arms if necessary. This, in brief, is the way the administration officials regard the matter. It cannot bo said that anyone here actually fears that such extreme measures will be necessary, yet at the war department there is considerable talk about the possible necessity of utilizing troops to prevent the gates being opened. In tho absence of Secretary Lamont none of the officials feels at liberty to be quoted as to what course would likely be pursued, but they all agreed that the military would be brought into prompt requisition if any attempt should be made to ig»ore the injunction issued by the court.

A BETTER FEELING.

Soinn Improvement Noted In the Condition of «eiicriil llushiess. NEW YORK, June 10.—The weekly trade review says: "The severe depression of a week ago, which culminatod in very tight money and numerous failures, has been folloivod by some recovery. Reports that definite action by congress on the money question has been assured liavo done much to cause tho better feeling. But the stringency at Chicago and elsewhero has forced realizing on tho unprecedented stocks of wheat, so that the lowest prices ever known have been made here and at the west This has helped exports. and It other respects monetary conditions aro distinctly more favorablo. Though no radical change in underlying conditions has occurred, there is mors hopefulness and some recovery from the extreme contraction of credit. "At Philadelphia banks aro holding money cautiously, There is rather more business in iron, but at very low prices. At Cleveland trade Is fairly active, but money close. At Cincinnati trade improves and money Is active, but collodions slow. At Indianaiiolls the gro cory trade is botter, and at Detroit trade Is only fair and banks are calling many loans. "Chicago roports trade ordorB satisfactory. Banks are considered safe, but arc pursuing a very conservative policy. Receipts Increased, compared with last year, 4 per cent, in cattlo, 10 in hogs, 24 in butter, 55 in sheep, 80 in oats, 100 In wheat and 170 in corn, but decreased 18 per cent in flour, 20 in barley and dressed beef, 22 in rye, 4I» in cheese, 60 in hogs and lard, 70 in pork and seods and 60 in cured meats. "Excitement is subsiding in Milwaukee. Trade at Minneapolis and St Paul is fairly active and tho lumber trade strong, with crop prospects fair. At St. Louis banks aro calling loans, but jobbing trade is satisfactory, with tbe south much improved. At Omaha trade Is good, at St Joseph good and at Kansas City fairly healthy, though receipts of grain and bogs aro light "Wheat has gone below 71 eents hero and 63 at Chicago, receipts being 00,0)0 bushels dally and exports SOO.OOO bushels. Corn has fallen cents, with large receipts: oats, 1 com pork, 11.73 per barrel: lard, 6S cents, and hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds. "The failures for the week have bcon 322 In number in the United States, against 16.1 for tho same week last yoar, and 45 in Canada, agalnt 24 last year. Last week tho total numdor of failures was 259."

BENNETT MAY DIE.

The Proprietor of tho New York Herald Iiadly Hurt—Fell from the Top of a Coach In l'arln on Wednesday—Ills Condition Is Critical.

PAJIIS, June 10.—James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New Yorlt Herald, was dangerously injured on Wednesday, when he fell from a coach on which he was riding and was so severely hurt that medical attention was at once required. His condition growing worso. Doctors Kobin and Lcdentu performed an operation Thursday, with a view of relieving him, but his condition is now dangerous, and the doctors declare.that it is critical.

Valuable Gems Stolen.

PHILADELPHIA, June 10.—A box of opals valued at 125,000, the property of Gov. Casio, of Queretaro, Mexico, was stolen from the private dining-room in ex-Postaiaster General Wanamaker'a sto.-e.

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SHOT DOWN.

Sheriff's Posse and Strikers Collide at Lemont, III.

A DISASTROUS FIGHT IS THE RESULT.

In the Melee Two Men Are Known to Have Ileen Killed Other leaths Feared— Many Arc Wounded —Troops Called Out.

BlcRIOUS TROUBLE AT LEMONT. LEMONT, 111., June 10.—As a result, of the labor troubles in the stone quarries between here and Joliet, and on the drainage canal, a battle took place at noon Friday between the Will county sheriff posse and the strikers near the camps of E. D. Smith & Co. that resulted in the loss of several lives and the serious wounding of a score of others. The names of those killed are not known, and there are conflicting statements as to the number killed,, it being reported some of the strikers fell into the canal when shot. A deputy coroner from Joliet held an inquest near Mason, llogc & Co.'s camp Friday evening on a body found on that section. Another body was picked up below the Norton bridge, and a third man, it is positively asserted, fell in the canal near tho same bridge.

Tho Victims.

The following is a list of killed and wounded so far as known. DEAD—John Kluqa, aged 17, died several hours after being shot: an unknown man.

WOUNOKD Michael Dlachowskl, bullet wound in right thigh: B'rank Itlachowski, flesh wound over light eye Michael Uyor, bullet In right kidney: Nelson Colson, ear shot off Kisha Oregliur, shot in abdomen and will probably die: Dan Kismusch, serious scalp wound Lawrence Lovcnduski. bullet wound in right wrist: Thomas Merika, shot in breast and may dlo Michael Mlchlloit, buliot in thigh, tlesb wound John Severn Peterson, bttllot wound in right thigh and right shoulder Josoph Schmich, buliot wound In thigh Chismund Bchodisch, hoad badly cut Michael Skolskl, bullet wound in breast, will die: John V.'ojtanowskl, fractured thigh bone, will lose legs Anton Wesolowsltl, slightly wounded by bullet and clubbed In head so he may die.

Strikers Combine.

An arrangement was made Friday morning by which the strikers in the vicinity of Loekport were to meet the strikers from Lemont at Smith & Co.'s camp about noon. The Smith camp is about 2 miles below this town and about half a mile below the Norton bridge. It is on the line of the drainage canal, between the Illinois & Michigan canal and the Desplaines river.

It is said Frank lilachowslti, who is undor arrest ut Joliet, is the man who negotiated the arrangement between the Loclcport strikers and those here. He is a barber in this placo. Accordingly a crowd of men estimated at from 100 to 200, but probably about 125, marched from Loekport Friday forenoon northward to the camps.

Mob Meets the OIHrers.

When the mob reached the camp of the McCormick Construction company it was met by six deputy sheriffs who had been sent out by Sheriff llenneby, of Joliet, ond thirty or forty men who had been armed with rifles by the contractors. When the strikers observed tho formidable array of rifles they quickly surrendered and seventeen of them were arrested by the deputy sheriffs. The balance took to the woods or went back to Loekport. Tho armed guards of the contractor were under command of J. Locker, who is connected with the 10. D. Smith firm. Three shotguns and five revolvers were taken from the Loekport people, it is said, while a great many more were thrown in the river by the members of the mob when it was seen there was danger of being arrested. The Loekport wing of Leader Iilachowski's army reached the scene of action sooner than ho anticipated. From all that e»n be learned it was intended that tho two wings should swoop down upon the camps about noon. At all events the Lemont division did not reach the Norton bridge until a little before noon. According to one of Contractor Smith's men, Martin Dash, one of the members of the armed guard, met the strikers at the bridge and warned them not to proceed further.

IlrKlnnlng of tile Fight.

The strikers crossed tho bridge and a part of them started south on the towpath on the canal, while another section went west to the open space between the Santa Fe railway and the river. Tliera was something like 300 men In the mob, but a great many of them, according to the best citlzons of Lemont, were unwilling participants in the affair. The more bloodthirsty, it Is said, rushed down to the edge of thd river and, seeing workmgmen across tho river, began firing at them. They then started south, it is said, and fired several shots at the mounted guards.

Th# Plre Returned.

The sheriff's men and the guard advanced and, it Is said, opened fire. Some of the contractors' men were armed with shotguns loaded with buckshot, and they were successful in bringing down some of the men. When tho deputy sheriffs and tho contractors' men opened Are tho mob commenced to run. Many of tho strikers tried to take refuge behind the pile of earth that had been excavated from the Illinois & Michigan canal, but were apparently pursued. It Is not oven claimed by the contractors' men that the strikers attempted to do any firing nft«r the 4«PUty sheriff

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ordered tne attack. 1 he men were pursued as far as Norton's bridge, and most of the wounded were picked up along the towpath. It is apparent that the firing was extremely wild.

Killed at Lunch.

John Kluga, the Polish boy who has since.died, was sitting on the bank of the track eating his lunch, lie was employed by the railroad company as a section hand and hnd nothing to do with the trouble. John Severn Peterson, one of the wounded, was a carpenter who was forced to join the mob much against his will. Nelson Colson, the Swedish boy who is wounded in the ear. was with Peterson.

It is asserted by some that three men

fell into the canal while others say only one fell in. It is believed by Coroner Itufus Arnold, who held the inquest on the body found, that there are two bodies in a clump of bushes near the Norton bridge. A look through the place did not result in the bodies being found, but it was dark and they may have been there and escaped obsarvation. The bushes are in Cook county, just north of the Will county line, and this is the reason why I)r. Arnold would not make an investigation.

Strikers Captured.

When the strikers began to run the deputy sheriffs gathered in thirteen of the men. Two shotguns and three revolvers were taken from them. This makes thirty captured in all, and they were taken to Joliet late in the afternoon.

It is reported that Locker, the superintendent of McCormick, shot the Kluga boy and then apologized for having made a mistake, saying he thought he was a striker. This is said to lie the first shot fired. The fattier of Young Kluga swore out a warrant for the arrest of Locker, charging him with having shot his son.

Ueputy Sheriffs Illumed.

The people of Lemont, while they do not seem to be fully in sympathy with the strike, blame the deputy sheriffs and the contractors for the trouble. It is said that if it were not for a few leaders among the strikers who insist on raising a row there would be no trouble.

The contractors say the men they have are willing and anxious to work and ask only for protection. They say tho rumors that have been circulated have greatly interfered with work, as the men. as soon as they hear that tho turbulent people are on the warpath, quit work and seek shelter either in tho camps or across the river.

It is said by the strikers that the first shot was from the sheriffs or the contractors' guard. It Is also charged that Anton Wcsolowski, after he had been shot, was clubbed on the head by the guards. When tho strikers organized Friday morning they, In order to strengthen their force, made a great, many who wera not in sympathy with the movement join them, and tho unfortunate part of the trouble seems to be that several of these are among the wounded.

Troops Called Out.

SrniNGFIELD, 111., Juno 10. Gov. Altgcld at 11:30 p. m. Friday decided the condition of affairs at Lemont warranted calling out the militia and lie issued an order for the Second and Third regiments to report at the scene of the trouble at 6 o'clock this morning. Adjt. Gen. Orendorff has started for Joliet and will remain there until order is restored. The Second regiment of Chicago will be assigned to duty at Lemont and the Third will assemble at Joliet.

CURRENT EVENTS.

The Texas Trading company of Galveston has made an assignment to W. S. Doran. Assets, tlG3,0Q0 liabilities, $31,800.

State commissioners have issued a circular urging the people to visit tho world's fair and denying the charges of extortion.

Gov. Altgeld has invited the Infanta lCulalla and lier husband to be his guests at the executive mansion in Springfield.

Snow & Durgcss, shipping and commission merchants of New York, have made an assignment. Their liabilities are (250,000.

The jewelry firm of Ii F. Sanford & Co., of New York, has mudo an assignment. The liabilities are {150,000 and assets (100,000.

The Elgin national watch factory of Elgin, 111., will close every Haturday during the summer to allow its employes to attend the fair.

Henry K. O'Brien has been arrested at Akron, O., charged with embezzling (1,100 from the American Wringer company of Port Huron, Mich.

A satisfactory test of the Ferris wheel on Midway Plaisance litis been made. The giant structure made two revolutions, each occupying fifteen minutes.

Next Monday a Chicago federal grand jury will begin an investigation of railway management at the instance of tho interstate commerce commission.

Gen. Vas Quese, commander in chief of the army, has declared himself president of Honduras. Qen. Iionilhi, tho revolutionary leader, is said to have died from a wound.

The duke of Veragua witnessed the ordination of three Dominican brothers to the priesthood, viewed a parade of Columbus' civic and military organizations and then departed for Niagara Falls.