Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 307, Hammond, Lake County, 17 June 1909 — Page 8

THE TIMES.

Thrrrsdav, June 17, 1909.

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Mill Employes and Gary Fire Department Put Up Desperate Battle in Burning Storeroom Adjoining Works.

EKING WHISTLE

SOUNDS THE ALAR1

Chief Feeley and His Men Learn of

Trouble Only After Flames Have Made Considerable Headway

Dangerous Acids and Sulphur

Smoke Add Handicap to Fight.

An 11 o'clock alarm last night from the steel pTfcnt brought the Gary fire department to a hard battle with flames

In the plant storeroom. After des

perately fighting for an hour and handicapped by dangerous acid and sul

phur fumes Chief Feeley, his men, and steel workers succeeded In preventing

the blaze from spreading.

The fire originated in a closet in the main storeroom. This building is one of the largest of its kind in the steel industry and is the storage place for hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth

of material. In some unknown manner

a fire became started shortly after 11

o'clock.

A watchman discovered the blaze and after the machine shop engineer ,was notified a series of mournful shrieks eminating from the big whistle rent the air and woke up everybody in Gary

living near the steel plant.

Many persons in the town site tiiought that one of the huge ore boats

was either on fire or in distress. CUIef Feeley Taken Charge. The whistle also attracted the at

tention of Night Desk Man Dowling at the police station and the operator

on duty at the fire house. As the noise continued and no alarm came in, the latter awoke his superior. Chief Feeley,

and notified him of the distress signal. The chief came down from his quarters and awaited development of events. After the whistles continued some six or eight minutes, and receiving no alarm, the police department called up

Attorney Leonard, Repre

senting Berghoff Brewing Co. Confers With Gary Clients Regarding Their Remonstrance Cases.

JUDGE GILLETT OF

HA1110JTEBESTED Showed Decision to Be Favorable to the Towns Contesting Saloon Men It Would Not Open Doors for the Others Although it Would Set a Precedent.

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REPAIRING

Attorney Leonard, special counsel for Senator Steve Fleming of the Berghoff Brewing company. Fort Wayne, arrived at the Gary hotel last evening Mr. Leonard comes to Gary to confer with his clients, James Scanlon and Michael Binzen, regarding the remonstrance case which comes up for trial next Tuesday. Besides Mr. Leonard, Messrs. Scanlon and Binzen will be represented by Attorney Townsend of Fort Wayne and

Judge Gillett of Hammond, late of the Indiana supreme court. Scanlon and Binzen, it will be recalled, have brought Into court the famous Calumet township remonstrance case, which thty seek to set aside. Their retltion recites that Rev. George Deuel of Gary, andothers, obtained signatures to the remonstrance by fraudulent methods. This being their claim they will appear before Special Judge Hanley, in Hammond, Tuesday and seek to have the remonstrance declared invalid as fas as they are concerned. How Remonstrance AVas l"rx-urr(i. On May 1. 1908, a remonstrance under the provisions of the state laws was filed against the saloons of Calumet township. Most of these were in Gary, where more than 100 of these establishments looked after the needs of the

thirsty. The state law permits a remonstrance to become effective when it is signed by a number of voters equal to one-half of the number at the last election. As there were but few people in Gary

at the time of the November, 1906, elee-

A visit yesterday afternoon to the house of Charles Calhoun Smith, on the outskirts of Gary along the Penni..K.nnl. 1 t T Y-l A. f t a .... .

" " uiei j. u. mariin ana uincer wiuiam Marquardt, revealed the line of defense which will be

used by the prisoner in case he is arraigned for murder at Valparaiso.

Mrs. Smith met the officers yesterday at the door of her little farmhouse, sad-eyed and frightened when she

saw tne unnormea orncers coming to her. Grouped around her were a multitude of dogs, chickens and three curly, headed little children, which under any other circumstances would be the personification of hardness

Mrs. Smith's version of the story was that the shooting was done entirely in self-defense. Shaw owed her

nusoana some money, she said, tor a hoard bill for a horse which they had kept for him. This he attempted several

iu umi-a, nui aa uuduto-miui. rinauy tmow lniormed mm that he had stolen a horse and that if he would

help him dispose or it he could pay him they money that he owed ihm. The men then started to drive to Laporte, where they thought they could sell the horse. Thev stODDed o

night at Babcock. Ind., where they camped out and here. It is said. Shaw accused Smith of trvinsr to elve him awav

on the horse stealing deal. They then became engaged in a quarrel, according to the prisoner, and Shaw slashed at his comrade with a knife, cutting hi3 coat in two places. Smith then retaliated by giving him both barrels of his shotgun. He claims that he dragged the borly out of the slough, where he said tne man would have drowned.

As evidence ot this tact lie snowea that a portion of his clothes were wet.

Smith win he held pending the outcome of the shooting. It is not believed that his victim can live under the circumstances, he having suffered greatly from loss of blood. It is also likely that the wounds may develop tet

anus.

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THUGS ATTACK GEORGE BALL

the steel plant to learn the source of i tlons jt was an easy task to find enough the trouble. ! people opposed to the saloons to sign Upon being told it was a fire, the anjr aocument which would wipe them police notified the fire department of i ouj 0f existence. The "wet" forces ar-

the fact. They then went to the scene of the blaze which they would have Cone several minutes sooner had they been notified that a fire was in progress. Two Firemen SliKhtly Injured. When the fire company arrived on the scene Chief Feeley assumed command of affairs. Dense volumes of smoke caused by the burning of sulphur and acid hindered the progress of the firemen, and time after time they staggered out of the building half choking. As soon as Gen. Supt Gleason was notified of the blaze he lost no time in proceeding to the scene. He came at high speed in his automobile and was soon giving the chief every assistance possible so that in an hour's time the firemen were able to leave the place. William Krazier, lieutenant of the company, and Fireman Stephen Gersey were slightly, but painfully burned about the hands when they stumbled and fell on some burning embers.

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Extreme Enthunlnitm. "ack is very enthusiastic over

Marathon races, isn't he?" "He's that crazy over them that he won't let me have any vines or roses !n the garden that are not runuers." Baltimore American.

gue that if the matter was left to a popular rierendum Gary would be overwhelmingly in favor of saloons. And no doubt this is true, as it is in all steel towns. Just as soon as the licenses expired the saloons were ordered closed. Xow the plaintiffs' in Tuesday's suit come

forth and assert that many of the signatures of the remonstrance had affairs misrepresented to them and that they signed in good faith articles which they would never have subscribed to had they known the true situation. Mike Binzen ,one of the plaintiffs In the case, had been connected with the Binzenhof buffet, Fourth and Broadway. With the exception of the Gary hotel buffet, which Scanlon will conduct if he wins, tho Binzenhof is the only saloon permitted in the first subdivision. Ixx-ated near the main gate of the steel plant and having no competition. It is said that his drink emporium brought to the owners, Theodore and Mike Binzen, an income equal to that of a railroad president. Mr. Scanlon, If he is successful in his lawlng, will be proprietor of the Gary

hotel buffet, the only other saloon permitted In the first subdivision. Until the remonstrance was born George O'Donnell, head of the hotel, conducted the buffet, but under the new arrangement Scanlon will direct it. It is the general, but erroneous, opin

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(Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., June 17. George Ball, living in Deodar street, between One Hundred and Thirtyeighth and One Hundred and Thirtyninth streets, was attacked late night before last by three thugs, who knocked him down, cutting his head and one of his arms and variously injuring him. The attack occurred in Deodar street and One Hundred and Thirty-seventh.

If robbery was the motive of the trio, they failed to get any of Fall's money, but after they ran away, leaving Ball bleeding In the street, the victim

of the assault discovered that his watch was gone. A search of the scene of the scuffle failed to reveal the watch, and this fact has led to the belief that the wafti was stolen in the encounter. After Ball had sufficiently recovered from the effects of the beating, he and his wife put their heads together and began to figure out a possible motive. They suspected Jim Burkitiss and Joe McMakltls. both of whom it is alleged had a grudge against Ball. Mrs. Hall went before Judge George Fveiland yesterday and swore out a warrant against the two men and the latter wore arrested. The men denied the charge and asked for time In which to prove their alibi, and they were released on $j0 bail each.

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(Special to The Times.) i East Chicago. Ind., June 17. The Green Engineering company, located in iriennedy avenue, near Chicago avenue, is going to move to Fittsburg, according to a statement made this morning by Superintendent C. C. Moffatt. Already the work of packing has been begun under instructions from the general offices in Chicago, and the prospects are for a complete abandonment of the present location in the early future. This drastic action Is the result of a strike which began on Monday and yesterday had grown to such proportions that It involved the entire force employed at the big plant. According

to Superintendent Moffatt, he nor any other officers of the company have been informed as to what the strike is all about. He declares he has never had any communication of any sort with any of the men. regarding the animus of the movement on the part of the strikers. The latter, on the other hand, maintain that a committee composed of Frank Michek, Wendal Trinka waited upon the company and demanded a raise of three cents per hour, all around, every man in the establishment being included in the general demand for hitrher wages. They also declared that they were offered an increase of one and

one-half cents an hour over the present schedule. If the plant Is closed it will mean a sprlous loss to East Chicago. It employs 1T.0 men and during the hard times was one of the most consistent concerns In its operations of any of the big plants throughout the region. In good times as many as 300 men are employed by the company. According to the company the strik

ers have used threats of violence in order to induce those who preferred to continue with their work at the old schedule, to join them. It is declared that men on their way to work would be intercepted, and in some instances all but roughly handled, while hints of what they might expect at the hands of the strikers, should they persist in continuing at work, were of mich n nature as to intimidate the workmen and cause them to join the ranks of the strikers. Mr. MofTatt said this morning: "The strike besan on Monday morning. n Saturday night when we closed clown everybody was apparently In a cheerful frame of mind and we had nr intima

tion of trouble brewing. Monday morning the men came to work as usual, but before they had been lon.T ot work, half a dozen of the moulders quit and walked out. I had no idea what they were quitting for. They made n complaint and they simply walked out without a word of explanation. At noon they began to iniliice the others to quit. The other moulders soon followed .suit, and yesterday the machinists quit. The plant is now entirely shut down. Up

ers, moulders are getting from 20 to 32 cents an hour, while the machinists

receive from 30 to 40 cents per hour.'

The Green Engineering company came to East Chicago three years ago

from Chicago. They have always ran

an open shop. Of the 150 men out,

sixty are foundrymen, eighteen core-

makers, thirty machinists, twelve work in the stock room and the balance are

laborers.

HYDRANT SNAPPED OFF

BAKER ANOTHER

GARY CANDIDATE

ion that if Scanlon and Binzen win their cases every saloon in Calumet township may reopen should the owner have his license renewed. Such is not the case and Messrs. Scanlon and

Binzen, by undertaking the thousands

of dollars expense attached to the trial.

are not doing so from philanthropic

motives toward the other saloonkeep

ers.

Each Snloon Individual Caie. If Judge Hanley's decision favors the

plaintiffs it will mean that only these

two saloons may reopen. Every saloonkeeper must have an individual

trial, and the case to be tried Tuesday

will by no means have a general effect.

However, should the two men who

seek to contest the remonstrance be successful in their efforts, the case will

naturally be cited as a precedent when

other saloonmen bring their difficulties

into court. They will have, of course, the advantage of the first trial. It is said that in the event of this

case being decided against the remonstrators and if Scanlon and Binzen are permitted to reopen their business other saloonkeepers who go Into court may not have the same privileges extended to them. A prominent temperance worker said that all saloonkeepers who had slot machines in their plac of business, who violated the 11 o'clock

closing ordinance, or who kept their to this moment I have had no official

saloons open this spring after their Information as to what the strikers

Real Estate Man Will Run

for Aldermanic Honors in Steel City.

Still another candidate for alderman

ic honors in the Third ward of Gary

is mentioned, the latest being George Baker, the local real estate man. The

idea was first broached to Mr. Baker,

it is said, by a party of Croations in the south end. who waited upon tie

real estate man, asked hint to run for

alderman and pledged their entire sup

port to him. This delegation represents "a large part of the foreign popu

lation In tlie south end of the city.

The list of candidates already men

tioned for alderman from the Third

ward is as follows: John Bennett, re

publican; Harley McCarty, democrat;

K. E. Ilouren, democrat; August Klnkel

republican, and George Baker, repub

lican.

This should be a sufficient number of aspirants to make things most inter

esting In (he south end of the city

'and especially In the precinct known

as the "bloody Sixth." Most of the

candidates are already busy looking after their wires and laying plans for

the campaign.

Ex-Mayor Crolious is expected back from Brooklyn today, where he has been for the past few days, at the bed of his sick mother, and his arrival in the city and his presence presages some

activity in the democratic party.

One Woman and Her Baby Have Nar

row Escape Others Hurry to Shelter.

Another one of a series of bad run

aways occurred yesterday In Gary, when

the rig of Dr. W. P. Laue became frightened at Sixth avenue and Broadway and dashed down the street, im

periling the pedestrians, which crowd

ed the street at that time. So mad

ly did the horse dash down the street hat the fire dydrant, near the Goodman

building, was broken clean o;t by the wheels of the buggy.

After reaching the Miller building on

Broadway, the horse dashed onto the sidewalk on the east side of the street and swept along past women and men who crowded into doorways and hugged

the side of buildings to prevent bestruck. One woman, wheeling an in

fant in a baby carriage, screnmed to the full capacty of her lungs when she

saw the maddened horse approaching and realized the immediate danger.

StorjieH by Klnnerty. The horse raced down the right hand

side of Broadway until it came to an automobile standing at the curb, causing it to swerve onto the sidewalk.. For an instant it seemed as if a halt dozen persons could not escape injury from the buggy, but they beat such a hasty retreat that there was po chance for the animal to overtake them. The horse was stopped in front of the Hall building by P. T. Finnerty, the liveryman, and several others who grabbed the reins. The horse was then taken to Mr. Finnerty's barn, where it was held for the owner.

LIGHTS TI'RXEn 0 BV WIRELESS SIX MILES OFF. A large number of persons at tho Electrical Show in the Auditorium Building. Omaha. upon Wednesdavevening. May 12. 190G, witnessed one of the most remarkable demonstrations of wireless" energy heretofore made In any country in fact, a feat not accomplished before in the world's history, so far as is known whn Dr. Frederick 11. Mlllener. Experimental Electrician. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Omaha, turned on the lights in the building, the impulse being sent from the Fort Omaha wireless tower six miles distant. This demonstration was made possible through tiie courtesy of Col. Glassford, Signal Corps, U. S. A. The wireless impulse operated on a specially constructed coherer (which is very delicate and will receive the faintest impulse) similar in construction to that used about a year ago on the electrically controlled (by "wireless") truek in tlie pl op yards of the Union. Pacific at Omaha. By means of a large solenoid switch, which Is closed when the impulse passes through the coherer, seventy-fivo horse power wer turned on and the Auditorium lighted. By means of similar mechanism the power was turne,) off and the operation, repeated several times in other words, the local circuits in the Auditorium were closed by wireless impulse from Fort Omaha. The public is beginning to realize the immensity and the importance of the work being done by the Union Pacific railroad, in its efforts to saresuard the lives of its passengers and the propertv of shippers, via its lines, and. hv means of the experimental work being done by it. what an important factor It is In this country's progress.

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license had expired, will be dealt with summarily and refused licenses. Keep Their Hand f lean. It is these two things that the management of the Binzenhof and Gary hotel buffet have observed scrupulously. Neither have had slot mac hines in their places, both have obsered the r.ilit closing law, and when their licenses expired prompt recognition was gien to the fact. Other saloonkeepers have not been so careful nnd besides operating slot machines many of them. It is said, have kept blind pi.s. It Is this that may go against them.

want or why they are out. The company does not intend to treat with the men at all. but will move away rather then comply with their demands. We lave a location in Pittsburg in view, and I have instructions from headquar

ters to begin packing at one

work is now under way

WARM WAVE

SWEEPS LAND

Lake County Revels in

Higher Temperature.

I.ake county reveler in a warm war? yesterday which was general throughout the country. Only one place showed a temperature below' fin, the mercury going to f.4 at San Francisco. Sixtytwo decrees at S-nilte Ste. Marie and 64 at Tacoma and Portland, Washington, were the other low temperatures. Elsewhere the mercury stood in the seventies end eighties except at San Antonio where it went to !"4, at El Paso,

This 96 and at New Orleans and Vicksburg.

where SO was registered. In

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patterns having already hn

ready for shipment. "The Green Engineering company's

wage scale is now higher than that of

made i Chicago the high mark was readied at

4 p. m.. SO degrees, a rise from 59 at 5 o'clock in the nicrning. The warmer weather will continue. Forecaster Cox

any of the concerns of a similar nature says, at least two more days according In this region. We are paying from 15 to rre9ent indications, with probably to 20 cents an hour for common lab07- local thunderstorms.

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