Show Penitentiary on Fire St LouiF 23Private advices from Jefferson Cit Mo A serous fire is raging in the penitentiary A meeting took place in the herse collar and harness shop of Jacob Strauss Co and Dave Tyler a second term convict set fire to the shop The fire department rushed to the building but as fast as they put on the hose the convicts cut it thus preventing the engines from doing any eflective work fora time The guards finally overpowered the mutineers and locked them up in a blind cell Meantime the fire I spread to the shop of Geisecke and that of the Standard Shoe Company and they are now burning |