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Show strikers time fOUTHE BIG TIRES IN ST. .tOOIS, HO. $300,000 Tire Occurs ' in Lumber mil District Friday Night IT. LOUIS. Jun IT. A spectacular Are which Bremen were relied to fight while the mercury was at ST dears burned fiercely for four hour last night aad damaged dam-aged the mill, wanhoon and lumber yard of the William O). Trrm Manufae-turlrui Manufae-turlrui eotapaar to U extant of MOO.-M. MOO.-M. The general office, ear barns and ehove of the United Railway oomoany were en. Sancered and heavy eler.trto feed wire were melted by the terrific heat. Car tinea In the weetern and eouthweetcrn districts of the city were put out of commission from g:lo o'clock until 10:10. Fire Chief Swlnaley wae vrooaie by heal, a were aieo avrJ other member mem-ber of the deoartment. upon whom two big fire on successive aays woraea a hard strain. While th Are waa at Ita height a demand for protection waa mad upon the nolle by John T. Lareon. treasurer of the Lobs Patent Door company, which on rate a large mill and own one of the lariraet lumber atoraae plants in tb city. Mr. lron drew attention to the similarity simi-larity In circumstance aurrounding thla bias and the . are . Uat .night which destroyed Ave large manufacturing plants, covering an area of eight acres, among which was the Huttler Sash A Door company. Last night's (Ire was lore lo-re tad but a few Hocka from the area gwent Thursday night. Proceed for mor deflntt Information urjon which to act. the polio were cited hy the manufacturer to a number of Instance In-stance tending to connect so no mmber of th Carpenter union, which baa been an strike elnoe March 1. with tb flree. No arreata have ben mad, though guarda of nolle hav been redoubled to supplement enlarged measures of protection protec-tion against a recurrence of Area try tbe mill ownere tnemeetve. Mill swtntt are In a etate f panic aa the rult of disastrous flree on two suceeaslv daye and tbelr appeala to the police department have resultee la ardera to captain of all dtetrtet to place eoe-etal eoe-etal Solatia of policemen at all planing mlila. boa factories, lumber yard aad Ilk atabllahment. Fear arousad In tb mind of lore! lumbermen by these Ares, coupled with the danger of destructive biases ae a re-eult re-eult of the unabated heat of th last few week, has resulted In arder being eent to the managers of th large mill In Arkansaa and other eouthern etate to put all aval labia hands at work flooding the properties. |