| Show TO DAYS TELEGRAMS SOUTH cal feb 27 the steamer julia was about to leave her moorings a few rul minutes after 6 and had bad about TO 70 per rions on board many of whom were going across the strait to work in the lumber yards on OB the other side just as the deck hands were hauling in the lines there was a loud explosion and a sheet of game flame shot into the ai air r enose who were on the deck at the time were burled hurled overboard by batke the force of the explosion and several of them killed outright by being struck by pieces of debris which were sent flying in all directions the explosion attracted the attention of persons living to in the vicinity and men rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate passengers in a few minutes all was couf confusion for men women and children who ead had relatives on board the ill fated julia were wailing and wringing their hands as they rushed around the wharf the men on the wharf were anxious to aid but there seemed to be but little for them to do as most of the passengers e rs were below decks at the time of the tx explosion and were either KILLED OUTRIGHT or drowned when the water poured in on them it had been customary for passengers to go below decks lit la the morning as it was cold and foggy A few who were on deck and were not rendered ia sensible by the force of the shock were hauled ashore by the men on the wharf to add to the ID of the scene some large vats of petroleum tr stored on the wharf for replenishing steamer tanks caught fire and the flames spread rapidly the fire are companies were unable to accomplish anything ny thing as there was no water owing win to the tide being out and fiete fifteen n minutes alter the explosion about ow feet of freight depot and aad telegraph office were burning when the tide came in they managed to get a supply of water and at noon had bad the lire fire under control while the firemen and others were trying try ing to save the wharf a large number of boatmen were rowing around the wreck seeking to recover bodies A number of men from the united states navy davy yard at mare island and from other steamers st earners assisted in every way to secure the remains of passengers while the search was going on women and children were standing back from the burning wharf and as each body was oro brought 4 to ae surface and placed air n ae he ajea atie CL crowd gather coign an and an exclamation from rom some opp ape told that some relative tive ol of the dead bad recognized recognised THE MANGLED REMAINS soon after the explosion occurred the steamer had burned to the waters edge and sunk to the bottom with the greater number of victims buried underneath der neath the debris in the cabin it is believed that between thirty and forty lives were last up to a late hour this afternoon after adon twelve bodies had bad been recovered two of which were b burned beyond recognition the names of the other ten victims are as follows melvin hodgkins Hodg kias joseph bragas wm win saman olet nelson alfred fred madison michael branley Braul ky john pan brevick wm stark edward rule kule and a mai named higgin the names of halt the passengers who were on the steamer at the time of the explosion are not known it if is impossible to tell how bow many sunk with the wreck but at a least 15 who are known to hove have bateu on the steamer are still missing captain ledge of the J jiula was liev severely orely injured in lured as 8 wo was pit 1 1 grips heath eath the pt ot twelve belye or eteen been others ethers were iffie q seriously sly injured the record of fae brae jitka adia is ia a bad one and this is not the first ferriole ter ridle accident on the steamer 1 in september the kead head of her boiler blew out oat INSTANTLY KILLING NINE of the crew and scalding the clerk and another of the boat so 80 badly bays that they lingered tor for only a few days the cause of the accident today Is not known though it is generally believed that the explosion occurred in the boiler out the impression also prevails that fire was in some way communicated munica ted to tie tae petroleum tank and that the explosion occurred in that quarter vallejo is 29 miles up the bay from san francisco at 4 pm p in the coroner decided to h hold old an inquest over the bodies that have been recovered tor for the purpose of ident identifying living them it was no easy task as all the bodies were more or less disfigured for instance in one cor ner of the shed lay a mass amass of human haman remains so charred that it was k impossible to 0 identify them except wy by scraps of lothing clothing on body A ear ay lay another ano tie r body 6 d k the skull cleft cle beat t in wain alif and he lk hands aa blown 0 the ace of still another boo body y was a 4 mass I 1 ca raw aw acab on in account of burns tae begs e were broken iq in several places laces ven epa the lary jury suspended their labors fabbro however Q aver THIRTEEN COPIES BODIES hid had been identified most of the passengers on the ill fated boat were day laborers had it been an hour later 1 ter several of the heavy capitalists of san francisco would have been on the boat as they go up into the valley be 0 bondon ond on saturday night and return monday aday morning eight of the men who met death bad wives and families and five more pere single the searchers archers sd are still at hotl on the wreck trying to find more missing men MA 1 fer berryer ryer er wife of a iff at mare island aw Q dd navy avy yard beems ne i to nave bave deen been me only woman on wad board she was badly scalded about the head bead and arms babli the he list of bodied is now thought to number eleven it is supposed exclusive of the crew there were 52 passengers on oil board making A 3 altogether and not a single one escaped witti out injuries more or less jess serious ST PAUL PAM feb 26 A serious accident occurred on the canadian pacific at sudbury junction eat lavt of Winne winnipeg peg on thursday A broken rail threw one coach the dining car and sleeper of tae westbound west bound passenger off the track the dining car c into the coach all of the sixteen passengers in the coach were injured six severely Citi CHICAGO cAGo feb 27 rhe burlington road this evening sent seat out notice to alt all connecting lines that it would probably be a week or more before the company would be bt able to receive freight from them and asking it be given to te other roads this afternoon ever everyone vone of the freight handlers of the C li Q line were laid off and every one ot of tue the freight nis i ss in the city shut down in consequence of the engineers strike there are some men who obtained work during the freight handlers strike of 1886 and are all said to be loyal to the company but had bad th be laid off as DO work reni remains alus for them to do 10 1 the first accident to occur following the commencement ol of the took place this afternoon at napier ville lU 1411 loois vols no one was killed but the result could hardly be called trifling six nien men were more or less injured passenger train no N 2 in which 0 F griere general foreman of the burlington shops aurora was waa acting as engineer ran short of steam about 3 pm the engine was put cut loose from the aral train a to run ran ahead and then in 14 coming back to couple on afi to the train become became to a certain extent unmanageable on the down grade and COLLIDED WITH THE CARS the engineer general foreman griere had bad bi i 4 nose cut and the temporary fireman named parsons wa was cut on OD the shoulder aud and leg george dark clark mail clerk had bad his bis face cut and add his bis back injured wm vm stenson Sten soo mail clerk knee bruised T foster trainman of aurora arm and knee bruised the rolling stock was severely rattled but none derailed another accident oc occurred currea near nar council Bluff Athe particulars of which did not reach chicago till late it seems that master mechanic bordenstein was ordered to take kansas city train out and when near pacific J junction u ne was confronted by an engine standing on a crossing ile he ran his bis mine engine into it and a warrant w wad a 8 issued for his bis arrest for falling to it stop op at the crossing crossi ug no one was hurt by the collision at a ie meeting eting of the controlling dis 1 brict assembly knights of labor ot of this section tonight a resolution was adopted which says in part without boint going into an examination of the truth troth or falsity of the char charges gres of alleged bid bad faith against us on the part of the brotherhood this executive board is unqualifiedly against any of its dianci members taking the places striking workers and we call cal on the members ol of our order everywhere TO REFUSE ret USE under alay and all to become the tools of ts corporation in their hour 9 ba present berns tg as of 0 f the burlington road arve rom the east today he regress t fee v strike and th thinks aks the eu bluet r afe making a mistake in attempting to force the road to unreason reason able terms he agrees entirely with the posit position loil taken by general manager stone chief engineer arthur in an interview this evening said the publication by general manager stone of all the propositions offered by the be men tends to mislead fie public we were willing to these propositions one bi by one e pod in afie we failed to convince convi ce mr stone vp hat t they were just and fair we would have made concussions concessions tv at T LOUIS feb 27 no freight was wag moved op the calcado Cal cago burlington quincy road read at this point today the passenger trains however in this vicinity were run ran as usual every enji engineer neer and fireman quit but the officials were in a measure prepared superintendent levi of keokuk telegraphs that passenger trains were moving all right on the keokuk ling line with new men and he hopes to keep them going the burlington Bur lingon officials here and at east st bouis say they hope bope to ket get the freight traffic in fair shape in q 4 a tea days they expect to pick I 1 UD enough men to man idaa the trains on 04 this I 1 division the strikers incline to tho the lae belief et that their expectations will not bo be rea realized liged ill feb 27 the burlington strike has caused an ALMOST COMPLETE suspension of business on that thai system in this locality quincy Is the center of five ave division of the roa road and the traffic on them has been n nearly ly at a standstill today no effort whatever hat ever has been made to move mote frel freight t trains two or three bassenger jas seager trains have been sent outwit to engines manned by mister master mechanics chanico cs road masters or division divi superintendents general superintendent Crance Ciance of the hannibal st joe brought adibe in the morning lorail pi express itom from the west AM aid took out the tight night express tonight ottumwa iowa feb TZ 27 burlington ho passenger train due at 9 a in arrived w P m and left tor for creston it to al it if it will 6 go further athali chrit T thirty tear four enles and train men ina are laid effs iffs up bere ditre LINCOLN nebraska feb 27 business on the burlington missouri river road is almost entirely suspended freight trains are abandoned two passenger ti ains manned by nonunion men have cave been sent out but are not running on schedule time DES feb 27 2 one passenger train left over tae burlington road for or chariton today to day with tue toe conductor in the cb cab I 1 i TRAVELERS REFUSED rl FUSED to ride the train was two hours running 1 touched ing l eight miles no freight his has been feb 27 there is nothing new in the situation on the burlington bur lington As previously stated all bazi engineers so firemen left their engines promptly at four this morning and nd quit work since when not a wheel nas ass been turned on the road for freight or passenger traffie traffic at 9 this morning engineer henry mccarty pulled up to the union depot with an engine and one mail car into which the local mall mail between here and the river had bad been thrown and the train left for we the east on schedule time A train c consisting On of rn engine and one car carrying the local mail from the east will arrive at the usual time this evening the engineers hold held a meeting making no demonstration delegate fowler who arrived from the east sunday bunday today said the men would do not nothing ing t toward ar ending the strike but at simply ply r remain ain quiet abet and await orders fro from headquarters at chicago deex he expressed presse himself i self as confident of the success of the strikers and that the knights of labor would in iia no way in ter tere fere AFFECTING THE ROC BOCK K illand ISLAND KANSAS CITY feb 37 27 the strike of the engineers on an the burlington system was severely felt here lodah cods V the fast train for chicago got away at 9 a re ra with a foreman in charge of the engine other passenger trains arrived and departed today several hours behind schedule time the men are applying in considerable num bers at the companas comp anys office here to succeed the strikers the result of the strike cevelo developed ed this afternoon at 4 rpm pm the rock island had bad quietly put some darlington burlington cars in its freight train with the apparent intention intent lou of helping the latter road the ro rock C k island engineers on discovering tb run every engine iu in the yard aiato iato the roundhouse leaving a score of freight trams trains in the yards the tae consequence is a complete tie up of the rock I inland iland freight traffic for ilie i be chicago express on the burlington road was sent ent on on time tonight with a former cable car gripman gupman in the cal cab whitt while at the che depot some miscreant cut the air brake hose and also let the water out of the tender necessitating si th substitution af another engine this is presumed to be the dorkof work of outsiders as the strikers have behaved to in au ap excellent manner POTTS spottsville pottsville VILLE pa feb 27 it is asserted tonight that between and engineers and firemen fireman will leave for the west tonight and tomorrow to take service wi arti th the Burling burlington toa road these are 11 knights of labor but will go 30 west as individuals and not bader the order or auspices of the knights londo feb 27 advices advises from hanoi tonquin state that the p public bile stores warehouses factories several se veral timber yards and five hundred houses have been destroyed by fire in the thear ar ti bisans sans quarter of the city ten natives and one european were killed ST louis feb 2 27 the state deaf and dumb asylum at fulton burned tonight to o night the fire caught in the dome in the fifth story and burned down the bi lUding was a large one and cost the state nearly half a million dollars and was insured for but fifty thousand dollars there were one hundred and eighty patients in the building but bat all were removed without injury NEW yora feb 28 inspector holahan submitted to collector magone yesterday his report of the arrest of irwin A and ephraim gardner while smuggling glink opium across the canadian border it contains an aa entry of the payment of made to herbert F beecher united states treasury special agent at port townsend beecher Beech erwIll will soon be givena given au ii opportunity for explaining the entry t feb fab 28 twenty eight C counties io michigan have voted billit lor or under the local 0 option pon law the first county to go wet I 1 is washtenaw which voted yesterday by a majority of 1550 against prohibition hibi tion febi feb 28 cox member of parliament sentenced to one months imprisonment for inciting tenants to conspiracy was released today cox made a speech to the crowd denouncing I 1 in chief secretary balfour and maln main tal that the national league was stronger thin than everand was atte afterwards presented with numerous addresses CHICAGO feb 28 only five suburban trains on the |
