Show REAT RE A T EXPLOSION vi c V A sul moved esopi v us j oo 00 j ai r Prof fress of the street verb strike UJ earthquake atia great explosion W NEW soak ono in orde co and properly st ilia fart pock explosion toj day most careful i police were detailed near the scene olfaction of action relocated we the east juver front blackwells contained meanwhile men while fifty duty at wards th el buildings on the end of blackwells Black wella island were cleared af pf their inmates including the alma house and lunatic asylum jabo were massed in the lawns at a safe distance from the explosion and carefully guarded in the penitentiary all the doors were thrown open and the prisoners conducted to the halls of the prison surrounded white a large force was stationed aifong the convicts to TM or riot and to give aid and in case it was found necessary to reach the danger lines of rope have beau stretched across latek at 1113 am the pounds of dynamite under flood kock hell gate has just been exploded plainly felt at island at precisely the earth trembled and the bosom of the river was pierced with mighty upheaval of rocks and limbers up ap went of it seemed as if they would never stop at the height of feet the uplifted waters paused and fell back again to the river at this moment when the aidor airor hundreds 0 feet in each diorec wi ahe while masses of water the spectacle was yand beyond new of general newton who as chief engineer h conducted operations set free an electric current arid shattered the mountain of rock lifting it pathe arsea irrig ments it was little mary ewton ho arcq the arff heir gate explosion a few feet from the point where abe collapse was felt ohly slig ly on ther thunder where flolid its aach a vas wenan top of it all the big derrick that had its sioe and broke A huge tank that bad been leftak the north rend of the is tte cr ove a little as it had settled n let its immediately after the explosion A fire broke tout sitf ithe wreck affe four instantaneous odthe corps of engineers from tb eftig reint abc astorian Asto TAa fai ast jud tion and appearance of the wreck the the explosion chaa foy the present the ity of the blasted rock will be even more dangerous than heretofore until the wreck has been removed the shock was felt to a slight extent in the city it was distinctly in the trembling for a space of a few seconds at the County the also distinctly felt in the dipper part of the building the floors shook and windows trembled when the explosion occurred the street car strike ST louis oct 10 this mornings developments inthe street car expected after the t proceedings ce of yesterday there has been pr trouble during tho higlin although there have been a double platoon of police in laitine all night atthe at the some business men a committee appointed to arbitrate between tho strikers and the street car presidents met at mercantile club at 9 at they were corn anit tee of five men from the knights f labor athe knights of labor coin luit tee that no street had been men tried in every way to meet the car presidents and failed if the street car officials bad met the men there would have benn no strike the committee went on to ay that would to the damandi they had ii aade especially 12 haur the payment of jk 20 cents an i hour for ex tr they further stated that the of labor took account no 0 the earnings of any road street railway or otherwise but that they demand liying jaees for all em committee submitted a table show wage on lines in town it showed that men worked an average of 16 hours per average per day and kw nowa de baand twelve hours fo work arid thit conductor 8 be paid 2 and drigert dri The committee then took receda the lines are all running at noon the striking griea having abbat two thorda odthe asya num berof cara ln operation each being manned by two imen ha been no rioting yet today to day the mayor and police board held a called meeting ashooh today to day to edear in special policemen who were ordered to report this morning while the mayor waa talking railway ca main and reported that the mob had gathered at hia barn on park avenue anda that the 1101 wore being intimidated chief of police biam ean immediately telephoned to run the cars through no matter required Aum berof special policemen were sworn inland aen tout on duty r r Thein queston tho john cayey the and filled by will bogin tomorrow to morrow 1 i lo 10 ahr distinct 0 f earthquake we e felten tills city last night between 1 and 13 ja loud rumbling sound preceded each shock alie direction of the disturbance was due north and south many people were by the and shaking of bindo ws and and they rushed for the strict each of his aci nci 1 of alie disturbance tur bance ahls thy in chii city for over ten years 1 the cheit crop reports that ahe yield of wheat per acre for the area harvested ia 10 bushela and only nine bri the area sown which was nearly acres the area h a revealed aled will not exceed thirty millions of acres corn indications point which would give bushels the oai crop creeds 60 i bushels the of cotton has dropped from 87 to 78 per cent |