Show lj 1 attempt to burn the city A most diabolical plot arranged sidney stevens buildings destroyed boyle furniture co and others losses will citizens mass held city patrolled sunday morning witnessed one of the most disastrous fire which has been og dens misfortune to experience about 3 a in the city was aroused by several alarms of fire all sent in from different boxes it was evident there was something extraordinary place it had been a clear night warm and calm outside of a stiff canyon breeze which llew steadily the opening morning gave promise of a perfect day the patrolmen in arched leisurely along their heats never dreaming for a moment that the mott terrible visitation of fire and brand was about to fall ovar the city there had been no talk of the streets were quiet everything indicated the dawning of a peaceful sabbath who could guess that before daylight the city would be fired in half A dozen places and thousands of dollar worth ot property would be destroyed it was a deep laid plat to burn the town the whole business was planned and executed with a degree of deviltry only ex by earths most red handed criminals apparently it was intended to call the tire department to a distant part of the city during which time the business portion would be fired an alarm was sent in about from box 15 though there was no indication of a fire in that vicinity had the stevens fire not been discovered a few minutes before and an alarm sent in the fire department would nave gone out to twenty first street in response to the false alarm As it was the true location of the fire was discovered in time to save many of the best blocks from total destruction in addition to the plain evidences of at the several laigon fires burning torches rags etc soaked in oil an 1 all lighted wee found during the early morning hours between the Z U M I 1 and stratford A sons furniture store in the rear of company and the first national bank buildings it is safe to say that if any one of these deliberate attempts to fire the town north cf twenty fourth street had been successful no human power could have prevented complete annihilation of the blocks on washington avenue between twenty fourth and twenty third streets and on twenty fourth to grant as the fire department more than bad its hands full in coping with ibe alamea benth of twenty fourth street seven fires in one night with a loss of is the record the farst alarm was sent in by ed smith night clerk of the central hotel who saw the flames rising from the rear of sidney blevens Bt evens buildings on washington avenue he called up the fire department through the telephone and before he had finished sending his message an alarm was sent in from box 0 at aw by mr colaman of the aeed just at this moment an alarm came in from box fact with other circum atances gives force to the belief that there was a widespread wide spread plot to burn the city there was no lire in the of box 15 and that alarm coming as it did just when the biber fires were making terrible headway proves that the incendiaries intended by a faide alarm to call the fire deportment fur away from the u of the real firs when the department arrived upon the ground dozen buildings in flames the sidney stevens band some buildings fronting on washington avenue Ne tin shop two frame buildings belonging to joseph dark next to the opera louse the sheds and lumber yard in the rear of the stevens building were all abbaz A WILD in five minutes the streets were thronged with people the crowd was wild and turbulent jials dressed people aroused from the hotels rushed about with valises in their hands at the jibed the guests were told to get ap and dresa and get their baggage ready as there was possibility of the fire reaching the hotel in a moment the halls corridors and offices were alive with excited people the main arnce resembled an emigrant baggage room mol of the guests had flidr trunks and filpi brought down stairs nicil about the lower rooms and near their property in fearful uncertainty as to the next move one old gentleman sat on the curbstone with his valise in onn hand and a shot gun in the other the crowd was increasing by hundreds and the excitement was fever heat A the department was working like heroes to subdue the blevens Bt evens fire when notice was given at of a fire at the rear of the boyle block soon the flames began to burst from the roof of the boyle ware bouse and the cry went up the town Is on half of the fire boya assistant chief levy were dispatched to the boyle block while the remainder of the depart ment chief binford fought the fire around the stevens premises it was impossible to ave the frame building and sheds and though the boy worked like giants the fire was beyond control higher higher rose the flames crash crash fell the wall and down to the basement ba ement fell the roof carrying destruction to the entire contents CHECKED by stannous application the opera house was saved arnin the fire fiend as it wa the damage to scenery walls eto will aggregate about 1000 meantime the boyle ware bouse was a furnace of high reaching homes like men of superhuman pe strength the bremen worked and and slowly the succumbed till the sky shoot re their work of an hoar hot work bad conquered the fire at the bovie and the blocks with lut slight lam age the block the boyle block fronting washington avenue and other buildings contiguous to the warehouse had each branch of the fire and only by firemen were these saved froni total anin 8 meantime the fire around the slovene place was consuming everything within its reach the roof and top story walls of the slovene building had caved in and made a wall around the fire impenetrable to the firemen the smaller bulf ding and sheds in which the large stock of hard ware machinery buggies etc were were completely consumed A part or newman bros etore ie detill a parched and cindered wreck the front and part of the wall of the blevens front building Is still standing the place present a scene of blackest ruins the fire was a terrible success I 1 18 when the fire was at its worst an alarm was sent in from hermana johnsons restaurant tau rant the upper rooms were on fire the tenente and restaurant help formed a bucket brigade and held the flames in check till a part of the fire department arrived the flames were extinguished but not until two tipper rooms had been completely gutted the restaurant people rendered efficient help had this fire got under good headway a dozen business bouses conid have been destroyed the cause of this blaze was probably a defective flue other reports aro to the effect that it got started from lamps which the tenants had forgot in their excitement to ret to the scenes of the other fires to extinguish this fire was the only one not of origin another farn was discovered in the cellar under kistra saloon it was put ont without much deculty dl culty soon after it broke out again and was again gushed the third time fire eral in hie cellar in different place again the firemen extinguished it this fire could not have bad any but incendiary origin the fire fiends must have been determined to fire the the repeated attempts create the wildest excitement cit ement no one could locate the devils who were making this hell but it was evident they were near at hand THE 08 COT while the fire was in progress at the blevens property it was discovered that the hose had been effort were made to bled up the gash and the firemen were f till able to use it though the force was much diminished there could not be a mistake in this matter the hose was flit in two places grim evidence of the dastardly attempt to prevent interference with the alro ATTEMPTS while the other fires were burning an attempt was made to start a fire in the rear of the palace saloon cloths and paper saturated with kerosene ke rosine were found buining at the back door discovered by the watchman in time to prevent any material damage an attempt was also made to burn the bouee occupied by chief binford A pile of paper and rubbish stacked up against the summer kitchen was found to be in flames watchman at the fire was the first to discover it he extinguished it in time to prevent a big blaze TUB or viva was there is pot A doubt but that the flames was the work of fire bugs the blevens and newmand New mana store were fired in a dozen places the flames broke simultaneously from the building frontine the the sheds in the rear the had gained uch headway when the alarm was turned in that it was ignos ible to locate where they started the boyle warehouse must have been fired through one of the windows it as claimed that one of the guests at the reed saw the torch applied and afterwards saw ib man running away reports were current that men were attempting to fire other buildings on washington avenue tax LOSS the magnificent stock of hardware machinery etc of sidney slovene was a total losi only i few buggies and light wagons that were stored in the front build saved the large brick tore and its contents were entirely destroyed the upper walls and roof have fallen in and the building presents but a poor skeleton of the once handsome store in the rear covering an area of balf an ore Is a mass of metal machinery pious liar rows eul klesi mowers fakes etc scattered aboul in common debri Sl ovens loss will reach upwards of considerable private property of personal and household goods d in the upper rooms was completely con earned chief binford Is out 2000 by the loss of his library and a large quantity of fine furniture which was stored in the stevens building hie policy ran out jane and he had failed to renew it store and contents were a corn lete loss the amount will aggregate opera house received damage to its walls scenery etc amounting to about insurance light the loss by the burning of boblee warehouse will probably reach TO THE all honor to chief binford assistant chief levy and the brave fire they did their work nobly and manfully ogden mav well be proud of the record of their able ore department in this terrible emergency the police and fire commissioners met yesterday and decided to increase the fire department to twenty men for the present this will enable the boy to more effectually handle the flames should occasion require notts it was a night of terror the fire department worked like heroes captain silvey and the police kept the crowd in order the opera house and the boyle block were saved by a scratch pitch balls were thrown in the cellar under laisers llis ers saloon the five points department was called to the assistance of the town firemen the opera house management abound see that the water connection is the coee truck was driven against an electric light pole by a man detailed to hold the team chief binford had it repaired immediately it wa only slightly damaged the ogden steam laundry lost three wagons two horses in the fire stev were cut loose in time to save them citizens mass meeting amass meeting of citizens was held yesterday at the fourth district court room to adopt measures to protect property made unsafe by the acts of violence arson committed sunday rooming the meeting was called to order by mayor brouil Brou gl who stated that the object of the meeting was tor the purpose of forming the citizens into a committee of which was made necessary in e of the present disturbances and the whole ele acts of violence and arson that had ut been perpetrated in this city the mayor then nominated as chairman of ahe meeting hon J EB agley which was duly seconded and carried and baal v assumed uch duties A 0 was then nominated a seconded and carried city attorney then reail by a report of a meeting silliar nature held at spokane as reported in the tribune 1 david etana was alad al ld upon and addria ed the nu eun to band together for belf protection ad en eloquent manner denounced th CONTINUED PAGE lays to destroy by fire the property of the citizens of then mad u communication addressed to ahe luayon by the police and lire a follows utah july lion p C M brough mayor of ogden pear sir the following resolution was unanimously adopted at special meeting held sunday july ath bytho board of police end lire jn aise that the exigencies of alio limes demand that the property and lives of the citizens be protected to the fullest extent possible and that the police and fire departments as at present constituted ar insufficient to afford each protection therefore we recommend that until the difficulties at present existing b settled the chief of the lire department be authorized to employ at least eight 8 men in addition 10 the present orce end abac the chief of the police department be authorized to employ at least fifteen 15 men in addition to ahe present lorce signed W J secretary pro tain lion D then offered the following resolution and moved it adoption Ile solved that this meeting extend its sincere thanks to ull newspapers of this territory which have expressed sentiments favorable to the of lw and order during the present crisis and especially the salt lake tribune for ita fearless and outspoken expressions favorable to the resolution was duly supported aud carried dpn J 8 boreman then offered the following resolution and moved its adoption Ile solved that we heartily approve the action of the general in sending united states troops into oad en attris time and that we hereby extend to the authorities of the city and county territorial and general governments our hearty approval of their to suppress lawlessness in our midst and wo will support them in enforcing the laws the resolution was duly supported end carried mayor brough stated that at the instance of the superintendent of the southern pacific he had furnished twenty three men as special policemen to patrol the southern pacific yards and guard the southern pacific shops such men to be paid by the southern pacific company and he suggested that the citizens take hold and police the towns themselves and help him in enforcing the law hon P klesel called upon stated that he thought the citizens should take hold of the matter and form a citizen patrol to protect the town and hia services to that end city attorney wripple spaced thai if railroad property should be destroyed the city ana county would suffer irreparable injury and that such property never acain be rebuilt re built and that the county might have to pay for all property destroyed assistant Assis tact district attorney maginnis stated that in ills opinion the matter bad about gone out of the bands of the courts and its officers and that it was time that tho citizens look the matter up and band together for their own and their protection at the suggestion of mr kichel and the chairman ferons came forward and signed te roll nd auly sworn in as special 8 boreman clerk of the fourth district court by sir that all who have been in aa special policemen be under the general supervision of the chief of the police department and the board of police and fire commissioner and that such special be divided aiuto sub to servo by hours not loss than thirty men in a each company to select Us awn captain seconded air farrell moved to amend as follows that the county be author to operate cooperate co with of police seconded air lee moved the substitute the antu hit be turned over to the chief of pal v ana sheriff to make the assign luon fia they shall deem best seconded mr evans moved as an amendment to motion and to all the eubel atutes as follows that a committee OX five be now selected by his to enfer with the chief of and to notify him 0 tai number of special at hia and that the said committo of five meat at the city hall W 0 o arrange matters and that the euid police report at the city hall at 8 till seconded the movers of the original motion and tho and the supporters of the same having accepted the amendment of air evans the question was put on id motion and unanimously carried mr whipple moved that |