St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-02
NEW YORK EXCITED.
The First Blow Of the Dynamiter In
New York Felt Early Sum
day Morning.
Two Dry Goods Houses Feel the Weight Of Dis.
charged Clerks-Dynamite-othe
Crimes.
Dynamiters in New York.

New YORK, Feb. 1.-The first criminal use
of dynamite in this city greatly excited the
people here to-day The explosion took
place at very late hour last night. One or
two morning papers made second editions
giving the news. The explosion was at Garry
Bros ,, dry goods house, Grand and Allen
streets, and that section Of the city to-day
was crowded with people. At the time of the
explosion number of persons were passing
the spot, but none were injured. To-day
Capt. Allaire and squad OF officers guarded
the premises of Garry Bros, and of Ridley
Bros, the windows of whose establishment
were also shattered by the explosion.
Shortly after the explosion four men were
found in the shadow of the livingston street
station elevated road. One of them, Charles
Henry. laborer, who said he lived at Will
liamsburg, was severely cut in the head and
face. The others, VIM. Boutton, waiter,
James Dany, clerk, and Joseph Lamb,
painter, were binding Henry's wounds All
! were arrested and remanded. To-day a lad
| was arrested charged with experimenting
with dynamite at the corner of Grand and
Essex streets, where he succeeded in dis
lodging portion of horse car track. He
could not be connected with the other ex-
| plosion. The
BOMB OF CARTRIDGE
used in last nights explosion must have
been placed Immediately underneath the
frame work of the window of Garry Bros.'
store. The window casing, sash and glass
were entirely demolished. The shock was
felt several hundred feet away. a lamp on
the shelf of an Eldridge street house, three
hundred feet away, was thrown to the floor.
The dishes in tenement houses in the neigh
bornood ratified and iron stanchions of the
Elevated road, near the store, look as though
they had received violent blows.
| There is evidence the cartridge was ap-
! piled to Ridley's store. Had it not been for
the heavy elevated railroad structure which
runs up Allen street, between the two stores,
however, the probability is good part Of the
west side OF Ridley's building would have
suffered. Many Of Ridley's employees came to
the spot to guard the premises. The damage
t. both buildings is S2,500 The police are
satisfied the explosion was the outcome of a
strike of Garry Bros. employees. Burke,
former clerk of the firm, and who caused
the strike, was dismissed for failing one
night to properly secure the doors of the
establishment. The Dry Goods Clerks union,
of which be Is a member, tried many
| methods to secure his reinstatement. They
went so far as to station men in the vicinity
Of the store and ask intending purchasers to
BOYCOTT THE FIRM.
| When the strike was ordered by the union
the firm was left without clerk. The men
subsequently employed have been threatened
in various ways. Garry Bros. also re-
ceived threatening letters. Committees
from several trades unions called upon the
| firm, but the brothers assured them they In
tended to run their own business. The per-
secution of the firm became SO persistent
steps for protection were taken, aud to this
end private meeting Of dry goods dealers
was recently held. What action was taken
was not divuged, but 1t is thought the organ-
ization Of the dealers made the union men
more desperate and impelled them to use
| dynamite.
The Union, or "equalty association" was
formed year ago, when the employees Of the
| Grand street houses endeavored 10 induce
the proprietors to close at 6 O'Clock. Ridley
& Sons were among the houses that refused
to close at that hour, For some time they
were prosecuted, and last June huge stone
shattered one of their plate glass show win
dows. The perpetrator was never discovered.