New-York tribune., 1885-02-02
DYNAMITE IN NEW-YORk.
GRAND STREET SHOPS DAMAGED.

TIERS sHow-wINDOW-A CLEhho
TON SUSPECTED. A.. o,inion
When Inspector Byrnes expresSeu 'no "a,
that if the London police were an eiho,e ;nnos.
continuance of dynamite outrases "o otod that
80 :. - NOT nrobable that he expected 'n"V
,,s..o,oI;tan force would be caileu upon
s ...as.,oote a crime of the same nature leu
,,nootor Rvrnes and his men are To-day thihAins
ro ahont their own relation to dynamite 'nah
chat of the English police. few minutes oeioIe
y" on' -, ,os,erdov people in the neighborhood OF
Grand and Allen sts were startled py
,o,'a renort and a shock like an
eartbouake The explosion was se'ei'i'
felt in even Jersey City, where many people "oi.
aroused from their slumbers III great ai'ini """
burriedly dressed themselves and sousn' inc Sloo'
Enc that some terrible accident had taken place
in that city Some thought that the po"oet mn q.
Secopcus had exploded and the thoughts Oh others
.,rnsd 70 nossible bursted boiler tug or ferry
boat In less than FIVE minutes 1t seemed
"a if the whole population had turned
ont to discover the cause OF the NOISE
IL ,vas soon ascertained that explosion had taken
r,ace at Garry Brothers retail dry-goods store on
The southwest corner of Grand and Allen SITS, ana
thitbcr the crowd rushed. The store Is within
stones throw of the Tenth Precinct Ponce o'a-
tion. in Eldridge-st, near Graho anu a.
two minutes after the explosion captain M
laire. with his whole reserve force, was "S
the place of trouble. He hrst dis"ipu'o'
his men so as to keep back the surging crowu' ,'u
then began an investigation, when discioSeu 'n''
what was probably dynamite bomo hau oeon
,laced under the large show window OF Garry
prot thsrs, store ON the Allen-st side. The window
extends about two feet over the sidewalk, the bot
tom of il being one foot above the pavement. Ihe
force of the explosion smashed the window 10
atoms tore out the woodwork at the side, and
n,ouohed ND a portion of the floor in the store.
This is the extent of the damage done to Garry
BROTHERS. More serious effects were felt on the
other side of Allen-st., where Ridley
Co.'S dry-goods store IS situated Hau
it not been for the elevated railway
which passes through Allen-st. and separates 'iie
two stores it is probable that the entire slde VI
Ridley's would have been blown out lhe prlhcl-
pe force of the explosion was spent in that direc
tion. The large plate glass show WINDOW OF hiu-
ley's in Allen-st., was smashed to pieces ana SOW
enty-fiye other windows shivered. The nylngras-
ments made many ndentations on the pillars OF the
Elevated road. The force must have been terrihc,
The damage to Ridley's extended to the second
9oor where all the windows on the Allen-st. side
are broken. The windows to the second hoor OF
Garry's are protected by iron blinds and were not
injured.
As soon as Captain Allairc learned the facts
he had his men remove from Garry
Brothers window all the Ieady-made ciothih9
silks and other valuables, and had heavy blankets
nailed I'D where the glass had been broken. The
watchnen in Rldley's store Immediately informed
the firm and within twenty minutes suihcleh'
number of the firms clerks were on hand to form
patrol around the building. The damage 10 the
two buildings will not exceed $500 and consists
mostly in the breakage of plate glass windows
l,,ttr rntI
sts. noticed eight men lettering about the elevated
railway station short time before the explosion.
When he heard the explosion he had walked TWO
hooks down Alen-st but hurried back and ar
rested four men whom he found near the scene OF
the explosion They were William Britton, James
DAILY Joseph Lamb and Charles Henry. Inc hr't
three were supporting Henry who had been Dadiy
eut about the head and face by the flying glass.
Henry was first taken to the Chambers street Hos
pital where his wounds were dressed; he was then
removed to the Tenth Precinct Station, where the
other three had been taken IN the hrst H.
stance Britton and Daily said they lived at
No "a Rutgers-st.: Joseph Lamb gave NO.
Mangin-st. as his address, and Charles Henry gave
his as No. 235 South Second-st., Brooklyn Brit
ton said he was waiter, DAILY clerk, Lamb
printer and Charles Henry laborer.
FINDING BURNING FUSE.
Britton and Daily say that they were on
their way home from theatre As they turned |
from Grand-st. into Allen they saw burning fuse
under Garry Brothers window. Britton proposed |
that they cut off the burning end, but not having |
a knife they left it. and the explosion occurred
O few minutes later. Henry was found on his face
in the gutter Lamb says that he was on the other
side of Grand-st. and that hearing the explosion
and seeing Henry fall, he ran to his help. Henry |
says he was on his way home by the Grand-st ferry
Al.
The four men were arraigned at the Essex Street
Court and remanded.
A boy was brought to the station about noon by
the doornan, who said that last Friday he had
been found experimenting with dynamite at Essex
and Grand sts with such effect that he had blown
up section of street railway track. The captain
discharged the boy, as he said he could get him
whenever he wanted him.
Detectives Byers and sullivan were put on the
case They were busy all day; but gave no informa
tion.
The theory of the police is that the explosion
was the work of some discharged clerks of Garry
Brothers Within the past two mouths the firm has
found 1t necessary frequently TO call upon the
police for protection because of contest which is
wagng between II and society of drygC ods clerks
known as the Equality Association. The discharge
was followed by strike short time ago meet |
ing Of retail dry-goods dealers was he'd at the
Hoffman House for the purpose OF forming mu-
tual protective society. The meeting was secret
Ouc Dub III Is tnOugnt Dy tnc poce tnaU pecduSeOi III
Some desperadoes among the striking clerks re-
sorted TO dynamite to brisg the Garrys TO terms
The neghborhood is the hOt-bed of soclalstic ideas
and the sympathy of the deniZens is with the
clerks From time to time the Garrys have been
boycotted and everything else known to trades
union tactics has been deue to compel them TO
yield.
TROUBLE WITH THE EQUALITY ASSOCIATION
The strike in Garry Brothers store has been
going ON for nearly two months. About that time
the firm discharged one of its employees who left
the store one night and failed properly to secure
the doors as was his duty The DISCHARGED man
was prominent member of the Equality Assoca-
tion. He brought his grievance to the attention of