The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-05
Two Grand Street Establishments
Shook Up and Damaged.
CHARGED TO STRIKING CLERKS,
elimination Of. Wrangle between En-
pioyers aud Employees Because ofa
Discharged Man-The Union
and Non-union Issue,
A NUMBER or ARRESTS MADE,
nynnmItcIn New York.

NEW YoRK, Feb. l.-rhe first crimi-
nal use of dynamite in his city greatly
excited the people here to-day. An eS-
ploslon took place at very late hour
last night. One or two morning papers
made second editions, giving the news.
Tho explosion was at Garry Bros, dry
goods store, on Grand and Allon streets,
aud that section OF the
city to-day was crowded with
| people. Tho time OF tho explosion
mum Der OF persons werc passing tho
spot, but none oil them were injured.
10 day Capt. Alairo and squad OF ON
GERS havo guarded tho promises of
Garry Bros, am at Redley Bros. win
dows, whose establishment also was
SHATTERED ny THE EXPLOSION.
Shortly after the explosion four mon
were found in the shadow OF the
livingston street station of tho elevated
railway. Ono of Thorn, Charles III enry,
| laborer, who said no lived in WI
| liamsburg, was severely cut about the
head and face. Tho Others, Will
liam Britton, waiter; James
Daily, clerk, and James Lamb, n
painter, were binding Henry's wounds.
day lad was arrested, charged with ex.
perimenting with dynamite, at Grand
and Essex streets, wheIe he succeeded
in dislodging portion of horse-car
track. He could not be connected with
the other explosions.
THE BOMB OR CARTRIDdE
used in last nights explosion must have
been placed Immediately. underneath
the frame work of the window of Garry
Bros, store window, as the casing aud
sash were entirely demolished. The
shock was felt several hundred feet. A
bridge street house, 800 feet away,
was thrown to the floor; the glass IN
tenement houses in the neighborhood
ratified, and the iron stancbions of the
elevated railroad near the store look has
though they had received violent blows.
There is no evidence that o cartridge
was applied to Redley's store. Had IL
not been for the heavy elevated railroad
structure which runs up Allen street, be-
tween the two stores, the probability Is
that good part of the side of Redley's
building would have suffered. Many
of Redley's employees came to the
building to guard the promises. The
damage to both buildings is $500.
THE OUTCOME OF A STRIKE.
The police are satisfied that the ex-
plssion is the outcome of strike of
| Garry Bros employees. Burke, former
clerk of the firm, and wh>, caused the
strike, was dismissed for failing one
night to properly secure the doors OF
the establishment. The Dry Goods
Clerks union, of which he is a member,
tried many methods to secure his
reinstatement. They went so far
of the store and ask intend
ing purchasers to boycott the
firm. When the strike was ordered
by the union, the firm was left without
q clerk. Non-union men were subse-
quently employed and nave been
threatened in various ways. Garry
Bros. have also received
THREATENING LETTERS.
Committees from several trades
unions called upon the firm, but Garry
Bros. assured them that they intended
to run their own business. Persecu-
tons of the firm became so persistent
that steps fer protection were taken,and
to this end private meeting of
dry goods dealers was recently
held. What action was taken
has not been sen diyuTea Of b Put
dealers made the union men more des-
perate and impelled them To- use dyna-
mite. The union, or Equality associa
tion," was organized year ago when
the employees OF the Grand street houses
endeavored to induce the propri, tors to
close at 6 o'clock. Ridley Il 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-g glass show
windows. The perpetrator was never
discovered.
WHAT GARRY SAID.
Thomas Garry, of Garry Br os.,
said: "Of course, tho Equality
association is at the bottom
of the outrage. What surprises
me is that they have done nothing worse
They have made threats of all kinds, but
we were inclined to look for their exc
cution upon our clerks, rather than
upon our premises"
DENIALs.
II. J. Naughton, q delegate of
the Equality association, denied
all knowledge Of the affair
and claimed that the outrage
was not caused by members of
the organization, although he
done on individual responsibility
He thought Garry's own agents caused
the explosion.
The men arrested on suspicion of
completely in the explosion stoutly
deny all knowledge fit.
A PRINTER PRISONER.
Joseph Lamb is a printer, and
works for the American Bank
Note company, where he has
been employed for years. William
Britton is waiter at No.
1876 Broadway. He and James DAILY,
who is book-keeper in his
uncle's plumbing establishment,
board in the same house. Britton says
when he and Daily were going home on
Sunday morning, they saw fuse burn
ing and before they knew it, it had ex-
ploded.
BUSINESS FOR BYRNE.
Police Captain Allaire had long
conference with inspectors Byrne and
Murray to-day in relation to the affair.
Inspector Byrne refused to talk, but
intimated that more arrests would soon
follow.