The sun., 1889-02-10
WHO Is 49'S DYNAMITER 4?
THREE DYNAMITE oUTRAaEs. ALL IN
f9'S BOYCOTTs.
They Come at the First OF February, Two
Years Apart, and the Attempt on Steven
son's brewery Much Resembles the Rest

They Como at the First Of February, Two
| Years Apart, and the Attempt on Steven
son's brewery Much Resembles the Rest.
The explosion OF dynamite bomb on Fri
| day afternoon under the wall OF d. Stevenson's
| brewery. at Tenth avenue and 'Fortieth street,
| bears an apparent relation to the few previous
dynamite outrages in this city that may be
only curious. but may also nfford the detectives
hint where to look for the criminal The
three notable cases OF resort to dynamite
pending labor troubles in this city have come
Just two yenrs apart, and all three Of them ut
tho beginning Of February On Feb. 1. 1885.
when the Equality Association Of dry goods
clerks, local assembly OF District Assembly
40. with David ]. Naughton as walking dele
gate,was boycottinR Garry Bros store at Grand
and Allen streets, bomb was exploded In the
street which shattered tho Windows OF the
store. On Jan. 81. 1887, when the sympathetic
strike alongshore begun by tho Ocean Assooia-
tion. John J. McKenna, Master Workman. and
conducted by District Assembly 40. James E.
Quinn. Master Workman was drawing to Its
ond In defent. bomb was exploded on the boy
cotted Old Dominion steamship Guyandotte.
having been so prepared that 1t would be fired
after she was we'll out at sea- And now on Feb.
8. 1889. while local assembly OF District As
sembly 40. the Ale and Porter Brewers Pro-
tectlve Association, Thomas Rordan, Presi
dent soyG9s, agsnss steyen
German Socialist boycotts. Is the further coin
case. Tho Grand street bomb, It is supposed,
was losded @ with gunpowder. It had time
Tas sd
SRied 6S bsH shor 1R'h hosss so oss shs
Snesn Th tS nf Is
by the number Of sheets @ q Tissue paper E3. to be
put the noise Of clockwork or the display Of
burning fuse. It is only probability that the
The sss se e
worked in al the cases naturally arises from!
this RECITAL @ OF o. the facts. The men men, arrested
suspiclons against members OF the Equality
Association never amounted to convincing evi-
ed later on BUT eeaait,ed The poee have an
imperfect description Of the man who blew up
There is not much doubt that the Stevenson
blown the wall over rather than pplyerize the
building. back of the hole which was blown in
the foundati9n some OF M. stevenson,s en-;
The nen Is een
inches square. with Jagged edges. and looks as
mt hSEe part an
:, Ny opinion" said Mr.. Stevenson. is that
rangement to set it of. I don't see how 1t
could have been put there unless II was done |
several hours beforeh hand"
Mr.. Stevenson. told Supt. Murray yesterday |
that he believed the explosion was the result |
Of deliberate plot to injure his business. and
hat the miscreants belong in Brooklyn, where |
the boycott on his beer was started. INSPECTOR |
ByrneS nut two Of his detectives on the cnse.
This is how they talk" said Mr.. Stevenson. |
showing clipping from the Brooklyn Cttiie,i OF |
Nov. 80. 1t was an interview with John O'Con-
nell. the ex-President OF the Protective Asso-
,iaton.
There is power earth that prevent our pun.
shing Stevenson for his action and defiance Of
zed labor. We will drive him out of business. He IL
low banging on the verge OF precipice into which he
vii! soon drop
There is a possibility that something may be
earned to-day regarding the appearance OF
he bomb. Undertaken Quinn across the
treet remembers seeing two small boys throw
ng bricks at something In the area only a lew
minutes before the explosion. He was unable
o find the boys yesterday.