New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-17
BOMB EXPLOSION IN FRANCE.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW Up THE HOUSE OF A
GENERAL AT MARSElLLES
NO ONE KILLED. BUT SEVERAL BUILDINGS
DAMAGED-FORTY ARRESTS MADE-TliE
POLICE SEARCHING THE LODG
.lNGS OF ANARCHISTS.

POLICE tECHlNC THE LODp'
.lNGs OF ANARCHISTS.
Marseilies. Nov. l6.-This city was thrown INTO
state bordering on panic last night oy an
attempt to blow up the house OF General Maine
lin Commander of the Fifteenth Army corps
who has his headquarters In Marseilies. Inc
General in Paris at the time HIS mouse
is surrounded by high walls. and about the
premises there are placed sentry boxes Sentries
are constantly pacing their posts. and no one
is allowed TO approach the place. unchallenged
Yet some one managed to pass the sentries' ana
placed in the room which the orderlies occupied
in the house some sort Of an Internal machne.
At midnight the occupants Of the house ana
every one else In the peghborhood were aroused
by a terrific explosion, which shook the build
ings to their foundations. Everybody rushed
out to ascertain the cause Of the explosion. and
the streets near the division headquarters were
soon filled with an excited throng Of people,
many of whom were only partly dressed.
After the excitement had partly subsided the
police made an investigation It was found
that the explosion had made a breach in the
walls and that large quantity of wreckaSe
had been hurled through the guards room.
Though the orderlies were in bed at the time,
none of them were injured. The windows Of
smashed. A girls school adjacent to the head
quarters sustained the most damage. The
scene here after the explosion exciting.
All the inmates Of the school had gone to bed,
and when the explosion occurred many of them
went into Mysteries. one of the sentry boxes
close to where the bomb had been placed was
blown to pieces.
The police found the lid Of tin case which
is believed to have contained dynamite. They
also found an unexplodcd bomb in the corridor
of the Generals house. Experts have examined
the bomb and say it contained gunpowder
mixed with a sort of chlorate. The extempo-
rized bomb was apparently made by some per-
son not skilled in the manufacture Of explosives.
and therefore not an Anarchist.
Among the forty men who have been arrested
are twelve Italians. The police Of the entire
French Riviera, are out on an Anarchist
hunt An Italian hardresser named Roll was
arrested this afternoon in Nice. He Is known
to be a Jealous Anarchist. and Is suspected Of
having been concerned in the bomb-throwng
at the Barcelona Opera House a Spaniari
calling himself RobO was arrested to-day at St
Laurent de Cerda, near the Spanish frontier
He confessed that Robo was an assumed name
and that he came from Barcelona. He said that
his object in coming to France was to escape
military service In the Melilla campaign.
The last arrest reported In Marseilles Is that
OF clerk in an insurance office. lie Is only
eighteen years old. but is known as fire
eating Anarchist. The police believe that he
knows who caused the explosion. Among
the prisoners is an Italian Anarchist named
Carlo. 1t Is reported that an hour before the
explosion occurred he predicted that great
calamity would soon happen in Marseilles The
police believe that he. il he did not commit the
outrage himself. knows who did. and he Will be
subjected To the closest questioning by the
police magistrate.
In some quarters 1t is surinised that the
ploson was caused by some malcontent soldier
1t is thought by many persons that the outrage
is an outcome OF the recent strike Of tram-car
men, here. At that time soldiers were employed
to protect the company In running its cars. and
1t is believed that the explosions caused by
some revengcful striker
Two men have been found who say that they
saw the man who committed the outrage sit
ting the steps at the principal entrance to
the building short time before the explosion
occurred
The alarm caused by the explosion Is eviden.
everywhere this evening Theatres and music
halls are nearly empty. as everybody fears that
more explosions have been planned by the Anar-
chists. The cafes deserted and the number
Of arrivals at the hotels has declined noticeably
The police have continued all day their search
OF houses and apartments occupied by Anarchist
suspects. Much Anarchist literature has been
seized In one house the police found large
quantity Of handbills calling upon the people
TO rise against the bourgeois authorities IL is
reported that large quantity Of explosives
was found in an Anarchists dwelling tonight