New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-22
ANARCHISTS IN MADRID.
TERRIBLE RESULT OF THE DYNAMITE EX-
PLOSION
A xrrGHBoR1NG CIRCUS DESTROYED IN THE
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE HOUSE OF SENIOR

ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE Hoo"H VI or>o"
cAsrILLo-THE CROWD PANIC STRICKEN.
Madrid. June 21-Great excitement pre-
walls throughout the city today in
con.eouence of the dastardy attempt last
night to blow up with dynamite the
house of Senior Canovas del Castillo. lately Prime
Minister Though the occupants Of the house
ESCAPED unscathed, the explosion was the cause
If the death of one person, the fatal injury
NJ another and the wounding of several Others.
Al the time of the explosion a performance was
being given at a circus a short distance from the
nlace The shock was so great that 1t caused
a part Of the ceiling directly over the stalls
that we're occupied by a party of mobiles to crash
down upon the heads of the occupants. Blinded
bv the dust that filed the air. and with the
roar of the explosion still reverberating through
the building, the people were panic-strcken ana
made a rush for the exits, paying no attention
10 those who unlucky enough to stnmoie
and fall, but tramplng upon them IN their ell
forts to escape. Among the occupants OF the
stalls were the grandson of the Marquis OF Ha-
vana. President of the Senate. and son oil
MARQUIS Guadaest. The former was struck on
the head by a large piece Of the laliihs cen
ing. and sustained injuries that Will cause MS
death in few hours. The son OF NiaIaui'
Guadalest attempted to rush from the building,
trampled him to death. When his body was re-
moved from the building his face was hardly
rccoQnizable Seven other persons were aiso
trampled uron by the crowd ard seriously lie
iured. while a large number of those VINO es
caped unaided from the building sustained PAIL
ful but not dangerous injuries
II is generally believed that the explosion was
the work of Anarchists, whose headquarters are
At Barcelona. 1t is expected that number OF
arrests will be made in that city OF men WHO
are supposed to be implicated in the outrage Inc
aneir is supposed to have some connection WIN
the plans of the revolutionists in Barcelona where
the opponents of the Government nave SHOWN
much activity of late. These arrests, IL is saiu'
will be made chiefly among tie men employed III
tbo nrintinc Offices which are devoted TO the pun.
licatlon of Anarchstic documents. Man! VI
,bose nrintinr Offices were closed about year
ooo during the Anarchist troubles, but they
have been opened again and have Hooded the
industrial sections of the country with the blood
and-fre literature characteristic OF the AnarciiS's'
Il has been learned that prior TO the explosion
a gentleman and two workmen We're seen near
the house of Senior Canovas del Castillo The gentle
man disappeared few minutes before the explosion
occurred 1t is believed that the workman VINO
was killed by the explosion carried number OF
bombs charged with dynamite and large bullets.
ond that il WAS his intention TO distribute them III
~,.r;ous mart, of the city. That the bombs con
tanned bullets is evidenced by the fact that several
of the buildings in the vicinity OF the explosion
show where the lead nattened itself against their
walls II is coniectured that the fuse OF the
bomb that first exploded burned much more
rapidlv than the conspirators calculated upon
and that the shock of the explosion caused
the bombs carried by the nottingham 10 eXploue
nod fragments.
man was a printer. Anarchist papers ana docu,
ments belonging TO a well -known AharcnIs. lain 81
Frnesto Alvarez were found In the pocke's oi
the clotbing that was left on the horribly mul
lated BODY and il is believed that the Nri i
NJ his own daholical designs was none Quiet
Than This foe of law and order. letter dateu
from Barcel ma was also found. advising tl'
recinient u -, the utmost caution IN carrylhyi
ONT the ~. intrusted TO him. Aware ny
been rrevio,sI arrested for ms cohh'coiol 49, 49,
Anarchist plots but had MANAGED 10 tscaP'I Jd
yiction Several Anarchist printers IN Miuiu
have already been arrested on suspicion OF oeniS
implicated in the plot Ali; ,,;rd tho
As usual after an explosion or thls KIM .me
nolic.. arc extremely viailant Extra guards nav
ben stationed about the public buildings am
every prccaution taken TO prevent announcer out
rage. ,;o. r tho dea1 bonb-
.hro1var has made a partial confession tndcr
measure from the police the man, whose nam a,
r Suaroz admitted that the dead man was an
E,arnhist named Ruiz, and that he carried al
Tho time of the explosion hot'e coh.aihha '
sm T and shot Five more Anarchists haac
ben arrested in this city ara seventeen ~
r celona for completely in the poHp-'''ro"i"'
PIT.