Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-05-07
EXPLOSION or BOMB
CREATES EXCITEMENT
While Crowd Was Following
Wagons Report Came.
ALLEGED cuLPRlT is ARRESTED
The Strike Situation in Chicago Has
Reached an Acute stage-Riotine
Continues Despite Federal Court In
functions and Heavy Guards.

Continues Despite Federal Court In
functions and Heavy Guards.
Chicago. May 6.-Suspected OF
throwing a bomb under an Adams Elk
press wagon, julius Hilderbrand, is
under arrest, charged with deadly as
sault. He is also accused CT violating
injunctions OF the United States cir
cult court. The alleged bomb throw
ing took place last night at DesPlanes
and VanBuGen streets.
The scene Of the explosion was halt
a dozen squares due south of Hay
market, where the celebrated bomb
throwing OF the anarchists took place
19 years ago almost to day. When
last nights explosion occurred mum
Der of policemen were guarding the
express W. sons Which were enroute
from the United States express com
pany's station at DesPlanes and Chi
cago, and MiIA aukee and ST. Paul
cOrted through the streets amid riot
Gus scenes. Many times the police
had been forced to use clubs and
threatened persons who followed and
threw stones, sticks, pieces of coal
and bottles a tthe nonunion drivers.
On both sides of the wagon were
copies of the injunction issued to sev.
en- express companies by Judge c. c.
Kohlsaat of the United States circuit
court for bidding all interference with
the business of the express companies.
At times the police pointed to the in
functions and warned persons in the
crowd against violating the injunction
and mourning danger of being held
for contempt of the federal court. The
action had a good effect on the crowd
which generally ceased for the time
the throwing of missiles, but con-
tinued to follow the wagon
AT VanBuren and DesPlanes streets
a street car blocked progress of the
wagon,
The police cleared the obstrution
only to be encountered by a crowd of
1000 persons, wsich rapidly swelled
to $500 or more. All traffic at the
corner was stopped, the police mean
while vainly endeavoring to disperse
the crowd.
Soon persons living in the buildings
in the vicinity began to throw mis-
siles.. The crowd followed suit ana
in a short time the air was filled with
pieces of crockery, old soal shovels,
oil cans and even dishes. The police
did their utmost to stop the rioting,
but were overwhelmed
Suddenly while the rioting was at
its fiercest and the crowd kept press
ing closer to the wagons, a deafening
sound was heard, and a flash was
seen under the express wagon. Smoke
poured from under the vehicle and
the crowd fell back.
"Bomb!" "Bomb!" Run for your
life!" was the cry that was taken up
by the crowd.
A riot call from DesPlanes street
station was answered by a wagon load
of patrOlmen to the scene and an
immediate transformation from the
fighting, swearing mobs of a minute
before and now quiet, subdued and
much diminished crowd that pressed
toward the express wagon.
opnpral search wac roado for N q
persons who threw the deadly sup.
posed bomb, members of the crowd as.
sisting. Many detectives were scat.
tered about and soon Hilderbrand was
arrested. Later two men named James
Rogers and Henry Pfeiffer were ar.
rested.
Examination of the express wagon
at the company's stables shows it was
but slightly damaged.
Police Inspector Wheeler denied to-
day that it was a genuine case OF
bomb throwing. He especially threw
doubts on statements that there had
been an explosion and maintained thai
vitriol, not dynamite, was thrown.
The driver of the United States Elk.
press company's wagon, John Sorner,
unlike Inspector Wheeler, entertains
no doubt that there was an explosion
Sorner, whose clothing wac covered
with a pungent blue-colored acid,
says:
Whatever it was | have big mark
as result on my leg. There was
loud report, and | believed bomb had
been thrown. The prisoner Hilder
brand is letter carrier.
No More Negroes Employed.
Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett today, af.
ter makig tour of the shopping dis.
trict, said:
The serious trouble seems to be
over. The strike situation is now
well in the hands of the authorities,
and I look for continuation of com.
parative quite and tranquility am glad
that the employers have decided not
to engage any more negroes. When
I was brought into this matter for
conference | unhesitatingly informed
the merchants that the use of negroes
for strike breakers was causing more
rioting than any other factor In the
fight to win from the unions"
Safe Blowers Secure Booty.