The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
ATTEMPT TO BLOW
UP SEINE: En- BRIDGE J
Bomb Exploded Beneath
Trestle Connecting
Paris and Havre.
STRIKERS ROUTED
AFTER STRUGGLE
Invaded Richest Street in World
to Make Demonstration.
Government and Military
Confident, But Much
Alarm Among
People.
tRY Associnted Prcss)

I nv hESOclul t''t'''
pAn1s April 2s.--1hc government ~ ,isas
,n,,,,,o,cd mai preparations for dcaiiis
r,;i1,8thc Nav Day situation anu ~ ~. co'. ,'
tlleu, that tic day will pass "'tnout
serIo,ls disorder, but. at the same NY.
tbs nnbIic. which Is not IN ,he iehst% et'%
5rcass,,rcd &by the elaborate l1l'litary eo ..
ce,,tration, Is SLOWING great uileas.neas'
3,rfds ms been acccntuated bys thc *
,,losion OF bomb Friday n's,' ,u'us. ~
mo railroad bridge at Argentcnli' ~ u'a
su,,urbs az PARIS, which links me. ga api".hi "
.,.i,,, md by an attempt this even
no ~ q band or q hundred striking
jewelers. Id penetrate the popnlous center
,I,e Plncct dc IL Opera, for the purpose
~ making n demonstration before ti'e
great establishments in the fue W ue - i1
Palx. 4
Much Alarm Felt
THO activity OF the police In making
n,nre searches and seizures, although oe--5 de-
5,sjcncd 10 insure the public safety, hiao !.
has Mad the effect of increasing pubic
n opprcllensioil,{ many persons a pe1uv 'i.h
1hat such extraordinary efforts Indicate
thc seriousness OF the tuation. HoVeil,- Ha
ment. military and police Officials GIVE.
3ii,c mos sitive assurances that orher
,,,,I, he ma intained and the callner heads
accent these statements; but the nervous
clcment Of the city is hastily preparing
snr eyent,ialitics, some persons v lcaVihs
town and taking their vnluables VIII
them. ana others ing j, stores 1or ali
emergency. Jhe scenes as the great sup;
ply stores are unprecedented. nulluleus
or persons invading them ana $cia Ir3'rn H'orins n
for emergency supplies ~
The sensational press increases tne
,,nrest ~ publishing alarming reports
of anarchist designs. while tne st.'oua W l.,
nrcss gives prominence TO the mltnly
concentration and police plans. nil I, I. @
which leads the public to aPprehend. that
5somethlngEls ls about tbtIa pI'en N
Bomb Exploded. .5
The explosion OF the. bomb under q Ar +
rcnfeuil Bridge Is the first overt act ~
what the revolutionares term direct
q aciion.n The bridge Is n massive &struc-
t,Irc crossing the Seine six miles OUT
side the st. $I.azares stations and hundreda
Y or trains cross II dnilS.3The military re-
Endorsements that have been brought 10
Paris crossed the river on TINS pr,nse.
# The bomb used was cylindrical IN shhP shh Ps
With slow fuse. .E
The explosion was heard for FIVE miles.
ii shattered windows In nArgenteul, and
awakened the slccning own. Ihe rail-
road was torn up and the signal on me
the structure resisted the force OF the
EXPLOSION TT. . r s.,4 y, i u q
The appearance Of the striking jewelers.
ing tho fashionable shopping center this
evening caused considerable excitement.
The strikers proceeded fin5a body from
the labor cxchungcto the Rue de Ia Paix
he richest street in the world. the win
& dows Of tho stores being literally lined
with diamonds They, REACHED the Place
: de J. Opera, where band or republican
ria rds and police barred their advance.
and a lively scul1io cnsued, In which the
strikers were ,ronaratcd, turned back and
f,lspcrsed. though n number, OF them were
In The meantime the police had nrade
rcarcbcs OF the domlcics OF sx persons
sI,spceted OF having anarchist connec-
lions and OF the Offices of several inhaln-
ma tory newspapo pors.