New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
BOMB In UNION SQUARE.
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the plaza and 18th street.
The weight of the mounted men, as their horses
threw their shoulders against the outer edges
of the crowd. could not be withstood. ana as tbe
weight Of the police and the outer ranks Of the
crowd began TO be felt through the closely knit
-,oh the backward motion travelled tbrouSi, a.
as wave rushes up over shallow beach.
THE MOB GIVES WAY.
Presently the whole crowd following the
.umultuous rhythm of The Marseiuaise" was
in motion toward the plaza. They poured over
into the side STREETS. and presently the na,k
WAS fairly swept Then the task of driving
,her7, from the avenue and forcing them down
the side streets began Along the fringes of th.
crowd wild voiced orators. until subdued by the
malice began to exhoTt the mob TO Withstand
she tyranny of the police.
From the steps OF house at 18th street
Robert Hunter the son-in-law of Anson Phelps
Stokes who. despite that. is opposed to
wealth tried 20 make speech. The police
stepped him. showing favors to any one
y have right to make speech he de-
cared but the police successfully maintained
,hsf he did not under the circumstances
The reserves, horse and foot. pouring
into the park from all quarters by this time,
nightsticks taking the place of their day clubs
and took up the work momentarily growing
harder. From headquarters Deputy Commis-
rushing up in an automobile filed with head
quarters men
Cards and circulars and pamphlets in Yid-
dish ana the other poiyglot dialects of the East
Side were waved exzIltingly and defiantly in the
faces Of the men we viii fight until die-'
I'VE demand work." and demands for the
.b-ow of every one with the clean collar habit
were passed about
SQUARE CLEARED AT LAST
By go O'Clock the square was cleared. But
there had been a wild tumult while IL lasted.
1-p and down the side streets there were small
nsrades even then, men and women marching
ana singing suggestive Of -one Russian city
rather than New York
N doorways and theatre and hotel lobbies the
gangs congregated until elected by the preprie
tors They surged up against the Keith and
Proctor Theatre until the front wall threatened
N crack. They broke down the front entrance
of Huber's Museum and out through the back
as wind sweeps along empty hall
Park and plaza and the bounding streets
cleared the police rested. The crowd began to
melt away and Inspectors CorCight. Schmitt-
s.e-ger and Steinbruck began to prepare TO dis
miss some of the men The first 10 go were the
men from the Sth Precinct, Leonard street,
un6e- CAPTAIN Miles O'Reily- They were gath
erred together 10 the east of the fountain, which
ID behind them ran silverstein to threw the
bomb.
THOSE HURT BY EXPLOSION
Mounted Patrornan Joseph O'Brien was scarce
II 2 score C feet away. and the shock hurled
him from his mount spraining his ankle. A few
feet further away was Patrolman George Mac
Corrnack Of the Church street station he was
hurled clear over one OF the benches and MS leg
was so badly hurt that, with OBrien. he was
taken TO the New York Hospital block away,
on the Fourth avenue side Of the park, was
Patrolrnan Patrick Hanan. Of the Leonard stfeet
station. keeping guard over the entrance TO the
mark at 10Th street. a piece Of brass from the
burnb hit him in the foot. imbedding itself in
tfe flesh Patrolrnan Nicholas Conroy. who was
sanding close by Hanan. bowled clean on
his feet but only bruised bit Two Greek
fruit peddlers away over by 4th street A&so AeAA.
but more from sheer fright than by the force u
the explosion
Mounted PatrolTnan William Rafsky' OF lhe
traffic squad. while galoping with an oroef y
the West Goth street station, was thrown over
his horses head. the animal slipping ia ''ie N'"~'
and the officers ankle was broken
Maurice Nendel one of the agitators. got an
ugly scalp wound frcm the club Of Policeman
BOMB OF BRASS AND POWDER
. sacond after the bomb exploded thick blue
smoke hung over the fountain, rising soiidiy IN
the air for fifty feet undisturbed by the lahsuio'
heavy breeze This and the fuse which mao oeeh
attached TO the bomb indicated that II hao oeen
81 br-sss globe filed with common black pe"oer'
for -,-ro-glycerine would not only have been
mora destructive but would have produced
much lighter smoke
The nolice found Siverstein lying. Still con-
scious, on his face. Hildebrand lay under MN
on his back his upturned breast serving as
r,llovv for Silverstein. The latters right arm
wss torn off as clean as sharp kniIe couio
c,y, a couple of inches back OF the wrist-
His eyes were out and the "hoio
night side Of his head was torn away A rem
nant of the bomb had pierced his chest ana
torn his shoulder while his right hip was snae-
tered He could still talk. although his mum
blings were barely inteIligibie
cit was for the police" he stammered through
Q lpless mouth in English
A patrornan unable 10 catch these woros'
spoke 10 him in Yiddish-
- tried TO get the police he replied In the
same tongue They dubbed me-"
lie began to talk to himself in German then
By hard work the police and the reporters
patched together the disjointed phrases enough to
learn that he had been dubbed about a week ago
by the police in some East Side disturbance and
had planned this revenge AS the surgeons
worked over him he kept repeating that he mao
tried 0 get the police He was taken 10 beie-
vue where he has chance to live Ihat no
survived an hour was the wonder or the sur
xeons
The other man was killed instantly, Dig
piece OF the bomb tearing its way into his heart-
OTHER BOMBS READY.
HAD Silverstein's bomb not exploded there Is