The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
Awful Slaughter of New York
Policemen Prevented by
Premature Explosion
Assassin Is MaEgIed When He
Raises Missile and His
Confederate Killed
Terrible Climax of Big Meeting
in Union Square Park to
Aid Unemployed
Four BIuecoats, Whose Rough
Handling of Crowd Aroused
Fury, Are Injured

NEW YORK, March ga red
flag f1uttered in Union square today;
bomb fell; two men lay dying IN
the peoples playground, and New
York awoke to the fact that it har-
bored those prepared to give their
lives in armed resistance to constitut-
cd authority.
The bomb was intended for the po-
lice. who with rough hrnness had
broken up a meeting of 10000 unenl-
ployed. 1t exploded prematurely In
the hands of the assassin, horribly
vyounding him, killing his companion,
in3uring slightly four policemen and
throwing to the ground a score Of those
who we're massed in the vicinity.
Tonight Union Square park, where
the public demonstration had been
made. is. roped of from pedestrians
100 police patrol the park and at the
stations 100 reserves armed with re-
volvers and night sticks await in readi-
ness 10 throw themselves into any
scene OF rioting. No further disorder
had developed at q late hour.
INTENDED FOR POLICE
Bomb throwing in the foreign set
: dement's OF the East Side is rather
common occurrence, but for the first
time. today saw an engine OF destruc-
tion openly and deliberately directed
against a squad OF police officers. tt
zvss meant for captain O'Reilly's
squad OF 20 men, and a longer or
slower burning fuse would have proved
an instrument of death for probably
every man Of the 21.
a labor. or more exactly Ia
borless, meeting without police sane
tion had been advertised to be held
at the park this afternoon In the
thousands that gathered were many of
. riotous disposition. a large num-
Der wore red hats, and here and there
2, red dag was displayed
Suddenly an order to clear the park
was given, and the 15o police. half OF
them mounted, chargedi the jeering.
hooting crowds. arriving in tiRe to
drive them back to the streets Of the
square circling the park In the
wide streets the crowos. fast assuming
the nature OF q mob, fell into an
Indifferent formation and marched
about the square Having cleared the
park OF ali but a few apparently
harmless men who occupied benches.
the police contented themselves with
keeping the psraders moving.
CLASPS SMOKING BOMB
Encouraged, the procession grew;
shouts OF derision and oaths directed
at the police filled the air, and then
as though by prearrangement strains
OF the 'Marseillaise'' rose from 10000
fhroats. The police hastily reinforced.
o'Reiay's squad. which had been sta
toned at the east side of the square.
started at a double quick pace. two
abreast, across the park AS they
neared the fountain that marks the
center OF the recreation grounds q
shadow cast by the heroic statue of
George washington and ran toward the
officers. whose backs were turned TO
their pursuer. A large man kept at
the others heels Within 20 PAGES OF
the moving squad the two men halted
and the smaller raised hand in which
was clasped smoking bomb.
BOMB ExPLoDEs IN HAND
Even as he drew back his arm to
throw the weapon IT exploded. The
shock that shook the skyscrapers of
the square threw score OF people to
the ground. Then the assassin and
his companion fell. the latter dead with
his breast torn out The bomb thrower
still lived, but his right hand had been
shot off, both OF his eyes were gouged
out and his skull and a shoulder were
fractured. The four policemen who
brought UP the rear were injured. but
not seriously. one of them being hit
IN the foot by a piece OF the bomb A
panic followed the explosion. and the
thousands that surrounded the park
crushed together as perhaps half Of
the number rushed toward the scene
Of the killing, while as many more
turned in flight from the square.
Many We're injured as the mounted
police surrounded the injured and drove