New-York tribune., 1912-01-19
PLOT TO KILL GOV. F0SS
AND WRECK LAWRENCE
Massachusetts, Executive Told of
Plan to Destroy Life and Prop
erty by Dynamite.
DETECTIVES GUARDING HIM
Sixteen New York Bomb Throw.
ers Said to Have Been Sc
lected to Accomplish
Destruction.
rRv telegraph TO The TrfmIne !

Boston Jan. 18.-Even a space Of COM
parative calm failed 10 quiet Lawrences
fears to-day, and tonight the city reeks
with rumors of plots TO dynamite and 10
assassinate that SAVIOR more Of the ages
old struggle of anarchism against despotism
than OF the modern struggle of unionism
against capitalism. The ugly spectre of the
dynamlter which has haunted the authori-
ties ever since the mill strike began, came
into the open to-day.
The existence Of a plot tn assassinate
Governor Foss and one other man who
stands high in textile circles here. and to
wreck with dynamite the police station. the
was disclosed TO the police by an eleventh
hour informant, whose name is withheld
The strikers were to have nothing 10 do
with the execution OF the details; sixteen
dynamiters and bomb throwers were to be,
or have been, brought from New York for
the purpose. The precautions adopted by
the police and the militia as result of this
information are extraordinary. The detail
of sharpshooters camped on the roof and in
the towers of the mills have been doubled
and the searchlights play ceaseIessly.
The mills are strung with electric wires
carrying a fun voltage, with which contact
means instant death A striker OF mali
clous intent who could run the gauntlet of
the provost guard, escape the cropping fin
gers OF the searChlights, scale the twelve
foot barricade and elude the sharpshooters'
watchfulness would meet death the moment
he stumbled upon the electric dead line.
President William Wood on whom the
animus OF the strikers centres. has moved
his family to Boston. The costly residence
the Woods occupied of South Broadway,
in Andover, is guarded by police and
Pinkertons. Although dark. a system of
electric searchlights installed on the roof,
could flood the house and the premises
with glow OF light AT moments notice.
In the midst Of all this warlke array the
efforts toward peace move suggishly on.
The mill agents are inclined to offer con
cessions. and the hopes of volunteer me-
diators are again strong The fact remains
that the strikers seem drunk with their
own prominence. The parading. the cheer
ing. and even the rio,irg. are like a new
and heady wine to them
The state police to-day doubled the guard
about the executive chambers at the State
House as result OF black hand" threats
h
At the same time. the Governor is accom-
panied wherever he goes by n personal
hOdyguard Of two men. This morning the
Governor came to tho State House. walk
ing the five miles as is his custom. trailed
by two state officers At the executive
chambers five more officers were on guard.
although the Governor protested that he
vas not afraid ard would 60 about his du-
ties as usual. Tonight the state and Bos-
ton police are both maintaining guard
over the Goyornors home. at Jamaica
Plain.
The dynamite and assassination plot ~.
mors we're confirmed by Mr. Holman the
secretary 20 the Governor. who said similar
Information had come 90 the Governor from
six sources. Mr.. Holman's statement fol-
lows:
We received Information from sources
which We considered trUs'WOrtug. and from
six widely different points. that al secret
meeting held at night certain interests had
sent 10 New YORK TO have two ''plaCr
hand bomb throwcrs come over here 10
attack Governor Fuss and other officials
and give attention 20 their residences
The sources OF Information were consid-
cred important enough TO warrant sending
notice TO the stat" police and asking Police
Commissioner O'Moar TO guard the Gov
eTnOr 4 house. one ConirmatOry report
came from Lawrence.
II was our information that tho feeling
against the Governor was due 10 his action
In sending the militia 10 Lawrence. as well
as because he had signed the ffty-four-
hour bill, which Is an issue In the strike.