The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-21
sUmH Sheriff Telegraphs Call
~opeclal Meeting Of Po-
easset for Tonight.
'N0N HOUSES SHAKEN.
'Labosers Who Failed to Get
Ibs Believed to Have
Caused Explosion.

y Oo0a meeting Of the Pocasset
09oA The Tammany organization Of the
nwsaty-e,shth Assembly District. has
ossa called for to-nisa, to offer $1,000
Sswerd for Information that will lead 20
he orrest of the person who tried 70
INV % the clubhouse at No. 2oe East
One Hundred and Sixteenth street with
. bomb early to-day. The bomb was
psAcsl In the front area and was sx-
peee<d BY means Of fuse.
Tormer Sheriff Nicholas Hayes, leader
se the district and standard bearer Of
~ club. 10 in Pittsfeid, Mass, attend
ING . funeral. He has wired orders for
ehs meeting and the reward. It ia be-
eSved by Thomas Birdie. secretary Of
ehs club. that $1,000 may be Of some
ootsncy In clearing up the mystery OF
to-day's bomb. OF another bomb set off
In tAs clubhouse two years ago and OF
~asesus mysterious happenings that have
caused gossip among the Pocassct mem.
osr0. 1t II believed that some of the
,aborsrs who sought to use the influence
Of the club in getting q Job set or the
hemo.
~>T THE RESULT OF FRACTIONAL
st. POLITICS.
Tue police have abandoned the Idea
eAA9 the bomb was sent of a. a result
- sectional politics. owen Eagan. Blu
Ieeeu Of Combustibles expert. says the
bomb undoubtedly contained dynamite,
which supports ths new theory az to the
psrpetrauon Of the crime. The laborers
who try to use the club influence In get.
ting subway jobs are usually biastsrs
and have opportunity to procure stick
dynamite In their work.
The explosion caused a serious panic In
che sydsnham Hospital. . block and
half away. Miss Helen Hunt with six
nursss. one orderly and q night watch.
naa. had charge Of the ninety-fivs n.
,uents. One man on the top fioor was
- alarmed that he tried to Jump out of
. Winaow and was restrained with aim
Guilty by nurses.
Members Of the club seated at q card
game on the fourth story were hurled
from their chairs to the floor. Philip
Berger. the steward. who was locking
the front door At ths time. was blown
ehrough the reception room into . rear
room on the parlor floor. The bowling
ellsys In the basement were completely
wrscked. Nearly every pane Of glass
IN the building was shattered.
MANY PERSONS RUN TO STREET
IN NIGHT CLOTHES.
Inhabitants OF houses on all sides Of
the Pocasset Club were awakened by
che roar and shock Of the explosion and
hundreds ned into tho street in their
night clothes.
o. the Third avenue corner opposite.
~ No. m Ono Hundred and Sixteenth
street. II the Central Hotel. which IL
mixed UP In the police scandal cases In
~Aich George A. sipp figures a. the &C.
cussr Of Inspector Sweeney and others
Every one Of the windows In the three
upper stories crashed In the concuss. on
gpoulting from the explosion Of tho
ooanA Showers Of glass fell from the
nat houses at Nos. 2os. 2o6. eO7 and zoo
One Hundred snA Sixteenth street, Cd.
posits the Pocasset Club.
NM. Emily woodward. whose guests
Mers thrown IN confusion and whose
homo has been damaged. made q 70.
markable statement:
"Thcre II always trouble IN this
ndghborhod-ths neiyhborhood Of the
ciub." she said. "rhere have been
shootings in front OF the place that /
have never heard being reported to the
pellcs.