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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1908
Page
2
Police questioned Samuel Rufkin after the explosion in the park as investigators pursued links to Selig Silverstein and a larger group. Witnesses described a frantic scene with bystanders, officers, and a crowd shouting Marseillaise while police secured Union Square and nearby halls.
Witnesses describe a planned explosion near the speakers stand as police charged the crowd. Reporter W. J. Hanley and passerby Eni Balderson recount the blast and the frantic stampede, with officers advancing in all directions to quell the danger.
A New Hampshire man describes decades of coffee related stomach and sleep problems and credits switching to Postum with gradual but steady health improvements. He claims digestion and sleep improved and warns coffee harmed him despite army service.
Charles H. Brown described a tense scene around Union Square as a bomb explodes and police line the northeast corner. He and a photographer saw unusual groups forming, a driver of alarm onlookers, and a policeman with a wary, puzzled expression as a man rises on a bench and signals a coordinated crowd movement.
Witnesses describe the blast from high above as panic erupts. Police clash with a mob and a crowd in the square records the chaotic seconds after the explosion.
An inspector recounts being moved from the park crowd by officials who urged calm. He stood near the north end and then by a cottage steps knot just before the bomb exploded. In the ensuing rush he could not observe further details.
The Un employed Conference of New York led a large demonstration that faced police rejection after Park Commissioner Smith canceled a planned March 7 rally. The movement, backed by several labor groups, planned a march to Union Square, with leaders emphasizing the pursuit of work amid rising unrest and a pledge to keep order despite police opposition.
Crowds gathered around Union Square as police cleared the area after a blast near the fountain. Witnesses described panic, with people knocked down and crowds rushing to escape. The event followed a march plan by the Unemployed Conference urging workers to demand their right to work and liberty. Organized notices circulated through labor heads and the Socialist Party press, while officials prepared for further action.
Central Office Detectives Miller and McMullen released six prisoners after arraignments at Night Court for inciting riot and distributing circulars in Union Square following a park bombing. Magistrate Finn reprimanded them, noting unemployment pressures while urging orderly conduct. Mamie Togina led the protest effort. others included Michael Hyman and Reuben Katz, with several linked to Socialist materials.
A central socialist union rejected plans for an open air meeting by the Unemployed Conference three weeks earlier and decided not to cooperate with the group. The federation also repudiated two proposed IWW demonstrations and pledged to protest Park Department permit actions.
Police Commissioner Bingham asks Capt. Schlottman to locate S. Yanofsky editor of Freie Arbeiterstimme for a conference at Police Headquarters. The aim remains unclear but the Commissioner does not seek Yanofsky’s arrest.
The editorial urges the Board of Education to immediately appropriate 3,000,000 dollars to improve fire safety for pupils. It estimates the board will be asked to authorize the appropriation to protect students in the district’s 429 schools.
A school authority urges city officials and the Board of Education to install automatic fire sprinklers in all school buildings, arguing they provide near perfect protection against fire based on experience.
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