New York, Feb, 28.
Tear gas bombs exploded. simultaneously last night in the auditoriums: of seven Broadway cinemas, all under the same management. Thousands of spectators were made il! by the fumes and about 100 injured, 35 requiring. treatment in hospitals, during the panies which followed the explosions, "The bombs were detonated by clock mechanisms, which explaine—the simultaneity of the explosions. The management of the theatres declared that there had been no difficulty with labour unions which might have counted: for the outrage—Havas.
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