[1] What began as a small local movement quickly spread and gained national attention, including from prominent socialists, like Jean Jaurès.

[1][2][3] Although the social movement was not over and would, in fact, continue after Henry's death,[4] he saw the moment when President Émile Loubet brought in the army as proof that peaceful methods would not work.

[5] After coordinating with other anarchists, Henry sent a parcel bomb to the company's headquarters at 11 Avenue de l'Opéra, which arrived on the morning of the 8 November 1892.

[5] There, he adopted an illegalist lifestyle and carried out other attacks, like the Terminus bombing, before being arrested by the police, sentenced to death, and eventually guillotined.

[5] Most anarchists supported the attack, but some expressed doubts about the initial target, which was not a police station but a company made up of civilian workers.