The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
DYNAMITER MORAN CONFESSES
duplicates OFFICERS OF THE
HOUSESMITHS' UNION.
Corroborates Guthrie's Statemonts-One
Thing the Two Men Wero Employed
o TO DO Was TO Throw" or weaken
Derricks ON Post a. McCord Nobs.

o TO DO Was TO Throw" or weaken
Derricks ON Post q McCord VOba.
Charles Moran, one Of the men who was
arrested on the charge Of having attempted
to dynamite a Post & MoCord Job in East
Twenty-third street, made a confession
yesterday afternoon to the District Attorney
In which he admitted that there were many
plans to cripple work on buildings on which
n%on-union mon were employed, either by
dynamite or by disabling derrioks. There
has been at least one instance where a man
was killed when a derrick collapsed, pyna-
mite has been used In other cases.
Moran's confession involves men In the
Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union not
only in this city but in Jersey City, He
has given names to the District Attorney
but 1t is doubtful il he can be oorroborated.
Moro than one walking delegate is named.
IT Is the intention Of the District Attorneys
Office to try to verify his story.
Moran, who had been rather defiant since
his arrest, changed his attitude yesterday,
Late on Friday a jury was obtained to try
him before Judge Foster in General Ses-
sions. Assistant District Attorney Train
was 10 have opened for the prosecution
tomorrow. 1t was thought that there
was enough evidence to convict, and al
though Moran had stated all along that he
was not an iron worker there was evidence
to show that he was a member Of the union.
Early yesterday Moran sent word to the
District Attorneys Office that he would
like TO make q statement. He was informed
that it would nave to be in the presen ce
Of his counsel, and he sent for a lawyer.
He was brought over to Assistant District
Attorney Trains Office and talked for
nearly two hours. His counsel and a
stenographer were present.
When Moran was arrested two other
men, John Guthrie and Thomas Weir,
were caught with him. They had been
followed by detectives and dynamite was
found on Guthrie. Guthrie turned out
to be a detective employ ed by Post d
MoCord. He said that $3.50 each had been
promised to him if they successfully carried
out their job to dynamite the building.
Moran's story is said to c~orroborate the
statement made by Guthrie. He 10 said to
have told OF meetings Of the union when
suggestions were made for throwing"
derrioks on non-union jobs. Throwing a
derrick is to weaken it 80 that it will fall
under the next strain. There was also
some dynamite talk.
Guthrie's story was that he was working
on a Post d McCord job when a strike
was declared. He was told that If he didn't
join the union he would be killed. He
saw Post & McCord, who told him to join
the union. He became a member OF the
union and met Moran, who introduced him
to a walking delegate. Moran has named
the walking delegate. The walking dele
gate was informed that Guthrie was a
man who could be depended upon to do
anything that was required Of him as a
good union
One part Of Guthrie's story was that
he had been selected to throw" a derrick
or a job on lowering & Garrigues's build
ing at Eighteenth street and Third avenue
Guthrie got out Of that by pretending that
he didn't have a chance to pull off the trick. y
He says $50 was promised him for that job.
Then 500 was promised him for throwing"
q derrick on Henkel Bros, building in
Stone street. He was to f1atten the cables
on the derrick 80 that they would break.
Then came the proposition on the Bliss
b~uilding-the Post & McCord job in East
Twenty-third street-where Weir, Moran
and Guthrie were arrested.
Moran, in many respects, told practically
the same story as Guthrie. He also adj
mitted that he had been mixed up in other
and it will be a lob to corroborate his story
Weir was indicted with Moran. No date
has been hxed for his trial.