New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

The punishment Of this man and Of
those other labor leaders who have been
so defiant Of law and order is as neces-
sary TO the satisfying Of justice as the
Imprisonment of the McNamaras. and
until they are punished labor itself will
suffer"
Contractors Here Are Hopeful.
Now that the McNamaras have CON
fcssed. local contractors expect the cam
paign against the destructive element in
orga nzed labor to reach this city before
long They base this expectation on the
examination into the dynamiting out
RACES now being conducted by the fed
eral grand jury i'm indianapolis. After
the Indiana state officials had seized the
books and papers Of the International
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers the
federal authorities stepped in and be-
gan II grand jury investigation Of the
dynamiting that had taken place all
over the country using the seized books
and papers as the basis Of the inquiry.
That investigation will have to come
to New York SOON said Charles L. Ed
litz yesterday. Unless the government
takes the stand that a man has not been
killed unless he has been blown up, IT
can't get away from opening up a
branch of the investigation in this city.
When man is pushed off building or
hit in the head by a bolt : . is killed,
,,,e H,p ia h,I
done It, We haven't had any one killed
by dynamite here, but we have had
plenty of killings in the labor business
Mr.. Eidlitz is president Of the Charles
L. Eidlitz Company, electrical contract
ors, with offices in the Johnston Build
ing, at Broadway and 2Sth street. and a
member Of the executive committee Of
the National Erectors' Association,
which has been fighting dynamiters for
FIVE years.
"The Mcnamara confession is not
going to end this job" he continued.
"This thing viii jump right across the
country TO New York, stopping on the
way at all the important centres.
There have been dynamitings here and
near here and when the government
gets 10 investigating them it will find
other troubles that Will dovetail i'm 50
that 1t will have to go into general
inquiry into all the labor troubles.
More Than Score Responsible.
1T will be found that there are be-
the head and shoulders of this business.
A large part of them is in New York
and near here. Indianapolis was only
one headquarters. They worked from
centres all over the country.
when the government has once
started on this line it can't stop. 1t
will have 10 investigate all tho troubles.
II will have to investigate the labor
trust Just as thoroughly as any other
trust. 1t made the Standard oil Com
pany and the Tobacco Trust stop put
ting up prices and it will have to make
the men under John Mitchell and Sam
Gompers stop dynamiting and killing"
Walter Drew. chief counsel for the
Nat1Ondl ErftlolS ASSoCldlloN, SAID
that tho thing To do now was To find
out the men behind the McNamaras.
| THE McNamaras i'm pleading guilty
said that they were sent out there and
acted for principle he continued.
eft is obvious that the men represent
ing this principle kept them we'll sup
piled with money. It is TO find out who
these men are that becomes the inn
portant issue from now on. Compared
10 this the prosecution of the McNa-
maras is a side issue. have every
reason to believe that the Federal
authorities will continue a rigid inves-
tigation of the case. The National
Ercctors' Association will give every
aid possiblc. There will also be co.
operation with the Los Angeles authori-
ties"
Confession Fortunate, Says Mr.. Low.
Seth Low, president of the National civic
Federation, said yesterday that the consent
Of the McNamaras to plead guilty was an
ISSUE OF the trial for which the country
should be grateful, as the trial had taker
on many Of the aspects Of "A struggle he.
tween capital and labor and "A verdict from
the jury would have only made the sympa
thizcrs with the defeated side more bitter.
Those who have fought this thing
through deserve the grateful thanks OF
their countrymen." he continued. "for they
made every one In the country more safe
not only by showing the hazards Of re
sort TO violence. but also, | am sure. by
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