Arizona republican., 1911-12-31
Men of Wide Reputation Are Charged by Grand Jury With Conspiracy in Connection With Dyna mite Plot.
GOVERNMENT IS
 AFTER OTHERS
Accused Are Specifically Charged With Transpor- tation of Dynamite for Use in Deadly Work in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.-Three la bor leaders of national prominence were indicted and arrested here today ia the government roundup of men alleged to be connected with the ma tional dynamite conspiracy, which the federal grand jury began investigating here directly after the McNamara brothers made confessions of whole sale blowing up of buildings The three men arrested are olaf TVeitmOe. sec rotarV treasurer of the California Building Trades council and third vice-president of the American Fede- ration Of Labor. also head of the trades council. and J. l.. Munsey. head of the Salt Lake local Union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, of which or ganization j. J McNamara was sec retary- treasurer at the time he con- fessed blowing up the Llewellyn Iron works here Christmas day, 1910. and who is now serving a term of l. years iE san Quentin prison.
 All the men are charged with con spiracy to transport explosives on in terstate railroads contrary to the laws Of the United States. F. A. Clancy, former business agent of the Struc- tural Iron Workers, San Francisco, IS charged with the same offense under the same indictment. but has not yet been arrested.
 In addition to these four men, five others are named in the indictment. They are Ortie McManigal. confessed dynamiter and chief ally of the gov ernment in the McNamara prOsecu- ton Both McNamara anu David Rap Ian and NJ. A Schmidt. the latter two alleged confederates of J. E. McNa- mara in blowing up the Los Angeles Times. Tveitmoe. Johanssen and Munsey obtained bail for 5000 each late today after being held prisoners in the United States marshafs office for five hours. LeCompte Davis, one Of the McNamaras lawyers, Mrs. Job Hartman. wife of one of the counsel fer the McNamaras and John Murray, former editor of d union paper here. and who is now a rancher near Los Angeles. signed the bonds It was agreed by the counsel arraignment should occur January ?. TVeitmOe re- fused to make any statement, saying: You can say what you like, but don't say I said it'
 Johanssen excused himself on the plea. T had a falling out with Uncle sam. Munsey is also reticent. Job Hartman is retained as attorney for tEe defendants and said the men will remain here for the arraiSnment. United States district attorney A. l. Mccormick declared positively the government inquiry into the dynamite conspiracy is by no means ended. The grand jury at the beginning of the week will take up its work again. IL is intimated that besides the dynamite investigation the next jury might take up the matter of alleged misuse of the mails for furthering the dynamite con spiracy So far as the indictments re- turned today are concerned. Assistant | United States Attorney Reagan de- clared the government is in possession | of conclusive evidence against the men ramed. Indictments returned to- day involved only crimes alleged to l have been committed in southern Cal | ifornia. The specific charge in the in- | dictment returned today is conspiracy i to transport dynamite for blowing up l the Llewellyn Iron Works here. The | federal laws at that time are said to | have been broken when McManigal | brought it from Riverside as part of | his interstate trip from Chicago. Con- Viction under this indictment carries ! a term in prison for two years and q | fine of S10000 or both. on one or each l of the four counts contained in the i single indictment
 Oscar Lawler. special government | prosecutor is supposed to have left this afternoon for the east Before he | disappeared Lawler dictated the fol- lowing statement:
 Notwithstanding emphatic protes- tations on the part of certain cO-called labor leaders of opposition to dynamite practices indrlged in by the McNa maras, not one of them liftel a hand to aid the officers of the law in their efforts to discover the truth On the contrary. there has been exhibited a decided disposition to impede such ef- forts. The name of organized labor has been prostituted by an organiza ed 1 band of criminals and it seems to those conducting the investigation that until labor leaders, who assert they We're deceived by the AIcNamaras. publicly demand from the latter and all others. d full and complete expo sition of every detail of their das- tardly operations. whoever may be i'm plicated thereby, and thus demonstrate | genuine respect for the law, which has been so ruthlessly violated. doubts as to the good faith of such asser- tions are amply justified"