El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07
ORA Matte
STRUGGLE IS
CERTAIN
Union Leaders Charged with
the Wholesale Murder Of
Newspaper Employees.
ORTIE McILANIGAL Is
CHIEF STATE WITH IS
His Confession, to w ch
He Adheres, VIII Be the
Point Most Contested.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct T.-On Wed4
nesday morning. October II. In a larEs
airy room on the fifth floor Of the nav
HalI OF Records building the curtain
VII ne Drawn Tor the first act OF an
OlIef great drama which has been
written In the struggle between la hon
and capital when John j. Ncn-gruarr
secretary Of the international Assocfa-
Llon or BrlOge and Structural Iron
" orkers, and his brother. James Brvoa
4-c-NaInara- are placed on trial before
Judge Walter BrOdweu on charges of
"-o-esd-e murder by dyuamiting in
connection with the destruction OF Inc
LIS angeles Times building at Ffr=t
street and Broadway on the mornfna- ~
men lost their lives
District attorney John %. Fredericks
started yesterday that he is prepared TO
present. this case TO jury and that the
ven or evidence against the two men
IS concluded The attorneys for the
defence say that they are also ready
TO proceed. and that they win ask for
neither delay nor continuance.
Preparing for the strurEIe.
r. or Almost six months the district
aLLorney, assisted by agents Of ths
william J. Burns detective agency har
1een preparing for this trial A1r00sf
F-,yu0UOJ have been spent By the Drosa-
cuuon and 400 witnesses have bas-
summoned to appear AGAINST the 49,,
--c-N aIlara brothers Ortis u 8clTa11f-
EaA structural iron worker foC-s-
spanish American war veteran, 40 fr-
-oItneIs mas been In daily cOnsuItar frr7
with the district attorney for the =
month Ac1lanlgal is a seif-corfa -
GynamlJer, and 1T is upon his testfH
5-.- a great portion Of the states
Three months ago it was belfeI--
t--aL ne would not be called as Wit
LESS ~ me case Recently, however fe
was decided by district attorney Tre5-
erlcks and assistant district srfo-r1-y
ord that AcManigaI would be caITeE
rms decision. lr was stated s
reached only after every BIT OF fnfo--
been given complete cOrr0boratf6n. Me-
nm & al. VINO IS neld In jail here under
sIa-Q jury Indictment for dynamitinss
the --sWs-lyu iron works fn this cfr-
says he is prepared to testify and fbst
lie VIII convince the jury he Is a +rrfh-
tul Harry Orchard
says They Are Wanted EIsevThere
me scope or the INVESTIGATION which
has followed the arrest OF Tohn T NJ
Nalnara IN Indianapolis was revealed
yesterday, when It was announced by
Mcnamara brothers are wanted fo- ~
naEnltlng In IS various states. This
NUMBER includes only those states Re
vas announced where sufficient evi-
lence 10 warrant a prosecution haT
been secured. The total number Of ~
4eSec dynamite explosions attributes ~
lnem and to McManigaI Is 100.
WIN Be Long Trial
No authoritative estimate has beerf
gwen yet as to the number OF months
it VIII take for the jury TO hear 80
prosecution and the defence. The vv6rJr
OF selecting the jury has been estimated
al Two months, and upon this basis il
IS believed by some that It viii AXE
~ -easL SIX months 10 hear the first
case. Attorneys for the defence hs--
maze no announcement as 10 the nuu7-.
per or witnesses they VIII caII. Tu
laLe they have not asked that any bes
-aIIeo- II IS generally believed, how
ever. mat about 200 viii be summoned
1y them before the final arguments.
me legal batteries for the defence7
are being directed by Clarence Darrovrl
aWyer, philosopher, labor leader and
\. rller- Associated with him are =
-ompte Davis, who has been proninen6
u Almost every criminal case IN soutb1
5rn california during the last 10 yearsf
osepn scott former president Of rne
'naInoer or commerce, prominent Catho-
1c -ayman, president OF the CITY board
II education, and known through tbs
are for his oratorv and ability 81 =
)leader; and Job Hartman. Socialist
'an1ldate for mayor.
Besides these lawyers an able corns
II detectives under the direction 81 ~
orney John L. Harrington. OF Chfcaa-o.t
S assisting. Three weekly newspaDsr5
re oe1nE published in the interests oE
ne Mcnamara brothers here. ans = rs
~lld Organization has been effected Ia
very precinct 10 benefit Harrfuan'T
lgnI for the mayoralty- II is esti-f
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