El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-02
UNION leaders ON
THE NJ AlMARA
CONFESSION
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He always wrote cheering news. In
this letter he asked me to take care
Of arrangements to move his mother
to Los Angeles so she could be at his
side in time of trouble. was coming
here TO arrange those affairs. but I
received a telegram from Atlanta, Ga,
from our president, Frank ~. Ryan,
asking me to come to Cincinnati and
meet him and our delegates who were
in attendance at the meeting OF the
American Federation Of Labor.
Il had no intimation Of the turn OF
affairs in the case when I left Indian
apOlis and was shocked when I was
confronted with one OF the local pa
pers, announcing that one of the
brothers had pleaded guilty.
Mr.. HOckin said he did not know
what arrangements would now be
made for removing Mrs. Mcnamara to
Los Angeles, but that he would call
on her at once.
Detective Burns Talks.
After detective Burns at Chicago had
read Of the action in court, he said:
The effect of this viii be far-reach-
ing 1 think the outcome Of the Nc
Namara case win result in summary
action by the body Of organized labor,
by which the radical element the ele-
ment which is allied with anarchists,
VIII be suppressed 1t Will result, I be-
heve, in ending such OUtrages as the
one at Los Angeles.
such men as John Mitchell viii
control the policies OF organized labor
in the future. Nlne-tenths OF the total
membership Of the labor bodies in this
country were absolutely out Of SYM
pathy with and opposed to the course /
of action pursued by the Mcnamara
brothers.
NO longer win the heads and dele
gates Of labor unions, disregarding the
rank and file, use their power regard {
less Of the best interests Of the unions
and the people at large to further sell |
fish, personal ends.
Case Not Closed
The plea of guiltye entered by the !
Mcnamara brothers today does not close [
up the case in my opinion. 1t merely 4
means that the case is ended as far as ]
the McNamaras are concerned. There [
are others involved who may be arrest I
ed at any time.
Il have absolute Information that ;
radicals in the labor movement were I
Namara brothers. This is what attor-
ney DarrOW was concerned about when u
he said he feared further blOOdshed .
unless we Obllterated the incident from
Los Angeles at once.
Il was not surprised. particularly
when told that the McNamaras had I
pleaded guilty Absolutely. there was
no out for either Of them. We had
closed every avenue OF escape and they
knew it.
However. If the reports that ]. J.
Mcnamara is to get off with a light
sentence are true, I shall be greatly
disappointed He deserves a heavy
punishment II anyone ever did"
To Protect sHiEher Ups"
"Mantfestly, the objection Of the con-
fessions is to protect the American
Federation Of Labor and higher up
officials of several national unions from
exposure by the suppression of all the
facts, but in my Judgment this viii
fell" was the comment Of ]. Kirby. jr
president of the National Association ,of
Manufa cturers, at Dayton, Ohio, on the
Mcnamara confession.
Had the trials continued there
could have been no further question az
to the association Of labor union Off
cials with this, the most inhuman and
diabOlical conspiracy OF this or any
other age
Il have been expecting the confess
siOns for some time. The noCFe has
been drawing tighter and tighter. evil
1ence is so conclusive and Overwhelm-
Ing. involving so many prominent labor
officials that escape through perjury
intimidation or bribed jurors seemed
impossible.
1T has been evident for some time
that the defence was planning to pre-
vent the facts being disclosed in the
trial.
Perhaps the DEVELOPMENTS at Los
Angeles will cause politicians who have
stood for anti-injunctiOn and other vi