United labor bulletin., 1911-05-04
M'NAMARAS In JAIL
AWAITING TRIAL
las. MCNAMARA identified" FOR
THIRD TIME AS BRYCE"


James B.. MeNamara, and ortie McMan-
ioai, are now in the county Jail at Los
Angeles, CAL, awaiting their arraignment
in a justice court and the inevitable
resuit-beins bound over to the criminal
court for trial.
Mechanical has "confessed," ii is said; !;
and II has been further asserted that he
has been in the employ Of the Burns De-
tective agency for months, assisting In
securing evidence" against the Nc
Namars brothers that some labor organ
ization might bear the brunt Of the blow
ing up OF the Los Angeles Times building.
>ft is said that James q. McNamara has
l().n identified by at least three persons
iH connection with the affair. Although
il will be hard to convince the union labor
people Of the country that these men are
guilty Of the awful crime, II is believed
that the "interests" will furnish" suffi-
cient evidence to give the brothers a
hard fight for their lives.
The manner in which these men have
been arrested and spirited to California.
the unlawful seizure and retention OF
the national union's property. deserves
the severest condemnation and criticism.
The question OF guilt or innocence OF
the crime charged is not IA matter to be
determined by detectives or antagonisuc
employers associations. but by an i'm
partial Jury after both sides have had
their day in court.
The methods employed in the arrest
and the subsequent kidnapping suggests
that in the execution OF the forms OF law
much Partially is used. A conspicuous
incident is brought prominently into view
at this time when IL Is related that Gov
ernor Mount of Indiana refused to honor
a requisition of the governor OF Kentucky
to deliver william S. Taylor TO officers
of the law. the latter having been in
dicted for the murder of Governor VIII
liam Goebei Succeeding governors OF
Indiana assumed the same attitude as
did Governor Mount. In that case hear
ings were had. but these governors re-
fused to honor the requisition-
Governor Marshall. however, without
for a moment considering the rights OF
the citizen OF his state. honored in secret
requisition for the union official and
the other men. when organized labor
protested the governor then declared. al
though belRted that should any other
citizen OF Indiana be demanded by an
other state in connection with this al
fair he would be given n hearing before
being released TO the officers OF the state
demanding him. II Governor Marshall
is right In the stand he latterly took.
then he must be wrong in the former.
The fourteenth amendment TO the con
stiiut!on OF the United States declares
that mo state shall deprive any person
of life. liberty or property without due
process of law, nor deny to any person
within it's Jurisdiction the equal protec.
ton of the laws"
The great mass of citizens of our
country are arriving at the conclusion
that the enforcement. disregard or tech
nical administration of law is largely
u a t.sf 81 fn nf
which the accused moves. Some years
ago the state of Texas indicted the Stand
ard Oil company for violation OF its anti
trust statute and a requisition was made
upon the governor OF New York for John
ID. Rockefeller 10 answer the charge be-
fore the courts of that state. No diff
Guilty was experienced by Mr.. Rookie
Teller In evading the process.
Scarcely a column has been printed re-
iating to the iynching of two Italians in
Tampa Fla. by a committee composed
OF business men. This same business
mems committee also raided the labor
halls of that city. wantonly destroyed
the furniture and. bandit-like. secured
the cash In the money drawer and spent
Il among the members OF the invading
committee.
The Manufacturers association of Los
Angeles and the Erectors association
have been prominently designated as the
prime movers in planning tine present
sensation. The Los Angeles organization
Is too well known for comment. But the
Ercctors' association. then there comes
another story. 1t is alleged to be
subsidiary concern or closely allied with
the American Bridge company. and the
latter company is supposed to be part
of United States Steel. The American
Bridge company Is the concern that,
through Deacon" Hiram Moe and SEN
ator Conger. debauched the New York
to secure lucrative contracts.
The confessions OF the Deacon" and
Conger revealed the character of the
American Bridge company.
Just behind us. March %. the terrible
tragedy of the Triangle Waist company
occurred To the idol OF dollars were
sacrificed 141 lives. Harris q Blanck,
the manufacturers, had been informed OF
the danger. but needed 1t not The ca
came, but these colonels of in
humanity were not even arrested. In
their avarice for more gold another fac
tory was opened and. upon inspection.
found to be equally as bad fre-trap MS
their former place of business. But they
are stlll doing business.
The accused iron workers have been
charged with the crime OF having de-
stroyed the Times building and the lives
OF 21 people Months after the tragedy.
with n grotesqIe and Sensational setting.
arrests have been made, and the columns
OF the press have been bulging with as
sertions OF what is to follow. with the
evident intent and studied purpose of In
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