The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-06
LOOKS FOR CHIEF
Of DYMAM|TERS
COUNSEL DREW OF ERECTORs AS
ISOLATION DECLARES THEY
ARE IN NEW YORK.
SAYS HE HAS PROOFS
MEN HIGHER UP WILL BE CONVICT
ED OF CONSPIRACY AND PUT
BEHIND BAR, LAWYER
ANNOUNCES.

NEW YORK, Dec. Many Oh the
men higher up in labor unionism
han the Mcnamara brothers-and
some of them from New York city and
its environs will be behind the bars
facing the gravest kind of charges be-
fore long.
I'VE know them, we have the evil
dence against them now and they
cannot escape. What is more these
same labor leaders know that we
know them, and they're doing q good
bit more worrying about themselves
than about the confessed murders"
These statements were made today
by Walter Drew. ms and active
head OF the National Erectors' Asso-
citation. that organization of steel
builders whose campaign against dy-
namiting unionists resulted in the
capture and now the confession Of
the McNamaras.
Il cannot. OF course. name these
men now" continued Mr.. Drew, but
| can say that we expect the Fed
eral grand Jury In indianapolis to Ia
dict twenty or thirty men when IT
reconven-s on December II. and a
fair proportion of that number will
be men higher up than the Nc
Namaras. And you car figure that
that men pretty high up.
In 1t for Money.
we have always believed It alb
surd hat the McNamaras and Nc
ManigHi we're such fanatics IN tho
cause of labor that they, on their own
Responsibility. went about dynamiting
Jobs. Now we know they were not.
I believe w can prove that they
were IN IT because they considered 1t
easy work and easy money It will
be shown n little later who gave them
and others-the worK and rewards
they considered so easy.
I'VE have this information from
sources that will surprise the higher
ups when they learn them. IT
from pretty close to inside
Mr.. Drew would not oven intimate
the Identity Of any one OF the high
or leaders whose arrests he predict
ed. but he said:
lit would be well for two or three
big labor union men, who nave been
quoted at length by the newspapers
since the McNamaras acknowledged
their guilt. to refrain from doing any
more talking along the same lines.
They will be obliged to masticate
their words before long-as some OF
them have been obliged to do al
ready"
Recalls Other Cases.
The head OF the erectors said he
expected that some Of the dynamit-
ings which occurred about this city
several years ago would be fixed upon
the men whose arrests he looks for.
He did not have q list OF these dy-
namitings available In his, home. but
he recalled off-hand several OF them.
There were no deaths resulting
from them. but that was merely good
| tuck" he said. There were eleven
cases OF ~dynamiting about New York.
and in several Of them loss OF life
was narrowly averted. There was
one bridge which they blew up in
the Bronx. A heavy girder fell on
tho Central tracks and quick work
was necessary to stop a fast train
that was approaching. There was
another bridge over the Raritan river
"a Jersey Central bridge-which
they dynamited. Part OF It was blown
passenger train was just about to
pass.
We expect to get the men who d.
rooted these Jobs. as we'll as the dy-
namiting Of the Plaza Hotel and other
structures.
To Show Conspiracy.
mot for actual dynamiting. but
for conspiracy to direct jobs of blow
ing up. and for the Illegal carrying
OF llRn eApioSiNcS III oiaIhAA tald
luggage on passenger trains, Will
most Ct the twenty or thirty men be
indicted" Mr.. Drew said.
I'VE have learned that in an even
100 number Of cases" hA said. these
men carried the necessary explosives
on trains, exposing thousands OF pas
senRers to death. For their blowing
up jobs they needed in each case
either 20 gallons OF nitro-glycerine or
40 pounds OF dynamite, and invaribale
they carried this awful stuff around
with them-let 1t lay under their
berths at night, or checked 1t at par
eel rooms in stations. A heavy jar
might have set 1t off with terrible re-
suits.
This liz a Federal offense punish
able by two years imprisonment. On
some of the prospective prisoners we
expect to get as high as twenty
counts, which makes them liable to
practically life" We think we will
get many counts OF conspiracy. too.
against those higher up"
Mr.. Drew ere made a surprising
statement which was based, he said.
gathered during its secret investiga-
tons:
Contrary to general belief 1t was
mot difficult to get mon, to do these
idynamiting and smuggling jobs he
asserted. Actually. the men fought
for them-for the easy work and
easy money The big bosses OF the
labor unions distributed the Jobs an
political boss distribute patronage or
graft t their henchmen. There have
been many Internal rows. Over the
handing out Of what might be called
The murder privilege
II think one result Of this Nc
Namara affair will be that the rank
and file of unions will pay more at
tention in the future Of the politics
OF their orHan ~izations. ] agree with
Detective Burns. who declare that
many OF the unions are In the hands
of violent minded anarchists. The
unions will have to be cleaned up
and their own members should do 1t
as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Drew. himself, he said, vas not
long & threatened with death be-
cause 1t was suspected that he had
been largely responsible for the ar
rest of the Mcnamara. A man was
! employed to- follow him and fix him.
hut another lahorer VINO would not
stand for murder warned the head
OF the erectors and thereafter he was
guarded. The mar assigned to nix
him was subsequently convicted In
Chicago for man-slaughter.
Refers to Magazine. /.