The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
They Are Accused Of
Destroying Los An
geles Times Building.
CONSPIRACY
is UNEARTHEDs
At Time of Capture Further Outs
RACES in Detroit Are Said TOT
Have Been Planned-Many
Internal Machines Are
Found in Their
Possession. H.
Especial to The rimes-D,spatcb.

Especial to The Times- ispatch.1
Chicago. ILL.,. April 22.-The men said 4
to be responsible for the Los Angeles
Times dynamiting outrage. with it's
human toll of twenty ono lives, arc
under arrest in Chicago and Indianapo- p.
lis. as result OF the activity Of WIZ f.j
liam Burns. head OF the William Burns
National Detective Agency. The men &
are: fjsi!9 IN
John NJ. Mcnamara, OF Indianapolis. :.
secretary of the International Assoca-f
alton OF Bridge. Structural and Orna-
mental Iron Workers, one OF the most
prominent labor leaders in tho United
States. He Is charged with sending
his brother to Los Angeles to destroy Il
the Times building. with furnishing
the money and planning this and other
outragds. He was arrested to-day in
indianapolis.
james William Mcnamara, OF GIN
cfnnati. mas j. B. Bryce, alias Frank
Sullivan. brother OF John NJ. and a 4
member of the Iron Workers Union IL
It Is charged that he personally placed
the nitro glycerine In the Los Angeles y
Times building. He was arrested in
Detroit on April IL. and has made nd
missions which amount to partial
confession.
ortic e. McaInnignI, of Ala South
Sangamon Street. Chicago. an Iron
worker and accomplished dynam!ter.
He Is said to have been sent to Los
Angeles to blow up the temporary
plant. which tho Times used after the
destruction of Its building, and failing
In that touched off a neighboring iron
works. He has been with James w.
Mcnamara almost constantly since and
was arrested at Detroit on April H.
John NJ. Mcnamara was taken in c,s-8
tody or detectives to Los Angeles to-
night. Tho two Chicago prisoners. If
hay how 80 ,..- :
Angeles. Will begin the journey to.
morrow. iis
AFTER their arrival in Chicago from
Detroit they were kept in close con-
rnement In a cell OF one OF tho South
side police stations. ss II
Conspiracy of Destruction iE
In the detection and capture OF the
men men said to be directly responsible for
the destruction of the Los Angeles
Times building. j. w. Burns has I'M y
covered the most extensive conspiracy
for destruction of life and property in
the history of organized labor. t.,c5{
The detectives claim that the arrest
of James N'Namara and MManigal was
accomplished Just in time TO save De-
troit from series of four simultane-
Gus explosions Four railroad bridgea
and the new railway terminal buildings 4
were to suffer. The conspiracy was
largely directed against the members
Of the Erecters' Association OF Amer
lea, combination OF most OF the larga
operators In structural iron work. De-
structive tactics as protest against
the oren shop rule OF the erectors be-
gan three years ago.
Since railroad bridge and iron
work at Peoria. ILL.,. were destroyed on y
September 4, 1910. the trail of the dy- TX
namiters has been closely followed by
the William j.. Burns Agency. The Sc
ries OF Los Angeles outrages--the de-
struction OF the Times building and 4
OF General Harrison Gray Otis and p.
j. Ieehandelaar-follo the Peoria
Dlow-up.
Too Closely Watched.
a second visit was made to Los An Il
Geles because of the enormous rewards
for those responsible for the early out 4
RACES The temporary building occu- &
pied by the Times was too closely
watched. SO the explosive intended for
its destruction was transferred to the
Llewellyn Iron Works. and exploded on g
the morning of September 81.
a Number of dynamite outrages In K.
various paris of tho country. In which 3
the McNamaras are suspected. followed,
but mono was directly traced to- them K
until part OF the Iroquois Iron Works 9
at South Chicago was scattered into !.
the heavens. i3F
On March is came the destruction \
of steel hosting plant just completed h
for the Western Fuel Company, at
Milwaukee. by the lleyl- Patterson
Company. of i-ittsburs. a second visit
was made to Milwaukee a few days
ago and more costly machinery ruined.
Following the Milwaukee explosion
there was destroyed at Spring Lake Is;
part OF a new hotel and the blowing
up Of a huge iron tower at Springfield. i
Mass. which have been directly traced
to the men now underfa arrest
Just now far other officers OF the
International Association OF Bridge,
structural and Ornamental Iron Work r.
ers are concerned In the conspiracy ~
could not be learned to-day. as that
part Of the situation is still under way
Neither Mr.. Burns nor the Los Ange-
les officials who are East after the Z
prisoners. would say where John NJ, s.
Mcnamara got the large sum OF money
that tho dynamitinS outrages must h:
have cost itBS
Sensation In Lnbor Circles.
Tic arrest or j. NJ. Mcnamara In VI
indianapolis this evening Is tho great. "a
est individual sensat ton organized la Isl
Dor has had in years. His capture II
broke up meeting OF the national
executive board 81 tho International
Association OF Bridge. Structural aha ss
Ornamental iron WORKERS. which no ~
was attending; In his capacity or sec 81
rotary treasurer {lla ll Al yS Il r..
William J. Burns accompanied 4 " N