The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-24
Los Angeles Detectives Arrest
Three Labor Leaders
On Charge OF Blowing Up the
Times Last October.
OTHER CRIMES
OF a Similar Nature Charged to
the Men Held.
Large Quantities of Explosives
Found in Union Offices.

Indianapolis. April ADMINISTRATION
declared to be directed toward expos
ing persons and methods responsible
for so explosions and great property
loss in various parts of the country,
during the last two years continued
today in this city and at Tiffin, Ohio.
At the latter place Detective William
j. Burns and j. A. G. Badorf, assist
ant counsel for the National Erectors'
association were following certain de-
tails connected with their discovery
there last night of 400 pounds of dyna-
mite planted yesterday and in this city.
Walter Drew, principal counsel for the
Erectors' association, conferred with
the police and with Frank P. Baker,
county prosecutor, as to further in
quiry to be made in the case.
Mr.. Drew this morning received a
telegram from Burns and Badorf say
ing they expected to return to Indian
apolis late today.
Following the arrest of ]. ]. Nc
Namara, secretary-treasurer of the IN
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron workers here, and the
arrest of ]. B. Bryce, alleged to be J.
B. Mcnamara and Ortie E. McMani--
gal at Detroit. all of whom are being
taken to Los Angeles to answer in
dictment charging them with compiled
ty in the Los Angeles Times explosion,
in which 81 lives were lost, there con-
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arrests but the police and others con-
cerned declined to comment on them.
The agents of the Erectors' associa-
ton, an organization of structural iron
contractors against whose efforts to
conduct open shops the explosions
are supposed to have been directed also
refuse to say today whether or not
they expected to find more plants of
dynamite than those already uncover
ed The 'depots'' in which it is charg-
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sives to be used from time to time so
far found are as follows:
Where Explosives Were Found.
Shed in rear of home of James Nc
Manigal. father of Ortie E. McMani-
gal, at Tiffin, o., 400 pounds of dyn-
amite found last night, alleged to have
been stolen from France Stone COM
pany's quarry at Bloomville, o., last
January.
Storage compartment in basement
of building in indianapolis, in which
are offices of the International ASSocia-
ton of Bridge and Iron Workers, 100
pounds of dynamite and exploding APP
paratus found surrounded by papers
and books of the association Saturday
night.
Shed at home of D. Jones, near In
dianapolis, alleged to have been rented
by J. J. Mcnamara, twenty-five pounds
of dynamite and two quarts nitro
glycerine, found Saturday night.
President Ryan of the Iron Work
ers' association last night issued a
statement condemning the police for
having ''railroaded" J. J. Mcnamara
out of Indianapolis and toward Los
Los Angeles and asking the public to
withhold judgment because, he said,
evidence before had beer created by
agents of enemies of union labor"
Other members of the executive
board of the association today affirmed
that this would be the attitude of the
nounced the use of explosives in labor
sponsibility for destructive methods Of
campaign.
Ready to Help.
Denver, April 24.-The Western
Federation of Miners stands ready to
levy an assessment of five dollars
against each of $4,000 members as a
Namara. of the structural iron workers.
This statement was made today by
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, to the
Associated Press.
Mr. Meyer said: II consider the en-
tire affair frameup similar to the one
l and my associates experienced some
years ago in connection with the death
of former Governor Steunenberg of
Idaho. The arrest of Mcnamara shows
on its face that it was a frameup. He
was treated exactly as We were. He
was not given a single show either by
the governor of Indiana or the courts Of
Marion county.
1.-THE charge that dynamite was kept
by Mcnamara in the headquarters Of