The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03

the Los Angeles Times building. kill
ing twenty-one persons and attempting
TO destroy the Llewellyn Iron Works,
mas developed and the men openly say
that both brothers should be hung.
Search Fnr From Ended
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
New York. December 2.-According
TO the expressed View of leading MEM
bers of the National Erectors' Assoc
cation. the confessions Of guilt by
the Mcnamara brothers In Los Angeles
VIII not end the far-spread investi-
cation OF the dynamiting OF scores
of iron and steel structures in all parts
OF the country that preceded the de-
struction of the Los Angeles Times
building. and the Llewellyn Iron
Works. near the California city, fol-
lowed by the arrest of the men who
have acknowledged that 1t was they
who placed the deadly explosives.
IN .ie contrary, the confessions will
only spur the association on to in
creased efforts to clear up every case
OF dynamiting upon which 1t has been
worKlng secretly for years, and
strengthen the determination of its
officers to bring evory guilty man to
justice. The associations program for
future activity was partially outlined
to-day by Walter Drew, its counsel
and directing genius Charles L.
cheney. Its secretary. and Charles L.
Eidlit1. member of the executive
committee. AL OF them declare that
the net is fast being drawn around
more than a score Of labor leaders In
New York. who. they assert were par
ties to the far-flunG conspiracy of the
Iron Workers Union to destroy prop
erty that had been constructed in da-
nance Of tho rules of tho labor unions
Universally Condemned
Almost without exception New York
labor leaders condemned without res
erYation the McNamaras for tho crimes
that they have confessed ito having
committed. The dynamiters were de.
nounced by scores of representative
New York labor leaders to-day a,
traitors to the cause OF organized
labor. All of them unite In the dec.
laration that Samuel Goplpers and the
other officers Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor were Imposed upon by
the McNamaras.
Walter Drew made the mont sisni.
fcant statements of the day. He init.
mated broadly that the work OF the
National Erectors' Association would
not be- finished until every man who
contributed to the fund employed by
the McNamaras while dynamitinR
buildings had been caught and
punished. alr. EtdlitE declared
that after all the cases of violence
have been disposed of by the Federal
government through the United States
grand jury investigation now In pro-
Gress at Indianapolis, the government
would be compelled to broaden the
scope OF the work by institutIng pros
ecntions against the labor unions I'M
der the Sherman antitrust law
In the opinion OF Attorney Drew.
the case of the McNamaras Is only the
first chapter of a story that will as
found the country.
Does anybody suppose for a min.
ute." inquired the lawyer, that the
AlcNamar brothers supplied the money
for their nefarious work out of their
own pockets? know that during the
periods of their destructive activitie.
$1,000 was deposited each month al
the Columbia National Bank in Indian.
npolis to DC drawn upon by j. ]. Nc.
Namara,"
When pressed for the names of the
persons who deposited this money,
MIR. Drew refused to give them.
That will all come out in time" he
said.
In It's national Significance the
matter already has passed into the
hands of the Federal authorities" he
declared. Our Investigations showed
that dynamite and nitroglycerine were
carrie In common suit cases and
handbags on tho railroads from one
end of the country to the other, and
this investigation was taken up by
the Federal grand jury at Indianapolis
three weeks ago The investigation
there is under the charge of Charles
Miller, the United States attorney, an
able. aggressive and clean man.
Case Is Not Closed.
Mr.. Drew was reminded that Samuel
| Gompers. president OF tho American
Federation of Labor. had asserted
short time after he learned Of the con-
tensions OF the McNamaras that the
case was ended so far as the fedora.
ton is concerned, and that the con-
nection OF that organization with the
| case also was ended by the confeo-
81 ms.
The case Is not closed by a great
neal. Mr.. Drew responded with n grim
smile. IL has Just begun" he added.
! In pleading guilty the McNamaras
: nave said they were sent out there
ana acted for q principle" Mr.. Drew
continued 1T is obvious that the men
representing this principle have kept
them well supplied with money. II ia
TO find out who these mon are that
is now the important work to do. Com
pared to this, the prosecution of the
/ NC Namnras is merely a aide Issue The
/ National Erectors' Association ia mot
composed OF lot of Indians We have
no personal malice against the Nc
Nainnras. and we hope that clemeucy
VIII he extended - thnx.