The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-08
GRAND JURY TO HEAR GOMPERS
OTHER LABOR LEADERS SUM
NONED TO los ANGELES.
Darrow Denies That Gompcrs Knew Nc
Namaras We're Guiity--,Iury Bribing
IN to Union Heads ds-McManigal
TO he Kept for tse In California.

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/ here in connection with the dynamiting
| plots revealed through the confessions Of
! Ortie McManigal John J. and j. Il. Nc
, Namara
| Four Los Angeles labor leaders were
summoned to-day and United States
officers at san Francisco were asked 10
secure the attendance before the Grand
! Jury Of Andrew j. Gallagher secretary
| treasurer of the San Francisco Labor
( Council; j. A Kelly its president; y. \.
! Tveitmoe. prominent in San Francisco
labor circles. one Clancy mentioned in
McManigal's confession, and another
! named Munsey
! But the inquiry is not to stop with the
questioning Of the men named If common
! report here is credible. Men of national
prominence in the labor world are 10 ho
called to los Angeles t. tell intimately
their relations with the McNarnaras.
| These will include Samuel Gompers
president of the Am erican Federation of
! Labor. and President Ryan of the Struc-
tural Iron Workers International Union.
Clarence Darrow when shown tonight
despatch from the Fast quoting De-
| tectiveW j Burns a. saving that Gompers
knew the McNamaras were guilty before
they made their pleas and that Gompers
was one Of the higher ups defended
, the head of the American Federation.
The story that | told Gompers that
the MCNamaras we're guilty is without
| foundation" said Darrow. AS for him
being a higher up, know Gompers could
| ave known nothing f the Los Angeles
case. | never discussed it with him and
all he had TO go on was the statements
made to him hy the McNamaras when he
was here They told him they were in
noCpnt
Ortie McManigal was before the
Federal Grand Jury practically the entire
afternoon and il is surmised that he told
Of the dynamite plots and the part he
and others had in them.
Whether the Mcnamara brothers will
appear before the jury and testify is still
conjectural. The Sheriff has been asked
| 10 keep them here several days, but II is
not certain that they will testify. Various
statements attributed 10 them are denied
Attaches of the county Jail say the men
have made no statements 10 the press of
their intentions.
Samuel l.. Browne. head Of the District
Attorneys bureau of investigation. left
.
ono warrant for the arrest of labor
| leader there in connection with the at
tempt to bribe George Lockwood, pros
pectiv. Juror in the Mcnamara case.
! The theory of the prosecution now is that
none Of the attorneys for the defence was
involved in the attempted bribery. but
that it will he traced 10 labor leaders in
San Francisco Juror Robert f. Balm.
= / e.,
fessed she had got preliminary fee #
$500 to influence him in favor Of the
McNanaras. is not to he prosecuted, but
will be a witness in the bribery investiga-
tion.
Local post Office inspectors to-day
received instructions from Washington TO
investigate thoroughly charges that the
mails We're misused in connection with
the gathering of the defence fund used
in behalf Of the McNamaras.
Andrew Gallagher and j. A Kelly were
! in Los Angeles Yesterday and conferred
with barrow regarding a report as TO the
disposition of the fund They left last
night after making every effort to keep
their visit secret. Darrow says he il
/ preparing his report which will go TO the
/ American Federation Of Labor.
! The first authoritative statement con-
! ".r-t". the disposition Of Ortie NcNlan-
gal. self ,onfessed dynamiter, whose con-
l.-...!. vas largely responsible for the
pleas of guilty entered by the Mcnamara
I brothers last Friday was made this morn
! ing by the District Attorney.
| McManigal will NOT be turned over To
the authorities Of other cities where dyna-
hitting outrages have been perpetrated.
/ He may be loaned in some instances. but
! the rights If priority will he exercised by
the State Of California. He will not he
| given mp To other cities such as Milwaukee,
where the authorities would like to prose-
! cute him for the crimes which he is alleged
to have committed
! We have use for McManigal yet. s1id
/ the District Attorney this morning.
| There are "A number of cases in which his
testimony will be invaluable to the state
! Of California and for the prosecution OF
which we must retain him as "A witness.
He may be loaned TO the Government for
/ the present Grand jury Investigation. but
the principal thing for which We want him
/ is the prosecution Of the cases which We
still have in hand.
we shall retain him for an indefinite
period No one knows how long it will
b., We certainly shall not surrender him
to anv other State or any other city with
out the explicit understanding that he
shall be returned to us II must be re-
membered that his case has not vet been
disposed of After that then We shall
know what 10 do
The proceedings in the Federal Grand
Jury room are secret and what McManigal
sid or what WAS done to-day is merely a
matter Of conjecture. Oscar Lawler.
who has been retained TO assist the Gov
erument in the prosecution of the dyna-
ultng cases with United States Deputy
District Attorney Edward A. Regan is
conducting the taking of testimony before
the Grand Jury.
Late this afternoon report was cir
CUla'ed that the Mcnamara brothers are
no, 10 go before the Federal Grand Jury
for some time II is said that tho Grand
Jury is not ye, ready 10 hear tho testimony
which they have TO Offer There is perhaps
something in the rumor that the Nc
NGmara brothers have refused TO testify
in such a manner rs 10 be of any particular
aid 10 the Government and that for the
present they will not be taken before the
Federal Grand Jury. Later they can be
taken from Sen Quentin to San Francisco