Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-09

Angeles subsequently indicted on same
I charge.
April 2G-Prisoners arrived in Los
. Angeles.
M'MANIGAL ACCUsER.
/ May 4-McManigaI taken before grand
! jury where he made sworn statement
/ accusing James B. Mcnamara of hav-
ing blown up the Times, and declared
himself responsible for Llewellyn Iron
works explosion
May 5-Grand jury returned indict-
ments accusing McNamaras, Schmidt
. Caplan. John Doe and Richard Roe OF
/ - murders in connection with Times
explosion, and holding McManigal re-
sponsible jointly with John J. McNam-
ara for attempt 10 wreck Llewellyn
Iron works. McNamaras arraigned.
Bail asked. This denied May Q.
! May 2@-Charence S. DaProw arrived
from Chicago 10 become chief counsel
for McNamaras. Time for entering
pleas deferred TO July C.
July G-Instead of entering pleas. de-
Tense jurisdiction of Judge BordweIl
denying his right to try case, and NOV
ed to Quash indictments.
July 12-BOrdweu overrlIled both
motions. Defense filed exceptions
McNamaras pleaded not guilty Trial
set for Oct. II. 1911
LIVES OF M'SAMARAS
Sitting in a corridor just outside his
cell in the county Jail. John J. Mc-Nam-
ara, secretary treasurer of the Interua-
tiOnal Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Ironworkers. briefly sketched
he termed the uneventful lives OF him
self and his brother, James B. McNam-
ara.
Il was born in Cincinnati Dec %
1876" he said, and | am the oldest OF
six children although there We're 10
children originally / attended the
common schools in Cincinnati until
was - Years old and then took three
year course in business college.
Nothing of any importance hap
penea to me until the panic began in
1892. when l turned my hand TO any
thing and everything to keep the pot
boiling. as they say.
Il did my first bridgework at Gin
cinnati in 1898, joining the union the
next year. Between 1898 and 1901.
visited various sections of the middle
west following my. trade and working
on steel bridges, viaducts and similar
structures.
FILLS MANY OFFICES.
4 have held all of the offices in To-
cal unions, particularly in those OF
Cleveland. and have attended all the
conventions of the international a6so-
citation since 1902. | was elected sec
Ond vice president at the convention
at Kansas City in 1903 and was chosen
secretary treasurer at Toronto in 1904
l have held that Office ever since.
The last building | worked on was
the Rockefeller structure i'll Cleveland.
I left that job to go to Toronto, and Il
was held open for me if | wanted TO
go back, but | didn't, as I had been
made secretary-teasurer and had my
time fully taken up with the duties of
that office.
The Offices of the international as
sociation were in New York when |
was first elected. Later. for sentimen-
tai reasons. l was instrumental in hav-
ing them moved TO Cleveland. Two
years after the Offices were removed
there, another change was made to In
dianapolis. for the reason that so many
labor organizations had their interna-
tional headquarters there.
I never planned my life far ahead.
The work OF an ironworker probably
precludes such planning. for such a
man does not know when he leaves
home in the morning that he will re-
turn at night 1t probably tends TO-
wards faJalism.
TAKES Up STUDY OF LAW.
Z wanted TO learn of the organiza-
ton in which / held Office particular
" the legal end OF it, and so I attend
I'd the Indianapolis college OF law and
was admitted TO practice in 1909.
There is little else about my life
except my arrest I am an inveterate
reader. and always have been. of books
treating with economics and Industrial
matters
James B Mcnamara. who sat quiet
" b. while his brother talked, also
was born in Cincinnati. His birthday
was June >. 1882. He attended the
common schools and then learned the
printers trade. which he has followed
almost continuously ever since. work /
ing in job Offices in Chicago. Cleveland. .
Cincinnati and other cities.
Unlike me- said John J. McNanl- .
ara. my brother has never been es-
pecially active in trades union afairs."