The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
1. LEADtI,
 AT LOS Ahs. Three Men Charged With Nation Wide Dynamit-
 ing Conspiracies
OTHER ARRESTS ARE
 EXPECTED SHORTLY
True Bills Brought About Through Finding Lctters-Attorney Fred ericks Goes East to
 Indianapolis

I
 Indianapolis
 Los Angeles, December 3o.-Three labor leaders of national prominence were in~
 dicted and arrested today in the goyern-
 ment's first round up of men alleged to
 be connected with alleged national dyna-
 hitting conspiraeies, which federal grand 1 juries began Investigating here and in Indianapolis directly after the McNamara brothers confessed on December 1. The men arrested are Olaf Tvietmoe. 1 secretary-treasurer of the California State
 Building Trades council and head of the Asiatic Exclusion club Antonio Johann sen, organizer or the State Building Trades council, and J. E. Munsey, head of the Salt Lake City local union of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, of
 which John J. McNamara, now serving 1 15 years in prison, was international sec- retary and treasurer.
 l These three men are charged with hay- | ing conspred to transport nitroglycerin and other explosives from one state to another in violation of the interstate com merce laws. l E. A. Clancey, formerly business agent of the Structural Iron Workers Union
 in San Francisco, was charged with the same offense in the same indictment but
 he has not been arrested. | In addition to these four, five other
 men were named in the indictment They
 are Ortie McManigal. confessed accom-
 plice of the McNamaras. the chief aid | i.a fl. isae- evidence; the McNamara brothers; David
 Kaplan, and ono Schmidt alleged confed-
 crates of James E. McNamara in the
 blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building.
 Three Obtain Bail
 Tveitmoe, Johannsen and Munsey ob- tained bail in the sum of s50Oo. Lecompts Davis, one of the McNamara defense
 attorneys; Mrs Job Hartman, wife of
 another one of the attorneys who rep
 resented the McNamaras, and John Mul-
 ray who formerly edited labor union
 publication, acted as bondsmen. | Tvetmoe persistently refused to make
 any statement to the press. Johennsen | excused himself hy declaring he had hai q falling out with Uncle sam Mllnsey
 also was reticent. Job Hartman said
 that the men probably would remain in Los Angeles until their arralgnment next
 week.
 A. I. Mccormick. United States district attorney, declared that the governments investigation of the alleged national dyna- hitting conspiracy was by means | ended.
 He intimated that besides continuing the
 investigation into the illegal transporta- | tfon of explosives the grand jury might | take up alleged misuse of the mails. | Concerning the indictments returned today, Assistant United States District | Attorney Began asserted that the govern
 ment was in possession of conclusive eyi- 1 dences against most of the men arrested. | Mccormick said the indictments re- 1 turned today involved only crimes al- | legged to have been committed in the | southern district of California. | The specific act charged against the alleged conspirators is the transpoita- I tidn of explosives in connection with the | dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron Works here on December %, 1910. At that time | the federal laws are said to have been
 broken by McNIanigal bringing explosives 1 here from Riverside, Cal, as a part of an interstate trip from Chicago. | While only nine mon were mentioned 1 in the joint indictment filed, the grand l jury made provision for the possible ar | rests of others by adding the phrase. | and others to the jury unknown to tho | true bills.
 | The conviction of any of the persons 1 means a sentence of two years in the pen- | itentiary or fine of $10,000 or both on | each of four counts contained In the h. | dictment. As soon the men were ar i rested they sent word to Job Harrimans
 who said he would represent the men for l the present at least. Lecompte Davis l said he did not know whether Darrow would be engaged.
 Polman Comments H. W. Poman, business agent of the Iron Workers of Seattle, said: "I believe that part of the grand | jury's investigation was conducted in good faith, but that the indictments were returned merely to justify the investi- l gation. A public institution was used to get in private information. There is not | a shred of evidence. The men indicted
 were backed up not only by the labor peo- pie of California, but the whole coun- l try. Their honesty and integrity are too well known for the confidence felt in
 them by the labor union people to be | shaken by the indictments" 1 The present investigation was begun
 two days after the McNamara brothers
 were sentenced. Since then the grand | iury has examined large number of wit
 nesses. many of them important in labor | circles.
 1 The charge against the three labor lead l CTS is the general accusation Of con- spiracy to transport dynamite in viola l tion of interstate commerce laws. The | true bills under which the men were | taken prisoners were brought about | through the finding of a packet | of letters. Deputy marshals have been | sent out, and it is said other arrests
 ars imminent Shortly after returning the
 indictments the grand jury recessed until | Tuesday next.
 Oscar Lawler, special prosecutor, was l not present in court. and it was said he | had gone east, probably with County Dis l trict Attorney John D. Fredericks, who | left for Indianapolis this morning. l Fredericks took with him suitcases that l were supposed to contain evidence gath cred for use in the McNamara trial. | The action of the grand jury affected
 the case of Tveitmoe He was pallid when | taken into the United States marshal's | office. "Who will you have for your att | torney?" Johannsen was next asked.
 "Blamed if I know; we've had too many
 already" he replied.
 Bail. it is said. has been fixed at $5000 | for each man, and Attorney Hartman, | after conference with the three pris-
 oners left the federal building to obtain the sureties.
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