East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-30

Those arrested this morning were
Olaf Tvietmoe. high official of the
San Francisco Trades Council and
also of the Oriental Labor Exclusion
association, Anton Johannsen, an of
| ficer of the California State Labor
! Federation of San Francisco also, and
j. E. Munsey, secretary-treasurer of
the Salt Lake City Structural Iron
Workers union.
The others indicted were the two
Mcnamara brothers-now serving
time in San Quentin penitentiary for
the Times and Llewyllen Iron Works
explosions in this city. David Caplan
and NJ. Schmidt. alleged accomplices
of James Mcnamara in the Times
outrage, and who are now missing and
being sought by the authorities and
two Others whose names have not as
yet been divulged by the authorities.
The arrests of the three labor lead
ers occurred shortly after IL O'Clock
this morning, when the grand jury
suddenly returned the indictments 1t
was dramatic in the extreme. The
three men were seated in the court
room, little suspecting the turn that
was to occur so suddenly. and they
were arrested at the same time at a
given signal, by officers who quietly
closed in on them evidently to pre-
vent any possible miscarriage of their
plans.
The charges made directly against
the men are that of conspiracy to the
interstate transportation of dynamite
in vi Of ha fn6n
serious charges may follow soon.
1t is understood that their bonds
have been fixed at $4,000 each but
this could not be confirmed at 2:30
this afternoon.
Job Hartman. associate counsel for
the defense of the Mcnamara broth
ers, and recently defeated candidate
for mayor of Los Angeles, appeared
at the federal court room this after
noon. as attorney for the three men
arrested. He left shortly afterward
in search for bail for the prisoners,
and was soon lost to view, hurriedly
seeking means of securing the release
of the labor leaders.
Olaf Tvietmoe, one of the prison
ers, when asked for statement this
afternoon, said:
I'VE have been arrested, as you
see, and l will positively make no
statements for publication. Our
cases will be tried in the courts and
not in the newspapers
Malcom McLaren, local manager
for the Burns detective agency, was
on hand when the arrests were made
and he it was who gave out the in
formation, regarding the nature of
| the charges on which the arrests were
made
The arrests were made by the chief
! United States Marshal Sittle and sew
/ eral aides. TIL emer made no DEM
onstration when taken into custody
and when they were informed that
they were prisoners, each arose with
out a word and accompanied the Of
| ficers to an ante room of the mar
shal's office, and evinced no surprise.
although they gave outward signs that
| they did not expect arrest at this
I time.
Deputy Sittle made a statement
| that no more arrests would be made
| this afternoon, but despite this as
sertion, it was learned that other at
taches of the United States marshal's
| office are this afternoon diligently
looking for another labor leader from
| the north
| 1t is thought more than likely that
| Clarence Darrow will be chosen as
chief counsel for the defense of the
men, but this he would not confirm
| today. He said:
81 am not sure that I will be con-
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