United labor bulletin., 1911-12-07
Jam Es 3. MCNAMARA"
Denver Organizations Contribute.


Approximately $4,000 was contributed
to the defense fund of the McNamaras
by organized labor of Denver. 1t is esti
mated by labor leaders that II the total
assessments of every union in the
country were paid in. the total contribu-
tions to the defense would be about
5000 .00o.
The Western Federation of Miners.
with headquarters in Denver assessed
its members 25 cents each. raising about
S12.5 500. Asked concerning the feasibil-
ity OF returning the money. Ernest Mills,
secretary OF the Federation. said: Il
don't think that any man will request
the return OF his money. The money
from the federation, and from every
union in the country. was contributed in
good faith, and whatever money has
been spent has been disposed OF in the
same way"
Because of the general assessments
made by the international organizations.
there are no absolute figures on the con-
tribuuons as given by the sixty odd
unions affiliated with the Trades AS
sembly. a general per capita tax OF %
cents was sent by the unions TO Frank
Morrison. secretary-treasurer Of the A.
F. OF L.. Washington. d. C.. who was
treasurer OF the MCNAMARA defense
fund Besides this, many OF the locals
being the Cigarmakers, Carpenters. Ma
chinists and the Typographical union.
The Socialists donated s225. which
they raised as the proceeds of a picnic
given at the Tuileries. The Anu-lnjunc-
tion league sent about $500.
The trial OF James b. Mcnamara and
his brother, John j., was called Oct IL.
Nineteen indictments, each charging
murder. had been returned by the grand
jury against the brothers and for time
IL was said that they would be tried to-
gether. The defense, however, elected
to so TO trial separately, and the state
chose James b. Mcnamara to be tried
first During the eight weeks he sat in
court his brother in the Jail watched the
progress OF the trial, reading the tran
script of evidence. counseling with at
torneys and encouraging his brother.
Twelve venires were called to get
jurors for the case. When last Friday
the dramatic plea of guilty burst upon
the country. eight sworn jurors and one
talesman accepted as to cause sat in the
box The wife of Robert Balm, one of
the Jurors has since made n deposition
to the state that through b. II. Franklin.
an investigator employed by the defense,
she was persuaded to induce her hus-
band to accept $500 as bribe to see
that no verdict of guilty was returned.
with q PROMISE Oh $o,oNV uitei tne bah
1t is known that detectives from the
state attorneys office have been watch
ing another Juror.
For the arrest and conviction OF the
dynamiters OF the Times building re-
wards aggregaung nearly s250,000 were
offered. The city. the state, the county
and tremendous list of individuals con-
tributed to this sum. Some OF the re-
wards have been withdrawn. some are
said to be of doubtful legality, SO that
the actual total is estimated MS less than
$4,000.
Before nightfall of the day the Times
was blown up, clockwork bombs were
found at the residences of Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis. its publisher. and f. ]. Zee
handleaar, secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association. Both OF
these men were indefatigable supporters
of the open shop" policy. and the Times
mas stood for years on platform,
printed every day at the top OF one OF
its columns, declaring for industrial
freedom"
Clews followed by detectives led to
San Francisco and developed in the In
dictment of ~. B. Bryce" the name
under which James B. Mcnamara trav-
eled, and Milton A. Schmidt and David
Capian, who are still at large. re-
mark by Samuel l.. Brown. chief inves-
tigator for the state. that the men who
were sheltering them had stopped doing
SO, was taken by some to mean that the
McNamaras knew where they were and
told.
The chase after tho dynamiters sim
mered down for a time. when suddenly
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