The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-12-14

grand jury which is probing the dy-
Mantle charges.
HOMESTAKE PLOT is
LINKED TO Men .iMARAS.
Dcadwood. S D.-That the at
tempted burning OF cyanide plant
No. 9 OF the lIomestake Mine by
lImmet O'Grady and George Butler.
now %convicts at the South Dakota
%penitentiary in Sioux Falls, having
been convicted Of arson in the thiId
degree Mt the las. November term OF
tho circuit court Of this county, was
a part Of thcg enetal con piracy
against n%ouunion industrial plants
in the west, confessed by the Me
Namaras at Los Angeles, is O be-
lieled by the secret service dera.t-
mcnt OF the IIomestake Mining COM
pany at Lead, which department has
been maintained ever since the look
out Of union labor At that mine two
NtalS ago.
1t will be remembered that at
the trial OF Butler and O'Grady, tcs-
,1imony was given tending to show 4
Ilan on the part OF those Two young
lllc1 W ltIJNlS lllt QttANl ~ oAitu
workings and plant OF the Home
stake company. by d%ynamiting the
mouth CT . shaft which Red creek
courses on It's way to Dcadwood.
1t is no wstatcd that that is the
only shaft leading to the surface of
tho Homestake mine. through which
men might escape in case fire in the
mino should cut Of exit By means OF
the several hoists in Lead and that
lhad that shaft been destroyed by
dynamite and fire set to the timbers
in the shafts and tunnels within the
mine, the non-union labor men
working in the mine when the fire
started wolNG have persisted to 4
mau. -
High Origin OF Plan.
Tho iIomcstake authorities have
maintained that Butler and OsGrady
were melted TO attempt the burning
of the cyanide plant by men high In
authority In the Western Federation
OF Miners and that there a an at
tempt upon the interior Of the mine
planned and only failed OF execution
because Of the fact that O'Grady and
Butler were arrested before they
could proceed with the work TO its
conclusion. Tracy, II of the asita.
tors, who came to Lead and incltet
the strike which resulteA in TN
Homestake lockout, has not been ii
tho Black Hills since the Lockout
was inaugurated and has severa
times been reported dead.
II is now known positively, 10 The
IlHomestake secret service department
however. that Tracy is alive ant
they expect to witness his unearthint
in the general investigation int
;, dynamiting plots, which the Cnite'
States government will inangurate
There are 1900 men employed o.
the various levels of the Homestak'
mine at all hours of the day ant
night, the year round. and II is es
: timated that. if the plot to blow VI
the Redwood creek shaft mouth an
subsequently fire the %itnerior OF th
mine, haa been successfully Carrie
ont the loss Of life would have bee
: appalling.
:, McNamnras OF to Prison.
q Los Angeles. Cal.-Jamos d. Nc
: Namara, confessed murderer All
> John ]. Mcnamara, sonfessed dyna
y inter and sccretary-trcasuger OF th
} international Association Of Bridg
. and Structional Iron Workers. start
cd from here late Saturday, for Sa
e Quentin r%enitentiary, sol miles fror
here. e's
James r. Mcnamara, who blew IL
il 1.-The Los Angeles Times building o
d October list, 1910, with a loss OF 2
Lives, yesterday began a sentence c
li:c imprisonment, while his brotl
t err faces a term of Is years for CON
I.licity in the %dynamiting OF the LleH
: ellyp Iron Works here last Chris.
o mas.
-. Stand by Belief. 49,.
0 'I'm a young nan and I'm &c
union labor" was John j. McNan
sara's parting comment to the worr'
according to Clarence S. barrow, h
chief counsel. who was last with hin
9 John j. also expressed the hope TIL;
!, sentiment Of union labor toward hi
u would change, remarking that
l. time the case would be better VI
h derstood.
Ths route taken by Sheriff VIII
!. lam Hamel apd his prisoners WI
y kept secret and eve the time OF d
II rarture was unknown to the Gener;
5, public
:, james BIS right hand was manac
; cd to John US left wrist. Both me
looked pale andScneerless. and wal