The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
Dynamitins confederates of McNa-
mara Were Sent to Various
Places to See "so-and-so"
to get Instructions.
SOME LABOR LEADERS
Six Are Mentioned Besides the Two
Brothers and Eight Others
Are Indirectly
Involved.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 12.-In-
formation from Ortie McManigal Is
said here today to be the basis of the
federal investigation of the Mcnamara
dynamiting conspiracy, which Is ex-
pected to result In the wholesale in
dictments of labor leaders.
Six labor leaders are asserted to be
mentioned by name in McManigaPs
statement, outside of John j. and
James B. Mcnamara, as having been
implicated in the dynamitings. At
least eight others are said to have
been indirectly involved. The labor
leaders in question are said to be scat
tered through the middle west and
east.
]. B. Mcnamara, as secretary treas
urer of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, is said, according to information
in the federal authorities possession,
to have sent his dynamiting ccnfeder-
ates to various labor leaders where 1t
was desired that dynamiting be done,
with instructions to "see so-and-so. .
who would give instructions regarding
"the jobs to be done"
1t is asserted that McManigals
dynamiting operations were under the
direction Of persons other than ]. J
| Mcnamara from early in 1907 te
March 81, 1909 McManigal, it is said
has given the federal authorities the
names of at least one individual who
directed his operations throughou
4 this period.
4 That the clock apparatus was no
used in the dynamitings until aftel
they had been going on for some time
is indicated in information which Nc
Manigal is said to have given ths
federal authorities. It's use in ex
plosions is not believed to have beer
explained to McManigal until Febru
ary, 1910, when he held conferences
with j. B. Mcnamara at Chicago ant
Indianapolis.
] It is stated that the federal author
tiles are endeavoring to confirm Nc
Manigals statements by document
and letters taken from the headquaI
ters of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. Great Importance, 1T is said, /
attached to the documents which wer
obtained last Saturday by the feders
authorities from the Iron Worker!
4 Headquarters. The name of the il
i diyidual who allowed u. S. Marsha
Edward Schmidt to enter the Iro
Il Workers rooms is being guarded
Herbert S. Hockin, secretary treasul
er of the Iron workers, today vigorous
" denied that he knew anythin
about the removal Of the documents
He asserted that the file cases show
ed that nothing had been removed
4 He had not inspected the vaults, h
said.
More than thirty-tive detectives, Ii
Guiding representatives of the fedora
government, representatives of tn
National Erectors' Association an
VIM. J. Burns operatives are noN
2 here in connection with the fedora
probe. Every incoming and out-goin
a train is being watched.
+ With but two more days remainin
i before the United States grand jur
e convenes to take up the dynamitini
conspiracy, stenographers rushe'
r their work at top speed today to hav
}, all the evidence ready.
: United States District Attorne
Charles w. Miller, in charge of tn
federal probe, refused today to al
swer any queries regarding the il
vestigation.