Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-08

WIN his ngnt against the Interna
tional Typographical union. He had
enlisted the support of the Merchants
and Manufacturers' Association, q
powerful and influential body Of Los
the Times publisher in his campaign
against organized labor.
The feeling between the labor or
CARNATIONS and the Times was ex'
tremely bitter. General Otis openly
and strongly attacked unionism on
every possible occasion, and the
unionists were equally bold in de.
nouncing him and his allied forces.
On several occasions the newspaper
publishers life has been threatened
by men whom he had fought through
the columns of his paper.
The arrests marked the end of one
of the most thrilling criminal hunts
ever recorded. Many times detec.
tives knew in advance that certain
explosions were to take place and
dared not prevent them lest they
warn the quarry of their presence.
For six months. during which more
than dozen bomb outrages were
staged by the "wrecking crew." its
members are said never to have been
out Of sight of detective. All this
time the men were being sought by
regular police in the cities in which
they We're operating, but never once,
despite the omnipresence of posters
describing their appearance accurate.
1y hi <h0
thorities. :
A few weeks before the Times
building was destroyed an attempt
was made to blow up bridge at
Peoria, Ill. This was in the latter
part of September, 1910 An error
had been made in the adjustment OF
the machine and 1t failed to explode.
1t was found by Waterman and
turned over to detectives employed
by the Erectors' association-the ma
tional body of open-shop contractors,
against whom the hand of the
"wrecking crew" had been turned.
The contractors, who had been
forced to stand helpless while prop.
erty loss running over $5,OOO.OOO had
been inflicted upon them. saw in the
Internal machine their first clew, and
soon a swarm Of detectives went to
work in Peoria. Some worked into
the confidence of labor men and
learned. 1t is said, that a Chicago
man had done the job"
Comparison of the machine found
at Peoria and those picked up at Los
Angeles convinced the detectives the
dynamitings had been planned by the
same person and carried out by his
agent or agents. William J. Burns,
head OF the Burns Agency and the
man who exposed the San Francisco
graft ring, CHANGED to be in Los An.
geles at the time of the explosion
and was called into conference with
Mayor Alexander, the chief of police.
other city officials and representa-.
tives of the Merchants and Manufac.
turers' association.
He was offered reward from the
state, city and private interests which
now totals 100000, in the event that
he undertook the case and his men
ran down the criminals.
Going back to the Peoria plot, he
traced Mechanical to his Chicago
home, and then placed special
squad OF shadows on McManigal's
trail.
A connection was soon established |
between McNlanigal and the McNa.
maras, and their connection with a |
number Of additional dynamite cases
Events came rapidly to
q head, James B. Mcnamara and Nc. i
Manigal being arrested at Detroit on
April IL, 1911, and his brother ten
days later at Indianapolis. The lat.
ter was taken from an executive
of tho Iron Workers union.
Of which he was international secre.
tary, and a search of the union head.
quarters revealed mine of dyna.
mite. bombs. etc.. ready for use. The
men were taken to Los Angeles
where they have since been in Jail.
McManigaIs confession and zorro.
borative evidence connected the
brothers with series of over one
hundred dynamite outrages, extend.
ng from May 81. 1906. until April 5,
1911, just week before their arrest