The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-02
UNION LABOR MEN
EXPRESS SURPR
IncrcdulouS at First Over
Confession of the Mc.
Namara Brothers,

Union labor men in Sal, Lake vs,
creduIous when informed that ] III
Nsmars had confessed his s,lIlt l..
Log Angeles Times outrage. wh,,s
suited in the loss OF more than
OF lives. 1t must be fake a.,
cRnard." they, said We cannon n
IT," When convinced that the sto,,
true. their astonishmcnt quickly ers,-
indignation. To think" they !
these arc the men In whose inn :
We implicitly believed and toward.
defense VIC cheerrully contributed \
Labor leaders declare that prae.
all the membership of trad4,
ztesdfastly believed In the McNsr-
Innocence. "Ilad the case CONC 49,
and resulted In = conviction I yod<
Vays nave believed the jury. undvI<
1ucnCcd. said one. But this cone<-
removes al possible doubt and i. A.
CONVINCED that hanging Is too Eoo1
the guilty peTsous-
While tho general belief is ths,
revelations Will injure the causa H.
gauiSed labor. local leaders are con1
That second thought will arsol9s n
cgrl2a don from fcsponsibilit. To-
actions Of a few of It's members. :
Comes as Shock.
r. Eugene Morris, chairman "a
executive committee of salt Lake n
graphical union No. lli. said Ma
had not authorized any Official \
ncnt. but gave the following persoual
prcSslon;
The report that james e. ATcNs'
had pleaded guilty 90 IN" dynamic.
the Los Angeles Times building and
/ Mcnamara 10 tho dynamitins d
JlepcIlyn Iron works Il certainly 4
shock and surprise 10 me and no
TO ali other union men throughon<
country y
Such crimes arn 50 rcpugnant "A
feelings aud spirit uf union rneuf'
orally that they have uniycrsallv nd
TO even suspect that any ~ thcIr 4
members could hc even implicated if'
| Thing OF the kind, Union men cretyv
! have contributed &" tho defcuse. of
mcr. solely on tho suppostiou thai
were innocent and were being mad
scapeSoHts nf a movement which Ia
| it's object the discrodItins oi the
! human life or suffering.
"Tf Il shall prove TO hc true That
men have pleaded guilty. their cou
sion Of thcso dss'ardly onlrasss \
of them the worst enemies Union
ever had Men are accepted iHt1
unions principally on their ellIlI and
! ficicncy as good worlSmen. II Is Nd
| WAYS possible 10 know the lnncr tho
Of these men or 10 exclude the
letting anarchist Who IL likely a
| time 10 resort to murder aud n
| thinking foolishly that thereby he
avcnGe the wrongs OF advance the
| ,f tho prrn OiZatiov
Aim Of Organized Labor,
The whole object and spirit 4
caniled labor l. the sdvanceinent
cause Of humanity and the ainello|
| Of unbcarahlc conditions that bay
ages been forced upon the more n
| and lowiy classes OF ucn-these q
always 10 be sought for and obtsin
honorable and high minded method
never by bloodshcd.
"Tho irtimation In the Assoclated
report that the sentences 10 n" if1
| have already been agreed upon
rise 10 the suspicion that the ssi
of the CONFESSIONS nj this
ular time mny be the result
political bargain whereby ~ 10
10 defeat the Socialist candida
tho coming municipal clectio1
Los Angeles. And what piti'uly
| punishment u II mat - DlVp't'H
| meted out 10 these men who have
fessed 10 murperinG moro than r.
Of people, n these men are gun
petty political bargain should int
between them and tho most sun
capital punishment
H. X Russell, secretary OF the
Lake Federation OF Labor. said;
81 am glad the culprits have bee
covered--sorry they have proved
the Mcnamara brothers. But Org
Ia Dor has no support nor syrnpatI
that kind OF work and II guilty fh'
quate punishment OF these men
advocated BY all true friends OF Y
Mr. Russell believes that the.
Of the workincman viii not be u
by the Developments Ia this case.
thinking person can blame an ors
ton for the nnwarrantcd and unR
izcd action OF a member. and the
imous Reputation OF tho action
McNamaess by union men eveis
will shield union labor from the
prestige which would result u We
blamed for the outrage.
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