The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-04-27
accurately. were they molested by the
authorities.
Clockwork Bomb Ia Clue.

clue resulting IN the exposure Oh tnefr
identity.
A few weeks before the Times
building was DESTROYED an attempt
was made to blow up bridge at Pc
oria, Ill. An error had been made In
the adjustment of the machine and 1t
failed to explode. 1t was found by a
Waterman and turned over to detec-
tives employed by the Erectors' asso-
ciation--the national 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 a prop
erty loss running over $5,000,000 had
been inflicted upon them, saw in the
internal machine their first clue, and
soon swarm of detectives went to
work in Peoria Some worked into the
confidence of labor men and learned
il is said, that Chicago man had
done the job"
Others In Los Angeles.
After the dynamiting of the Times
building, similar bombs were found
planted near the residences of Gen
eral Otis, publisher of the Times,
and Felix j.. zeehandelaar, secretary
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers
association of Los Angeles. Passers-
| by heard the clockwork ticking, dis.
covered the source of the ominous
sound and turned the internal ma
| phinoc pvar IN tho np1ipo
Comparison of the machine found
at Peoria and those picked up at Los
| Angeles convinced the detectives that
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 Angeles at the time of the
explosion and was called into con
| ference with Mayor Alexander, the
chief of police, other city officials and
representatives of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association.
For a 100000 Reward.
He was offered reward from state,
city and private interests which now
totals 100000, in the event that he
undertook the case and his men ran
down the criminals.
Burns for time worked under
supervision of the Los Angeles author.
tiles. then, following a misunderstood
ing. branChed off on his own respon-
sibility, still continuing the investiga-
| ton.
Going back to the Peoria plot, he
traced McManigal to his Chicago
home. and then placed special squad
of shadows" on McManigal's trail
| The impulse that led the detective
to investigate the movements of Nc,
Manigal apparently proved to have
been founded on sound reasoning.
Times Building Destroyed.
Shortly after the big presses in
the basement had commenced rum
bling on the morning of October I,
1910, the Los Angeles Times building
was destroyed by an explosion which
startled the city. Twenty-one lives
were lost. The property loss was es,
| tlmated at SoOU,UOU.
Twenty minutes after the explosion
which shattered windows and broke
glass in houses many blocks away
the seven-story brick and stone build
ing was a mass of ruin, under which
the score of victims lay .
1t was believed the explosion, to
gether with two other unsuccessful
attempts, by which 1t was sought to
destroy the homes Of the owner OF
the Times, Gen. Harrison Grey Otis
and Harry Zeehandelaar, was the re
suit of conspiracy of certain union
labor leaders who were known to be
antagonistic to the Times and the
merchants organization.
Call Arrest Infamous Outrage"
Washington. April 24-Samue
Gompers. president Of the American
Federation of Labor, and other higf
officials associated with him in the or
ganization, denounced az an "infa
nous outrage" the arrest of John G
Mcnamara.
"How long are the American people
going to stand for legalized kidnap
iug?" demanded President Gompers
referring to the arrest and quick re
moval of Mcnamara to Los Angeles
"McNamara's extradition is an out
rageous piece of legalized kidnapping,
continued President Gompers Moth
ing except the Haywood, Meyer an'
Pettibone case equals II In the be
smirched history of attacks upon or
ganized labor.
Ever since the Los Angeles trag
edy the interests have been trying t.
fasten guilt upon organized labor ]
might just as well be Mcnamara a.
another. The whole affair smacks O
welllaid Encouragement
81 cannot say what may or may no
be done in the defense of these men,
said President Gompers, cor whethe
tine American Federation OF Labo
will give it's aid, but in the meantime
| hold the utmost confidence In thel
innocence"
Find More Dynamite.
Tiffln O., April 24.-Detectives Wi
liam J. Burns and one OF his opera
tives, J. A. G. Badorf uncovered 40
pounds of dynamite in a shed in tn
heart Of this city, within twenty mir
utes after stepping from trail
which hnra fhor from Indian nnf L