The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
TO DECIDE FATE
| OF NJ NAMARA FUND
Labor Men Meet at Washington
to Take Action.
BELIEVE THEIR WORK ENDED
Ways and Means Committee May Dis.
! band as Result of Confessions;
| 100000 Has Already
! Been Spent.

Washington, Dec. 6.-The ways
and means committee selected by the
American Federation of Labor and
other organizations to raise funds
for the defense of the Mcnamara
brothers, met in th!s city today,
This committee consists of Frank
NJ. Ryan, president of the Interna-
tional Association OF Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, OF which j.
j. Mcnamara was secretary-treasur-
er; Samuel Gompers, Frank Nor
rison, James A. Short, William J.
Spencer, James OConnell. John B.
Lennon and Thomas F. Tracy.
Now that the McNamaras have
pleaded guilty and have been SEN
fenced to prison, the committee will
determine whether it should disbaI.d
or remain in existence until all mat,
tiers growing out of the confessions
and the threats to make further ar
rests have been settled definitely 1t
is intimated that some members of
the committee believe the people
cept as final any charge that may be
made hereafter against leaders of
labor. Because of this it will be con.
tended by some that the committee
should stand indefinitely.
Believe Work Is Ended.
Other members believe that the
confession of the McNamaras ends
the work of the committee and that
there is no further need for it.
The committee also will settle up
are concerned. About 100000 have
been received by the American Fed,
GRAFTON of Labor and more than 5000,
900 of this has been turned over to
Clarence S. Darrow, who is author.
lied to pay all attorneys fees growing
out of the trial of the McNamaras
and all other expenses. Secretary
Frank Morrison. in an interview in
New York. said that Attorney Oar.
row has been paid so far $4,000 for
his services. From authoritative
sources, 1t was learned that the
$50 600 received by Attorney barrow
comprised his retaining fee and pay
for his service from the date of his
retention until December I. After
that date, he was to have received
800 day until the close of the
trial. Besides this, the attorney was
to have been allowed $40 a week for
hotel expenses.
Audit to Be Ordered
The ways and means committee
will order the auditing of all ex,
penditures. Just what they are will
not be known until Attorney Oar.
row turns over an itemized state
.ment. Some members of the commit
tee will demand that every item OF
expenditure be made public and 1t is
believed the committee will so de-
eide.
Widow and Orphan Fund.
Des Mones, Dec. Especial: The
LEGAL union of the brotherhood O
painters, Decorators & Paperhangers
last night adopted resolutions de
ncuncing the Mcnamara brothers a.
r.urderers and unfit to associate with
union men and started subscription
to raise a fund equal or double the
,amGunt in the Mcnamara defense
fund to be used in aiding the widows
and orphans OF the tWenty-one mer
VINO last their lives in the disaster OF
the Los Angeles Times. Local paint
ers will use every effort to secure al
endorsement of this movement by
labor unions in every town in Iowa
and, hope to be able to raise a quarter
OF a million in the United States tt
be given to the widows and orphans