Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-25
Find o. Way TO
Dust the Board
ARRIVAL Of z union
Men KEPT A Secret
EVERY AVENUE or INFORMA-
TION CUT OFF'-LOS ANGELES
Is FEARING TROUBLE.


ating confusion In order to protect the
secret Of the date and hour when John
and James Mcnamara and Ortie Nc
| Manigal will arrive to face the charge
Of having destroyed the Times plant
/ has been for two days the principal
occupation of the officials who Will be
charged with the safe keeping of the
alleged dynamite conspirators All
maintain that william j. Burns, the
detective is keeping his own counsels.
That they are coming across the con-
tinent by zig gag routes, is however,
asserted on all Sides
! Sheriff Hammel who will be direct
/ ly charged with the custody OF the al
| legged plotters declared they probably
would not arrive until the last of the
present week instead of Wednesday
as expected. Hammel laughed when
told that the prisoners had been seen
at Kansas City and other points along
the routes today and suggested that
I the handcuffed men seen aboard the
4 continent trains were dummies
who's expenses were being paid on
| the long trip to throw off the trail
an yone who might stop the progress
OF the officers and their charges with
habeas corpus wrts, or more spon-
taneous and violent means.
The iron workers are on strike here
and though there has been no belllge-
rant expression from the union men,
the police regard the situation as one
demanding alertness and a police
force sufficient to cope with emer-
gencies. Several police officials eX-
pressed the fear that the arrival of
Mcnamara and Mechanical might be
made signal for participating the
long threatened strike for unionizing
Los Angeles.
Such fears on the part OF the police
are unfounded according TO a state
ment issued today by ]. p. Timmons,
general organizer OF the iron work.
ers who is in charge OF the strike here
Timmons said that all the labor un-
ions wanted was a square deal. He
asserted that It probably was the in
tention Of the foes of union labor TO
lay the doors OF the organization re-
sponslbllity for the Times outrage.
The unions are not organizations
land no one will rejoice more to see
the guilty punished than members Of
labor unions :"
; Leaders OF the local unions contin-
: ued private conferences today, presum
able on the subject of the defense
; OF the prisoners and the raising Of
funds to finance the legal battlt which
Z gives every promise Of being fiercer
Ngh
suited I'm the acQuittal OF Meyer, Hay
wood and Pettlbone, In the Steren-
, herg case. It was reported here that
Clarence Darrow the man who de-
, Tended the Colorado miners in the
, Idaho Dynamltng case would take
. the lead in defending tho McNamaras
and McManigal.
I Judge Protects Union Documents.
indianapolis, April 24.-By al
order Of Joseph =. Markezy of tn,
: Marion county criminal court, ISSUED
, today only the county prosecutor
e members Of the grand jury, and Off
4 clals OF the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
:, ers will be permitted to examin
} books and papers taken from tn
] offices Of the association.
This action, taken on application
OF attorneys for the association anC
y with the approval OF the count!
Q prosecutor, bars private detectives
and unofficial investigators from in
!. specting tho books, correspondence,
o and documents.
, The material was locked up in th'
n grand jury room and will be sub
. mitted to the grand Jury tomorrow II
the course Of the investigation as t
the identity OF the persons who de-
O posted dynamite In the Iron Work
n ers' association storage compart
II ment in the basement Of tho building
in which are It's offices.
A part Of the books and paper
were seized by the police last Satur
day night In a raid on the offices
led by William J. Burns, private dc
tectlve In the employ Of the Nationa
Erectors' association, investigatinl
dynamite explosions that have dam
aged bridges and buildings In cours,
Of construction in many parts Of tn,
country, and destroyed the Los An
geles Times building. The raid fol
lowed the arrest of ], J. Mcnamara
secretary treasurer OF the Iron Work
ers, indicted In Los Angeles for al
legged completely In an explosion at tn,
: Lewclyn Iron works.
il superintendent Of Police Haylant
Y was summoned before the grand jur.
D today and afterward summons wa
d issued for Frank NJ. Ryan, presldon
q Of the Iron Workers association, or
0 dering him to produce additional REQ
r. ords. Ryan was TO have appeared
d this afternoon, but he did not do &c
q and by order of the grand jur
n deputy sherlffs went to the offlc
n building In wagon, piled the de
sired documents IN It, and took then
to tho court house.
Henry zyfrled McNamara's at
10 torney, In an interview, denounced III
d cxtradltlon Of Mcnamara as an "out
n rageous illegalIty," and said he be
a llevcd tho detectives were guilty o
kidnapping under the laws Of Indianu