American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-05-06
THE DYSAMI4 r 0rTRAGEs.

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One thing has already been made
clear in the dynamite cases. says the
indianapolis News, and that 10 that
John j. Mcnamara was closely con
nected with the dynamite industry.
THOSE men who suggest that enemies
81 labor had planted the hundred
nounds az 70 OF this explosive found
n me building In which 1.-THE Iron
workers association had Its offices
oniv make themselves
The dynamite was not planted IN
The barn which was rented ny NC
Namara. Enemies Of labor dtd not
plant dynamite that was found IN
the OF McNamara's brother
when he was arrested In Detroit, al
ter having been trailed to that city
from his brothers office here. NOR
was the dynamite planted at Trim
TIN large quantities of dynamite dis
covered. together with the Internal
maehinery. the sawed-off s~hotguns,
and the slungshots, make u periec.'y
clear that there was a conspiracy ~
destroy. We think that enoush 10
already known to prove that John
Mcnamara knew about much tha'
was going on.
The really dangerous enemies OF
organized labor are nc the men wac
fight II. but the men who
such crimes as have disgraced TINS
country who advance ridiculous the-
cries Ia account for them. and re-
fuse 10 condemn them. Such a state
ment m that made by Gompers does
more harm TO labor than such q MAJ
A. Kirby could do In many years
This feature OF the case IL, II seems
to us. the most important one. ~
Is time for the members OF the
unions TO set their faces sterniy
against this sort OF thing. II Is APP
narent that everyone OF these ex-
plosions has been connected win y
labor trouble. and also that II
ers were involved In all THESE cases,
except the Los Asngeles case, mat
being a quarrel over the open SHOP
question. And now when Mcnamara
brother Is caught carrying dynamite
about the country. and when u
dreds OF pounds have been captured,
mart OF II having been found In two
nlaces under control of John j. Me-
Nnmara. any fair minded man must
gee that a very serious case IL pre-
scented.
The danger now Ii that the whole
labor movement may be discreditea
Relieving as we do that under pres
ant conditions that labor unions are
A necessity. and that they may be q
great power for good. II seems 20 us
that the members OF the unions ana
their officers have a very important
duty to perform. We think. too, that
the people generally ought to be on
their guard against the danger OF
Identifying union labor with such
outrages as these. There is no legit
innate connection of any sort be-
tween crime and union labor as suca
There are plenty of unions that have
never been guilty of crime, n IN
unions there are thousands OF men
who are honest, patriotic and law
abiding citizens. Further than this,
a federal Judge has recently held
that mere membership In a union
was not enough to make men respon'
sible for any crimes of which the
leaders and officers might be round
guilty. So we need to keep our
heads In such times as these. and
especially do we need to remember
that labor combinations are abso-
1uteiy essential In these days OF cap
italistic combinations. For this rea-
and we think that union men ought
TO be the first to denounce such out
RACES as these and they ought not.
through a mistaken sense of loyalty.
TO weaken and discredit q great
cause.
There are some features In the
handling of the case that are. we
think. TO he regretted II would have
been better had Mcnamara had y
real hearing This Ia the only thing
IA the whole affair that has been
seriously criticised by the labor peo-
Pile. The governor was right In hon
ering the requisltlon and in Issuing
the order OF arrest But after the
man had been arrested an orderly
and far less summary method Of pres
cedure should have been followed.
The result OF the action taken may
he to bcfog the case. and so to con
fuse mems Judgment AS to the cues
tion OF NcNamara's guilt or inno-
cencce of thee crime with which he
- Cnefgeu IL VIII ne wei 10 ~rtStrN'
Judgment until all the evidence Is
before the public. Finally, Il should
he said that the people-and not mer-
ely She detectives and the officers
~ the iaw-are determined TO put an
end TO this dynamite business Tho
great issue Is whether men are 10 be
slaughtered In cold blood simply be-
they are fnvolved-often In the
!, ,rst indirect way-in labor troubles
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