Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-15
TRIES TO BLAME ORGANIZED LABOR.

BY reading the following it can be readily
seer that the San Francisco Post insists on plac
ing he blame organized labor and the West
crn Federation OF Miners, instead of the McNa-
malaS for the dyHamiting Of the Times building
and the Llewellyn Iron Works. However, organ
lied labor and the Western Federation of Miners
have experienced such attacks many times, tut
after The facts were all IN organized labor and
the Western Federation eXonerated The
Post says
The confession of the Mcnamara brothers inn
PEELED confession from their chief counsel Mr.
Clarence Darrow. In explaining the surrender OF
his clients Mr. Darrow admitted that for
months he had known their guilt and that he
had advised their confession the only way OF
saving their necxs. Mr. barrow, it is well known
only undertook the defense of the Mcnamara s
under extreme pressure from the leaders of or
gained labor and probably foreSaw from the
first the hopeleSsness of the The old ques-
ton of ethics, debated for half century by
school boys whether "A lawyer is justified in de-
Tending a client whom he knows to be guilty,
need not be reopened at this juncture but it
would seem that the rpest opportunity now pre-
sents itself to Mr.. Darrow to demonstrate that
he has civic as well as professional CON
science Almost certainly it is within his power
to render the state the greatest aid in ferreting
cut Il terrible conspiracy OF which his clients
only tools and nothing but the honor OF
not betraymg professional secrets can deter him
Moreover Mr. barrow who in the past has rem
dered organized labor the greatest possible serv-
ice, can render it still greater service III helping
to clear up its participation in. or knowledge of
secret murders.
The monies that have paid Mr. Darrow his
fees both in Idaho and California, came not from
the criminals he undertook to defend but from
law abiding and innocent members of the labor
unions. Is 1t not time for Mr.. DarroW to become
the champion of the decences and Righteousness
l,l>,,, hol,> ttco1
of the rancorous poison that, in his own words
threatens its very life?
Clarence arrow gained his reputation in thu
successful defense of Haywood and Pettibone
charged with the murder of former Governor
Stemenbcrg of Idaho five years ago. Orchard
confessed that it was his hand that fired the sho
that killed Steunenberg, but that he did it at tn
instigation Of Haywood and Pettbone and unde
orders from Meyer, president of the Western
Federation of Miners After the acquittal o
Haywood and Pettibone the case against Moye
was dropped
Memory of these cases is recalled by the com
mcnts of Haywood and Meyer on the McNamar
confessions. Haywood evidently has taken hi
cue from Lincoln Steffens and his comment mere
~ is, lit is class struggle, while Meyer afte
saying that the confessions furnished capital witt
club it would not be slow to use against or
ganized labor, " declared: ''For that reason, NJ
matter how guilty | might have been l woult
not have confessed
Mr.. barrow as we have said, has served hi
actual clients to the uttermost and now there
opportunity for him to serve what Lncol
Steffens calls minor virtues duty and honesty
If justice not done in Idaho, and Mr.. DarroN
knows it, carrying around with him the con
seriousness that he lent his talents and resource
for the defeat of justice-just he admitted h
did for months in the Mcnamara case--let hir
aid the state and the true cause of organize
labor by divulgng what he knows of the cor
spracies and the anarchy within its ranks