Evening journal., 1911-04-25
KIDNAPPING,
SAYSHAYWOOD
Believes Arrest Of Mcnamara
Will Serve to AmaIeamate
Labor Against Capitol
COMPARES CASE WITH
TROUBLES OF MINERS

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
CLEVELAND, O., April 25.-Not
only was the arrest of John j. Nc
Namara and the rushing of him ont
of Indiana on charge of dynamiting
the Los Angeles Times building,
duplicate Of the manner in which he
and Pettibone and Meyer were kid
mapped at Denver, and railroaded out
of the State to stand trial on a charge
of assassinating former Governor
Steunenberg of Idaho. but the present
case, like the former, will help to
amalgamate labor all over the country
in fight against capital. was the as
sertion today OF William D. Haywood
of the Federation of Miners, in the
following statement prepared especi-
ally for the United Press
By William d. Haywood.
The kidnapping of John ]. Nc
Namara, secretary Of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, from his
offices in indianapolis, by Burns de-
tectives and the mad flight with the
labor leader across the continent is
not new in the class war now on
throughout the world.
l.
John, Adams and myself we're victims
of similar conspiracy when we were
arrested in Colorado without war
rant secreted for time and later
rushed 1000 miles to Idaho. charged
with the murder of former Governor
Steunenberg-a man whom We never
had seen. Like Mcnamara, we were
given no chance to confer with our
friends of families or consult an at
torney. We were imprisoned Is
months through the powerful efforts
of the mine owners association back
ed by the Federal Government. Every
body knows the result of the trials
There was no evidence that we had
anything whatever to do with the kill
ing of Steunenberg / predict that
Mcnamara and his associates will be
vindicated as we we're
1T is remarkable that Mcnamara
was kidnapped from indianapolis. tbs
city where Ex-Governor Taylor, of
Kentucky lived so long a fugitive
from justice, charged with the as
sassination of Goebel at Frankfort
The Republican politician was given
every opportunity to prove his inuo-
cence. In fact he never returned to
Kentucky and was finally pardoned
He never was forced to trial. His ac-
ceptance of a pardon to my mind was
al acknowledgment of crime. II is
remarkable how easily the wheels Of
court move in the instances of work.
ingmen accused Of crime and how Sc
curely safe the clutch holds when az
attempt is made to prosecute capi-
talists.
'AIcNamara's case has all the eal
marks of a conspiracy of employers
and detectives. It is purely a detec
tive-made case as far as it has gone
Detectives in labor troubles have beeI
so thoroughly discredited that an ia
nocent man can no longer be con
victed on their evidence.
THE position taken by the officers
OF the Western Federation of Miners
can be depended upon. as the mem
bership of organized labor-unionlst'
and Socialists--recognize the fact tha
their officials would have been rail
roaded to the gallows if it had no
been for the solidarity Of the working
man and the general protest express
ed throughout the country at sucl
high-handed proceedings.
Il hope that. Mcnamara does no
have to languish IN solitary confne
ment with coarse food as long as tn
officers of the Western Federation o
Miners did. You can rest assure
that the working class of this countr
will see that they are given a fai
trial. This new chapter in the clas
war will have a tendency 10 amalga
mate. workingmen as it did in m
case. Every blow the employers Civ
win weld the working classes close
together. Not one of the employer
who are now so bloodthirsty afte
workingmen gave voice to one wor
of condemnation against the manu-
facturers who we're responsible 70
the murder of las girls in the Tri
angle Shirt Waist Factory in New
York.
There have been So explosions
Chicago during the past few years. th
result OF a war among gamblers. NJ
body gets excited over these explos
ions. They show only too plainly th
antagonistic attitude toward labor"