Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-25
Structural Iron Workers
Union Makes Count
er Move.
FINALLY SECURE BAIL
Warrant Out for Detective
Burns, but Officers Can
not Find Him.

Washington, April 25.-The
immediate investigation Of the
arrest and extradition of j. ].
Mcnamara, at indianapolis, is
provided for in a resolution in
troduced in the house today by
Representative Berger of Wis
consin, the socialist member.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 25.-Walter
Drew of New York, counsel for the
National Erectors' association; ". Jo-
seph Ford. assistant district attorney
of Los Angeles, and Frank Fox. chauf-
feur, charged with having kidnapped J.
j. Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer of
the Structural Iron Workers, waived
preliminary examination and were held
to the grand jury today. In default Of
$4,000 bail for Drew and Ford and S.
900 for Fox, all went to jail.
CANNOT FIND BURNS.
Constables were unable to find Detec-
tive Burns, for whom they have a war
rant charging KIDNAPPING in the same
case. A. F Badorf of New York,
Drev's assistant. was arrested this
morning in connection with the Nc
Namara arrest
FINALLY RELEA AsED.
The four men. including Badorf. /
were released at l o'clock this aft /.
ernoon. Bonds were furnished by a I
surety company.
UNION AS PROSECUTOR
Indianapolis. Ind, April 25.-wal- /
ter Drew, counsel for the Erectors' |
association; H. J. Ford, assistant dis /
trict attorney OF Los Angeles, and ,
Frank Fox, chauffeur. were arrested .
last night on affidavits charging them
with having kidnapped j. J. McNam- /
ara. secretary-treasurer of the Inter (
national Association OF Bridge and /
Structural Workers.
The men were arrested on war
rants issued in the court of Justice
Of the Peace Manning after afidavits .
against them had been made by an
attorney for Mcnamara. Drew and .
Ford were released under bond OF
$1,000 each and Fox under bond of
$4,000. All the bonds were given by
-.
iron foundry company and an officer
of the indianapolis Employers asso-
citation.
NOT GIVEN CHANCE. Il
It is charged that Mcnamara had i
not been permitted TO consult with
counsel or TO make a plea of resist
ance to extradition.
It was stated that warrant also
against Detective Burns 1t was ex- 4
pected that this warrant would be
served on Burns when he arrived !
here from Toledo
GOVERNMENT NOT INTERESTED. 1
Washington. April 25.-Oficials of /:
the department of justice and also the {
,reasury deny the published reports
hat government detectives were con
nected with the cases against the men !
accused of the Los Angeles dynamiting {
and other outrages.
SERIOUS BREACH FEARED.
Chicago. III. April 25.-Headed by I
Samuel Gompers, labor leaders all !
over the country are rushing into T
print with long articles denouncing l
Detective Burns and his detective
ara, who is now on his way TO Los
Angeles TO answer TO an Indictment r
for the Los Angeles Times dynamite
outrage
a serious breach between labor
and capital the country over Is feared :
as a result of the developments OF $
the past few days. f
The labor leaders claim that the z
detectives entered into a conspiracy I
IN order TO secure the rewards which {
aggregate over 100000. q
The police intimate that Detective
Burns and others saw Mcnamara I
and Ortie z. NIcManigal commit dv- I
namite outraccs while -hey were sha- !
dowing them for the Les Angeles
Times affair They declare that If
should escape conviction,
n Los Angeles be viii he brought
back east TO answer for other dyua-
mite crimes and that his conviction
IS certain.
UPHELD BY MITCHELL
New York. April 25-That J. J.
'IcNamars was a law abiding citizen Q
and man OF excellent reputation a
md character, was the declaration T.
made here yesterday by John Nit Il
he'll IT
The action CT tEa governor Of II I
llama. said Mitchell. in allowing n
EcNamara 10 De rusaod away from e