Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-07-27
(By National Socialist Press.)

Los Angeles. Cal. July 22-John ].
Mcnamara sends the ollowing greet
ing through the National Socialist
Press to the workers who are so deep
ly interested in his welfare and the
progress Of the battle on the Pacific
Coast:
give a word of greeting to my
comrades in the field. Tell them 1
am never for a moment unmindful
Of their kindly interests. their efforts
and their work. We are all fighting
for our cause. each In his own place.
At present my place is not the most
pleasant but 1 know that much good
is to come out of this by knitting
the working class together. 1t IS
through solidarity that labor wiIi win
Its battles and come into its own
Tell my brothers to keep up the
work Of education. and agitation to
the end that our struggle will result
in emancipation of the workers. Keep
something doing all the time and we
will win in the end"
John ]. Mcnamara looks strong and
robust. Despite the fact he takes
daily exercise and works to keep IN
trim. he and his brother James are
gaining in flesh and are philosophical
ly making the best Of their surround
ings in the county Jail
II have scarcely written a line
today" said John in speaking of the
constant stream of visitors that pour
ed into the county Jail all day to see
the Mcnamara boys. The secretary
of the Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers Union spends much of his
time writing and devotes his spare
moments to reading and making
notes. He is closely watching every
move Of the attorney for the defense
and the action oft he court No detail
of the proceedings is not watched and
understood by him. He explains the
finer points to his brtoher Jim.
finer points tohis brother Jim.
I'VE will be ready when the trial
opens and We are eager for the fray.
Tell the boys everything is going as
we'll as could be expected but We must
win this fight for labor" was the
final word of the big. handsome Sec
retary as he turned to greet a party
of friends who had Just arrived.
Claence Darrow and Lecompte Dav-
is of the defence have gone to San
Francisco and II is likely the former
will make a trip TO Chicago before
he returns to Los Angeles. Job Har-
riman and Joseph Scott are handling
the multiplicity of details in Los An
geles and Il is believed the defense
will have a much stronger case when
the time for trial arrives.
The failure of the district attorney
to get Mrs Emma McManigal put In
to Jail or to force her to testify be-
fore the grand jury was a serious
blow to the prosecution.
The woman broke down and came
near dying in the corridor of the
courthouse on Monday after the or
deal of hearing the assistant prose-
cutor plead to have her sent to prison
for her refusal to answer questions
propounded by the labor-hating men,
bers of the grand jury. TIL judges
decision to the effect she need not
testify in cases where indictments
have already been returned, was
based on good law as well as good
judgment.
Public sympathy took such a decid-
ed swing in favor of the defense after
the facts became public of the torture
Of Mrs. McManigai that the prosecu-
tors became alarmed. Mrs. Nc Man
Igals troubles have scarcely ceased a
moment since she arrived in Los An
geles. She was tortured into insensi-
bility in the grand jury anti-room,
then while the protrated woman was
on the way home the brutal Burns
operatives who had given her the
third degree" contrived to cause @
collision between their automobile
and the one in which the physician