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The Washington times., 1911-04-24
EARLY TRIALFOR
THREELABOR MEN
Los Angeles Authorities and Leaders of Organized Work.
ingmen Prepare for Speedy Hearing of Testimony
on Dynamite Outrage.

Frustrated attempts to explode heavy
charges of dynamite by the use OF
these alarm clocks made possible the
comparison. On the internal machine
found at the home of Gen. Harrison
G. Otis, owner of the Los Angeles
Times following the wrecking of his
plant, 1t was discovered that small
bit of brass had been soldered to the
key on the back of the alarm clock.
When the alarm sounded the key re-
volved, and when the bit of brass
touched a stationary piece of the same
metal an electric circuit was COM
pleted.
Failed to Work.
The current discharged a detonation
cap, exploding the dynamite. For
some reason the Internal machine did
not work while in the Otis residence,
but 1t was later exploded while in the
possession of one of Burns detec-
tives.
The manner in which the brass was
soldered on the clock found in the
West was identical, so Burns says,
the steel girders in the foundry of
A. Louis & Sons, Peoria, Ill.
Burns says dynamite explosions in
all parts of the country can be traced
to the three men now under arrest.
He believes their method OF operation
was practically the same in all cases.
II has been learned here that Burns
has been working to ferret out the
men responsible for the wrecking of the
Times building ever since the disaster
occurred. He was in the city at the
time, attending the convention Of the
American Bankers Association. Mayor
Alexander and committee Of the Mer.
chants Association asked him to be-
gin work on the case From then on
even his own offices were not advised
OF his whereabouts.
Had Burns made his arrests and OBJ
tained the conviction of his men short
ly after the Times disaster, in which
twenty-one were killed. and two score
injured he would have received re
wards aggregating 800, 600. but since thai
time the rewards have been shrinking
and as many of them were unofficial
but $50 of them now stand. Tha
means, in case of convictions, 5000 fol
each man.
Says They Wrote.
1t is said by Burns that william Nc
Namara and McManigaf had consider
able correspondence with John J. Nc
Namara, international secretary OF tn,
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers o.
America. He says the high union officia
kept in close touch with them, and tina
always after the visit Of the pair u
cities like Indianapolis. Pittsburg. and
Cleveland dynamite explosions woulc
! occur
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Oil and Tobacco Cases
Still in Supreme Court

No decision was rendered by the Su-
preme Court of the United States this
afternoon on either the Standard OIL or
the American Tobacco Company trust
cases" nor was there any judgment
pronounced in the Gompers, Mitchell.
and Morrison contempt case.
A big crowd of attorneys and visitors
was disappointed when only two de-
cisions of minor Importance were de-
livered.
The court has only three more de-
cision days before the end OF the pres
ent term In view of the fact that
the final decision on the litigation un-
der the Sherman Law, is holding up
trust" prosecutions by the Depart
ment of Justice, II is believed that
the court will not hold over the cases
over until next October, but num-
Der of attorneys today speculated on
On next Monday, the court will ad
journ for two weeks. after delivering
opinions on May Is. after decisions.
IL will recess until May 29, and on
that date will adjourn for the term.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

LOS ANGELES. April A.-When
John J. Mcnamara, James w. McNa-
mara, and Ortie E. McManigal arrive
here to face charges Of completely In
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building they will be given speedy
trials, according TO statements made to-
day not only by Chief of Police Sebas-
tian, but by the leaders of affiliated
organizations.
The labor leaders conferred all of yes
terday in secret and today are said to
have completed plans for the defense
Of the prisoners. The first step to be
taken, 1t is believed, will be an applica-
ton for a writ Of habeas corpus, where
by 1t is hoped the accused men will be
released. 1t is asserted that they were
simply kidnapped by the detectives en-
ployed by William ]. Burns and that
they had no opportunity to consult at
torneys or offer a defense.
Twenty More Arrests.
A representative of the district at
torney said today that not less than
twenty men will be arrested in a few
days charged with completely in the
Times affair. although Police Chief
Sebastian says nobody is under surveil-
lance. The representative of the Burns
agency, on the other hand, declared that
labor leaders here and in San Francisco
have been closely watched for more
than two weeks.
Joseph 4. Timmons. general organizer
of the Structural Iron Workers here,
charges the worst kind Of tryanny TO
prisoners, asserting that their constitu-
tional rights have been invaded. There
is a good deal of excitement among the
rank and file of the unions, and repe-
tition of the scenes attending the trials
at Boise, Idaho. of Mover, Haywood,
and Pettibone Is predicted when the
men are brought out.
Burns Sure of His Men.
Burns has telegraphed the mayor
here that his net of evidence is of
such fine mesh that not one of the
labor men arrested can escape con-
viction. The message added that
Burns intends to trace the actions Of
the men from the time a launch was
hired to carry dynamite to California.
The dynamite so transported was used
in the wrecking of The Times office.
That all the evidence which Burns
has collected against the accused men
grew out of a comparison of bits OF
brass on the backs of alarm clocks
has been admitted by the detective
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. charged with
completely in the alleged dynamiting Of
the Los Angeles Times building, and OF
Charles A. Meyer, William D. Haywood.
and George Pettibone. on the charge OF
berg at Caldwell. Idaho, some years
ago, was pointed out at the headquar- :
tiers of the Western Federation OF
Miners today.
In both cases the evidence was
worked up by private detectives, ac-
cording to the Western Federation Of
fcials, the Moyer case by Pinkerton
agents and the Mcnamara case by
Burns men.
accomplice who turned States evidence;
in the Steunenberg cases, Harry Or
chard: in the Mcnamara case, accord
ing to the detectives, Ortie L. McManl-
gal In both cases the alleged contes-
sion are equally voluminous, covering
pages of typewriter matter, and &C
knowledging wholesale murder In many
parts of the United States.
Requisition Granted in Advance.
As in the case Of the three officials
of the Western Federation, the arrest
Of Mcnamara in Indianapolis was made
after the courts were closed. Inc
pa pers were all prepared, were present.
ed 70 the governor OF lle SIdle Iii scCiSt
and requisition approved. Then they
were held until late on Saturday when
the courts were closed. so that there
could be no recourse to habeas corpus
proceedings TO secure the release OF
the accused until Monday.
With Sunday, when the courts are
powerless to act intervening. there was
plenty of time to get the accused be-
yond the borders Of their native state
without the detectives being confronted
with court orders which would have
permitted a hearing on the allegation
against the union officials.
In the Meyer ct al case special
train filled with State militiamen was
used to get them out Of danger, while IN
the Mcnamara case an automobile and
a bunch Of armed detectives served the
same purpose.
The Western Federation officials
pointed out that after Mover and the
others had been arrested. Lead oorlp
with alta tachments similar to those with
which orchard had said his We're htted'
was fourd in the Occur dAlene dis
trict: another turned up in San Fran.
! cisco where he said he had pulled
off a jub; dynamite was found In
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
nd Lrv Probes CHARGE Explosives Were anted ronwoes Office Building
BURNS NDISGUISE
TRAILEDHIS MEN
For Two Months Even Chief Leutenants of Detective
Who Sought Dynamiters Had No knowledge of
His Whereabouts "Clock Bomb"

ready to start out on an expedition
that was another matter
Eurns was now practically sure Of his
two men, but kept I'D the watch for any
more that might appear. II was found
that Mcnamara and McManigal had
correspondence with John ]. Mcnamara.
the secretary Of the Iron Workers AS
sociation, in Indianapolis, and u watch
was set on this Mcnamara.
On April II last twelve yeggs were
arrested in Toledo. Ohio, for bank
breaking. This was the cue for Ray
mond Eurns; son no Of Mdma MMiImIiam nj. j. to to
Detroit next dav on two John Doe war
rants. The pair were leaving their hotel
in the evening with dress suit case
filed with dynamite and clock apparat-
Us. The bank burglary charges enabled
Raymond Turns to take the two men
to Chicago without giving notice OF the
real cause for the arrest.
Burns wanted to get them to Chi
cago because Folice Sergeant James
Hossick was going 10 that city with tne
reauisition papers from Governor John
son of California. made out on the
Governor Of Illinois. There the prison.
ers were taken and held until Burns
was ready to arrest the other McNa-
mara irI Indianapolis last Saturday.
After his two months inconito. Burns
reappeared and attended to other mat
| ters, unless the dynamite case showed
any important turn. He had made his
theories and was only waiting to get
evidence against his men. He will try
| to prove that they bought dynamite IN
several different places, Indianapolis,
some near Cincinnati and some In HIN
ois. He now considers that he has evil
dence to connect James w. Mcnamara
J and McMonigle with several other ex-
| plosions and dynamite outrages.
Burns himself was at the arrest OF
John j. Mcnamara in Indianapolis. He
is now in Chicago and will go to Los
Angeles to assist in the prosecution OF
| the three men.
Burns has a story to tell about the
clock apparatus found near the resi-
dence OF General Otis in Los Angeles.
4 mis- apparatus was picked up by local
police officer intact and carried down
| the street Later becoming bit fright
ened OF the machine in the box he
carried. the officer dropped 1t and ran.
Soon after that it exploded and tore UP
| fifteen feet of the roadway.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Mcnamara, McManigal,
And Detectives Almost
Blown Up by Dynamite

CHICAGO, April N.-Local detectives
today related how two Secret Service
operatives ard Ortie McManigal and
James Mcnamara, the alleged dyna-
miters, narrowly escaped death near
here Saturday.
The detectives were hurrying their
prisoners TO catch a train. All were
riding IN an automobile, in the body OF
which was a suit case containing dyna-
mite to be used as evidence against
the prisoners.
The automobile skidded on a turn OF
the road that WAS wet and almost over
turned. The suit case OF dynamite was
thrown q foot or more from the bottom
Of the car. One of the prisoner caught
The handle and let II fall to the floor
lightly. Had it dropped of all its weight
the four would have been blown to at
Or1s
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Want Knights Record
Cleared by Department

Friends of Capt. Austin NJ. Knight
today took steps to have removed
from the record of his case the dis
approval placed by the department
upon the findings of the court, which
twice rendered a decision honorably
acquitting him of guilt in connection
with the sinking Of the monitor Puri-
tan.
The friends of the officer insist that
in view Of the repeated acquittal Civ
en- by the court. the disapproval OF
the department should not be allowed
to remain on Captain knights rec
ord. 1t is expected that members OF
Congress will lend their aid to this
movement in behalf OF Captain
Knight.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
No Inquest at Death
Of MrS.Cordelia SchloSSer

Coroner Nevitt believes the death of
Mrs. Cordelia Schlosser yesterday
while she was being taken to her home
in an automobile, was due to heart
disease, and no inquest will be held.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
She was sixty years old, and was
walking near Fifth and H streets
northeast on her way to her home,
113s Florida avenue, when she fell to
the ground. She had apparently re-
vived when placed in an automobile
owned by DR.. George MCGEE, but died
before her home was reached.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

NEW YORK, April 24.-Detective Will
lam ]. Burns movements in obtaining
the information which led up to the
arrest of the McNamaras and Nc
Manigal are told by R. C. SCHNEIDER, the
head of Mr.. Burns local office.
Burns first found that three men had
a few days previous to the Times ex-
plosion chartered a little steam Yacht
from man in Oakland for three days.
The name of the yacht, the Pastime
was changed for another name. In
this yacht the three men. headed by one
who called himself Bryce, took several
hundred pounds of dynamite bought
from the DY Pont Powder Works at
Giant, Cal, to South Francisco. Here
Burns lost trace of them for time, but
from the yacht owner and the Du Pont
people he obtained a good description Of
the three.
Burns Disappears.
About this time Burns disappeared
for two whole months, not even his Of
fees knowing where he was. He knew
that he was being shadowed and that
officers Of the Iron Workers Union
were calling up his various offices to
time were to throw off shadows.
He next found that the three men OF
the Pastime had lodged in a fur
nished room in the Mission district OF
San Francisco. From the landlady he
obtained a still better description of
the three, and certain remarks she
had overheard still further convinced
him that he had his msn- Still more.
he found in the room a paper that
contained the outside wrappings OF
fuses and a large trunk left by the
three men. This trunk Burns consid-
ers of Importance in his case. Some
information that the 1andlady gave
him was a useful clue.
Spots His Men.
In two months Burns had made the
rounds of all the labor headquarters
in the United States. to satisfy him
self where the men he was after made
their headquarters. At the end Of his
two free months he was practically
sure OF two of his men. Bryce, the
man who had bought the powder in
California, he found in Chicago as
James w. Mcnamara. McManigal, who
passed under the name of Caplan, was
with Mcnamara They lived in a room
on the South Side and hung out In
| certain ginmills and dance halls that
Burns had watched. From time to
time the men would jump into Penn
| sylvania, Ohio, to Indianapolis, Pitts
burg. Cleveland. and elsewhere. and a
| dynamite b1ow-up usually follow ed
these little Jaunts. Burns men sha-
dowed them on some of these trips
and prevented the destruction of a
hrid In hxy
| ing on the scene and grabbing the
clock bomb.
Always after these little trips his two
men turned I'D in Chicago with plenty
| We're in Chicago the watch on them wa.
! slightly relaxed, as Burns krows that q
m an cannot be shadowed long withou
realizing II. When they seemed TO b,
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
BIG MASS MEETING
. Of METHOD|STS is
SET FOR TOMORROW
Noted Pastors Will Speak
on Church Influences
In Washington.

A mass meeting of members Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church South, to
be attended by all the bishops of the
church and the general board of church
extension, will be held in Mt. Vernon
Church, Ninth and Is streets northwest,
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night
It will be the most notable gathering
of Southern Methodists ever held in
Washington, ii was said today. Bishop
w. A. Gambler Will speak on Church
Life In the National Capital Bishop
z. E. Hoss on 1.-The National Capital
AS the Center of the Connectionai Spirit
of Our Church." Bishop J. c. Kilgo, on
Southern Ideals In the Religious Life
Of Our Country" and Gen. Julian 8
Carr, of Durham, n. c., on 1.-The Rep
resentative Church in Washington"
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

George Fettibone's store. and at other
places. where Orchard was said to hRva
hidden It after 1t had been given him
bv Pettibone. The discovery Of the ex-
plosive was made by Pinkertons West
ern Federation men saw that similar
planted explosives have been turned
up" in the present case
The officials of the federation also
pointed out today that Haywood and
Pettibone were tried in Boise. and ac-
Quilted, the latter without putting in
any defense. while the case against
Meyer was dropped without a trial.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Door Plate Salary.

Tip hears that Senator O'Gorman n
has received an offer to let his name
appear on the door of a big New York
law firm. Something like $4,000 a
year. Decision reserved.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

Swift & Co.'S sales of fresh beef in
Washington, DC, for week ending Sat
urday, April %. averaged 9.16 cts. per ID.
-Advt.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Parallel With Meyer
Case, Is Claim of the
Federation of Miners

DENVER, Col. April 2l-A remark
able parallel between the arrest OF
John J. McNamara, secretary Of the
The Washington times., 1911-04-24

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting Of the Seminole Land and
Investment Company will be held at the
office OF the company, i'll S. Fairfax street
Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. the Sth
day of May, 1911, between the hours Of 10
and IL O'Clock. Ante-Meridian. for the pur-
poses 4 eIecting a Board OF Directors for
the ensuing year and for the transaction Of
ali business which may come before the
meetinE By order OF the Board Of Directors.
EDWARD II. THOMAS, Secretary.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
SPECIAL NOTICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting Of the Globe Printing Com
pany will be held at the office Of the com
pany. Ill S. Fairfax Street. Alexandria VIr-
ginia. Monday, the Sth day OF May 1917,
between the hours of 10 and u o'clock. Ante
Meridian, for the purposes of electlng a
Board OF Directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction Of all business which may
come before the meeting. By order Of the
Board of Directors. EDWARD H. THOMAS,
Secretary.
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