The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-11
PLACED IN CELLS
 NEAR ABRAHAM REUF
Two Entered Prison Believing They Had Achieved Much for Cause of Union Labor-Begin
 Work in Jute Mill

onment for dynamiting. ~
 The men entered the prison, it is fairly authenticated believing they had achiev- ed much for the cause of union labor and had been misunderstood in their efforts and the results they obtained
 Whirled from Los Angeles on tast night train, the men were taken from 1t, at sunrise today, put on little river steamer and landed two hours and halt later at San Quentin prison wharf on the shores of San Pablo bay.
 Brothers Are DOmiciled
 As the prison clock struck 10 John J. stepped over the threshold of the jail door with his brother directly behind him. In five minutes James B. had become con- vict 25,314, and John J. number 2o'Sl5 They were measured for jail clothing, photographed in two positions, given earbolic tinctured bath, put into stripes' shaved and cropped and re-photographed within an hour
 Cell IS, into which they were locked adioins the tier in which condemned mur- derers are kept and the balcony outside is cut off by little grate. Further down the row toward the other end is the cell of Abraham Ruef, serving IA year sefi- tence for bribery in connection with the San Francisco graft cases.
 soon after the men entered the jail the prison band began to play and continued until 1 D. m. At ? o'clock Sunday dinner was served. The McNamaras were fuf- nished with prison made dinner cara a,lo n Ouentin Grill" The prisoners who de- vised it had taken occasion to point out the attractions of the place. Never since the opening in 1852 has the san Quentin grill enjoyed a better repu- tation or greater patronage than unoer the present management, said the caru,
 "There are at present more than l9fV reaular boarders taking their meals at inc grill The cuisine and service are un- surpa ssed. Some of the boarders retura' six eight and even ten times after trying other establishments. The location ana climate are the finest in the world
 "sitnated at the foot of Mountain Ia n1alpais basked in the grand and glor- ious California sunshine, famed by the breezes of San Pablo bay, the grill IS an ideal resort the year round
 Will Be Put to Work
 The brothers passed the remainder or the day in their cells. Tomorrow thcy will begin work in the jute mill, Warden Hoyle safl but James B., on the adVice of Sheriff Hammel, will be examined for tuberculosis and if he shows symptoms or it he will be given other work
 At Caraunez Straits station, the men handcu1led together were slipped from the rear platform of the observation car They were hurried to the little steamer Carolines 100 yards away.
 For the most part of the trip the men stood handcuffed together on the after deck.
 The sight of the penltentiary failed to move them and when they passed the Giant Powder works where James B. bought dynamite bombs which ne piaceo at the homes of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis nropretor of the Los Angeles Times and frelix Zehandelaer. secretary of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers association or Los Angeles. the brothers backs happen ed to be turned that way.
 Although the men were silent today, John ]. lay in his stateroom berth last night and talked for half an hour to Denutv Sheriff James Gathers, to whom he took great liking during his impris- onment.
 TO Gathers he showed his plain gold cuff links. "One of my brothers gave me these." he said. 'I value them more than anything It seems to me that lfe's little kindnesses things which we know is behind them, should mean more to us."
 Hands Linked to Convict
 When he was searched at the peniten- tiary he handed the links to George Col lins.. convict. who used to be a San Francisco attorney.
 q don't care about the other things he said. but please be sure to save these for me" Men who have talked with John J. McNamara say he has de- veloped a view of life which not only for tified him in the ordeal which he under went today, but convinced him that the dynamiting which he and his brother did was inevitable.
 From his youth, reader of sociological works, admitted to the bar as an attor- ney the dynamting theory as pyschologi- cal agent for the effect it might finally have was adopted by the elder brother, It is said.
 Not until the Times explosion, with it's loss of 2l lives, all wage earners, did he realize the frghtful possibilities of his academic position.