The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-31
FEDERAL GRAND
JURY IND|CTS
LABOR LEADERS
Men OF Prominence Charged With
Illegal Transportation Of
Explosives
OTHERS NAMED in BILL
Assistant District Attorney Rsgan
.'s' Asserts Government Has
Conclusive Evidence


Three labor leaders of national
prominence were indicted and ar
rested here today In the govern
ment's first roundup Of men alleged
to be connected with the so-called
nationwide dynamiting conspiracy,
which federal grand juries began in
vestigating here and in Indianapolis
directly after the Mcnamara broth
ers made their confession,> Dec. L.
The men taken into custody were
Olaf Tveitmoe, secretary-treasurcr
oie the California State Building
Trades Council, and head of the
Asiatf, Exclusion League; Anton
Johannsen. organizer of the State
Building Trades Council, and j. b.
Munsey, head of the Salt Lake City
local union os Bridge and struc-
tural Iron Workers. of which organ
ization John J. Mcnamara was in
ternational secret1ry-treasurer at
the time of his confession.
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Those arrested are charged with
having conspired to transport ex-
plosives from one state to another In
violation of interstate commence
law.
Business Agent at Large.
e. A. Clancy, formerly business
agent of the Structural Iron Work
ers in San Francisco, was charged
with the same offense, in the same
indictment but has not yet been ar
rested!
In addition to these four, five 9TH
er men were named In the indict-
ment--ortie McManigal, confessed
accomplice of the McNamaras and
chief agent of the federal grand jury
in gathering evidence, the two Me-
Nsmara brothers and David Caplan
and one Schmidt. alleged confeder-
ates of James b. Mcnamara, in the
blowing up of the Los Angeles
Times building.
Tveitmoe, Johansey and Munsey
obtained bail in the sum of $4,000
each, late today, after having been
held prisoners in the United States
marshals office for five hours.
Tveitmoe persistently refused TO
make any statement to the press, re-
marking, You may say anything
you like, but don't say said it,
Johansen excused himself from
being interviewed by declaring She
had fallen out with Uncle Sam"
Munsey also was reticent.
A. /. Mccormick, United States
district attorney, declared that the
governors Investigation into the
dynamite conspiracy was by no
means ended.
Hold Strong Evidence.
Assistant Attorney Regan as
serted that the government Is in
possession af conclusive evidence
against the men arrested. McCor-
mick said the indictments, returned
today, involved only crimes, which
are alleged to have been committed
in the southern district OF Califor-
MIA.
The specific case charged against
the alleged consiprators is the trans
portation of explosives in connection
with the dynamiting Of the Llewel-
lyn Iron Works here, Dec. %, 1910
AT that time the federal laws arc
said to have been broken by Nc,
Manigals bringing explosives here
from Riverside, Calf, as a part ol
an Interstate trip from Chicago.
While ouly nine men were men.
toned In the joint indictment fled
the grand Jury made provisions foi
the possible arrests by adding the
phrase sand others to the Jury un-
known to the true bills.
The conviction Of any of the per
sons named means sentence of two
years In the pcnitentiary, or fins
OF $4,000 or both, on each Of -four
counts contained in the indictment
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