The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-25

VIEWS or LABOR
LEADERS ON THE
M'NAATARA ARREsT

Samuel Gompers: How long
are the American people going
to stand for kidnapping? Me-
Namnra was spirited away
without giving him the slight
est chance to give prima facie
evidence of his innocence. The
stage was all set. the proper
Ties arranged carefully ana
then up went the curtain with
blare OF trumpets upon the
FIRST act OF tragedy contem-
plating the assassination of or
ganized labor. The Interests
have boon trying to fasten
guilt OF organized labor The
whole affair smacks Of we'll
laid premeditation
John Mitchell. | hope and
, believe the men arrested are
not guilty. / believe McNa-
mara is decent law-abiding
citizen.
: Frank Morrison. secretary
of the American Federation of
, Labor: It is an Infamous out
rage There Is nothing to show
Z that Secretary Mcnamara had
2 ever been to Los Angeles. And
( by whom is he charged? BY
z a private detective who wants
2 to receive the big reward.
Frank NJ Ryan, president
: Of the international Associa-
2 tion Of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers: Public opin-
ION should be withheld until
all the facts are known. The
attempt of the capitalistic
press to hang Mcnamara on
the word of n private detective
viii rebound against those re-
, sponsible. McNamara's inno-
cence will he conclusively
proven.
William j. Spencer. secre-
tary of the Building Trades
department, American Fedora
tion OF Labor: Dynamite and
internal machines might easily
have been placed i'm the iso-
, lated barn and in the union
office by opponents Of organ
Z lied labor. | believe they
: were placed there by the in
Z tcrests.
, Earnest Bohm. secretary of
: the New York Central Fed
), Grated Union: am sure
: neither Mcnamara nor any of
= the officers OF the union are
: guilty Of any completely in this
, outrage. This Is private de-
toctive conspiracy.
Hugh Fraync, general or
ganizer American Federation
Of Labor: / have known Nc
: Namara for many years and
. he Is not the kind of man To
countenance such things as
this outrage lie would con
denim them instead, and his arr
rest Is plainly a conspiracy
against organized labor.
w. ]. Kelly. president Pitts
burg Iron City Trades Coun-
ell: This is an attack upon
organized labor and every un-
ion man in the country must
. take up tho fight 10 clear Nc
Namara from n private detcc-
tive conspiracy.
A. l.. Collins secretary of
Pittsburg Structural Workers:
Charges have been frequently
made that members OF our
organization have been gnilty
of dynamlting but In only one
, case where an arrest was fol-
lowed by conviction the man
was shown to be q private de-
tective who tried 10 blow up a
building and put the blame on
union men. Mcnamara Is in
nocent and his damnable kid
naping will react on those re-
sponsible.
Leo NJ. Rappaport. counsel
for the bridge and structural
iron workers: Mcnamara
kidnapping was high handed
and indefensible under any
circumstances. Already there
is evidence in our possession
to the effect that strangers had
access to the vault i'm which
the dynamite is said to have
been found.
Resolution Boston Typo
graphical Union: The meth
ods employed in spiriting Me-
Namara away 20 unknown
quarters ore such as to cause
suspicion that another outrage
has been perpetrated against
organized labor similar to the
kidnapping OF Meyer, Haywood
and Pettlbone. We insist that
Secretary Mcnamara be given
a fun and fair trial without
third daorpa or gVqathON