Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-14
BONDS AGGREGATING SSOOOOO WERE SPEEDILY
GIVEN BY THE ACCUSED OFFICERS OF UNION

charged that Hockln was "the man
who put him IN tn dynsmitlng hush
ness" II is charged IN the inj. j.ct-
ment that Hockin went TO Detroit In
June. 1907, and induced Mechanical
10 take up dynam,ting.
Ryan and his associates conferred
Immediately with Distfi Attorney
Miller regarding oond. e Is said q o
bonds required for an ufty or more
defendants viii aggrega-e $500 0o1
Eugene A. CLANCY. sa'. Francisco;
j. e. Munsey. salt Lake City; OLAF a.
Tyeitmoe san Francisco and OrtlC
r.. McManigal. already indicted %
the Pacific coast. and J. J. Mcnamara
and James B. Mcnamara. already
convicted. again are indicted her,
In the indictments II IS held ih9t
the Mcnamara brothers sad McNan-
igal were merely the agl ats Of a vast
conspiracy and that theh work in
blowing up structures Including the
Los Angeles Times. In October, iqio.
had been carried on for years at the
behest of their superior Officers and
at the solicitation cf officers OF ,ocal
unions.
AN the defendants are charged with
conspiracy 60 transport dynamite aad
nitroglycerin Ia violations Of the f-d-
eral statutes
Some 90 those Indicted were mem
bora % the executive hoard whrn
John j. Mcnamara was directlng lis
dynamitlns operations from inIar-
apoiis ans when he WIS receiving
81 ,000 month from the Iron W-rk-
ers' union for wh'ch h. was no' re-
quired TO make any accounting and
which tho government charges was
used Co purchase and pay Tor tho
transportation OF explosives
The charges la the indictments are
diyided into two groups The first
churges violation Of fel,ral stat'ics
regulating the Interstate shipment OF
! explosives, aiding ana ah,tting 30 vio-
late the law, and siding and abet'ing
20 conceal the violation. The defenf-
ants in this class are termed acCcs
sories before and aftor tie fact.
The second charges conspiracy 20
| violate the law by fu~therlng ,he
plans for carrying explosives,
While the possible pclrlties for vi
oluiions range from eighteen months
To two years Imprisonment. IL is eaic
the punishments may b. cumulative,
so that one defendant charged nth
more thar one otfensc may fac a
punishment equal 10 the accumulated
penalties for all his Offcnses
Frank NJ Ryan formerly was
structural iron worker IN Chicago lie
was elected president of he lnternn-
tional iron Workers union Ia l"o5,
succeeding Frank Bucna"Hn of nj
cago. now member OF ongress as
head 81 the Iron Workers. Ryan held
positions ON important committees Of
the American Federation of Labor.
The Iron Workers union. whose
headquarters are here, has about l3.-
goo members with i0l focal unions
la the United States aud Canoca
soon after u became known that t's
officials were 20 to indi ted Mr. RYAN
asked the members Of ne union -
establish special funt OF $1,000
month. L. is believed this fund VIII
now be utilized for defense.
CorrCsl dtnce between the IRON
Workers international headquarters
and the offices of many local UNIONS
| is said Co have shown that hus ness
agents had knowledge of the system
of dynamitIng against structures un-
| der construction by employers who
maintained the "open shop and ~
charged that "iobs' oiieu wcr- ar-
| ranged by letter
In information suppped the sov-
| ernmcnt uockn "a mau~ Co appear
| the chief lieutenant Of John j. Me-
| Namara, the boss of the dynam.tipg
| crew" lie h charged with having
/ planned explosions desired by tho en-
emies of open shop contractors. He
Is named by McMpnigal Hs one o. the
mon who originated the alarm c!rck
scheme by which explosions were 6r-
ranged 10 occur several hours after
the bombs wCrc set, mus enabling
the dynau iters 10 set away and ecIab-
lish alihis.
lie is also charged wi:h being the
manager of the secret stores OF cx-
ploslvcs kept at Rochester Pa, Nun
cie. Ind. Tfhn, ohio and In l.an-
/ apolis.
! McManigars coafesslor was that
| Hockin started him In he dynamis-
ing business in Detroit 40 June. 1897.
that H0ckr gave him SIS for blowing
up a Detroit building With "a note
| saving. Compliments ut the exccu-
/ tive board more 60 come " th,.t
| Hockln went with him 20 Buffalo ana
sent him 60 many other places that
he, Hockin ana J. j. McNamara osilh-
lished the explosive srorohOuse az
Muncie: that Hockin vieited him ir
Chicago and there first showed him
tho alarm clock achomv; that on
| Hockin's ~ Ftructlons he went 10 Bos'