The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-11-27
PLANNEDTO BLOW
UPPANAMA CANAL
Says Explosions Were Arranged
When Arrests Were Made.
OTHER JOBS WERE STOPPED
Buildings In Pittsburgh and Other
Eastern Cities Were Marked For
Destruction.

Eastern Cities Were Marked For
Destruction.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 26. - Wit
nesses at the dynamite conspiracy
trial testified concerning wholesale
explosions" which the McNamaras
were alleged to have contemplated
but which were prevented by the ar,
rests Of the dynamiters at Detroit and
Indianapolis in April, 1910.
The explosions contemplated, as told
by witnesses, were:
To blow up the locks Of the Panama
canal.
To blow up a building in Pittsburgh
occupied by officials of iron and steel
contractors who employed non-union
men, and also to blow up Offices in
other eastern cities.
To blow up the aqueduct and water
works at Los Angeles and to cause
other explosions there that would
make it look like an earthquake
To blow up a sleeping car to get
rid of a stenographer formerly en-
ployed by the iron workers union. be-
cause she knew too much"
An assertion by Ortie E. Mechanical
that he was urged to go to Panama
by ]. ]. Mcnamara as dynamiter
previously had been referred to by
District Attorney Charles w. Miller as
one of the revelations to be made at
the trial.
Plots to blow up the Prick building
in Pittsburgh, to blow up other build
ings in eastern cities, where "open
shop" iron and steel contractors had
their offices and to explode bomb in
a sleeping car in order to kill Miss
Mary C. Dye, stenographer, were de-
scribed by Lindsey L. Jewell as hav,
ing been revealed to him by Herbert
S. Hockin.
McManigal then resumed his con,
fession on the witness stand.
"Tell what, if anything, you and the
McNamaras said about blowing up
work on the Panama canal" said Dis.
trict Attorney Miller.
I'm April, 1911, shortly before we
were arrested, ]. ]. and J. B. Nc.
Namara and myself had talk at the
iron workers headquarters in In.
dianapolis as to the campaign after
blowing up four jobs planned for De,
troit," said McManigal. 81. ]. said the
McClintic- Marshall Construction com.
pany, a non-union concern. had two
years work on the Panama canal and
he wanted me to go there.
"He said I should go to Panama and
promptly enlist as a soldier, as l al
ready had served in the Spanish.
American war I asked him If he ex.
pected me to take nitro-glycerine to
Panama. He said, No, the McClintic
Marshall people have great stores OF
dynamite down there. You can watch
your chance to steal 1t. Put a wagon
load in each lock-
81 didn't take much to the Panama
idaa- and-toldI ut-he insisted
he would take it up later. ]. B. said
at that time he had more work on the
Pacific coast. He said he was going
back there with an arrangement to
set off bombs by touching on an cleo.
trio current miles away. He said, I'll
go out to Los Angeles and undermine
the aqueduct and the water works.
Then put bombs at various parts OF
the city and blow the whole town of
the map. The people will think there
has been another earthquake similar
to the one at San Francisco"
McManigal then described his going
to Detroit with James B. Mcnamara
to blow up four jobs and their arrest
there, which prevented the whole
sale explosions" which he said were
soon to be carried out.