The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
NEARLY ALL
UNDER ARREST.
Each OF the Men Indicted In Dyna-
mite Conspiracy Probe Has
Thlrty-two Charges Filed
Against Him.
GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT
Effort VIII be Made by Unions to Get
Some One Else Beside Judge
Anderson to Hear
tho Cases.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.5
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 15.-Forty-
seven of the fifty-four labor leaders
indicted by the United States govern
ment in the alleged dynamiting con
spiracy are in custody today. 1t is
expected that the remaining seven will
be arrested before tonight. Federal
! District Attorney Miller, in charge OF
the cases, today announced their
! names as follows.
NJ J. Young, of Boston; John j.
McCray, Wheeling, w Va; Milton H.
i Davis, Philadelphia ]. w. Irwin, OF
4 Peoria; Frank x. Painter, of Omaha;
Patrick Ryan, of Chicago, and William
X. Benson, president Of the Detroit
i Federation of Labor.
u Each of the fifty-four defendants
has thirty-two indictments against
him. Conspiracy and the illegal trans.
portation of dynamite are the charges
lodged against the men.
The labor leaders we're all arrested
on one indictment, charging conspi-
} racy, but they are all named in other
, accusations for illegal transportation
The government officials assert that
l they are confident that the evidence
2 against the accused is such that con
: victions are certain.
I Jafes l.. Kinney, president OF the
G central labor union today. issued I
Statement here saying that an attemp
8 will be made to have special judge
0 appointed in the place of Fedora
Judge Anderson to hear the trials o
the indicted men. Kinney asserts tha
} Anderson is not fair.
D Three of the indicted men, Ernes
G. W. Basey and Edward Clark
4 who We're arrested In Cincinnati, ant
! Hiram Cline, of Muncie, Ind, are il
4 the county jail here today, having beer
! unable to furnish $4,000 bond each
! James M. Lynch, president of th,
4 International Typographical union, an
= nounced today he would take imme
A diate steps for the holding of con
a ference of officers of the seven inter
4 national labor unions having head
a quarters here. Lynch would not fol
\ cast the action of the conference i
A any way.
a 1T probably is the desire OF unio
a leaders here to talk over the indie
4 ments." he said Il expect the que.
a tion Of appointing a special judge |
a place of Judge Anderson to try tn
a cases will be taken up. The matter {
4 a defense also probably will be di
q cussed.'
a iron workers union. said today that h
q was considering the advisability {
a calling a special meeting of the exec
a tive board Of the organization to di
a cuss the indictment situation It wi
. be necessary for the board to take a
q tion before the defense fund OF $3s
COO which has been accommodating Il
six years. will be available for use
, the coming trails.
10. Officers of international labor II
rn ions. having headquarters here, tods
he expressed themselves as follows:
.s1 Thomas Neal, treasurer of Il
United Brotherhood of Carpenters a,
JOlneTS OI RIleTlCd. nope tue
cused men are innocent The confe
sions Of the Mcnamara brothers, ho
ever. almost makes anything see
-. possible
~ ~ William D. Huber, president of t
''e United Brotherhood Of Carpente
. and Joiners of America: II am sat
- ~ fed that il they have fair heari
10 az trial. VERY few Of them will
found guilty.
Robert Glockling, president Of t
las International Association of Bookbir
US ers: 81 sincerely trust that t
om charges against these men are |
TIL. founded because hesitate to belle
las there are so many men in the organ
he ed labor movement guilty of su
things"
the Edwin Perry, secretary-treasurer
hat the United Mine Workers OF Americ
Ind II want no miscarriage of justice
Sal. the cases OF these indicted men,
they are innocent, want their in
air cence proved
ire, Frank J. Hayes, vice president
ay. the United Mine Workers: "Orga
lied labor does not attempt to just
crime, but it is fair to presume
uy' men are inocent until proved guilt
80; Gcmpers to Testify.
"a, WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Presid
Gompers and Secretary Morrison
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