The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-02-07
NEARLY FORTY UNION LABOR
OFFICIALS AND AGENTS ARE
TO BE ARRESTED.
PROCESS WILL Be SECRET
Accused Men to 81 Taken Into Gus.
tody simultaneously Within Next
Week-Great Dynamiting Consp'r-
acy Will Be Uncovered, II Is Al
ieued--Walter Drew Pleased.

indianapolis. Feb. 6.-Union labor
officials and agents, said to NUMBER
between 30 and 40, whom the gov
ernment holds criminally responsible
with the McNamaras and Ortie Il. Nc
Manlgal for perpetrating more than
100 explosions in cities from Massa-
chusetts to California. in the last SIX
wears, including the wrecking of the
Los Angeles Times building, were IN
dicted today. Thirty-two indictments
were returned. Capiases for arrests
have been issued and all the men
indicted are to be taken into custody
on d day secretly fixed by the gov
ernment. known to be within week.
March IL has been set for the ar
raignment before Federal Judge A. b.
Anderson of Indianapolis.
The papers for the arrests designate
the amount OF bond which the de-
fendants may give in the federal dis
tricts in which they reside for their
appearance here. Amounts or the
bonds In the individual cases were not
made known. but It was said In the
aggregate they would total 100000,
Although the names of the defendants
and exact number were ordered with
held pending arrests. 1t was said prob
ably more than 32, and possibly 40
men, are accused, inasmuch as more
than one defendant was named In
some of the indictments. Among the
men are either union officials or men
who were charged with affiliating with
the dynaimters.
As to "Hisher Ups"
Asked If any men higher up had
been indicted. United States Attorney
Miller refused to say. lntimation
came from another source, however
that no officials higher than those
who had had quarters In indianapolis
were involved
Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the
International Association of Bridge
and structural Iron Workers, and
Herbert s. Hockin. the secretary
treasurer. when informed of the in
flictments refused to comment except
TO repeat their statements that j. j
Mcnamara acted on his own response
bility when he organized the 'dyna.
miting crew"
HoclSin succeeded Mcnamara as sec
retary-treasurer OF the association.
With the returns OF the indictments
District Attorney Miller completed al
inquiry begun last October and this
federal grand jury ended six weeks
hearing OF testimony in which. 1t Il
said, McManigals confession, involv'
ing others and papers taken from tn,
headquarters of the iron workers, hat
important bearing Those papers
were said not only to have shown un
der what circumstances McManiga
was induced to start in the dyna
mite business against open shops. b.
blowing up bridge in Detroit II
June, 1907, but also to throw light ol
the $1,000 month allowed McNa
mara for organizing purposes.
Arranged.
The grand jury filed into Judg
Andersons court at 2:1o p. m. Dis
trict Attorney Miller, first explaining
that only 32 of the indictments per
tained to the dynamite conspirac,
held conference with Judge Ander
son, at which the issuance of capiase
and the matter Of fixing bonds wer
arranged. Some delay in forwardin
copies OF the indictments to the fed
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