Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-02-23
orr,c,Als AND FORMER OFF,
GALS OF IRON WORKERS.
UNION ARE DETAINED ALL
OVER COUNTRY.
RESULTS OF DYNAMITE
INVESTIGATION
Prisoners Accused Of consp'r'n9
Against "open Shop Contractors"
Frank N. Ryan and Herbert
Hockin, Chief OFFICERS,
Held in Case.

Indianapolis, Ind. - The Unlteo
indianapolis, Feb. 15.-The Unlted
States government caused the arrest
of almost all of the "a men indicted
in the alleged dynamite conspiracy
cases.
1t took into custody within a few
hours practically the entire stan OF
the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Workers, in
Guiding the chief officers, members OF
the executive board and about 20 busi-
ness agents and former business
agents.
These included Frank M. Ryan, the
president; John T. Butler of Buffalo,
N. Y, the first vice president, and
Herbert S. Hockin, the second vice
president and successor of ]. J. Nc
Namara as secretary-treasurer, and
each Of these men was required to
give $4,000 bond for his appearance
for arraignment here with all the
other defendants on March IL.
BY its action the government re-
vealed the identities of the men whom
it charges with being the accomplices
of the McNamaras and Ortie McMan-
igal in the dynamite plots, embrac-
ing almost 100 explosions, which were
begun in Massachusetts in 1905, which
were scattered over the country for
six years, and which resulted in the
wrecking of the Los Angeles Times
building with loss of 81 lives, and
an attempt to blow up bridge over
which President Taft, in a special
train, was to pass. near Santa Bar
bara, CAL, last October.
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required to furnish $4,000 bond, and
40 are each required to furnish 5000
bond, making an aggregate bond re-
quired of $4,000.
Immediately upon his arrest Presi-
dent Ryan addressed a statement to
union labor men throughout the coun-
try calling upon them to believe in his
innocence and in the innocence of his
co-defendants.
The Indictment on which all the
men were arrested was made public
last night. 1t charges all the 81 men
with conspiracy to violate the statutes
forbidding the carrying of explosives
on passenger trains and details AZ
transportations, charged as overt acts,
and names Ortie E. McManigal, or
Herbert S. Hockin, in each act, but
does not specify the part taken by
the other defendants.
All of the defendants are named in
each of the 80 indictments and accord
ing to District Attorney Miller, sen.
fences may be imposed for each of the
offenses. 1t is the contention of the
government that each of the defen.
dants was guilty in each of the con.
spiracy charges, although his active
participation may have been in one
transportation only.
There are IA indictments charging
overt acts and IA charging unconsum.
mated acts of conspiracy. Another in.
dictment of "a counts charges all the
defendants as being principals in the
transportation of nitro-glycerin.
A further indictment of "a counts
charges McManigal and ]. B. McNa
mara with physical transportation OF
nitro-glycerin and all the other code
PENDANTS with abetting.
Two other remaining indictments
with IL counts each, charge all the de
PENDANTS with being principals in the
transportation of dynamite and with
having aided McManigal and ]. B. Me
Namara.
Altogether, the indictments contain
12S counts against each of the defend
ants and the penalty for any one O.
the offenses varies from IS months t.
two years in prison.
S1xty-hve OF the explosions consid
cred in the indictments were on wory
of members of the National Erectors
association, an organization of lone,
shop" employers, and 81 explosions O,
attempts were on work of contractor,
who were not members of the erectors
association.
More than 300 witnesses from Bos
ton to Los Angeles and from Duluth +,
points in Tennessee were examined
The investigation was directed to tn,
matter of conspiracies to commit OF
lenses against the laws of the Unite,
States and the transportation of dyna
mite and nitro-glycerin as define,
and made punishable by the variou
acts of congress Of 1886. 1908 and 190s
UNION MEN ARRESTED.