The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-14
Over Sixty Men Are lmph-
Gated in the Thirty-two In
dictments of Indianapolis
Grand Jury.
MOST OF THEM ARE
TAKEN IN FORENOON
Bail Ranging from $1,000 to
$4,000 Is Fixed Ryan
and Hockin Are Big Fish
in Dragnet.
(National News Association

National News Assoclationl
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-The mon.
ster. dragnet Of the federal authorities.
secretly spread around more than
score of union labor leaders and 9TH
ers indicted by the Federal grand ju-
ry on charges of illegal transportation
of dynamite in interstate commerce. or
conspiracy in connection with the
same was drawn in today. 1t began
promptly at s o'cock this morning
and before ten o'clock reports of near
1y thirty arrests had been received
here. Those arrested In Indianapolis
were president Ryan OF the Ironwork-
ers International Association: Secre-
tary-Treasurer Hockin, tsuccessor to
]. J. McNamara): J. r. Butler, OF But
falo, first vice president Of the same
organizations; Fred Sherman, business
agent Of the Indianapolis local Iron
workers union. and Samuel p. Mead
ows, of the carpenters union. who -
also \ member Of the local building
trades council. Bail was Axed 1t $10-
900 for Ryan. Hockin and Butler; and
u. .o0o Tor SHERMAN 1nd Meadows.
The Dynamite conspiracy indict-
ment contains but one hundred words,
stating the charges in general terms
and contains 7S names. seven Of the
names, however, are aliases used BY
Jim Mcnamara, and sixteen are alias
es used by McManigal. This leaves
fifty-five individual persons under In
dictment.
+ Equitable Surety company furnished
bonds for Ryan, Hockin and Butler.
The Fidelity Surety company bailed
out Sherman and Meadows.
Attorney Harding for the defendants
asserted the whole affair constituted
a gigantic mistake. He predicted tho
cases would probably hang flre for .
couple Of years and then be nolled. 81.
Where Arrests Are Made.
The first flash came from Syracuse
Tuesday afternoon telling Of the ar-
rest Of former secretary e. E. Phillips
and Secretary John Carroll, Of the
Syracuse local Iron Workers Union.
Chicago followed announcing the ar-
rest of Financial Agent Richard III.
Houlihan of the Chicago local, ana
James Cooney, James Coughlin and
same local union. Other cities reported
arrests In rapid succession a. follows.
all being officers or former oflcers of
the Iron Workers Union, except a.
otherwise specified:
St. Louis, Pat H. Morrin, John Bar
ry; Kansas City, NJ. b. Brown, w. II.
Mccain, the latter business agent Olr
the Kansas City Union Federation;
Springfield, Illinois, Murray Pennell,
NJ. J. Cavanaugh; Detroit, Charles
! Wachmeyisten, Frank J. Murphy; Gin
cinnau, Edward Clark, Ernest Basey.
1.-THE latter formerly lived in indiana
pOHoJ, StCSCl0uOs TSlET 0tuiLu, 0GUT&0
"Nipper" Anderson: Philadelphia,
Michael ]. Cunnane; Milwaukee. w.
e. Reddin, Herman Seinert. tthe latter
a prominent Socialist: Peoria, I'd
ward Smythe, James E. Ray: Scran-
| ton. H. b. Hanna; New York. Frank
I G. Webb. p. S. Farrell: Denver. n. w.
Leigieitner; Duluth, Fred Mooney:
Brooklyn. Daniel Brophy: San Fran
cisco, Olaf Eyeitmoe.
| At eleven o'clock the federal author
tiles at Indianapolis announced tho
round up was only half completed
About sixty persons in all are embrsc-
ed In the thirty-two indictments no.
turned by the grand jury.
8. r. Meadows. OF Indianapolis, =
lsecrefary-treasure Of Marion County:
Building Trades Council, and district
1 business agent OF the United Brother
hood Of Carpenters and Jofners- His n
Ileged connection with the dynauiting
lease 70 understood to have Involves
the three Won Spreckslson Jobs IN In
dianapolfs in 1903.
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