The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-07
CLIPPINGS USED
IN DYNAMITE CASE
McNarnara Wanted Those
That Indicated Interesting
Things that might Happen

indianapolis. Nov. 7.-Newspaper
clippings about explosions were read
at the dynamite conspiracy" trial to-
day as having been sent to John j.
Mcnamara by officials of the Interna-
tional Association of Bridge and Iron
Workers. In letter to Phillip A..
Cooley Of New Orleans Mcnamara
wrote: Il do not want clippings
about the work. but about certain
things that might happen which would
interest u.s."
Ihe government In its opening state
ments said it would show that al
though Cooley's territory was not af.
tected BY the explosions. he continual
~ solicited there. Several letters were
read telling of explosions which the
government claims were results of or
ders of +. NJ. Ryan, president of the
union.
Specific accusations were made by
the government that in the spring Of
1910. Ryan entered on a campaign
systematically to blow up the proper
ty Of certain iron and steel contra ctors.
and that in furtherance of the plan,
President Ryan wrote from New York
letter assigning men to have charge
of the explosions in different locali-
ties.
Twenty-Five explosions that year. in
Guiding those at Los Angeles. were al
legged by the government to have been
carried on with the knowledge of most
OF the special officials Of the Interna-
tional Association Of Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers.
District Attorney Charles w. Mile,
read letter dated April 10. 1910, in
Syn1rn usoe
rected ]. J. Mcnamara to instruc,
union officials at Pittshurg, Buffalo,
Rochester. New York: Worcester,
Mass: Jersey City. N. j.; Detroit
Mich; Cincinnati. Ohio; Peoria, ILL.,:
davenport. Iowa and Mount Vernon.
III: to take care of jobs" in those
districts. s
Another letter was quoted as show
ing that Mcnamara wrote to members
informing them of the policy recent
~ laid down by the board" and urging
secrecy.
Explosions later occurred in or near
all those cities.
The Ryan letter was quoted as saw
ing in part:
In regard to the Mctlintic- Mar
shall jobs. let Henry w. Legleitner at
tend to the jobs in the Pittsburg dis
trict. Let j. T. Butler attend to the
Jobs at Buffalo and Rochester,. Hook
In will arrange for the Chicago. De-
troit and Cincinnati jobs. P. j. Nor
rim can attend to Mount Vernon"
TWO explosions on a hotel under
construction in Salt Lake City, Utah,
the same year were proceeded by an
extensive correspondence between Me-
Namara and ]. E. Munsy. the busi-
ness agent at Salt Lake City and
Eugene A: Clancy. San Francisco an
executive board member. the govern
ment charged. Referring to con-
tractor. Munsey. according to a let
ter. wrote few days after one exxplo-
sion: we put Jones on the hum.
mer" and added, II enclose a tele-
gram that was stolen from the Amer
lean Bridge company by one Of the
brothers in this city. had him do
ing little work for the local here"
Clancy was alleged to have stopped
of. in Salt Lake City to investi,at to
conditions there.
Edward Snythe. secretary of a local
union at Peoria. was charged. through
the reading Of letters. with having
asked Mcnamara for 800 to get out
Of Jail two men who assaulted nom
union workmen in Peoria. Clippings
from Peoria newspaper were en-.
closed giving an interview in which
Smythe denied the union had ANYTHING
to do with the assault. Across the let
ter was written a recommendation by
Herbert s. Hockin that the money he
advanced to the Peoria union. A let.
ter as produced signed by Mcnamara
saying the money was enclosed and
asking Smythe to ne more careful
hereafter"