Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-07
Arrests of Alleged Participants
in Nationwide Dynamite
Conspiracy May Reach Forty
Persons
WILL DEMAND BAIL
AGGREGATING 100000
Accused Men to Be Taken Into
Custody simultaneously On
Day Secretly Fixed By Gov
eminent,

fBy Morning journal Special f.eosed WireI
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. tt nton labor
officials and agents, said to number
between thirty and forty whom the
government holds criminally respon-
sible with the McNamaras and Ortie
+. McManigal for perpetratng more
Than 100 explosions in cities from
Massa chusetts to California i'll the
last six years including the wreck
ing of the Los Angeles Times build
ing. were indicted today. Thirty-tWo
Indictments were returned. Caplases
for warrants have been issued ana
all the men indicted are to be taken
into custody on day secretaly fixed
by the governemnt known to be
within a week. March IL has been
sci for their arraignment before Fed
eral Judge A. &. Anderson in Indian
apolis
The papers for the arrests .lesig
nate the amount of bond which the
defendants may give in the federal
districts in which they reside for their
appearance here. The amounts OF
the bonds in the individual cases We're
not made known. but 1t was said IN
the aggregate they would total $500
coo.
Although the names of the defend
ants and their exact number were or
dered withheld pending the arrests, 1t
was said probably more than thirty
two and probab bly, forty men are ac-
eused. nasmuch as more than one
defendant was named in some of the
indictments. Among the men, ii was
said were eitha" union o''"erS or men
who were charged with aifillatng
with the dynamiters
Asked ,if any men higher up had
been indicted United States District
Attorney Miller refused to say. Init
however. that no officials higher than
those who had had headquarters in
Indianapolis were involved.
Frank NJ. Ryan. president Of the
International Association Of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers and Her
bert S. iIockin, the secretary-treas-
urer. when informed of the indict-
ments repeated their statements that
J. J. Mcnamara acted on his own re-
sponsbility when he organized his
"dynamtng crew" lIocldn succeeded
Mcnamara as secretary treasurer ol
the association.
With the return of the indictments
District Attorney Miller ended an m
qury began last october. The pa
Ders taken from the iron workers
Headquarters were said not only 10
have shown under what circumstan-
ces McManigal was induced TO start
in the dynamite business against
open shop" contractors beginning IN
Detroit in June, 1907, but also 10
throw light on the $1,000 a month al
lowed Mcnamara for organizing put-
poses.
IT took the grand jury ten minutes
to vote the indictments. Armed with
TWO bulgng suitcases from when
they later extracted the indictments
some of which We're two or thre"
inches thick. the grand jury iiled III
TO Judge Anderson's court at 2;lo (
p.m.
Have YOU anything to report:
Judge Anderson asked.
we have thirty-three indictments /
Foreman Herbert NJ. Glossbrenner |
'aid, handing the bundles of type /
written documents to a clerk.
The court thinks some expression I
OF gratitude is due you for your Iaith-
lulneSs. Judge Anderson said. y ou |
Will not be dismissed at this time as I
is possible but not probable' you
may De recalled before the end OF tne b
Term in May
District ATTORNEY Miller. first ex-
planning hat only thirty-tWo OF the /
indictments pertained to the dynamite /
conspiracy then held conference |
WIN Judge Anderson at which the .s-
sudhcc of capiases and fixing the /
"'nus We're arranged.
H"lhe delay in forwarding COPIES 'i 1
ne indictments to the federal MS
ul'is where the defendants are 10 be \
arrested would ensue. Mr. Miller sala,
oe,ause 200 typewriter sheets had
20 Do transcribed. The arrests OF men
zen Within easy reach would not ne 7
.e ted at once, he said, as by ue-
H.ahdlhS copy Of his indictment on
arrest q defendant could reveal the 1
names of others
u is our plan To facilitate the work
tne agents who are to make tht +
'''s over the country 10y not max
Ns public the names until all are d
.,n'h nands reach" Mr..Miller SAID.
-" inr arrests are to be made on
same day wherever the men hNc
may he soiourning. ] must rel use
- anything now as To the positions
- men hold. whether they are I
~Dai are known as higher ups or /
~ Bot we are mighty gratified with |
result of this widespread INJURY T
lnt arrests may not be made uhill
rialt ni this week pr Monday "l +
There are 5000 tVpwriten q
.n the indictments md copy /
49,. a.eompany the 'lpta ses- Ihfet i
- probably will ID. required for the
fs.- a. work and III pro-ess'.s must
IL delivered 20 ih rritei states
vti.tal rf The various districts ln I
si tHeF are To- De- served. All th.-
"a .iuife four or five days-
Drew counsel Tor the NJ
l kreetors' assocfatior an organ
fl-.- .i open shop iron aud steel
suff-.'ie whose membels have 1
th. 49, 'hf"ugh explosions. called ar 4
.arI'51i attorneys office.
affar- - tne elimination OF tNal "i
-.Ff.,..h ti" part ~ the ErecfsNs 49,