Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-15

Che defendants on their arrest have
ceen to procure bond for their ap-
pearance March 12. In some IN
stances the bond was fixed at $1o,-
600, and in the aggregate the bonds
required, it was said, would ex
ceed $3O0,oO0.
indianapolis. In.. Feb. l5.
Arrests in the dynamite CON
spiracy eases began today and
soon many OF the 80 or more de
PENDANTS scattered in various
parts of the country were taken
into custody
Among the first arrested was
Frank M. Ryan. president OF the
international Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. He was taken in ln-
dianapolis. where the iron work
,ers' international headquarters
are located and from which j. j.
Mcnamara, the convicted dyna
miter. was arrested last April.
Reports from many cities show
the government 's intention to ar
rest all the men at one time.
Eleven business agents OF the iron
workers, four or five officials
and some members of the eXecll-
tive board, who are charged with
knowing what Mcnamara did
with money used to buy explo-
sives, are among those indicted.
Two Outsiders Caught.
Spurgeon H. Meadows, business
:ngent of the district council of the
International brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and sJoiners, also Was arrested III
Indianapolis. He represents one of the
three labor unions alleged TO be inn
plicated in the conspiracy The of
ficial of another union represented is
C. f. Dowd of the Machinsts' union,
rnnder arrest at Rochester, N. Y.
Frank c. Webb. former member
of the iron workers executive board.
ares prominently in Ortie McManigal's
confession. Webb is charged with
meeting McManigal aud showing him
where to do Jobs" In Hoboken and
Jersey City. y. j.
Before night it is expected ma
9ority of the so or more men indicted
will be apprehended and the govern
,nent will reveal the facts. all the
names involved and the extent of a
conspiracy, which, 1t charges. for six
years has been carried on by union
labor officials and others against
open shop" contractors.
Among the early arrests reported
were those of Richard II. Houlihan OF
Chicago. who is charged with further
Ing the violation of the federal statutes
In connection with explosions at Chi
-cago, and by assisting Ortie Nc
J., ,(n1,- ,1xyv ;tf,r
Former Officials Named.
e. e. Phillips, former official of
she Iron Workers union. was arrested
at Syracuse, N. Y. and Edward Clark
and Ernest e. w Basey, also iron
workers, We're arrested at Cincinnati.
John T. Butler. Buffalo, N. y, first
vice president OF the international
of Detroit. Mich. second vice presiden,
and acting secretary-t treasurer and
Fred Sherman, local business agent
we're arrested here after Ryan was talk
en- HocFin succeeded j. J. Mcnamara
now in San Quentin prison in Cali
fornia, as secretary treasurer
Ortie McManigal. In his confession
20 the government. charged thai
HocEin was the man who put him ir
ahe dynaniting business" 1t is charged
in the Indictment that Hockin wen'
20 Detroit in June, 1907, and induced
x.
Ryan and his associates immedtatel,
conferred with District Attorney Mil.
ser in reference to bond. 1t is said the
bonds required for all 80 or more de
gendants will aggregate 100000. The
bonds are for their arraignment here
March l2.
Eugene A. Clancy San Francisco; ]
=. Munsey, Salt Lake City; Olaf A
Tvie.noe, San Francisco, and Orti,
A1cManigal. already indicted on the Pa
cifc coast, and j. ]. Mcnamara ant
James II. Mcnamara already convict
ed, are again indicted here
The bonds of Ryan, Hochin and Put
3er later were fixed at $4,000 each. ant
those of Meadows and Sherman a
$4,000 each. II was said if they 500,
did not furnish bond they would b.
taken TO Jail.
Agents of a Conspiracy.
In the indictments 1t is held tina
the Mcnamara brothers and McMani
gal were merely the agents Of u vas
conspiracy and that their work in blow
ing up structures. including the Lo
Angeles Times. in October 1910, ha
been carried on for years at the behes
OF their superoior officers and at th
solicitation of officers of local unions.
All the defendants are charged wit
conspiracy to transport dynamite an
.litroglycerin in violation of the fed
erai statutes. Some of those indicte
were members of the executive boar
when j. J. Mcnamara was directing hi
dynamiting onerations from his offic
IN Indianapolis and when he was re