Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-09
ONION FUNDS USED
TO PAY FINES Of
CONVICTED
SLUGGERS
Assaults Committed During
IronworkerS' Strike in New
York Investigated By Gov.
ernment.
WITNESS DENIES ALL
KNOWLEDGE OF VIOLENCE
TBs Loased Wire 10 Evening HeraIdl

indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 9.--Assa ults
committed during the ironworkers
strike were investigated by the gov
ernment in the Crosssexamination of
Patrick r. Farrell New York, de-
fendant at the dynamite cOnspirH cy"
trial today.
out OF $4,000 contributed by the
International union to sustain the
strike In New York, FARRELL admitted
he furnished bond for and paid the
fnes OF union men, Sixty assaults in
1906, In which bottles OF ammonia
and revOlvcrs were used ~ weapons.
and In which one man was thrown
In the river and policeman who had
attempted to uucil riot was killed.
we're charged by the government az
being part of reign OF terror"
which preceded a general use Of dy-
Mantle. The strike never has been
called on
Farrell ls charged. as an executive
board member OF the International
union, with appropriating money to
enable J. J. Mcnamara to maintain a
"dynamitlng crew"
Asked about the wreck Of draw
bridge at Pelham, n. ", In Febru-
ory. 1908, when the draw fell into the
bay. Farrell said he had written Nc
Namarn that the high wind" had
blown the work down.
WAS the high wind term used
to designate depredations against non
union work" asked James W, Uoei,
Nor the government.
ut was not. We believed the Pel-
ham Job fell apart because OF incom
petent workmen." said Farrell.
Farrell said he knew funds Of the
union we're expended for which no
'encRuntlng was made, but he did not
know what the money Nas spent for
He denied Rll knowledge OF McNn-
mAra's purchase OF explosives
Frank J. Murphy, Detroit. n former
IronwOrkers business agent. was the
tenth defendant to testify.
Murphy VAS charged with trying
Ia find out" how much IA witness knew
OF alleged plots to blow up non union
work In Detroit Ortle n. McManigal
confessed that In 1910. under orders
Of Herbert s HockIn. he took ~ suit
case filled with nitroglycerin To DE.
denly called on. other witnesses teB,
tined that Charles WEchtmelstcr had
recelved Si0O from Hirman Kline OF
tho carpenters union. aH the carpen-
ters' share VI the expenses for cxplo.
sionH
Robert q. NJ. Ross came from liza.
wall to testify that Wachtmeister be-
came intoxicated and talked 40 much
k.V Al a
called on" and that Murphy and
Clarence r.. DOwd. now Of Rochester
y. Y. met Ross to find out what h'
knew Of the plots,
Murphy denied he ever had talked
To Ross and asserted that he knew
nothing Of proposed explosions tC
unionize various trades In Detroit
II WAS in Detroit that James u
Mcnamara and MCManigal were ar
rested soon after they arrived IL
April, 1911, to cause Ave eXplosonI
there.
Did YOU ever talk TO l., A. Noe
OF the IrOnwOrkcrs' union about usIni
niIroglyccrin In DetrOitY' asked Sen
ator j. W Kern,
4 "NOne Of the union officials sO fa
az know ever talked Of explosives,
Murphy was passed by tue govern
mcnt without cross exa mlnatlon,
WRchtmciater next testlned.
did Cllne ever give you ti00?'
Neked Senator Kern.
He never did," said WachtmeiateT
Did you ever arrange with Clin
for blowing up buildings in Detroit o
for buying eApioslves?"
II never did"
The witness also denied meeting ]
y, Mcnamara and telling him ther
Was too much talk" h cause explo
slons In Detroit.