The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-15

10 C..N"land tur N" riu,Irt of IGlv Job"
at AKRON - on" ,t 'h.. events IN which
HoCkn figures. acCor,iInE 80 NCNduigil'i y
story
lu,kin - named aS one of the men who
u tended IN" meeting at IN" IOrrn Inc no.
tel IN Indiana uIr, on Aprit a. i"iU. and
h" fn"rtInI Oitl. - me- day az Ur ron
workers h,adUul"l"rs. wh"rr SicNinn, al
irSt r"g"lN"d instruct iorS in T." rs" of
tn" alarm clock and hitroEly,, ,,.L" Us
cont on"ntS Il internal n"rhrne
IL siu,S "lng u it.ld general III 'uc on
siirdCN. iioCNii is alleged To- lIa,' ,.n in
char.I. of . good d'dl ,f tn" work &c N,,u-
inG tn conspiracy supplied Nith dyra-
init" and ni,roglyCsrine II" W, tLck
of the plan To establish a nitruEvU rim.
stora (" hor- -e at Niunoie. II is ~ ii. and
according to McAanigal VAS ;hc man
Who made the Srran ."ucnts with I. I.
h"ls"r. a we'll shOoter. To obtain the
juice. con-iSnr"ue Of nitro Gly,'rine
'"inE trdEsftrI,d from one buggy To an
ot her on lonely ruujs in I'll" nl-ht
For some time Hoclsin has o.sn recoG-
MED a. one of the most r.SourCeful
leaders in tn" iron " orkers Union. and
aS an international organizer was much
in demand i'll all parts of the country
Letters requesting that liockin ba sent
To certain places when tn" situation
was becoming critical" were seized AZ
the iron workers hcadquart"r-. Ivna-
mitlnG sometimes followed Hook in's visit
IN resi- onso 10 th",c requests, II Is charged
MEADOWS T1lkE LEADER
Spurgenr +. Meadows, who was arrested
to-day. IL charged with being a member
of tn. dynamite conspiracy and il under
Indictment beCdllS" of the part he il al
leg"d o ha<e taken durinG the 1919 strik.
in Indianapolis. when the planning mll'
and garage OF Albert Non Spr.Ckes.n
and II branch library and a telephone
exchange under construction 10y tins
contractor were dynamited Meadows
who - ~, a,retHrv-treaaurcr OF the Marion
County Building Trades Council ard dis
triCt business agent of the United Brother
hood OF Carpenters and jo'ners, was a
prominent -trlk" leader mere"
Won SpreCk"lS"u had been running
IN" open shop" IN Indianapolis and was
hIN ,nG trouble with the carpenters while
h" was putting w tn. Murdt Temple.
Becau-" of tho Carpent"r-' troubles with
he contractor a sympathetic strike Wa
called and the iron work nod carriers,
building laborer- and oth.' union crafts
walked ou' During the completion of
III" Murat Temple there Were. frequent
gatherings OF union men here concerning
the situation and after the on SprecSel
sen explosions an attack on the temple
was feared.
j J. Butler. first vice-uresidcut of the
IRON workers. who has beer . wheel hors"
~ t'' UNION 'pf 80 tFdl EPdS-, II ACCUSED
oi has mg dirr,t"d dvua'ulting operations
VI and around rutialo. Niagara alls
and oth"t ltle> ~ northern New \oro
and also II f"uit-vlyan'H. his iurls dlCtiOn
"Nten,llnG to Erie AMI yrinity. wh"r.
ther" w.r" many eNplO-i,n,
H. addition to being TIE first vice preSl-
dent Butler l. also president of the Nj
agara Falls local Of iron workers. His
M mp"F-hin ou th" int.ruat luudl executive"
board hd- lasted several wears Ii =
alleged t"a' h" Wiz one Of the men who
appropriated rr,'. 81 Oun =, mouth used 10
rav "vper-"~ of ~" d"iamit" conspiracy.
'NurlnNr 10 FtAR." ~ rI.tR SAID.
BI,l"r Las been in Indiauapolis srv-ra!
days and uei"rr,N Il return 'rlp HON" tor
lh- purDo~" OF being here Il the Cavern
rnsnt wanted him on Il warrant Letters
from hu,l"i L. j. ! Mcnamara W,r.
among IT,. documents -ayed at the iron.
workers headquarters. Butler, in ~l~ah-
I'!g "i TIA" situation "riur to III" arrest.
ha~ said ma he had nothing lo fral
!I"lry W l"Erltu-I of PlIlSburg
vino WH- u in-int"I OF IL" genera -Ne'NI-
tlN" hoHri only "iI" year. was ii m"mh"r
tong enough Ia get into the dVuaintlug
game deeply. according 'n evidence ia
th" puS-",-luu Ol ihT tuV"rumrnt Ii l.
rnarr"d nat iegl"Itn"I at unr iluI" took
, Il >u''CaS. rIil ui ni'rOL Llvr,rII- from
/ PiuShur% 10 indanapuli,, ". also wa,
a mr!u"r ot the iglu-ll "Nr"lII". board
which Was allowing j !, Mcnamara 81 500
n month to spend for "OrgauNlug prir-
poses without rendering an accounting
| There was very littl" dvnHmiting near
| PittsburC ia the time lrglritnor was on
! the executive board, bui he Is alleged to
! have been familiar with the Operations
; Of the dynalniters IN other parts of Penn
sylvanla although other union leaders
actively directed the work As n mem
ber Of the executive board il is LEGGED he
knew of the nationwide dynamit!ng
EXPLOSIONS WHEN sMYrHE WAS BUSINESS
AGENT,
Two explosions In Peoria Ill, on the
night OF September i, lelO, when nitro
Gycerin bombs We're put under structural
steel in the railroad yards and under a
building Of the Lucas COMPANY are the
| causes Of the indictment of Edward
Smvthe, business agent of the Peoria
/ local Of irouwOrker-. The structural
/ IRON in the railway yards was the prop
ertv of the NcClInt .c- Marshall COMPANY
Orte McManigal pulled of the Job" aud
aiding him in the work; II : ailegeL, vi,