New-York tribune., 1912-02-07
DYNAMITE PRObERS
INDICT TWOSCORE
Government Prepares to SWoop
Down on Alleged "0pen Shop"
WreCkerS in Many Cities,
but WithhOIdS Names.
MOST OF THEM UNION MEN
Arrests To Be Made on Same
Day, Following Action of Fed
eral Grand Jury at Indian
apolis-Total of Bonds
Required Is 100000.


Required Is $500, 900.
indianapolis, Feb. 6-Union labor offls
clals and agents, said to number between
thirty and forty, whom the governmenr
holds criminally responsible with tho
McNamaras and Ortie f. McManigal for
perpetrating more than one hundred ex-
plosions which occurred in cities from
Massachusetts, to California in the last
six years, and in which the wrecking *
the Los Angeles Times Building was an
incident, were indicted to-day.
Thlrty-two indictments were returned.
Capiases for arrests have bcon issued.
and all the men indicted arc to be taken
into custody on a day secretly fixed by
the government but known to be within
a week. March II has been set for thu
arraignrnent before Federal Judge a. B.
Anderson, IN Indianapolis. The papers
for the arrests designate 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 I'm the individual cases wera
not made known. but it was said they
would aggregate 100000.
Names Of Defendants Withheld.
Although the names Of the defendants
and their exact number were ordered
withheld pending the arrests, it was
stated that probably more than thirty
two and possibly forty, men were accused.
inasmuch as more than one dcfendang
was named in some Of the indictments. I
Almost all the men, It was declared. Were
either union officials or men who wero
charged with afiilatng with the dyna-
miters.
Asked if any men higher up had been
indicted, United States District Attorney
Charles W. Miller refused to say. Init
nation came from another source how
ever, that no officials higher than those
who had had headquarters in Indian
apols were involved.
Frank NJ Ryan. president Of the In
ternational Association of Bridge AMI
Structural Iron Workers, and Herbert 5.
Hockln, the secretary treasurer, when
informed OF the indictments, refused 10
comment, except to reIeat their state
ment that J. J. Mcnamara acted on his
own responsibility when he organized
his "dynamiting crew" Hockin sue
ceeded Mcnamara as secretary treasurer
of the association.
| With the return Of the indictments,
District Attorney Miller completed an
| inquiry begun last October, and the fed
eral grand jury ended a six weeks hear
ing Of testimony in which, it is said
McManigal's confession, given before the
jurors verbally in detail and involving
others, and papers taken from the head
quarters of the iron workers, had an inn
portant bearing
Those papers were said not only to
have shown under what circumstances
McManigal was induced to start into tho
dynamiting business against open shop
contractors, beginning in Detroit in
June, 1907, but also to throw light on
the $1,000 month allowed Mcnamara
for organizing purposes.
1t took the grand jury just ten minutes
w 'CNS sAAN A4INiNNlIltllNSs AIlItu WIN TWO
bulginS suitcases, from which they later
extracted the indictments some Of which
were two or three inches thick, the grand
jury filed into Judge Andersons court
at 2:10 p. m.
Have you anything to report" asked
Judge Anderson.
we have thirty-three indictments"
responded Herbert NJ. Glossbrenner the
foreman, handing the bundles Of type
written documents TO a clerk.
THE court thinks some expression Of
gratitude is due 10 you for your faithful
ness" said Judge Anderson. You will
not be dismissed at this time, as ii is
possible, but not probable. you may be
recalled before the end of the term in
May.
Dis rict Attorney Miller. first explains
ing that only thirty-two of the indict-
ments pertamed To- the dynamite con-
spiracy then arranged with Judge Ander-
son the issuance Of capiases and the
fixing Of bonds.
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