Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-01
LABOR LEADERS ARE
PUT ON TRIAL FOR
DYNAMITE OUTRAGES
WITNESS IN ONE OF MOST REMARKABLE COURT SCENES EVER STAGED
IN ANY NATION IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD
FIFTY.ONE men FACE FEDERAL
JUDGE AND PLEAD NOT GUILTY

linked together in a conspiracy by an
extensive correspondence from 1906 to
1911, during which time more than 100
| explosions in states scattered from
Massachusetts to California occurred
in works under construction by en-
p1oyers of nonunion labor.
Fifty-four men were indicted last
February, but John J. McCray, Wheel
ing, w. Va, never has been located
and the Mcnamara brothers are in
prison in California.
The court room which probably for
weeks will be the scene of the trail,
has long been ready. Every precau-
ton has been taken to secure quiet.
The windows of the small room, To-
Gated on an outside corner of the sec
ond flood of the federal building, have
been heavily curtained to exclude the
daylight. Recently Judge Anderson
had the walls and ceiling thickly pad
ded with felt to improve the sound
conditions.
United States Senator John w.
Kern has been retained as counsel
for the defendants, while the govern
ment will be represented by District
Attorney Charles w. Miller and his
assistant.
Sixteen defendants were placed un-
der $4,000 bonds each, to appear for
trial and the others each under $4,000
bonds, making an aggregate in bonds
of S350000
Witnesses are to be called from
many parts of the country. While it
is not the intention of the govern
ment to go thoroughly into the cases
which resulted in the imprisonment
OF the McNamaras, all that part of the
evidence of the Pacific coast explo-
sions as pertains to the illegal inter-
state shipment Of explosives has been
made available to District Attorney
Miller.
Each of the 80 indictments returned
last February contains charges
against all of the defendants, and the
charges embraced in three groups.
They are:
Transporting dynamite and nitro
glycerine in passenger trains from
one state to another; as Ortie E. Nc
Manigal confessed was done when
these explosives were carried in suit
cases from hiding places at Munice.
Ind; Rochester, Pa. Tiffin, O., and
Indianapolis, to cities where Jobs
were to be blown up.
Conspiring to violate interstate reg.
ulations relative to explosives.
Concealing knowledge of the con-
spiracy or abetting the illegal trans
portation of explosives.
Most of the explosions of which the
government has made a record were
against members of the Ma
tional Erectors' association, an or
ganization of constructors who had
broken off relations with the union
and were conducting open shops"
The first explosion or attempt record
ed was at Miller's Falls, Mass, in the
summer of 1905 and the last October
l6, 1911, when at a. m. near Santa
Cal, 80 sticks of dynamite
with fuse were found beneath a
bridge just before special train bear
ng President Taft passed over. Twen-
y of the explosions occurred in Ohio.
McManigal's confession was the
,asis upon which the government
ounded it's case before the federal
,rand jury which returned the indict-
nents. And it is expected to figure
in the present trial. In
McManigal confessed.
That Hockin came to him in Detroit,
n 1907, and induced him to blow up
job there, afterward paying him
regular fee of $125 for each job. Nc
1anigal had worked in a stone quarry
nd, he said, it was because of his
amiliarity with explosions that he
vas selected.
That Hockin accompanied him on
rips and pointed out works that were
& be blown up, afterwards introduce
ng him to James B. Mcnamara, who
ecame McManigals "teammate" in :.
he dynamiting business.
That on instructions from HOckin
e met Michael j. Young, member
f the executive board in Boston, and
rank C. Webb in New York, about
obs that were to be blown up near
hose cities.
That Hockin wired him at Chicago
, return to Indianapolis in February,
go, where he, Hockin and ]. J. Nc
Iamara talked over new inven-
on,'' which consisted of using an or
mary alarm clock as timer for
uses. 1T was scheme by which
'e could set a bomb and then be
lilies away when the explosion occur
ed and so prove an alibi," said Nc
[anigal.
McManigal also confessed that ex-
losives were hidden in various parts
+ the country and carried in suit
ases on passenger trains. that he
let various business agents about
jobs" and that he received fee OF
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