The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-01

was a gigantic consI tracy on the par
of iron workers and others to figh
their battles with dynamite and nitro
glycerin began here today. The case
of 81 officials of the International AS
sociation of Bridge and Structural lrol
workers and other union leaders in
dicted by the federal grand jury herr
on February 6, 1912, on charges OF con
spiracy, were called in federal cour
before Judge A B. Anderson.
Judge Anderson granted q motion o
Anderson today granted the motion o
the defense to set aside the order fol
the consolidation of the trials of the
union iron workers which he made
last March.
Later after United States Attorne.
Miller recommended the discharge o.
the indictments against certain de-
PENDANTS. He selected the counts Oh
which he would try the remaining de-
PENDANTS.
Miller was sustained in motion tC
reconsolidate the case. The selec-
ton of the jury then began
Ortie McManigle was then arraign-
ed on charges of Illegally transport
ing dynamite and pleaded guilty to all
the indictments. His sentence was
suspended. The court dismissed the
indictments against Patrick Ryan, j
w. Irwin and 4. j. Kavanaugh.
Olaf Tvletmoe, the secretary Of the
California Building Trades Council,
and E. A Clancy, former member of
the Ironworkers executive board, both
of San Francisco, waived arraign-
ment and pleaded not guilty.
The first four talesmen examined
were excused because they said they
believed the defendants were guilty.
Prosecutor Miller refused to ex-
cuse two others on the same grounds,
asking the court to hold them that
we may find out how many perjurors
there are here"
There was considerable comment
over the coincidence that two years ago
today the Los Angeles Times was dyna
mited, resulting in 81 lives being lost;
the sentencing of j. j. Mcnamara, for
mer secretary-treasurer of the iron
workers for Is years. and his brother,
]. B. Mcnamara, TO life Imprisonment,
in California. and precipitating the in
vestigation by the government which
eliminated in the present trials.
The McNamaras and John j. McClay,
former member of the iron workers
executive board were the only men in
dicted by the federal grand jury not ex-
pected to appear in court today. Nc
Cray was never found and the govern
ment authorities believe he is dead.
Immediately after court convened.
Olaf A. Tveitmoe, secretary of the Cal
ifornia Building Trades council and
previously indicted at Los Angeles in
connection with the dynamite conspir-
acy, and E. A. Clancy. both of San
Francisco, were arraigned on the in
dictments returned here Both pleaded
not guilty When indicted Tveitmoe
and Clancy, who were then in Californ-
ia, requested that they be arraigned
when the trials opened, which was
granted.
District Attorney c. w. Miller then
made a motion that all the defendants
be tried as in one case in order to
facilitate procedure. This was granted.
The work of selecting jury then be-
gan.
The "a defendante were arrested on
charges of conspiracy. In the indict-
ments returned by the federal grand
jury, AZ violations of the law are
shown. All the defendants are alleged
to have conspired to bring about these
Other indictments in addition to the |
which the arrests were made, charge |
the defendants with transporting nitro
glycerin Others charge them with |
aiding and abetting Ortie McManigle
in the unlawful transportation of nitro
glycerine. Another charges the defend
ants with carrying dynamite and ~
other with aiding and abetting McMan
igle in the transportation of dynamite.
]. J. Mcnamara is also named as car
rier of dynamite In drawing the 80
dynamite indictments District Attorney
Miller endeavored to cover every pos
sible phase of the dynamite cases,
which accounts for the fact that in
many instances the same alleged trans
actions are the basis for different
charges.
The federal grand jury convened
1ere November 7, 1911. Four hundred
witnesses from various parts of the
were examined. On February
), 1912, indictments were secretly re-
urned and writs were issued and sent
o United States marshals in the dis
.licts where the indicted men lived
simultaneously all over the country
he defendants were taken in custody
,y United States marshals. The only
nan indicted who was not found was
dcCray and according to information
n possession of the government, he
lied in West Virginia before the grand
ury convened.
That the present trial will last not (