The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29

ISOLATION of Bridge and Structural
workers. Is a member of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. Frank NJ.
Ryan is one Of the members of the
executive council of the federation.
by virtue of his office as president of
the union. The entire executive
board of the union, with the excep-
ton of one. has been found guilty
OF conspiracy. Is the American
Federation of Labor going to retain
this union among its membership
Does the federation think of the duty
devolved upon 1t by having a ment
Der of It's family convicted IN thia
fashion?
THE conviction Of the thirty-eight
men, we believe, will have great
moral effect onthe country. We were
not looking for our pound OF flesh,
but merely wished to have the dy-
namiting stopped all over the coun-
try.
Says Justice Prevailed.
The country Is 10 be congratulated
for the fearless prosecution by
Charles w. Miller and his assistants.
and the fact that the case came up
/ before Judge Anderson. No doubt
! extreme pressure was brought to bear
in behalf OF the defendants, but jus
tice prevailed"
Relative to the conviction OF the
thirty-eight men, MI Drew said that
he was might glad over some of the
convictions, but had considerable
sympathy for q number of the 9TH
ers.
Two classes OF men were convict
ed he said. zone group were moth
ing more than CRIMINALS, who graft
ed themselves to unionism to get what
they could out of their association
with the labor movement. The othe,
group, m.sled by barrow and Lin
coin Steffens, believed the proper
thing in settling labor disputes was
to resort to the use of dynamite. Thh
group were not criminals down In
their heart. and only did what they
did because they thought they We're
aiding the labor movement. / have a
great deal OF sympathy for these men,
because they were not Of the highos.
intellectual standard. They on.y tel
intelligent men.
The responsibility rests on the
men who fomented class hatred.
Says Labor yin Benefit.
Il believe that the conviction OF
the men In indianapolis will be OF a
benefit to organized labor. 1t will
teach them to cast the thieves and
criminals from their ranks. The con-
viction Of the men has certainly dem
onstrated to them that dynamitins
does not pay. as far as dollars and
cents are concerned. The trial cost
them thousands of dollars.
II sincerely hope that organized
labor viii Immediately set about ano
clean the rottenness out Of Its ranks
There Is one favorable feature,
and that Is that there will be at ieast
one senator in the United States SEN
ate VIII, will have first hand and d.
rect As1wiedge Of the character OF
the methods of at least one organi
zation that is seeking legislation from
congress. That gentleman is Senator
Kern. His Information and knowl-
edge ought to be OF great value when
ever he comes to pass a senator,
upon labor legislation.
Tells About Tvfetmoe
Discussing the p, rsonnel of the con-
victed men. Mr.. Drew said that the
most important of them Ia O.1f A.
Tvietmoe. secretary and treasurer oil
the California Building Trades coun.
ell. This man In q political power
in San Francisco. and was one Of th<
biggest Of the conspirators." said Mr.
i'rew.
4 Frank C. webb, one Of the tws
New York men convicted. Mr.. Drew
said. was the man who was respou.
sible for all the dyuAmiting attributed
to the union In the eastern part Of
1 the country II am sincerely happy
that ha WAS convicted" he said.
| Patrick r, Farrell. the other New
Yorker. according 70 Mr.. Drew. didn't
amount to much.
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