Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-24
Federal Court at Indianapo.
lis Will Endeavor to De-
eide Who is at Fault in
Dynamitire Conspiracy.
IslId9O elplS
DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY ALLEGED

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tlon-wide Plot to Injure
open Shop" Contractors,
indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 2s.-Charxed
with completely in the so-called .dvn..
mite conspiracy" ifty-one men. preA.
ent or former oflicials OF labor unions
are to appear for trial before ma.
Albert B. Anderson and jury IN the
FEDERAL court Of this district on a..
tober 1.
Indicted under federal statuta for.
bidding the transportation Of explo.
slves on passenger trains, the defend.
ants are alleged to have been con.
cerned In nationwide plot to destroy
the property Of contractors emplovinc
non-nnion ironworkers, eliminating n
the explosion in the Los angeles
Times building, which cost twentv.or.
lives. \. I s,s9
Fifty-four were indicted by the prand
Jury IN Its report Of FEBRUARY q last
Dut OF this number John ]. ana .Iamsa
.. MCNAMARA are In San pnenti,
prison, California. y and j. J.sAfc cCrnvssa /.
lormeE member OF the u erernfivn
board OF the International Assoriatin,,
|of Bridge and Structural Iro1worknrs
mas not been found BY the federsi
authorities. ~
Most OF the defendants ara ~ have
been connected with the iron wnrLars.8
association, which, since 1aos nae
been engaged In a struggle Win the
National Erectors' association an nr.
ganization OF structural steel and ron
contractors employing non-union
association suffered loss from more
tnan one hundred explosions from 1905
to 1911. ". u AS
Labor Heads In II. 5ssl
Following the arrest OF John ]. Me-
Namara. secretary-treasurer az the
ironworkers' association. at it's head.
quarters in this city, and the arrest
|of James B. Mcnamara and Ortje n.
McManigal in Detroit, In connection
with the Los Angeles Times explosion
presentments were made TO the fed.
eral grand Jury OF this district that
ofhcials of the ironworkers associa.
ton and other labor unions had been
concerned In conspiracy to intimi.
date employers Of unorganized labor
by systematic destruction OF their
property.
Ortie McManigal's confession. in
which he related that he had been
employed by the McNamara brothers
and Herbert 8. Hockin acting secre-
tary-treasurer Of the ironworkers' as
ISOLATION, to dynamite bridges and
buildings In course Of construction by
non-union contractors, was the basis
Of the governments inquiry. He is to
be the principal witness for the gov
eminent in the Forthcoming trial. A
mass OF letters and other records,
seized in raid on the once OF the
iron workers association, also will be
offered as evidence of general con-
spiracy secretly to convey dynamite
and nttro-glycerine from coast TO
coast in campaign against employers
OF unorganized ironworkers.
Most prominent among the defend
ants are Frank M. Ryan, president Of
the International Association OF Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers; Herbert S.
Hockin, acting secretary treasurer
and the alleged head OF the "dynamit-
in crew; John T. Butler of Buffalo,
first yice-president. and Michael J.
Young OF Boston and Philip a. Cooley
OF New Orleans, members OF the ex-
ecutive board.
Kern For Defendants.
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Business agents and secretaries Of
local iron workers unions throughout
the country, alleged to have been i'm
plicated In the illegal transportation
Of explosives from state to state.
make up the greater part Of the list
OF defendants but oficialseof other un-
ions also are indicted. They are Olaf
A. Tveitmoe. secretary Of the Building
Trades council Of California, William
X. Benson, former president OF the De
troit Federation OF Labor: Clarence
b. Dowd, organizer for the Interna.
tional Association Of Machinists: HI
ram Cline Of Muncie. Ind, organizer
for the Association OF Carpenters and
Joiners, and Spurgeon p. Meadows,
business agent ror the carpenters and
joiners' unions Of Indianapolis
United States. Senator John w. Kern
is TO be chief counsel for the defend
ants and the government will be rep
resented by District Attorney Charles
w. Miller and his assistant, Clarence
Nichols, who conducted the grand
jury's investigation