Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-31
LEAvENWORTH FOR 80 DYNAMIT-
ERS-.6 SENTENCES SUSPENDED.
Ryan Given Seven Years==Otflers from One to Six
Years-Judge Give Each Chance to Discuss De-
gree of His Guilt--Affecting Scenes on Parting
With Relatives-By Special Train to Prison.


the court must repress that indigna-
ton which every law-abiding citizen
now really feels at the crimes which
the evidence in this case discloses in
addition to those for which these de-
i PENDANTS have been found guilty. and
as near as may be possible, confine
the punishment within its proper
scope"
Referring to the iron workers strike.
! which began in 1905 and which the gov
eminent charged with tie motive
which prompted John J. Mcnamara I'd
use dynamite as weapon. Juus'e AM
| derson said the strike was attended
by picketing, then by slugging and
riots. He added:
| But in 1906 a campaign by dyna-
| mite was inaugurated and beginning
| with explosions in the East and ex-
tending from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific continued until the arrest of the
] McNamaras and MeManigal in April.
/ 1911.
The evidence in this case shows
/ that almost 100 explosions. damaging
| and destroying structures in process
| of erection by and machinery of. open
| shop concerns took place, eliminating
/ on the first day of October, 1910. in the
destruction of the Los Angeles Times
| building and the murder of u people
Every one of these explosions were
upon tile work of open shop concerns
and no explosion is shown TO have
| taken place upon any closed shop 1op.
/ Since the arrest of the McNamaras and
icManigal the explosions have ceased.
/ This system of destruction was INTO
carried on for revenge or obedience to
| ofr hTy
deliberate purpose by veritabie reign
| Of terror, to enforce. compliance with
the demands of the iron workers upon
the open and closed shop question"
The court room was more crowded
than usual. Among many women pres
ent was Mrs Benjamin Harrison, wid.
ow OF the former President
The sentences were read by the
court from slip of paper, the names
and the terms of Imprisonment being
called off rapidly. A few minutes lat
| er, the court room was cleared of all
/ except the prisoners. who with their
families were permitted to remain in
| the federal building, until late in the
afternoon.
Taken to County Jail.
At 3.15 o'clock, the prisoners, shack
/, led to deputy marshals, with Marshal
Schmidt and superintendent of Po-
lice Martin J. Hyland in the lead.
stepped out of the federal building
and on their march to the Marion
county jail began to sing "On the
Banks of the Shannon" The sing
! ing continued with crying women and
children following the procession al
most until the jail was reached. Ev-
cry effort by the officials to stop the
demonstration caused louder singing,
AS the line reached the prisoners
entrance to the JAIL the deputies
{ stepped aside, the handcuffs were re-
moved and the prisoners were check
ed by Marshal Schmidt. The prison
ers marched in alphabetical order. An
| derson of Cleveland leading and
Young of Boston bringing up the rear.
Not one of the six men whose sem
fences were suspended by Judge An
! derson accompanied the melancholy
{ procession from the scene Of the trial
to the jail.
The wives and friends of the con-
victed men had taken leave of them
half hour before Marshal Schmidt
ordered the prisoners to get ready for
the trip to the jail.
At the entrance of the Jail yard.
five policemen held back the crowd.
The deputies and prisoners marched
through the yard to the entrance.
while hundreds of spectators eraned
their necks and jostled each other to
see how the prisoners bore up under
the strain. AS Anderson of Cleveland,
the first man in the line, passed
moving picture photographer he smil-
| fsd ND Il IL. L..
the job" Some of the men puffed
nervously on cigars, others We're still
chewing toothpicks they used after
luncheon in the federal building.
Nine minutes after Anderson. . the
first in line. left the federal building.
the entire procession had reached the
entrance of the Jail. A few minutes
later, the handouts had been removed
from the last prisoner and the Jail
door had shut behind them.
The prisoners had been separated
from their relatives at the federal
building. The wife and two daugh-
tiers of Edward F. Phillips of Syra-
euse N. Y, were the first to leavS
the room. They were crying as the
door closed.
i Affecting Scenes.
George Bernhardt, the 4-year-old son OF
the prisoner, brought smile to the faces
OF many when he left the corridor with q
nervy good Bye that elected a ehcerH
response from the most fowncast OF the
prisoners. The boy won the friendship OF
the defendants and their families BY the
cheerful front he maintained throughout
the trial. When his father was sentenced.
the boy was playing in one Of the corri-
doris and making it resound with childish
shouts of glee, The prisoners at the re-
quest of Ed Smythe of Peoria, III. sang
"Oh, Where Is My Wandering Boy To-
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