The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-14
AS RESULT OF PROBE
IN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
The Combined Bail Required
For the Release Of the Ar
rested Men Exceeds 100000.
Charges in the Indictments
Are Divided Into Two Groups.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. l4.--Arrests
on the indictments returned by tho fed.
eral grand jury, as the result of the gov
ernment probe of the alleged dynamite
conspiracy, were made by the wholesale
in various parts of the country to-day
In this city Frank NJ. Ryan, president OF
the international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and Spur
geon p Meadows, and officials OF the
international Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners. were arrested.
Other arrests made during the fore
noon were as follows:
At Syracuse, N. " e. +. Phillips, for
mer secretary of the Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers, and John Carroll, to
whom Phillips turned orer his books.
At Detroit, Mich, Charles w. Waeh-
meistein and Frank ]. Murphy, said to
be iron workers.
At Chicago, Richard z. Houlihah,
financial secretary of the local Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers; William
Schoupe, former business agent of the
same local; James Cooney. business
agent of the Chicago local of the union,
anu JAMES 1ouSHIlHs u HuelHDtI Ci LHe
organization.
At st. Louis, John Barry, a former
walking delegate of the iron workers,
and Paul Morrin, who was active in rais-
ing the Mcnamara defense fund.
At Kansas City, w. Bert Brown, a
local labor man, and w. j. Mccain, bust
mess agent of thepron workers.
At Milwaukee, w b. Reddin and Her
man G. Seiffert.
At New York, Frank c. Webb, former
member III the executive board of the
international Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers; Patrick f. Far
rell and Daniel Brophy.
At Philadelphia, Michael j. Cuname,
business agent Of the Structural Iron
Workers.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Peter j. Smith,
former business agent of the interim
tional association, and George 'Nipper'
Anderson, said to have been walking
delegate of the organization.
At Cincinnati, Edward Clark, former
walking delegate, and Ernest G. w. Ba-
sey, former business agent of the Inter
national Association of Structural Iron
Workers.
At Denver, Colo, Henry w. Legleit-
ner, a member of the executive board of
the international association.
Two Groups of Indictments.
The charges in the indictments are di-
vided into two groups. The first group
charges violation of the federal statutes
regulating interstate shipment of explo-
sives, aiding and abetting to violate the
law and aiding and abetting to conceal
the violation. The defendants in this
class are termed accessories before and
after the fact. The second group of the
indictments charges conspiracy to violate
the law by furthering plans for carrying
explosives.
The combined bail required for the re-
lease of the men who have been placed
under arrest exceeds 100000.
One Arrest Made Yesterday.
Clarence F. Dowd, business agent of
the machinists' union at Rochester, n.
~. who was arrested at Rochester yes
terday, formerly was q national organ
izer for the International Association
of Machinists, with headquarters ct De-
from, which was one of the fields of op.
eration for the dynamiters. 1t was there
McManigal was induced to become a
member of the "dynamiting crew" di-
rected by John ]. Mcnamara, secretary
treasurer of the iron workers, according
to McManigal's confession. 1t was there
nIso that McManigal and James r. Me-
Namara were arrested in April, 1911, and
nj the time of their arrest, it is alleged,
they were preparing, with the assist
ance of certain local men. to cause explo.
sions under five bridges and other struc-
tures erected by employers of non. union
labor.