The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-16
Eyan and ROCkin Caught In
Dynamite Probe Net.
A NATION VIDE CONSPIRACY?
Federal Msrshals Act In Many Cities,
To Arraign Accused Men at Indian
apolis March 12- Hookin, Said
to Be Brains Of lronworkers'
Union, Sought immunity.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 15.-Thirty
arrests, with a certainty that there will
be others, represents the work of the
federal grand jury in the dynamiting
case up to date, and 1t Is not denied at
the federal building that there are from
fifteen to twenty others who have been
caught in the net and will be arrested.
Nearly all the accused men are now or
have been members of the Interna ton
nj Association Of Bridge and Structural
lrOnworkers' organization.
They were in the great conspiracy
TO destroy property and break up the
open shop movement, however, and
each is charged with some other act in
connection with members Of the iron
workers in the work of destruction.
Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the In
ternational union; Herbert S. HoCkin,
secretary-treasurer; J. T. Butler, first
vice president: Fred T. Sherman, bust
ness agent of the local union OF iron
workers, and S. Z. Meadows, business
agent of the Carpenters union, We're
arrested here and taken at once to the
Office of the United States marshal,
where they gave bond, Ryan and Hook,
in in a sum of $4,000 each and the
others in the sum Of $1,000 each.
The arrests bring before the country
the full extent OF the alleged dynamite
conspiracy and show what men the
government accuses of having had a
connection with a nation wide Grim.
inal organization formed among iron
workers and others to fight the bat
ties of unioniSm with dynamite and
nitrOglycerin. Caught in the net of
the government in all parts of the
country are labor men who are accused
here of having had a hand in the con
spiracy or in overt acts in furtherance
of the conspiracy. Explosions which
occurred in twenty or more cities in
six years, and for which no one was
punished, again spring up before the
public, and local communities find that
the government is attempting to bring
to justice many men who have not
hitherto been known to be connected
with the dynamiting game.
A total of fifty-four men were indict.
ed by the federal grand jury, it was
learned at the federal building. Dis
trict Attorney Miller, who has been in
charge of the investigation, predicted
that every man indicted would be un.
der arrest by today. Few, If any, he
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though in one or two instances, he said
a defendant might be out of his home
city or not accessible to the marshals
at once.
All defendants will be arraigned be
fore Judge Anderson in the federal
court March u.
Herbert S. Hockin, the secretary
treasurer of the ironworkers, made
many attempts to reach an agreement
with the government after the inquiry
began, but all Overtures were rejected
as the officials believed him to be one
of the leaders in the conspiracy and
were certain of his indictment and pun
ishment. 1t Is no secret that he will
make a clean breast Of the whole con
spiracy.
Hockin Is charged with having gone
to McManigal when the latter was 9
quarryman in Detroit and to have in
duced him to attempt the blowing VI
of hoisting engine and some other
machinery and designated the place
where the explosive could be found
1t Is also charged that he induced Nc
Manigal to go to Buffalo and blow NJ
the Lehigh Valley bridge. The dyna
miter says HOcliin was with him il
Buffalo, but the explosion was arrang
ed so as to give Hockin time to get tc
Canada.
1t has been related by McManiga
that Hockin aided in the actual trans
portation of the explosives. The TAX
ing of suit case full of nitroglyceriI
to Cleveland for the Fourth Of July
Job" Mt Akron is one of the events il
which Hockin figures.
Besides being a field general in the
conspiracy. Hockin is alleged to have
been in charge of Il good deal of the
work of keeping the conspiracy sup
piled with dynamite and nitroglycerin
He was back Of the plan to establish {
, nitrOglyCerin storage house at Muncie
it Is said, and, according to McManigal
was the man who made arrangement,
with c. c. Keiser, "A well shooter, t.
obtain the Juice" consignments oi
nltroglycerin being transferred from
one buggy to another along lonely
l - h.
For some time Hockin has been rec
ognized as one of the most resourcefu
leaders in the IrOnwOrkers' union, anC
as m international organizer was mucl
IN demand in all parts Of the country.