Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-15
NET T|GHTENS
ON SCORES Of
INDICTED MEN
Dozens of Trade Union
Officials and Others in
the Custody of the
Law.
ONLY A START,
SAYS MILLER
Almost the Entire Official
Membership of Bridge
Workers Alleged
Dynamiters.
ONLY A START,
SAYS MILLER
I .4SS0ciatcd Press Dispatch !

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-THE
United States government arrested
today almost all of the men indicted
i'm the dynamite conspiracy cases. IL
took into custody within a few hours
practically the entire official staff Of
the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers:
including the chief officers. members
Of the executive board and about
twenty business agents or former
business agents. This included Frank
NJ. Ryan, president; John r. Butler
Of Buffalo. first vice president; Her
bert = Hockin of Detroit. second
vice president and successor To }. J.
Mcnamara, secretary treasurer. Each
was required to give a en-thousand-
dollar bond for his appearance for ar
raignment here of all defendants on
March l..
More than forty of the men are
union labor officials VINO are charged
with conspring to destroy by dyna-
mite OF nitro -glycerine property of
the employers of non-union labor.
and it was declared the apprehension
of all others win follow within forty
eight hours.
The arrests revealed the identity Of
men charged with being accomplices
Of the McNamaras and Ortie Nc
Manigal in dynamite plots embracing
almost hundred explosions which
began in Massachusetts in 1908 and
were scattered over the country for
six years. and which resulted in the
Wrecking of the Los Angeles Times
building md u a;tcTpt t" blow up
President Tafts special az Santa
Barbara last october.
Fourteen of those indicted were
each required t. furnish $4,000 bond
and forty $1,000 bond making an
aggregate bond of $4,000. Some OF
those whom the government was un-
able To- find today are reported To
have disappeared. through fear or in
ability to furnish bond. II was in
timated that the iron workers asso-
citation would be unable To furnish
bonds for its indicted members.
Ernest c. W Basey, former bust
ness agent for the Indianapolis iron
workers union. and Edward Clark.
former agent for the Cincinnati union.
who were brought here after their
arrest in Cincinnati. were unable To
obtain bail and were taken to jail
When Clark appealed To- Secretary
Hockin for aid. HOckin advised him
that the International could do moth
ing for him. and referred him To his
local union Hockin said il will be-
impossible for the International To-
take on the burden of supplying bail
for many OF the men arrested. I'm
mcdiatelv on the arrest of Ryan. he
gave a statement to the union men
of the country. calling on them L.
believe in his innocence and the IN
nocence Of his co-defendants.
United States Attorney Miller in
timated tonight that the grand jury
may be reconvened after the arraign-
ment. He said all the men impli-
Gated are not caught, and this rs
just the beginning.
The indictment on which all the
men were arrested was made public
tonight. II charges all fifty.four de-
PENDANTS with conspiracy To- violate
the statutes forbidding the carrying
of explosives by passenger trains
and details forty-seven transporta-
tions charged as overt acts. IL
names McManigal, the McNamaras
and Hockin in each act. but does
not specify the part taken by the
other defendants. For all the defend
ants named in each of the thirty-two
indictments. according to Miller. SEN
tences may be imposed for each oi
the offenses II is the contention ot
the government that each of the de-