The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-06
Thirty-Three Handed Down This
Afternoon by the Federal
Grand Jury
NAMES NOT YET ANNOUNCED
Will Not be Made Public Until
Arrests Have Been Made
Action Today is elimination Of Inves-
tigation Of Long List of Dy-
Mantle outrases.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 6.-Thirty-
three indictments were returned I'm the
dynamite conspiracy case by the Fed
oral grand jury this afternoon.
IL is understood the warrants will
be issued Immediately. Not only the
members of McNamara's "dynamiting
crew." but also men said to have had
knowledge Of what Mcnamara did
with the money at his disposal are be-
lleved to be implicated.
The jury which spent six weeks in
vestigating the conspiracy charges.
held session this afternoon 10
finish its report. The names of the
defendants will not be made public un-
ill all OF the arrests are made, which
will be on the same day at all points.
The jury has investigated one hundred
of more dynamite explosions occurring
during the past four or five years in
about twenty cities i'm various parts OF
the country.
Explosions at Many Points.
The explosions were at points
scattered over seventeen states, and
covering a period from the summer
of 1905 to October 16, 1911, when dy-
Mantle was found beneath bridge
near Santa Barbara. Calf, just be-
fore President Taft special train
passed over IL, were inquired into
by the Federal Grand Jury which
has Investigated what the Govern
ment has regarded as a nationwide
dynamite conspiracy.
II has been the theory of the Gov
ernment that all those explosions
were intended to intimidate employers
and non union workingmen with the
general intent to abolish the so-calle1
open shop" and compel submission
10 the demands of certain labor or
gsnizations more particularly the In
ternational Union of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers
The States in which explosions oc-
CURED were Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, New York. New Jersey,
Maryland. Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Michigan. wisconsin. Missouri, Iowa
Nebraska. Utah, California and Wash
ington. Ohio, with twenty explosions,
had more than any other one state.
Illinois, Indiana and New York follow
IN order, in respect of the number of
the explosions.
Detectives Put at Work.
There were two explosions I'm 1905;
nine in 1906; six in 1907; twenty-six
1908; twenty In 1909; twenty-five In
1910, and thirteen I'm 1911. These fig
ures are exclusive of the explosion
which wrecked the Los Angeles Times
plant, and resulted I'm the confessions
Ind Imprisonment of the brothers
John 7. and James b. Mcnamara.
John y. Mcnamara was secretary
treasurer of the international Associa
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers.
The preliminary exhib' of facts and
allegations about the explosions and
their supposed origin was gathered
and presented to the Federal author
tiles by the National Erectors' AS
soclation an organization OF iron and
steel manufacturers and contractors
who had declared for the "open shop"
After the explosions i'm 1905. the Erec-
tors Association was formed. and In
May. 1906 after declaring as an or
ganization for the "open shop" en-
gased detectives to seek out the iden-
tlty Of those responsible for the ex-
plosion
Hidden Explosives Found.
One of the first instances of thel
finding of hidden explosives occurred
before the erectors organized and fol-
lowed an attempt TO blow up build
ing In East Twenty-third street, Now
York City. Two men were convicted
one OF them confessed to having re-
ceived $3.50 on one occasion for a
lob" and 800 for cutting a cable.
He told Of the location OF 100 one
pound sticks OF dynamite. which sub
sequentiy we're found In the Jersey
Meadows and in the sands at the foot
OF East Twenty-fourth street.
The erectors continued their investi-
cations until the spring Of 1911. but
while the detectives we're working mi
one place the explosions occurred with
more frequency In others. More than
dozen viaducts. bridges. buildings
and other construction work all be-
ing erected by firms employing nom
union labor. had been blown up be-
lore Ortie E. McManigal appeared on
on the scene. and before he began
TO work with John J. and James u.
Mcnamara as professional dyna-
miter.
The investigation of the dynamite
conspiracy after the pleas of guilty
hao been made by Mcnamara broth
efs' was continued. to ascertain who
rise' " anyone. participated in or gave
financial support to the crimes
List Of Explosions.
The chief explosions or attempts.