Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-15
Federal Officers Make Whole
sale Arrests in Connection
With Nation Wide InVestiga-
ton Of Mcnamara Plot,
HEAD OF IRON WORKERS
UNION MADE PRISONER
Defendants Give Bonds Aggre-
eating Over Third of a Mil
lion Dollars For Appearance
On March IL Next,

IBy Morning journal special Leased wirs.l
indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 4, - The
, United states government to-day arr
| rested almost all of the iltty-four men
| indicted In the dynamite conspiracy
cases,
1t took into custody within a few
hours practically all the entire ofii-
1 cial staff OF the International Associa-
! tion OF Bridge and structural Iron
Workers. including the chief officers.
members OF the executive board. and
about twenty business agents and
former business agents. These in
cluded Frank NJ. Ryan, the president.
John n. Butler of Butlalo. the first
Vice president, and Herbert ). Hook
in. the second vice president, and
successor of J. j. Mcnamara as
lsccretary-trcasurer Each of these
men was required to give $4,000
bond for his appearance for arraign-
ment here with all the other defend
ants On March =.
More than forty of the men, chief
ly labor organization officers, who
are charged with conspiracy to de-
stroN by dynamite or nitro -glycerin",
the property OF employers OF nom
union labor, we're under arrest to-
night ana Il was declared the sppre-
hcnsion of all the others would fol-
low within foriy-eight hours.
ny lts action, the government re-
Nealed tile identity of the men whom
u charges with being the arcomplices
OF the McNamaras aud ortie Il. Me-
Manlgal Ia the dynamite plots, eu-
bracing almost 100 explosions. which
began In Massa achlisetts In 1905.
were scattered over the country for
uiN pc A bt4tt IA
wrecking OF the Los Angeles Times
building and an attempt to blow up
President Taft's special train AT Santa
barbara. California, last October
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required 20 furnish Sln,000 bonds,
and forty are each required to FUR
hish $4,000 bonds. making an aggre-
gate bond requirement. Of $4,000.
Some of those whom the govern
ment was unable To find today were
reported To have disappeared through
fear oi inability to get bonds. II was
intimnted that the Iron Workers As
sociation would be unable To Furnish
security for It's Indicted members.
Ernest O. w. Bassey former busi-
ness agent OF the indianapolis Iron
Workers Union. and Edward Clark.
former business agent of the cin-
cinnati union. who were brought here
after their arrest at Cincinnati, were
unable 10 obtain bail and were taken
to hail. When clark appealed to Sec
rctarN liockln of the Iron Workers
Association for aid. Hockn advised
fhe United states marshal 10 inform
clark the international association
could do nothing for him. and re-
ferred him 10 his local union.
Hockin said It would bo impossible
for the international association 20
take on the burden m supplying bail
for many 81 the men arrested.
immediately upon his arrest. Pres
Ident Ryan addressed statement To
union labor men throughout the
country. calling upon them 10 believe
la his Innocence and In the innocrnc"
~ his co-dcfcndants.
United States District Attorney Nil
cr lntlmatcd tonight that the federal
grand jury, which returned the indict
ncnts. might bc recalled to resume
n,"sti igation ~ the conspiracy.
After ih,. defendants are arraigncd
in March ! =. aud the trials proceed"
uid Mr.. Miller 1--WE have reason 20
anticipate new suspects. Information
: expected To- develop az the trials
tho cnmPlicity OF MANY
u,re Than those indicted now. We
io not assert that We already have all
hose implicated. This II. however.
'eginning."
The Indictment son which all tho
non wcre arrested was made public
unight % charges all Efty-four men
With conspiracy io violate the statutes
orbidding th. carving of explosives
u pass, niger trains. and details scrty-
even transpuriaiions charged a.
t,ri acts. aud names oriie =. Me-
lauigal. th. MvNamarsS or Herbert
(. Hockin. In each act, hut does not
pccifN thc part taken by the other
All the defendants are named IN
uch rf M, ihirty-two indictments
nd. according fo Mr. Miller. sentences
iHf lc Imposed for each OF the
licenses. n Is the contention Of the
.ts rumsni that s.lch 81 the defend
ni= was EuiliA Ia each of the con-
IiIarl firs-. although his actual
n,nsc may have been la but one
aFe.
There are fourteen Indictments
harsing overt arts ana fourteen
harrinE unrunsummated acts OF
suspiraty.
An"iher indictment d thiriy-Tour
cunts charges an the defendants -
ring principals In the transportation
nitro-aiycerine.
j, further indictment OF thir y-.our
,unis charges McManigai ana ]. H.
7 Namara rith physical transpcrta-
IN 90 nitro glyCcrine aud All the
her defendants with ass;ssng.
Two other remaining Indictments.
ifn slxteen counts essh. charge al
l.. defendants with heinr prfnefpsis
transportation Of dynrmife and