Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-15
BOND0F $34O,OOO
IN UNION CASES
Nearly All the ID Men Indicted
in Dynamite Conspiracy
Are Arrested.
CANNOT ALL, SECURE BAIL
Intimated That the Iron Work
ers Association Will Be Un.
able to Furnish Security
for Members.
CANNOT ALL SECURE BAIL

Indianapolis. Ind. Feb ji.-Tho United
states government to-day arrested almost
all of the 81 men indicted In the dynamite
conspiracy cases.
1t took into custody within 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 - business agents and
| former business agents. These included
! Frank ". Ryan, the president. John r.
! Butler of Buffalo. n. Y, the first vice.
| president. and Herbert 5. Hockn. the
! second vice-president and successor of
j. j. Mcnamara as secretarytrcasurer
| and each of these men was required to
| give $4,000 bond for his appearance for
| arragnment here with all the other de-
| PENDANTS on March l..
More than 10 of the men, chiefly labor
| union officials who are charged with con-
| spring to destroy by dynamite or nitro
| glycerin tn. property of employers of
| non-unon labor, we're under arrest by
| tonight and It was declared the ap-
prehension of all the others would follow
| within As hours.
BY its action sthe government revealed
| the Identities of the men whom it charge,
with being the accomplices of the Nc
Namaras and Ortie T.. NcMangal in the
| dynamite plots. embracing almost lO1
| explosions which were begun in Massa-
| chusetts in 1895 which were scattered
over the country for six years and which
resulted ir the wrecking of the Los
| Angeles Times building and an attempt
| to blow up President Taft's special train
at Santa Barbara. Cal. last October.
TOTAL BOND OF 100000.
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required to furnish a $4,000 bond. and
40 are each required to furnish $4,000
bond, making an aggregate bond re-
Quired OF $4,000 Some of those
whom the government was unable TO
find to-day were reported to have dis
appeared through fear of inability ia
get bond. 1t was intima/d that the
iron workers association would be
unable to furnish security for its in
dicted members.
Ernest G. BascN. former business
agent of the indianapolis Iron Work.
ers' union. and Edward Clark, former
business agent of the Cincinnati union
who were brought here after their
arrest at Cincinnati. were unable tc
obtain bail and were taken to iail
When Clark appealed to Secretry
IIockin of the Iron Workers associa-
tion for aid, Hoclsin advised the United
states marshal to inform Clark thai
the international association could dc
nothing for him aid referred him tr
his local union. Ilockin said 1t woult
be impossible for the international
association to take on the burden oi
supplying bail for many of the mer
arrested.
Immediately upon his arrest Presi.
dent Ryan addressed statement tC
union labor men Throughout the coun.
try calling upon them to believe in his
innocence and in the innocence Of hi,
co defendants.
United States District Attorney
Charles w. Miller intimated tonight
that the federal grand jury, which re-
turned the indictment, might he re-
called to resume investigation of tht
conspiracy.
MORE MAY BE INDICTED
After the defendants are arraignc,
on March ~ and the trials proceed
said Mr.. Miller, I'VE have reason t
Anticipate new aspects. Information
, is expected TO develop at the trial
indicating the completely of ma4
more than those indicted now"
The Indictment on which all tn
men were arrested was made publ
tonight. 1t charges all the fifty-fou
$ men with conspiracy to violate tn
, statutes forbidding the CARRYING o
explosives on passenger trains an,
details Al transportations charged a
| overt acts. 1t names Ortie f.. McMani
: gal. the McNamaras or Herbert 5
Hockin in each act. but does no
specify the part taken by the otbe
defendants.
All OF the defendants are named /,
each OF the 32 indictments and ac
cording to District Attorney Mile
sentence may he imposed for each q
the offenscs. 1t is the contention q
the government that each of ,he de,
PENDANTS was guilty in each of th
conspiracy charges although his activ
participation may have been in on
transportation only
Ihere are IA indictments charpin,
overt acts and IA charging unconsum
mated acts of conspiracy. Another in
/, dIctment of "a counts charges all tn
e oe'ehdahts as being principals in tn
q transportation of nitro-glycerin
e further indictment of "a count
Z charges Mechanical and j. h. McNamar
D with physical transportation OF nitro
Blycerins and ali the other defendant
A with abelting. The other remaining I'm
y di'thIehts with III counts each charge Il
a the defendants OF being principals In tn
. transportation of dynamite and with hay
= ing aided McManigai and J. II, McNa
!. mara.
/ TOTAL or Us COUNTS
Altogether the indictments contain |.
counts against each Of the defendant
ana the penalty for any one of the OF
Hfcnscs varies from Is months to twoyearl
Sixty-tive of the explosions considere
in the indictments were on work Of men
bers of the National Erectors' associs
ltion, IN csgauixre2pu Of "cpsn shov ~