The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-27
Defense Seeks to Show He
Met Iron Workers Off.
cials incidentally.
EXPLOSION ON UNION JOBS
FOLLOWED REFUSAL TO uN|OMIzE
Contractor Told by Local Union ON.
cfal 1t Would be Cheaper to Union.
tae than Stand Loss of What Ha
Knew Would Follow.

indianapolis. Nov. o7.-senator
John Kern. counsel for the defense at
the dynamite conspiracy" trial. TODAY
continued his cross-examination OF
Ortie E. McManigal.
IN his direct testimony Mechanical
named fifteen of the defendants as
having helped him directly or indi-
rectly in arranging explosions. SEN
ator kkeri attempted to bring out hv
questions that the defendants met the
oynamiter merely by accident because
OF their being members of the Iron
workers union. In response Nc
Manigal Manga, insisted that the proposed ex-
piosions actually were talked Of hy
union officials in various cities In
one instance defendant was named
by McManigal without having been
see by him. McManigal said on re-
turning to indianapolis after blowing
"a Job at Superior. Wis. in August,
1910. j. j. Mcnamara said a letter
OF thanks for the dynamiter's visit to
superior had been received from
Fred Mooney, business agent. at Du-
luth, Minn.
AS tending to show the Implication
OF labor union officials in pleas, the
government introduced testimony that
explosions on non-union iron work
followed the refusal of contra ctors to
unionize their jobs after personal
visits by some of the defendants.
Before two charges of dynamite ex-
ploded on bridge In St. Louis on
August 9. 1908, John T. Garrett. presi-
dent of a construction firm. testified
he was visited by John II. Barry. of
the local iron workers union.
Barry wanted ME to unionize the
job" said Garrett. He said. you'll
find it great deal cheaper, for you
know what will happen He said, I
told him l suspected he was going to
dynamite the Job and he had better
be careful. 1t was blown up later"
Questioned by Chester Krum. coun-
sci for Barry. Garrett said the union
official referring TO dynamiting. de-
clared "He didn't do that kind Of
business"
Wallace Marshall testified in putting
up job at French Lick. Ind. he had
been visited by Fred Sherman, union
business agent. Sherman told me
had better unionize the job" said
Marshall, but I lost my temper and
told him I would have nothing to do
with the nurderous. dynamiting iron
workers. An explosion ensued in
March 1911.
+. j. Mccain said his firm suffered
three explosions on jobs at Buffalo,
n. V. in 1910 and one in Erie. Pa. in
1911. after he had been visited by
John T. Butler. vice president of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron workers.
Butler told us We would be sorry
when we refused to deal with the
union" said Mccain.
Relative to the governments charg-
es that the forty-five defendants aided
in the illegal transportation Of ex-
plosives. many trainmen testified
about trains on which Ortie L. Nc
Manigal and the McNamaras Travelled.
One porter told of luggage carried by
James r. Mcnamara. when the lat
ter went from Chicago to Oakland.
Cal. in July. 1910. 1t was on that
trip that Mcnamara. after visiting Sc
attic and San Francisco. blew up the
Los Angeles Times building.
j. s. Robinson. porter told Of car
rying McNanigars luggage on the
train to Los Angeles in December
1910.
Did you know what was in his
luggage" asked District Attorney
Miller.
NO, sir, didn't then. but l. do
now." answered Robinson.