Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
50 INDICTED IN
DYNAMITE CASES
Forty to Fifty Labor Chiefs to be
Arrested.
NAMES ARE KEPT A SECRET
Investigation at indianapolis Ends In
Wholesale Charges Against Union
Leaders-March IL ls Ar
raIenment Day.

Indianapolis labor officials
and agents whom the government
holds criminaIly responsible with
the McNamaras and Ortie r. McMani-
gal for perpetrating more than 100 ex-
piosions which occurred in cities from
Massachusetts TO California In the last
six years, and in which the wrecking
OF the Los Angeles Times building
was an incident, were indicted by the
federal grand jury here. Thirty-two
indictments were returned. Capiases
for arrests have been issued. and all
the men indicted are to be taken In
custody on a day secretly fixed by the
government
The courtroom was packed when
Herbert NJ Glessbrenner. foreman OF
the grand jury, logged the indictments
in from the jury room in two bulgins
suit cases. The names OF those In
dicted were ordered suppressed.
The number of indictments does not
indicate the number of men Indicted,
as many are charged with the same
offense In blanket indictments. IL Is
known that the history Of the McNa-
maras has been traced from the time
they exploded their lrst bomb, ana
practically every person connected
with them in transporting dynamite,
who paid them for their crimes or mad
knowledge OF their operations. mas
been indicted.
March - was set as arrangement
day and clerks began the work OF
making certified copies OF the indict-
ment and preparing gummonses. An
effort will be made TO arrest every
man named at the same hour and
nearly every defendant Is now known
10 be under surveillance In dinerent
parts of the country.
Many OF the indictments center
around the activities Of Ortle McMani-
gal, confessed dynamiter. and those
VINO went 10 Detroit in June. 1907, and
Induced him TO become member oil
the ravaging baud have been In
dicted.
Implicated by the evidence which
the government has spent months IN
examining are believed TO be many
men active in the iron workers local
unions in various cities. who. although
well known among members OF their
own craft, are not widely known In
the country. The list Of men who VIII
be Obliged to stand trial here. how
ever. Is thought to include several
prominent officials or ex-ofIicials OF the
iron workers who are widely known In
labor union circles.
The names OF the party OF labor
leaders who went to Boston with Me
Manigal in March, 1903. and showed
him how TO place the deadly alarm
clock arrangement where II would de-
stroy an opera house were told to the
grand jury. and all are said on good
authority to have been indicted The
same party is accused OF taking Nc
Manigal TO Springfield, Mass. where
they dynalnited municipal building.
Milwaukee, Chicago. New York
Boston. Cleveland. Peoria, San Fran
cisco. Kansas City. Omaha. Pittsburg,
New Orleans. Buffalo, Detroit. Phila.
delphla, indianapolis and ST Louis are
among the cities in which arrests are
expected, although the government has
been making an especial effort to keep
secret the names OF the men In
volved. II Is said that the possible
connection of numerous men with the
dynamite conspiracy has been lnvesti.
gated. but that because OF lack OF suf-
ficient evidence II was not thought
advisable to ind'ct these men.