The daily sentinel., 1912-02-14
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last April.
Reports from many cities show the
governments intention to make all
the arrests at one time.
Eleven business agents of the Iron
Workers, four or five officials and
some members and former members
of the executive board are among
those indicted. Officials of other
unions are C. E. Dowd of the Ma
Rochester, n. Y. and Spurgeon p.
arrested here.
Herekin, arrested in Detroit, sue
ceeded j. j. Mcnamara. and is the
man who Ortie McManigal, in his
confession, charged with having put
him in the dynamite business.
Eugene A. Clancy and Olaf A
Tveitmoe of San Francisco, ]. E.
Munsey of Salt Lake City. Ortie E.
McManigal, already indicted on the
Pacific coast, and j. ]. and James B.
Mcnamara, already convicted, are in
dicted.
All the defendants are charged
with conspiracy to transport dyna-
mite and nitro glycerine in violation
of the federal statutes. The possible
penalties for the violation range
from Is months to two years i'm
prisonment.
A special fund of $1,000 a month
has been established by the Iron
Workers Union to be used for the
defense in the trials.
All of the defendants were charged
with conspiracy to further a series of
100 explosions directed against iron
and steel contractors and employers
of non-uniOn labor.
Many of the defendants gave bond
for appearance on March IL. In some
instances bond of $4,000 was re-
quired. In the aggregate the bonds
required, it is said, amount to
$500. 900.
Information was supplied the gov
ernment that Herekin was made to
appear as the chief lieutenant of
John j. Mcnamara. He is charged
with having planned the explosions
desired by the enemies of the "open
shop contractors. He is named by
Ortie McManigal as one of the men
who originated the alarm clock
scheme by which the explosions were
arranged to occur several hours af-
ter the bombs were set. He is also
charged with being the manager of
secret stores of explosive kept in
H.
o., and Indianapolis.
Minneapolis. Mimi. Feb. IL
Henry w. Legleitner. member of the
executive board of the International
Association of Bridge & Structural
Iron Workers at the time Mcnamara
dynamited the Los Angeles Times
building, was arrested here this
morning on an Indictment from In
dianapolis.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 14.-W. J.
Mccain, business agent of the Kan
sas City local of Bridge & Structur-
al Iron Workers, was arrested this
morning on a federal indictment.
charged with connection in the dyn-
amite conspiracy.
Cleveland, o., Feb. 14.-Peter ].
Smith, formerly business agent of the
international Association of Bridge &
Structural iron Workers, and George
'Nipper' Anderson, said to be
walking delegate for the iron work
ers, were arrested here this morning
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 14.-Dan-
iel Buckley, arrested at Davenport
Ia, and NJ. j. Harmon. arrested at
Sranton. Pa; Fred Mooney. arrest
ed at Duluth, and A. J. Kavanaugh
| and NJ. l.. Pennell were arrested in
Duluth. All are members of the iron
workers union.
Washington, d. c., Feb. A.
Contempt of court proceedings
against Samuel Gompers, John Mitch
ell and Frank Morrison of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, were re-
sumed today. There is no intimation
that Mr. Gompers will make state
ment regarding the dynamite arrests.
He already had declared he knew
nothing of any dynamiting.
Denver, Feb. 14.-Henry w. Leg
leitner, a member of the executive
board of the International Associa-
tion of Briuge e Structural Iron
Workers at the time Mcnamara dyn-
amited the Los Angeles Times build