Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-15
MORE ARRESTS
TO TAKE PLACE


eight arrests, with more to come, have
been made on indictments returned By
the federal grand jury that investi
gated the alleged ~dynamitIng coEspir
acy. It Is practically admitted at the
federal building that fifteen or twenty
more arrests will be made teday and
tomorrow. With few exceptions the
accusedmen are now or were formerly
affiliated with the International Asso-
ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron
workers.
Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the In
ternationnl union: Herbert s. Hockin.
secretary-treasurer: j.. T. Butler. FIRST
vice president; Fred T. Sherman, bust
ness agent Of the local union OF IRON
workers. and s. r. Meadows, business
-gent OF the Carpenters union, were
arrested here and taken at once to the
Office Of the United States marshal.
where they gave bond. Ryan and Hook
in In a sum of 10000 each and the
others in the sum OF 81, 1000 each.
The arrests bring before the country
the full extent of the alleged dynamite
conspiracy and show what men the
government ccuse of having had a
connection with a nation wide Grim.
inal organization formed among iron
workers and others to fight the bat
ties Of unionism with dynamite and
nitroglycerin. Caught IN the net of
the government In all parts OF the
country are labor men who are accused
here of having had a hand In the CON-
spiracy or In overt acts In furtherance
OF the conspiracy. Explosions which
occurred in twenty or more cities In
six years. and for which no one was
punished. again spring mp before the
public, and local communities find that
the government Is attempting to bring
to Justice many men who have not
hitherto been known to be connected
with the dynamiting game.
A total Of ffty-four men were indict-
ed by the federal grand jury, 1t was
at the federal building. Dis
trict Attorney Miller, who has been In
Of the Investigation. predicted
that every man indicted would be un-
der arrest by today. Few, II any, he
said, were likely to escape arrest. al
In one or two instances, he said.
a defendant might be u of his home
city or not accessible to the marshals
at once.
All defendants will be arraigned be
fore Judge Anderson In the federal
court March IL.
Herbert S. Hockin, the secretary
treasurer of the ironworkers, made
many attempts to reach an agreement
With the government after the inquiry
but all overtures were rejected.
IS the officials believed him to be one
4 the leaders In the conspiracy and
certain Of his Indictment and pun
1t is no secret that ne will
make a clean breast of tha whole con
piracy.
Hockin is charged with having gone
MECHANICAL when the latter was oil
Iuarryman in Detroit and to have In
Iuced him TO attempt the blowing upl
i d hosting engine and some other
machinery and designated the placel
where the explosive could be found
/ Is also charged that he induced Nc
Manigal TO go to Bunalo and blow up
he Lehigh Whitley bridge. The dyna-
says Huckin was with him IN
Buffalo, but the explosion was arrang.
ID so as to give Hockin time to get TO
Canada.
1t has been related by McManigai
that Hockin aided Ia the actual trans
portation of the explosives. The TAX
Ing Of q suit case fun OF nitroglycerin
to Cleveland for the Fourth OF July |
Job" at Akron is one OF the events In
which Hoekin figures.
Besides being a field general in the !
conspiracy. Hockin Is alleged to have
IN charge OF a good deal Of the
OF keeping the conspiracy sup
piled with dynamite and nitroglycerin.
He was back OF the plan to establish q
nttroglycerin storage heuse at Muncie.
1t Is said, and, according TO Mechanical,
was the man who made arrangements
with G. C. Keiser. . we'll shooter, Ia
obtain the Juice consignments Of
nitroglycerin being transferred from
u buggy to another along lonely
roads during the darkness OF the night.
For soma time Hockin has been rec
oenized Is n OF the most resourceful
leaders In the -Ironworkers' union, and
as an International organizer WAS much
In demand In all parts OF the country.
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