Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-19
Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney Traces Acts Of
Alleged ConspiratorS Against
Non-Union Work,
ORGANIZATIONS NOT
IN FAVOR OF CRIME
Hundreds of Thousands Of
Dollars Used Illegally for the
Promotion Of Explosions; De-
fenSe Fund Described.

Z (lsy Morning journal Special Leased Wirc.J
indianapolis, Ind, Dec. Is
j"WalEing delegates and officials who
do not work. hut use the funds of
labor unions TO enhance their own
power. even If they must resort to
crme" was the sovernments de-
scrption in it's argument to the jury
at the dynamite conspiracy trial to-
day of the forty men charged with
completely In the Mcnamara dyna-
mite plots
Olaf A. Tvcitmoe, san Francisco
was charged with helping to expend
$4,000 collected from honest
work ingmcn'i in connection with Il
strike AT Los Angeles. which culm-
mated in the wrccking Of the Los An
gelcs Times building, and all of the
defendants were declared to have
used the funds OF the iron Workers
International Union in violation of the
by laws of the union, TO pay dyna-
miters to blow up non union jobs.
"Thesc men committed a crime not
only against the laws OF the land. but
they committed a crime against their
own union." said James w. Noel, spc-
cial assistant district attorney, "and
these defendants are not working
men who work with their hands. They
are the walking delegates with high
salaries VINO have brought the Iron
Workers union into disreputc The
government makes no charges against
abor unions, whose purpose II lcsiti-
mate ana lofty, but il accuses those
monsters of crime who stand AT the
head of the union and deceive the
workingmcn and use their funds for
unlawful purposes.
"lt has been shown that 5000, 900
was collected from toilers all over the
country to Fdcfend Mcnamara after
the defendants here knew he was
guilty, and these defendants. includ-
Ing Frank NJ. Ryan, president Of tho
union. knowing he was guilty, stood
up for one minute at their milwaukee,
convention and with uncovered heads
turned their faces toward the west as
a tribute to Mcnamara, locked in a
Los Angeles Jail, charged with muir
der.
mot only the defense fund but
$3.50, 900, as was testified by Andrew
D. Gallagher OF San Francisco, was
collected from workingmen to pro-
mote Il reign Of terror in Los Angeles
Part OF 1t went through the hands OF
Tveitmoe. who plotted the Times ex
plosion and who gave $500 to NJ \.
schmidt James Il. McNamara's ac
for causing an explosion at
Oakland.
Mo money at the rate of 81 .0Oo
a month was taken illegally from the
funds Of the Iron Workers union, so
that Mcnamara might carry on the
dynamtings, and another s 1000 was
sent by Mcnamara to TvcitmOc. The
laws Of the union show that these Of
fcinls had no authority to use the
money as they did
In fact, IL has been shown that
some of the 900 members Of the ,
union were opposed to the policies of
their officials ana that local unions
In Milwaukee. Chicago Cincinnati, !
Kansas city and other
cities wanted to Withdraw, but the in- !
officials would not allow |
It.
you jurors cannot allow these men /,
to attempt to steer this country into q
state OF social claos upon which they !
were determined. you cannot allow
brainy men like 1Neitmoc. who has
HE ability 20 raise hundreds of thou !
sands Of dollars or Eugene 4. Clancy I
)r j. T.. MunscN, who hafbOrcd the \
Los Angeles dynamitcr for two weeks I
n Salt Lake city, you cannot allow
Lhem TO put all the responsibility
upon Mcnamara.
The government further asserted to
he jury:
THAT TVeitmoe and Clancy, of san
Francisco, were responsible for caus
ng the Los Angeles Times explosion
md that they. with Anton Johanne-
ien, took from California 10 Nevada,
Mrs. Flora Caplan, wife of man in
lictcd as McNamara's nccomplce so
'he might not be used as a witness al
.os Angeles.
THAT President Ryan, In SOC,
wrote IA letter about being invited to
zee William T. Jerome. then district
ttorney OF New York, in which Ryan
fears he was to be arrested
m serious charge. That in 1908.
gainst the rules of the union, Ryan
nd the cxecuiive board put up
10000 cash bond for George O'Don-
icit. charged WITH causing an cNplo-
ion at Somerset, Mass, and that
500 was paid to O'Donncll while he
vas in the penitcntiary.
THAT wherever Herbert :. Hook
n went explosions followed CON
erning explosions at Cleveland. ohio. /
lr. Noel said
What a sad reflection 1t is upon !
government that reign Of
error should be permitted to go on ,
ncheckcd for years, while the police
icrcly said, WHAT'S the use
---s;.---