The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-14
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press)
 Indianapolis, Feb. 14-Thirty-six ar rests in the alleged dynamiting con spiracy, in all parts of the United States, had been reported to Federal District Attorney Charles W Miller, at noon today.
 This is only about half the num- bec that will be arrested,'' said Mil Ter. Outsiders do not begin to un- derstand the ramifcations. of this dy- namiting conspiracy"
 The district attorney said that it was not probable that all of the in volved persons would be arrested to- day
 Frank M. Ryan, president of the h. ternationtl Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; Herbert s. Hockin, secretary-tr treasurer, and J. T. Butler, first vice president, the three chief labor leaders caught in the Fed eraI net, who were arrested here, had not been able to give bond early this afternoon.
 Six of the men indicted by the Fed eral Grand Jury, at Los Angeles, in the alleged dynamiting conspiracy. are in the list of men indicted 'here- They are John J. McNamara, formerly sec retary-treasurer of the iron workers; James B. McNamara, convicted dyna- rniter of the Los Angeles Times; O. A. Tveitmoe, secretary of the CaI1for-
  c ancy, former head of the iron work CTS executive board; Ortie g. Me Manigal. confessed dynan1iter; and J. E. Munsey, business agent of the Salt Lake City local of the iron workers.
 Indianapolis, Feb. 14-The govern luent's roundup of the labor leaders, alleged by the National Erectors' As Ees{atioTl its tletec gives. and. Ortie Mc-AIanfgaI, cozlEe ssed dYnaH1iter. to have been participants in a wholesale rynamiting, conspiracy, took place to- day.
 Federal marshals, in cities scatter ed throughout the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. acted wires were loaded with reports. made direct to District Attorney Miller, of the success of his p an for arrests on sight
 entered pleas of not guilty and an nounced their willingness to proceed to Indianarolis to answer the charo es- All were admitted to bail, the amounts having been fixed some days ago by Federal Judge Anderson in this city
 The best known of the smen are Frank M. Ryan, president of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; Herbert s. Hockin, who succeeded John J. McNamara as Secretary-t cas- urer of tn organization, and John P. Butler, Of Buffalo, first vice president. The other men arrested were mem bers of the executive comm ttee, bus mess agents and connected in a minor way with the structural iron workers or some of it's allied oreaniZa lions.
 Bonds for Ryan, Hocktn and Butler are placed at $1O,0o0 by Federal Judge Anderson. The other bonds are $5,- oc0
 When served with the warrant, Pres ident Ryan said he expected it. He declared he and his associates would prove their innocence. In discussing the matter Ryan said:
 ''Of course, we will not be given as much time as some others. It has taken the government seven years to get even the beef trust into court, but just watch how quickly they try to
 Final orders for the arrest of all persons named in the g indictments returned here by the Federal govern ment in the alleged dynamiting con- fore evering, 1t was expected that ao- proximately 20 labor leaders would be in the custody Of the United States secret service operatives
 The charges in the indictments against the men are the illegal trF ms porta ton of dynamite on passenger and conspiracy to dynamite Arraign- ment day in the Federal court has been sent for March P.
 diana polls Federal dynamitine inves- tfgation completely exonerated Presi- dent Gompe-s 5 and other officials of the American Federation of Labor from any comp icity in the alleged dypamiting conspiracy, was the state ment authorized at the Department of Justice, today.
 It was stated positively that not only were no indictments returned against American Federation of Labor officers, but nothing vas adduced be- fore the Grand Jury to show that tbey even had Knowledge of the dynamite conspiracy alleged by the govern ment.
 The implication of the higher ups' ended with evidence against structural iron workers union officials, it was said