Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28


tation.
Everybody remain seated" demanded
the United States marshal.
Tremblingly Holds Papers.
Silence again was restored save for the
rustfing Of the papers which Clerk But
Ter tremblingly held in his hands and
which he proceeded to read.
The first name was Ryan. Clerk But
Ter pronounced it and cleared his throat.
Guilty" he read I'VE find the de-
PENDANT Ryan guilty as charged in the
Indictment"
All who could see him looked at Ryan.
a gray headed man of fifty-seven years
of age and appearing older, man who
had travelled for the union so much that
he said he had no home. and save for
two grown sons had no family. Il have
q furnished room In Chicago, was his
oft-repeated description of home.
Gentlemen of the jury, is that your
verdict
The answer came from each juror, ut
is.
Then began the further reading of the
brief message which pronounced one by
one the fate of the other defendants.
Actual Charges.
The men were not charged actually
with causing explosions. The only
charges under which they could be prose-
cuted by the federal government were
conspiracy and illegal transportation of
explosives. But the court ruled that evil
dence as to violence was competent as
showing motive.
II am not ready to believe that or
ganized labor yet stands for the things
that have been shown here, was one of
Judge AnderSon's statements to the jury.
This Is not trial of labor unions, but
of union officials accused of wrong-do-
ing"
About thirty wives with almost as many
children are separated from their hus
bands by the verdicts. While the scene
was being enacted in the courtroom the
four-year-old son of William C. Bern
hardt. Cincinnati, one of the defendants,
was playing in the lobby with red
painted toy engine which he had received
for Christmas. He had become the pet
Of the federal building and could not I'M
derstand when told his father was .'going
away"
Few Officials Left.
Almost the entire staff of executive
officials Of the ironworkers' union was
convicted The only officials not on trial
were j. f. McClory. Cleveland, now sec
rotary, and Ed. Lewis, San Francisco, a
member of the executive board.
Charles W. Miller. the United States
district attorney who prosecuted for the
government, said:
Nothing else could have been expected.
The evidence of nationwide conspiracy
which began in local sluggings and as
saults on non-union workmen and grew
because local authorities failed to prose-
cute. became finally SO bold that dynas
mite was resorted to.
THE dynamsters grew bold in violat-
ing the federal laws in carrying these
deadly explosives on passenger trains be-
cause they never dreamed of prosecution.
THAT was what emboldened McNa-
mara, the secretary of the union, to get
an appropriation of $1,000 a month so
that the work of destruction might be
carried on systematically. 1t was what
made him bold enough to send his broth
only the Los Angeles Times building. but
also plot to blow up the whole city Of
Los Angeles.
Will Purge Labor.
This prosecution will be a benefit to
organized labor. 1t will purge it of the
rough tactics. The whole United States
owes a debt Of gratitude to that jury
The foreman of the jury was Frank
Dare, New Lisbon. Ind, retired farmer.
All the other jurors We're farmers or
country merchants.
streets about the federal building when
the verdicts were being returned and,
when the prisoners were brought out each