Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

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was ''thc man who put him in the dyna-
hitting business"
II is charged in the indictment that
Hockin went to Detroit in June, 1897, and
induced McManigal to take up dyna-
hitting
Eugene ~ Clancy, San Francisco: J.
L. Munsey. Salt Lake City: oar n.
Tyeitmoe San Francisco, and Ortie j.,
McManigaI, already indicted on the Pa
cific coast. and j. J. Mcnamara and
James b. Mcnamara, already convicted
are again indicted here.
The bonds of Ryan, Hockin and Butter
later were fixed at $4,000 each, ana
those OF Meadows and Sherman at
5000 each. 1t was said II they soon
did not furnish bond they would be
taken to jail.
Vast Conspiracy Is Charged.
In the indictments it is held that the
Mcnamara brothers and Mechanical were
merely the agents of a vast conspiracy.
and that their work in blowing up struc-
lures, including the Los Angeles Times
building in October, 1910, had been car
ried on for years at the behest of their
superior officers, and at the solicitation
of officials of : local unions All
the defendants are charged VAIN
nitrogylcerin in violation of the federal
statutes.
Some of those indicted were members
of the executive board when >. j. MIC
Eamara was directing his dynamitlns
operations from his office in Indianapolis,
and when he was receiving Si.on a
month from the ironwOrkers union loi
which he was not required to make any
accounting and IN which the government
charges were used to purchase and pay
for the transportation of explosives.
These executive board members were
present in McNamara's Office when he
was arrested last April.
Two Groups in Indictments.
The charges in the indictments are di-
Sided into two groups. The, hrst
group charges violation of the fed
eral statutes regulating the interstate
shipment of explosives, aiding and ahet-
ting to violate the law. and aiding and
abetting to conceal the violation. The
defendants in this class are termed Access
sories before and after the fact
The second group charges conspiracy TO
violate the law by furtherlng the pans
for carrying explosives.
While the possible penalties for viola
tons range from less than eighteen
months to two years imprisonment, II Is
said the punishments may be cumulative,
SO that one defendant charged Win
more than one offense may face a pun
ishment equal to the accumulated PEN
aIties for all his offenses.
Frank NJ. Ryan formerly was
structural ironworker in Chicago. HIS
home previously had been in Providence
r. l. He was elected president of the
International Ironworkers Union IN I9V''
succeeding Frank Buchanan of Chicago.
now a member of Congress. AS head or
the ironworkers Ryan held positions on
important committees of the American
Federation of Labor.
Has Membership of $4,000.
The ironworkers' union, whose head
quarters are in Indianapolis. has about
$4,000 members, with 1O7 local unions in
the United States and Canada. Soon
afterAt became known his officials were
to be indicted Mr.. Ryan asked the men,
bers of the union to establish specla!
fund of 5000. 1t is believed this fund
now will be utilized for defense at the
trials.
Correspondence between the ironwork-
ers' international headquarters here ana
the Offices of many local unions are SAID
to have shown that business aSents had
knowledge of the system of dynamltlng
against structures under construction Dy
employers who maintained the open
SHOP" and it is charged that JOBS
often were arranged by letter.
Two Taken at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. February led
ward Clark and Ernest G. w. Basey were
arrested today by deputies from the
United States marshars Office on indict-
ments returned by the United States
grand jury at Indianapolis.
Clark is a former walking delegate and
Basey is a former business agent OF tine
international Association .of structural
Bird q and IronwOrkers. Basey,S home
in Ind connected
with local No. - of the ironworkers.
Basey and Clark waived hearing be-
fore United States District Judge Hol-
lister and will be taken to indianapolis by
the United States marshal.
A third arrest on the Indianapolis In
dictments Is expected here, and 1t was
said the two men first taken in custody
would not be arraigned until the final
capture was made.
Clark declared he had held no office
in the iron workers union recently.
Basey was employed as foreman of
gang of ironworkers at the new Ma
tional League base ball park
Kansas City, Milwaukee, Detroit.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. February Nv.
Bert Brown, one of the labor men in
dicted by the United States grand jury
at Indianapolis in connection with the
alleged violation of the interstate COM
merce law governing the transportation
of dynamite was arrested here today by
q United States deputy marshal.
Later. w. J. Mccain. business agent of
the International Bridge and Structural
ironworkers, was arrested. Brown was
business agent of the association In
August, 1910, at the time the million
dollar bridge over the Missouri river here
was dynamited. Mccain succeeded him
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, February Nv.
E. Reddin and Herman G. Seiffert We're
arrested by United States Marshal Harry
a. We'll and deputies this morning at
their homes in Milwaukee on charges of
conspiracy III connection with dynamite
explosions.
DETROIT, Mich. February l4.-Charles
Wachmeister and Frank j. Murphy We're
arrested here today by government secret
service officers on indictments returned at
Indianapolis in connection with the recent
federal dynamite Investigations. Murphy
was business agent of the local branch
III the bridge and structural ironwOrkers
union until about year ago, when he
retired. He has lately been engaged in
the. contracting business Wachmeister
preceded Murphy as business agent Of tho
lronworkers here.
At Denver and Davenport, Iowa.
DENVER. Col, February 4-Henry
w. Legleitner, who was a member Of
the executive board of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
workers. was arrested here today.