Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-02-15

tary-treasurer.
Ortie MeManigal In his confess
sion. charged that Hockin was "the
man who put him in the dynamit-
ing business. II is charged in the |
indictment that Hoekin went to De-
troit in June. 1907, and induced
McManigal to take up dynamiting. |
WILL FURNISH BONDS.
Ryan and his associates conferred |
Immediately with District Attorney
Miller regarding bond 1t is said
the bonds required for all so or
more defendants will aggregate
100000. The bonds are for their
arraignment here March 18th
Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco;
J. +. Munsey. Salt Lake City olag
A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco, and
Ortie E. McManigal, already indict-
ed on the Pacific coast, and ] ].
Mcnamara and James b. Mcnamara,
already convicted. against whom are
indictments here.
The bonds of Ryan, Hockin and
Butler We're fixed at $4,000 each
and those of Meadows and Sherman
$4,000 each. 1t was said If they
did not furnish bonds soon they
would be taken to Jail.
transporting Dynamite Charged.
All the defendants are charged
with conspiracy to transport dyna-
mite and nitro-glyeerine in viola
tion Of the federal statutes.
Some OF those indicted were mem
bers Of the executive board when
John J Mcnamara was directing
his dynamiting operations from In
dianapolis and when he was re-
ceiving $1,000 a month from the
iron workers for which he was
not required to make any account
ing and which the government now
charges was used to purchase and
pay for the transportation of ex-
plosiyes.
The charges in the indictments
are divided into two groups. The
first charges violation of federal
statutes regulating the interstate
shipment of explosives, aiding and
abetting violation of the law. and
aiding and abetting concealment of
the violation The defendants in
this class are termed accessories
before and after the fact. The sec
ond charges conspiracy to violate
the law by furthering the plans
for carrying explosives
Possible Penalties.
While the possible penalties for
violations range from IS months
to two years Imprisonment, it is
said the punishments may be eumu-
lative, so the one defendant charged
with more than one offense may
face punishment equal to the ac-
formulated penalties for all his Of
fenses. Frank NJ. Ryan, formerly
was a structural iron worker in
Chicago. He was elected president
of the International Iron Workers
union in 1905, succeeding Frank
Buchanan of Chicago, now a mem
Der of congress, As head of the
iron workers. Ryan held positions
on important committees of the
American Federation of Labor.
The iron workers union, whose
headquarters are here, has about
1900 members, with 107 local un
ions in the United States and Can
, ada. Soon after it became knowr
his officials were to be indicted, Mr.
Ryan asked the members of tn,
, union to establish a special fund o
$1,000 month 1t is believed thi
fund now will be utilized at tn,
trials.
| Correspondence between the iroi
workers international headquarter
4 anu NHt OiittS VI many lpNui uhioh
are said to have shown that bust
: ness agents had knowledge of th
: system of dynamiting against struc
e lures under construction by employ
ers who maintained the "open shop
/ and It is charged that jobs oftel
: were arranged by letter.
+ Those indicted and arrested I
r the dynamite cases are;
! Frank Ryan, president of the In
ternational Association of Bridge an
Structural Iron Workers; lives 4
: Chicago, headquarters in lndianapo
I lis Ind.
= John T. Butler. Buffalo, n. Y
i- first vice president.
l. Herbert 5. Hookin, Detroit, Mich
IF second vice president and actin
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