Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-06
Ha1fman's Statement.


"Three weeks before the Won Spreckel.
sen explosions said Halfman, two men
who said they were from Chicago and
whose names do not remember. rented 9
room from me. They were brought by
the business agent here Of certain union
He told me the Chicago men were in the
business of frightening of 'scab work
! men and fixing non-union jobs. He said
they were here to fix the local situation.
Many men who came to meet the
strangers I recognized as connected with
labor unions, but the only one I knew by
name was Meadows. The two Chicago
men left here three days before the ex.
plosions and have not seen them since. y
The business agent referred to by Half
man also is charged with direct knOwl-
edge of the explosions in a formal state
Mrs. Alta Hawkins, keeper Of board
ing house She reported to the mayor.
when he made the municipal investiga-
ton that the business agent came to ner
house with other men in an automobile
a few hours before the explosions took
place and said to her:
Keep your ears open about midnight
and you will hear the damnedest mise
you ever heard"
Agent "Talked Too Much"
Mrs Hawkins returned here recently
from Los Angeles, where she went in g.
Spouse to a subpoena from the grand
jury which indicted the McNamaras.
THAT business agent always talked too
much" said Meadows. Union carpen-
tiers, painters, hodcarriers, as we'll as the
iron workers, were concerned In pushing
the fight against Won Spreckelsen But
we did not have anything to do with the
dynamiting. Neither did l meet the out
of-town fellows at Halfman's but I know
that imported men pulled or the explo-
sions."
Detective Burns Released.
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson today
issued writ of habeas corpus releasing
tody Of the county authorities. His bonds
men had surrendered him to the county
criminal court, where he stands indicted
on the charge Of kidnapping j. j. McNa-
mara.
Paving the way for the testimony Of
Ortie E. Mechanical. en- route to this city.
William J. Burns appeared before the
federal grand jury today.
Burns also consulted with the federal
officials as to preparations for guarding
McManigaPs arrival here. The exact
time is kept secret, but he Is expected
tomorrow or early Monday. He will be
lodged In a room in the marshal's wing
Of the government building.
Hayes Discusses Situation.
NEW YORK, January Elm a letter OF
New Year greeting to officers and men,
bers Of the knights Of Labor, John w
Hayes, general master workman of the
order, discusses the lessons which he
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Mcnamara case.
'The confessions Of the brothers," he
says, mas set the whole country wonder
ing why there is any necessity for the
adoption Of the methods Of destruction
lists and murderers to convince employers
of the justice Of a claim. The officers OF
properly conducted union find the door
Of the employers office open for the ad-
justment and consideration of all griev-
ances 1t is owing algely to the tyranny,
the boycott, the black list, the entertain
ment committees. who had for their OBJ
ject the making of widows or orphans,
that the Office door OF capital Is some
times closed to so-called labor leaders.
Were Constructively Guilty.
Until the grand jury at Indianapolis
makes full report there can be no def
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while they may not have carried the dyna-
mite across the state lines, were thor
oughly conversant with what was going
on, and to that extent are guilty and
should be severely dealt with.
There is no room for dynamiter, a
murderer or a destroyer of property in
the labor union today. The sooner the
union members come to learn this lesson
thofr ho
the stigma placed upon it by the recent
confessions"