Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
THREE OTHERS TAKEN.

Houlihan is financial secretary of
the Chicago local Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers. His Offices are in
this city. Three other labor leaders
were arrested at the same time as
Houlihan. News of Houlihan's arrest
came from his wife. All the prisoners
were taken to the federal building and
secreted.
Besides Houlihan, the men arrest
ed here are James Coughlin, James
Conney and William Schoupe, mem
bers of the Iron Workers union. The
two last named are business agents.
Four men arrested here were re-
leased later on bonds of $1,000 each
to appear in Indianapolis March II.
ARRESTS IN OTHER CITIES.
Other arrests reported, based on
Indianapolis indictments, are:
Milwaukee-W. z. Redding, Her
man G. Seffert.
Kansas City, Nov. Bert Brown,
w. ]. Mccain.
Brown was the iron workers bust
ness agent in August, 1910, at the time
of the $1,000,000 Armour, Swift, and
the Burlington bridge over the Mis-
souri, river here we're dynamited. Nc
Cain succeeded him.
Cleveland, Ohio-Peter ]. Smith, for
merly business agent, and George
(''Nipper'D Anderson, said to have
been walking delegate of the iron work
ers.
Denver, Col.-Henry W. Legleitner
formerly a member of the, executive
board of the iron workers.
DAvENPORTER ON LIST.
Davenport, Iowa-Daniel Buckley
business agent of the local iron work
ers.
Scranton, Pan. J. Hannon, former
local business agent of the iron work
ers. now agent of the Central Labor
union.
Duluth, Minn.-Fred Mooney, con
nected with the iron workers union.
Springfield. In-A. ]. Kavanaugh ant
NJ. L. Pennel.
st. Louis-John Barry. forme
walking delegate of the Bridge an,
Structural Iron Workers, and Pau
Morrin, active in raising the defens
fund for the McNamaras.
PEoRIAN IN NET.
Peoria, Ill.-Ed Smyth and Jane
E. Rain. both released on $500
bond each.
Boston-Michael ]. Young, mem
Der of the executive board and pres
ident of the Boston local unio
No. z.
Syracuse, n. Y.-John r. CarroI
OF the iron workers.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Charles n
Beum, business agent and secretar
of the Minneapolis Building Trade
council.
Detroit, Mich.-Charles W. Wact
meistern, Frank ]. Murphy.
Acknowledgement P. Mead
ows, business agent of the Interns
tional Brotherhood of Carpenter
and Joiners.
New York-Frank c. Webb, fol
mer member of the executive boar
of the Structural Iron Workers, an
Patrick f. Farrell.
Brooklyn, n. Y.,-Daniel Broph!
delphia-Michael J. Cunam,
business agent of the Structural Iro
Workers.
RYAN HELD AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapolis, Feb. 14.-Frank
Ryan, president OF the Internations
Association of Bridge and Structur;
Iron Workers. was arrested here thi
morning on indictments returned i
the dynamite conspiracy.
WALKING DELEGATE AND AGENT
Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 14.-Edwar
Clark and Ernest G. w. Basey wer
arrested today on indictments returne
by the federal grand jury at Indian
apolis, charging violation of the inte
state commerce law governing tran
portation Of dynamite. Clark is a 70
mer walking delegate and Basey 70
mer business agent of the Internationi
Association of Bridge and Structur,
Iron Workers.
FORMER SECRETARY HELD.
Syracuse. n. Y. Feb. I4.-E. ]
Phillips, former secretary Of the Birds
and Structural Iron Workers unio
was arrested here this morning.