The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-03
.CONSP|RATORS ARE
DECLARED GUILTY
THiRTY-EIeHT OF FORTY MEN
ACCUSED OF DYNAMITE OUT
RACES CONVICTED.
Men Convicted Of Carrying on Reign
Of Terror Declared to be unparaI-
leled In History Of Country
Face Terms IN Prison.

Indianapolis, Ind.--The jury In the
dynamite conspiracy case on Friday
brought in a verdict against thirty.
eight of the defendants, all of whom
we're charged with promoting expio-
sions on non-union work throughout
the land, of aiding in the destruction
which brought loss of life at Los
Angeles, Cal, and of carrying on
reign of terror declared to be UNI
paralleled in the history of the coun-
try.
Almost the entire executive staff OF
The international Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers was con-
victed. Only two officials of that
lnion now remain out of JAIL At the
head OF the list of those convicted
stands Frank M. Ryan, the president.
1t was in this union, with $4,000
members, that John J. Mcnamara was
secretary-treasurer while he conducted
the dynamitings out of which the pres
emit convictions grew.
Saturdays convictions, coming on a
scale unprecedented in federal court.
were an aftermath of the killing of q
persons in the blowing up of the Los
Angeles Times building on October |,
1910. Mcnamara and his brother,
James B., the Times dynamiter, are
convicts in California.
The thirty-eight labor union officials
convicted of conspiracy and of promot-
ing the Mcnamara dynamite plots
throughout the country will face the
prospect of receiving prison terms
ranging from any minimum to pos
sible maximum of thirty-nine and one
half years each.
Senator Kern of counsel for the de-
PENDANTS, when told of the verdicts at
Indianapolis, declared the cases would
be appealed.
J. e. Munsey of Salt Lake, was one
Of the men convicted Munsey was
The business agent of the local union
Of the Structural Iron Workers. The
chief charge against him was that he
harbored J. B. Mcnamara at the time
the latter was on his way to Califor-
mia in connection with projected dyna-
hitting plots.
In addition to Ryan, the men con-
gicted are: ]. T. Butler, Buffalo, vice
president OF the International Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Work.
ars; H. S. Hockin, former secretary
and formerly of Detroit; Olaf A. Tvet-
moe, San Francisco, secretary of the
California Building Trades council;
Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco;
Philip A. Cooley, New Orleans; Mich.
ael ]. Young, Boston; Frank X. Hig.
gins, Boston; ]. E. Munsey, Salt Lake;
Frank G. Webb, New York; Patrick
| F. Farrell, New York; John H. Barry.
St Louis; Paul ]. Morrin, St. Louis;
Henry W. Beam, Minneapolis; William
e. Reddin, Milwaukee; Michatel j.
Cunnane, Philadelphia; Richard H.
Houlihan, Chicago; James A. Cooney
Chicago; James A. Coughlin, Chicago;
William Shupe, Chicago; Edward
Smythe, Peoria, Ill; James 3. Ray
Peoria, ILL.,; Murray l.. Pannell, Spring
field, ILL.,; William c. Bernhard, Gin
cinnati Wllford Bert Brown, Kansas
City, Mo-; Frank K. Painter, Omaha
Peter J. Smith, Cleveland; George An
derson. Cleveland; Michael J. Han
non, Scranton. Pa; Edward E. Phillips
i Syracuse; Charles Wachtmesiter, De
troit; Frank j. Murphy, Detroit; Fred
J. Mooney, Duluth; Ernest G. w
Basey, Indianapolis; Fred Sherman
Indianapolis; Fred R. Kline, Muncie
Ind, former organizer for the United
brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers.