The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-01-02
NOTED
DYNAM|TERS GIVEN
PRISON SENTENCES
ALL BUT TWO OF DEFENDANTS
ARE FOUND GUILTY IN THE
FEDERAL COURT.
Frank N. Ryan, President Of interna.
tional Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, Heads List
and Gets Seven Years.

The United States government with
stern and decisive swiftness last Sat-
urday at indianapolis took into its
possession 3S union labor officials con-
victed of conspiracy of promoting ex-
plosions on non-union work through
ton which brought loss of life in Los
Angeles and of carrying on a reign of
terror" declared to be unparalleled in
the history Of the country.
Almost the entire executive staff Of
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural 1ronworkers was con-
victed. Only two officials of that union
now remain out of jail.
AT the head of the list of those con-
victed stands Frank M. Ryan, the
president. 1t was this union, with
1900 members, that John j. Nc,
Namara was secretary treasurer while
he conducted the dynamitings out
The convictions. coming on a scale
unprecedented in federal court were
an aftermath of the killing Of 81 per-
sons in the blowing up of the Los An
geles Times building on October /,
1910. Mcnamara and his brother.
James B.. three times dynamiter, are
convicts in California; Ryan and his
fellow officials, former associates of
Mcnamara are federal prisoners here,
awaiting sentence.
Terms of Imprisonment were i'm
posed on the dynamite conspiracy de-
PENDANTS as follows:
Frank M. Ryan, president Of the
Ironworkers union. seven years.
John 4. Butler, Buffalo, vice presi-
dent, six years.
Herbert S. Hockin. former secre-
tary and formerly of Detroit. six years.
Olaf A. Tveitmoe. San Francisco.
secretary of the California Building
Trades council, six years
Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco,
six years
Phillip A. Cooley, New Orleans, six
years.
Michael ]. Young, Boston, six years.
Frank j. Higgins, Boston, two years.
j. E. Munsey, Salt Lake City, six
years.
John Fl. Barry, st. Louis, four years
Paul j. Morrin, St. Louis, three
years.
Henry w. Leigleitner, Denver, three
years.
Charles n. Baum, Minneapolis, three
years.
Michael J. Cunane, Philadelphia,
three years.
Richard RI. Houlihan, Chicago. two
years.
William j. Shupe, Chicago, one year
and one day.
Edward Smythe, Peoria, ILL.,, three
years.
James e. Ray, Peoria, H.. one year
and one day
Murray l.. Pennell. Springfield. H..
three years.
William G. Bernhardt. Cincinnati.
one year and one day.
Wilford Bert Brown, Kansas City.
Mo, three years.
Frank X. Painter Omaho, two years
Peter J. Smith, Cleveland. four years.
George Anderson, Cleveland, three
years.
Michael J. Harmon, Scranton Pa,
three years.
Charles Wachmeister, Detroit. one
year and one day,
Ernest G. w. Basey, indianapolis,
three years.
Frank c. webb, New York. six years
Fred ]. Mooney, Duluth one year
and one day.
William J. Mccain. Kansas City,
three years.
William f. Reddin, Milwaukee, three
years
Sentences on the following were
Patrick F.. Farrell. New York.
James Cooney, Chicago
James Coughin. Chicago.
Hiram r. Kline, Muncie, Ind.
Frank j. Murphy. Detroit.
On motion of the government, Ed
ward Clark, Cincinnati, confessed dy-
who testified for the govern
nent. was given suspended sem
.ence.