Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

Indianapolis, md Dec. So.--Imprison-
ncnt in the federal prison at LeaNeh-
,orth. Kans.. to-day was imposed as
punishment upon So labor union ofilclals
convicted of having engaged in the nes-
auction of property by dynamite over
IN area stretching from Boston to Los
Angeles.
| AS the head of the union whose strlhe
nas given as the motive for proinoI'ns
ne dynamite plots. Frank NJ. Ryan was
| .cntenccd to seven years inPrlsoHiHtHU
he heaviest sentence Of all. lie Is the
president Of the iron WORKERS ln'erh"-
:ion3l union.
or The Is men convicted as consplrators
and ai,i,rs iu the Mcnamara dynamitlng
..honos. eight other men, all afiilinted
,ib RYAN. were each given prison terms
six wears.
Two men each were given four years
+, mon each were given three years, four
mon each We're given two years, six men
r,cb were given one year and enc day
rud six men including Edward Clark OF
cincinnati. dynamitcr who pleaded
.eulltv. were allowed their liberty on
eu,pended sentences.
The elimination of those who received
euspended sentences left 30 who are to
49, ia raavenwortb where the shortest
sootance will be one wear and one day.
Wv tho liberation Of Hiram r. Kline
.c,.,,,o- o4,iciat of tho carmen, ers' union,
1,of ,rveitmoe of san Francisco re-
,,.,,o1 nc tho only labor union ofricial
,,,,o,,,, tho prisoners NOT related with the
Iron workers union. But It was TVeit-
n,oe who was charged hv the government
,.,+,, t,,.i,,o oornivad with President
p,ar aud Mcnamara for the destruction
,f 1ife and nronortv ON the Pacific coast.
=, was Tvai+nooe who was agai., and
acain referred to by the government
nrosecutor before the Jury as a muir
larar who ought to he in San Quentin
nrison along with the McNamaras.
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lay To arrange lor the lilihs VI
Of errors TINS lormaiitS may NC u'-
tomorrow
Meantime MI Nrui" sun
no prospect OF procuring noerty ioi an
Of the mon through superseueaS poh'
as all are to go to LeaVen"orth'
What time the special tram is 10 carl
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secret the department ana route OF u
train II was understood that the III"
6ill not leave before tomorrow
r,c,, MAN ALLOWED To TALK.
Less than % minutes was required !
INC court In the work OF actuallE III
losing sentence although for an hour al
half before that time Judge Anders'
invited each prisoner to step up and ia
wi,h him as to his degree of guilt
The scene was unusual The prisone
lad been arralgned three rows deep
'ront sat a dozen attorneys ior the
tense whose nolohS l"' Sr'.'"S "''
he verdicts and for arrests OF Judgmer
all We're oVerruled. Behind IN the rel
shut off by railing We're the relauN
If the prisoners. There were perhaps 81
eral hundred people in the room put
voice only was heard AT rihe,
was the judges voice or the voice u
prisoner VINO had stepped io'"a'u
plead for mercy.