Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-01-01


thirty-three labor union officials sen
fenced at indianapolis for completely
n the Mcnamara dynamite plots ar
rived at the federal prison here al
1:15 today. They Immediately were
photographed. dressed in penitentiary
clothes and formally enrolled as con
victs.
AS Frank M Ryan, president of the
Iron Workers International union;
Olaf A. Tveitmoe, the Pacific coast
labor leader; Herbert S. Hockin. John
f. Butler and the others stepped from
the special train which brought them
from Indianapolis, they were taken in
charge by the prison authorities.
New Years day thus found the labor
leaders beginning in the federal penl'
tentiary here punishments for their
connection with crimes for which the
Mcnamara brothers, confessed dyna-
miters, are serving terms in the state
prison at San Quentin. California.
The prisoners were taken by rail di-
rectly into the prison grounds. Their
first view of the interior was from the
windows OF the train. Within an hour
after the arrival, each man had been
subjected to haircut and garbed in
the :. son uniform.
On account of its being a holiday,
the details of assigning the men to
work was delayed until tomorrow.
Most of the new prisoners are iron
workers and it is understood the
warden is to put them on the construc-
1ion OF buildings.
Tveitmoe, who is secretary of the
California Building Trades Council, is
the only one of the convicted men not
affiliated with the Iron Workers
union. and it is expected he will be
given clerical work.
ryan may be give: similar w9rk be-
cause OF his age and his apparent
feeble condition.
A MEMORABLE TRIP.
a memorable trip which
bro ne prisoners over the $40
miles trom indianapolis on New
Years eve. Once started, United
States Marshal Edward Schmidt de-
cided not to reach Leavenworth be-
fore daylight so that almost 90 hours
were passed on the train.
The train was guarded at windows
and doors as rolling adjunct of the
penitentiary all the curtains being
drawn and no one being permitted to
give out any word as to the happen
ings within.
The trip across Indiana. Illinois,
Missouri and into Kansas was to have
been kept secret, but at every station
crowds greeted the train as the 'dy-
namiters' special and cheers and
singing at midnight showed the dis
position of the prisoners toward New
Year which for them was to begin
with Imprisonment.
WRITE NEW YEAR MESSAGES.
At midnight, while passing Jeffer-
son City. Mo-. Marshal Schmidt pass.
ed around coffee, which was drunk
with tin cups. Each prisoner was per-
mitted to write out New Years mes
sages to members of his family. Be-
yond that outburst Of cheer, it was ,
long. montonous ride for the men,
each of whom was required to sit
throughout the night facing an armed
guard.
vfv1O of Srv.
New England organizer for the Iron
Workers, became unconscious on the
train and was placed in a physicians
care. He is sentenced to serve two
years.
When the prisoners were registered
it was found that Ryan, aged IS years, /
was the oldest and Fred Sherman, 2S
years, the youngest.
Charles Wachtmeister, of Detroit, |
with eight children, has the largest |
family. He is sentenced to two years. /
Almost the first question asked by /
Tyeitmoe on entering the penitentiary !,
was about the library.
Among the ,treasurers which he ask. !
ed to be allowed to retain, was book |
of latin verse inscribed by Anton
Johannsen, another San Francisco /
labor leader. who has been indicted
in Los Angeles.
Ryan's pockets were the first
searched. He faced the deputy warden
with his shoulders thrown back and +
head held erect It required about
three minutes to dispose of the pris-
oner. He then was taken. to another +
room to have his prison clothes fitted.
A photo Of three girls fell from the
pocket of Charles Beum. a former
member of the Iron Workers union
board. He could scarcely /
repeat his name. AS the photo was
folded in q large yellow envelope, he |,
raised his hands to his face and cried
bitterly
lAGo WAS NEARLY "eRokE."
As Herbert s. Hockin" was an.
in stepped the man who dur.