The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-02

William 0. Bernhardt, Cincinnati.
MILFORD Bert Brown. Kansas City,
Mo.
William J. Mccain, Kansas City. Mo.
Frank X. Painter, Omaha.
Peter ]. Smith, Cleveland.
George Anderson, Cleveland.
Michael ]. Harmon, Scranton, Pa.
Edward e. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y.
Charles Wachmeister, Detroit, Mich.
Frank ]. Murphy, Detroit.
Fred J. Mooney, Duluth.
Ernest G. w. Beasey, Indianapolis.
Fred Sherman, Indianapolis.
Hiram r. Kline. Muncie, Ind, for.
mer organizer for the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
81 Two Are Set Free.
Seiffert and Buckley, the only two
men out of the forty labor union ON.
cials to be adiudged not guilty, i'm.
mediately were discharged from GUS
tody. ..s ! q.
After Judge Anderson had cleared
the court room of all spectators and
the families Of the defendants, the
thirty.eight prisoners were taken in
custody by Deputy United States mar
shals and special detectives and were
taken to the Marion county Jail.
The conviction of Olaf A. Tyietmoe
and Eugene A. Clancy Of San Francis
CO and ]. Munsey OF Salt Lake City.
sustained the governments charges
that they aided in plotting the Los
Angeles explosion, in which twenty.
one persons were killed, and assisted
In the escape OF James B. Mcnamara
In his fight from the scene of the
crime.
|, Fifty Counts In Indictment.
The Indictment upon which the de.
PENDANTS were convicted contained
some fifty odd counts, and inasmuch
as the brief verdict stated simply that
the S8 defendants were Found guilty
as charged in the indictments" the
verdict is taken to mean that every
one Of the defendants is liable to a
maximum penalty Of 80 years in the
penitentiary. The statutes also pro
vide for the imposition of fines in ad-
dition to the prison term. ...-
The various counts of the indict-
ment covered the different phases of
the Illegal transactions which consti-
tuted the conspiracy. including the aid.
ing and abetting in the slightest de-
gree to the actual carrying out of the
act of transportation of high explo-
sives on passenger carrying vehicles
in interstate commerce. D., .'ri |
~ Mckamaras Aided.
BY it's verdict the jury also aus,
tanned the charges that the Mcnamara
brothers now in prison In California,
were aided In the nationwide dyna-
mite plots by almost all the executive
officials of the Iron Workers union.
and that they knowingly carried CD
the conspiracy for years by causing
explosives to be transported On pas
senger trains.
As head of the union of $4,000 mem
bers President Ryan once sat in the
councils Of the American Federation
Of Labor.
Tveitmoe Of San Francisco was
charged with not only supplying two
men to assist in blowing up the Los
Angeles Times building, but also with
having asked for more explosions on
the Pacific coast He ia secretary OF
the California Building Trades coun-
Gil, an editor, and a recognized leader
In labor circles on the coast. ,a#
Hoekin, the "iaoo."
Also at the head of those found
guilty is Herbert 9. Hockin, called
the Iago Of the conspiracy" because
he was charged with first initiating
ortie e. McManigal as a hired dyna-
inter and then with hetraying all the
dynamiters to promote his own ambi.
tons. -.r..aN5rs .-,.
1t was he who. once secretary of the
international union, whispered into
the ear of Detective Barss the names
OF the Los Angeles Times dynamit-
ers." ......as- - ~
John T. Butler, vice president Of
the ironworkers, also convicted, was
branded by the court as "perjursr"
after he had denied that Mcnamara
was drawing $1,000 q month to pay
for dynamitings ..s..a ~
Organized pynamitine Crew.
Back In the summer of 1905 dyna-
mite was found at New Haven, Conn,
on job on which non-union work
men were employed. Later the xron-
workers union called strike on sew
eral contractors and the strike be-
came general. That was the begin
niRg, according to the government,
and 1t spread until McNamara organ
lzed "dynamiting crew." Altogether
100 explosions occurred, those at Los
angeles being among the number.
AS motive for the crimes charged
the government referred to the strike
against employers of non.union labor,
consisting Of bridge, viaduct and
building contractors who maintained
an open shop" policy. employing
workmen regardless AZ whether they
belonged to the union or not. This
strike never has been called on. Il
was alleged that the warfare waged
oy the union spread all over the coun.
try until violence was resorted to. or,
as was stated. "picketing spread to
smuggling. slugging to dynamite, and
dynamite to nitroglycerin."
Mcnamara. at the headquarters of
the union In Indianapolis. although
later named by witnesses a. the active