The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-01-08
DECIDES AGAINST
"a LABOR HEADS
Convicted Dynamiters Must
Serve Sentences.
CASES OF SIX ARE REVERSED
Frank M. Ryan, President Of interna.
tlonai Association of Structural
Iron Workers, Among Those Hit
by v. s. Judge at Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. Frank M. Ryan, of
Chicago, president of the Information.
al Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Ironworkers, must serve seven
years Imprisonment in the penitenti-
airy. This sentence, imposed upon
him by United States District Judge
A. B. Anderson, at Indianapolis, was
today affirmed by the United States
Circuit court of appeals in Chicago.
TwentyShree other men convicted
with Ryan In connection with the dyn-
amiters' cases and se~tenced to from
one to six years, will also have to go
to Jail, their cases being affirmed.
Sentences imposed en- six other men.
including Richard H. Houlihan, of Chi
cago, secretary of the union, were
reversed and their cases remanded to
Judge Anderson for another trial.
The opinion in these cases which
grew out of the dynamiting scandal,
revealed by the confession of the Nc
Namaras, now in San Quentin prison,
was read by Judge Seaman.
% Must Serve Jail Terms.
The following sentences were affirm
ed by the court of appeals: Six years
imprisonment: Michael ]. Young, Bos-
ton; Frank C. Webb, Hoboken, N. j.:
Phillip A. Covley, New Orleans; ]. T.
Butler, Buffalo; J. E. Munsen, Salt
Lake City.
Four and a half years imprison-
ment: Eugene A. Clancy.
Four years: P. ]. Smith, Cleve-
land, O.; John H. Barry, st. Louis.
Three year terms: Henry w. Leg
leitner, Pittsburgh; Parnell, Spring.
field, III.
Six Must Stand New Trial.
The following other cases where
the sentences were reversed and the
cases sent back to Indianapolis for
trials:
Alfred A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco.
six years.
w. J. Mccain. Kansas City, three
years. -
James E. Ray, Peoria, three
years.
Fred Sherman, Indianapolis.
William Bernhard, Cincinnati.
Errors Few in Lower Court.
Commenting upon the conduct of
the trial which Federal Judge Albert
B. Anderson heard at Indianapolis, the
court of appeals said:
The evidence preserved in the bill
of exceptions makes several printed
volumes and it is notable that no err
ror is assigned for reception or rejec-
ton of testimony throughout the ex.
tended trial, except as to the admis-
stability of the testimony of two wit
nesses, McManigal and Clark. who
were defendants under the indictment.
but testified on behalf of the prosecu-
ton"
U. S. Supreme Court May Get Case.
None of the defendants will be sent
to Jail at once. Attorneys for the con-
victed men, Elijah n. Zoline and Pat
rick H. O'Connell, have thirty days in
which to apply to the U. S. Supreme
court for writ of certiorari that the
decision may be carried to the high
est court for review.
President Ryan, Houlihan, Shupe
and several others of the defendants
were in court when the 1S.000-word
decision was read.
Nation Wide Strike Quiz.
Washington, Jan. Nation wide
investigation of labor disturbances is
to be undertaken Immediately by the
federal commission on industrial re-
lations, it was announced here. A de-
cision to do so was reached, following
five day executive session.
The first step will be the sending
of expert investigators to Calumet,
Mich, where there is a strike of cop.
per miners. and to Colorado. where
there is a strike of coal miners.