New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
LABOR PLOT HUNT
ROUTS NEW CAME
Fresh Names Mentioned
with Six of Accused EX-
pected To Be Indicted.
TEUTON GROUP TRIED
TO BUY WAR PLANTS
Financial Method of Checking
Allied Supplies Preceded
Strikes, RumOr Says.

Indictments for at least sir Of the al
legged conspirators involved in the labor
trouble projects Of Captain Franz Won
Rintelen and David Lamar, the Wolf
Of Wall Street, are expected to be
returned Tuesday by the September
Grand Jury
These Jurymen who have been away
on leave for the holidays through the
courtesy Of H. Snowden Marshall, the
United States Attorney, will reconvene
December 23 1t Is generally under
stood that they will hand down
blanket indictment against the men
who were in the Won Rintelen Lamar
deal
Persons familiar with the evidence
that has gone before the Grand Jury
said yesterday that the action Of that
body will cause surprise by lndictlng
several men not even mentioned nth
erto i'm the work carried on by Labor'S
National Peace Council
When Mr.. Marshall declared some
three weeks ago that Labors National
Peace Council was financed by German
money supplied by Won R.ntelen
exceedingly discriminating evidence that
has since come 20 him and which has
been presented before the Grand Jury.
With the increase of evidence new
names have been brought into the case
and 10 is believed that no less than
twenty person will be brought 70 trial
for their alleged participation in the
German scnemc 20 foment strikes in
American muntIOn plants.
Efforts to Buy Plants Fail.
Strenuous efforts were made by some
of the alleged conspirators who are
Americans, TO cover up their tracks, but
IT is understood that the government
anticipated them and turned their et-
forts to intensity the indications Of
guilt.
David Lamar, who has refused to
Say anything, is, according to his
friends. in a fairly safe position. They
not only disclaim that he had anything
10 do with Won Rintelen's strike To-
menting plan, but say he had urged
against such measures. His advice had
been for the German agents TO take
over by legitimate purchase as many
munition plants as they could control
In this way they would be violating
no law and would at the same time be
IN position completely 70 Sllue
large part Of the munition shipments
to the Allies.
Il was said i'm the Federal Building
Friday that this scheme had been tried
and was found futile, despite the enor-
nous amounts offered by the German
agents to get control of the stock of
munitiOn plants.
Government agents have learned how
Won Rintelen failed i'm his effort to pur-
chase control Of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company. at Bridgeport.
Conn. The plant which is said TO be
worth about 100000 was eagerly
sought by the German agents through
broker. whose commission alone would
have amounted to S1,500,000.
Information reached the government
authorities that the broker who prob
ably could have Influenced the MAORI
~ stockholders 20 sell out refused the
opportunity offered by the anxious Ger
man agents. whose bids for the control
ling interest went as high as SlI5OO.-
600. The first overtures ceased AZ
maximum offer of SS.000,0O0. and later
when the strike efforts were making
comparatively no Roadway the bid went
up TO Sl7.00O.O0O. and was refused.