The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-11
Fight IN
BUILDING
TRADES IS
BLAMED!
New York World Charges
Feud Is Responsible for
Explosion Disaster

ing World today. under the head
line wall Street Explosion Solved.
declared that thru an independent
Investigation II had discovered that
the bomb which killed more than 30
persons in Wall street September 1s.
was intended TO blow up n house
wrecking job near the Morgan Of
flee.
IL was sent by independent mem
bers or sympathizers with House.
wreckers' Union Local No. IS. which
had a grievance against the BrindelI
building trades council. dock build
ers and Housewreckers' Union No.
1856. members OF which were work.
ing on the housewrecking job. the
Evening World said
The bomb wagon was driven By
"a big. stoiid Pole" who did not
know what was in II. the newspaper
. asserted
The bomb was clockwork ma
chine set for 1909 p. m. IT said.
and was consigned to the contractor
at work on the housewrccl<iug job.
Albert voik and company.
There was some delay in crossing
the street intersection and when the
driver left bis wagon to ash where
To deliver the load. the Evening
World said. the hour arrived ard
the bomb exploded.
DEMAND sLEUTHs PROBE
MAKING OF BOMB
And now" said the World. II
is for the police and federal detect.
ives and their privately organised
competitors to find out who planned
the ticking clock. in its barrel 0f
broken sash weights and dynamite.
which was hauled almost to the en-
trance of Wall and Broad sts.. near
the Albert voIk and company Job
by the broken down horse and ram
shackie wagon--driven by man
who did not know what was In hin
load and who went away when be
even sent word"
SAYS MOTIVE FOR
BOMB WAS REVENGE
The motive of the independent
members OF, or sympathixers with
Housewreckers' Local No. IS. in
seeking to blow up the job. was
largely desire for revenge on
Robert p Brindell and his allies. the
newspaper said.
Brindell. head OF the Building
Trades council. is now under investi-
cation by the Lockwood Legislative
committee here. He Is said to have
organized new unions. forcing the
old ones out of business. and making
their members pay him tribute be-
fore they could get work from con.
tractors dominated by him and his
new unions.
Members of enc OF the unions thus
organized by Brindell. were said to
be engaged on the volk housewreck.
ing job. and one OF the foremen was
James Reilly. a protege of Erindell
the World said. further describing
him as IA member of the inspec-
ton and entertainment committee
charged with responsibility for driv.
ing all members OF the old house
wreckers' union out of the trade"
Five other foresnen on the volk job
were known as "Brindell men"
The newspaper also said:
''volk became Brindeli's confidant
and friend volk was accepting
patches OF IL Brindell union men
every day and dismissing 10 OF them
as unfit before the day was over.
The Zaranko men members OF the
old unionl hated Voik for catering
TO Brindell; they hated Brindell for
aiding volk replace them. They
hated him for helping to keep them
out of work; - . finally they hated
him for employing Brindell's fore
man. who first exacted Initiation
fees and dues and work permit
fees from them and then drove them
/, off the work by threatening their
lives
when the wreckers were paid off
on Saturday the Zaranko men were
taken into no gentle custody at the
cashiers window and manhandled
until they paid over their weekly
fees to Brindell's walking delegate.
who had desk in the corner OF
Volk's office. Always the Zaranko
men were cursed at and called filthy
names by all the other men on the
job. Constantly great chunks eof
stone or plaster would fan two. or
three stories and strike near them.
The last of them had been driven
from Broad and Wall streets tthe
volk job In fear of their lives by
these accidents and by combined as
saults OF foremen and other work
ers."
Following this long continued per
secution, the Evening World pointed
out came the attempt to blow up
the volk job. which resulted la the
Wall street bomb disaster.