The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-05-26
POLICE, IN SPECTACULAR RAIDS
AFTGR oRov or MURDER AND
0oMolNo, ARREST $50
Two BUILDINGS BLOWN Up
Documents Ar seized a. Flying
Squads 0roak In on secret Meet
lnee; Roundup Follows Killing
of Two Officers

Chicago.-Fred (Frenchy) Nader,
president Of the Chicago Building
Trades council, and more than $50
other labor leaders are being held after
having been caught In dozen spec
tacular raids on various union head
quarters.
The roundup resulted from the muir
der Of two patrolmen and the wound.
ing Of another in running pistol fight
In which the killers eludexi the police
The two murders followed the bombing
OF two buildings. the elimination If a
series Of disorders believed by the po-
lice to have been due to labor warfare
in the building trades.
In ordering the raids. Charles c.
Fftxmorris, chief of police. declared
that some of the labor leaders were
just as guilty of the murders Of the
two policemen as were the anarchists
IF the Haymarket riots. He character
lied the killings as slaughter" and
termed the labor leaders 'hNldlunl<
and ex-convicts.''
The list Of those taken into custody
included the names Of some Of the
men who have been known for years
Ms the leaders of labor in Chicago.
Among them were big Tim" Murphy.
president Of the Gas Workers Union,
and Cornelius "Con" Shea. leader Of
the transfers strike in 10f4. Murphy,
known as ChicagO's leader organizer
has been out on hail after having been
sentenced to seven years in prison in
connection with the 100000 Union
Station mail robbery
The raids came as complete sur
prise. the first being made on the
headquarters II the building trades
council where a squad Of men from the
detective bureau suddenly appeared at
the entrance of the building The
raiders slammed the doors and then
kept them shut with threats of shoot.
ing. A score Of labor leaders were
found cloSeted in conference. They
were taken into custody. and all the
hooks and documents in the office
seized.
Raids continued on other headquar-
tiers and saloons known to have heen
used as hang0utS by notorious sluggers
and gunner who have been connected
by the police with many recent bomb.
ings and shontings. Scores Of men
were arrested in these minor raids and
a large supply Of pistols, sawed-Off
guns. and ammunition seized.
Tho NIGHT u reivn ~ ferrNp and blooA.
she'd. which resulted in the raids,
started shortly after midnight when q
bOmh was exploded In garage caus.
ing damage estilna ted Mt $1,000. It
was hurled through, rear window. II
was said that the company had been
employing glaciers under the Lands
wage award. A short time afterwarti
a policeman guarding the plant Of the
Sharp and Partridge company, where
there have been labor troubles, saw an
automobile stop near the curb. There
were three or four in the car and one
nf them shot and killed the patrolman
as he approached to inspect the ma.
chine. which then was driven rapidly
away.
Recent labor troubles have been at.
trihuted by the police to dissatiefac.
fion on the part Of certain unions with
the lands wage award This award
was made by Former Federal Judge X.
NJ. Lands. while acting as n mediator
between rhe building trades contract
ors and their employees.