Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-11
MORE THAN l50
MEN NAbBED IN
CHICAGO RAIDS
Roundup Results From the
Murder of Two Patrol
men and Wounding of
Another in Gun Battle.

CtFrenchy") Nader, president OF
the Chicago Building Trades Coun-
ell, and mo than $50 other labor
leaders, were being held tonight
after having been caught in a dozen
raids on various union
headquarters today
The roundup resulted from the
murder of two patrolmen and the
wounding of another in a running
pistol fight in which the killers
eluded the police last night. The
two murders followed the bombing
of two buildings, the elimination OF
a series of disorders believed by the
police to have been due to labor
warfare in the building trades.
In ordering todays raids, Charles
C. Fitzmorris, chief of police, de-
clared that some of the labor lead
ers were just as guilty of the mur-
ders of the two policemen as were
the anarchists of the Haymarket
riots. He characterized the killings
as slaughter" and termed the la
Dor leaders "hoodlums and ex-con-
victs.'
Il have the officers and repre-
sentatives of every union in the
building trades council, and some
otter unions, too, represented
among those arrested Chief F'itz-
morris nid after the raids late this
afternoon. "Those arrested will be
treated like ordinary prisoners and
held until they can be questioned"
Among Those Arrested.
The list Of those taken into Gus
tody included the names of some
of the men who have been lnowE
for years as the leaders. of labor
in Chicago. Among them were Big
Tim" Murphy, president of the gas
workers union, and Cornelius
CCon"D Shea, leader of the team
sters' strike in 1904. Murphy,
known as Chicago's labor czar,
has been out on bail after having
been sentenced recently to seven
years in the penitentiary in connec-
tion with the 100000 union station
mail robbery.
The raids came as a complete
surprise, the first being made on
the headquarters of the building
trades council where squad OF
men from the detective bureau
suddenly appeared at the entrance
OF the building. The raiders slam
med the doors and then kept them
shut with threats of shooting. A
score of labor leaders were found
closeted in conference. They were
taken into custody immediately and
all the books and documents in the
office seized.
Guns, Ammunition Seized.
Raids continued on other labor
Headquarters and saloons knowE
to have been used az hangouts by
notorious sluggers and gunmen who
have been connected by the police
with many recent bombingS ana
shootings. Scores of men were ar
rested in these minor raids and a
large supply of pistols, sawed of
guns, and ammunition seized.
Late in the day efforts were made
to obtain the fresdom of several of
those held on writ of habeas corpus
Among those whose release was
sought in this way were Nader.
Murphy, Shea, Thomas Maloy, AL
Johnson, Thomas Reynolds and
Frank Clifford. After consulting
with the police, Judge Kickham
Scanlan denied the requests and
made the writs returnable at noon
tomorrow. Among those held to-
night were fifteen or twenty women.
Bomb ExpIodes.
The nights reign of terror and
bloodshed which resulted in the
raid started shortly after midnight
when bomb was exploded in a
garage causing damage estimated
at $4,000. 1t was hurled through a
rear window. 1t was said that the
company has been employing glaz-
iers under the Lands wage award.
A short time afterwards a police
man guarding the plant of the
Sharp and Partridge company,
where there have been labor trou-
bles, saw an automobile stopped
near the curb. There were three
or four men in the car and one of
them shot and killed the patrolman
as he approached to inspect the
machine, which was then driven
rapidly away.
Search For the Car.
"Flying squads" from the de-
tective bureau Immediately began
search for the car. 1t was one of
these automobile squads which
overlook the fleeing car on the
southern outskirts of the city,. In
the pistol battle that followed be-
tween the occupants of the two
speeding cars, another patrolman
was shot and killed, while a third.
Albert Moeller, was wounded. The
slayers escaped. Later the bandit
car was found, riddled with bullets
and abandoned on the outskirts Of
the city.
Recent labor troubles have been
attributed by the police to dissat-
isfaction on the part of. certain
unions with the Lands wage award
This award was made by former
Judge X. M. Lands, while acting
as mediator between the building
trades strikers and their enlnlnv-