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Show J. J: McNainara, SecretarytTreasiarier of Bridge- W orkers, His Brother and One i . Other Arrested on Charge of LeadjLng ' the "Wrecking Crew" Responsible for Many Explosion.s That0 Have Caused .Losses of. Millions in Last: Few Years. DYiSlAMITi PLANT UNCOVERED; : . -, '; ;:'MA.-nY months, of H'vdowing ' H : Arrested las Dynamiters , H JOHN J. McNAMARA, secretary-treasurer of International AssoeUation v of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; at Indianapolis; . IH JAMES V. MclTAMAEA, .union, printer and brother of Jolin J. tlc- 4 Namara; arrested at Detroit. "5 ORTIE S. McMANIG AL, . structural iron worker and' member of Chicago . local No. 5. . ''' Explosions Laid to "Wreckers' . H !! Following is the "black list" in iron workers' open shop war Laid, at wM the.'door of tlio union and Its alleged "wrecking crew:" . 'f ' Explosion, that blew a score, some union men, into eternity in ruins of the Los Angeles Times building October 1, 1910. . Explosion that wrecked new coal hoist of Milwaukee Western . Fuel 11 company on March 25, causing $200,000 loss. ' ' Explosion that Bhook up South Chicago in early spring of 1911, 'in which new $l,opo,000 plant of the Iroquois Iron Works narrowly escaped destruction. 1 '. Explosion that wrecked Peoria bridge in September, 19l6. Explosion that partially destroyed Llewellyn- Iron Works' rh :Iob Angeles in December, 1910. Explosion under bridge at; Kansas City in. February, 1911,. when jH quick' action of detectives averted serious damage.. ' E)losion- that toppled over open-shop-built steeple at Springfield, ' Mass., on April 12, 1911. -, Explosion that wrecked bridge at Pekin, 111., in fall of 1910; Explosion that partially wrjecked new court rhouse at 'Omaha on March 23, 1911. Explosions .at Indianapolis on October 2, 1909, which' destroyed a 91 uew-tclephone excliauge building, a sawmill and. a garage at the home of Albert Von Spreckolsen, a contractor. ' Those are only a few of the "reprisals," which, it is alleged, have.- jH been traced directly to the "wrecking crow" now'under arrest. Other dynamitings in open shop war have occurred at intervals, on.tho average of o;co a week, and have caused damage estimated conservatively at jH beUyeon $5,000,000 and 5,000,00.0. By Associated Tross. INDIANAPOLIS. April 22. After months of investigation, directed by William" J. Burns, a private detective, John ,1. -dcNantnrn, international secretary secre-tary of the Bridge and Structural iron Workers of America, the headquarters of which are in Indianapolis, was arrested ar-rested Here today charged with complicity" com-plicity" in the dynamiting ol tho Los Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910, .aijd the plant of the LTcwollyn Jron Works it Los Ajigeles. Four hours after MeNamnra was arrested ar-rested detectives found two quarts of nitroglycerine and seventeen Sticks of ds'namite in a barn three-quarters of a mile' west of Indianapolis. The barn, the detectives say, was rented- by Me-Nnmara Me-Nnmara .from. T. H. Jones, the Owner. ; A later investigation, of the international interna-tional ollices of tho union disclosed iu a storeroom of The basement, of the building sixty-four sticks (about sixty pounds) of dynamite, 00 toot of fuse. 500 dynamite caps, one dozen small alarm docks and a leather cas'o made to carry a ten-pound can df nitroglycerine. Detective Burns took possession of all tho explosives. . MeNamnra 's arrest followed an investigation in-vestigation lasting scleral months, .dur-inn .dur-inn yluch detectives have been in 'Indianapolis. 'In-dianapolis. Burns v himself made frequent trips here and- was at all times in touch with the men he had' at work on the. case. Taken From State at Once. - Requisition papers from tho governor of California having been signed by Governor, Marshall before the arrest, MeNnniilra was. taken to police hcal-qunrterfr hcal-qunrterfr bv detectives, whore he -was immediately arraigned by Judge Collins in police court. The. requisition was granted and twoutv minutes after McNamara had been arrested :u the association headquarters, head-quarters, iu tho Amei'icau Central Life building, where a -meeting of -the executive, execu-tive, board was adjourned, he was taken from the cit- by, four detective in an automobile. Their destination was not known, 'it is supposed it was tho p.lan 1 of the oilhrbrs toget MoNamM.ni out of the slate before his friends-, had a chance to light tho requisition. Attorney Was Not Allowed. Although ploadiiig in police" court to be givoji time to procure an attorney, his request was. r.ofused by Judge Collins, Col-lins, who maintained after the requisition requisi-tion papers had been signed he could do nothing but permit Ja;jies . Ilousie. an ollicer.reprctient.iiig California, who was present al the hearing.' to take the prisoner from the city. Soon after the prisoner had bepn-hurried' bepn-hurried' into the uutomobile Detective Burns ran for another machine and rodo to tho American Central Life building, wlierv l' M. Jiyan, president of the Ja- soejation,. and six menfbers of the ejx-ecutive ejx-ecutive board -were being held pending an 'investigation. Doors of the room- were guarded by a squad of police. IH Searched for More Evidence. IH Detective Burns, assisted bv four of his operatives and several detectives from Indianapolis, entered the rooms o the association in search of correspond- ence thai might implicate McNamara more deeply in the charges. President Ryan protested against tho IH nrcsciico of the ofllccrs iu tlio room. Superintclideut of Police Hylnnd read .H a search warrant but this document of the court did not satisfy the iron work- fll ers president: Burns then lifted tho fll top of McNafnara 's desk and began H searching large, piles of correspondence. 91 While the search of the room was be-ilig be-ilig conducted, the members of tho ex-ecutive ex-ecutive board; who were waiting in an-other an-other room, walked about nervously and asked the police concerning .the cause of their detention. bH Refused to Believe Report. IH 'More than an hour elapsed after Mc-Namara Mc-Namara had been taken from the city before his oompanious at the meet-ing meet-ing were aware that he had been taken fronr Indianapolis. When told he had bee.ij arrested as being responsible for the dynamiting of the Times building -H and Llewellyn, foundry in Los Angeles they gasped with astonishment, dcclar-ing'the.v dcclar-ing'the.v could not believe the report' te be Their surprise v-as greatly -.iucreased when thev began to plan .to procure their friend 's release and were told he had been taken from the city. Immediately after the 'oilices of the union were searched Detective Burns and a sound of his men went to the barn west of Indianapolis, where the. jH explosivc,si wore unearthed. The detec-tives detec-tives then - returned to the city, when wM a search in ihe basement of-tho union headquarters revealed more explosives. Theory of President Ryan. President Kyau.said he had been con- jH ncctcd with labor unions several years IH and had never heard -of a case similar ll to' the one charged against McNatnara. ile said ho had known of cases' whore :' j)lunts"'- had ,beeu made by enemies of "organised labor and that, if ox-plosives ox-plosives woro found tonight thoy must havo been placed by enemies of the .H union. The custodian of the building, whero IH Ihe bflices of the union are located, su'id IB MeNamnra had eomo to him six monthn ago aiid asked-for a storeroom and that the request had bcon granted. lie tH added ho had. never soon- .McNamara or auv of his associates oft the icon worker't.'' union carry anything to or jB from the storeroom. .... Detectives Shinn nnd Dugan visited MeNamnra 's room at 2932 Washingtou boulevard soon after his arrest and toofc C Continued on' Page Two. ! I seize internatorST--' UNION HIGH OFFICIAL . ..... . Continued from Page One. IevorvtlnitR tlicy could find thai lliev believed initflit prove of valuo in tin ease. TIic.y searched, his t rn nks and wardrobe ward-robe and confiscated every letter, picture, pic-ture, post-card, memorandum book, etc., that the.V found. Leo .M. Rappnport. attorney for the Structural Iron Workers, tonight protested pro-tested apainst the action of the police in hurry i lie lUcXaniara out of the sfato without "ivinp him opportunity to confer con-fer with counsel. Rappnport told a representative rep-resentative of the Associated Press that such procedure was a "frame-up,'' engineered en-gineered bv enemies of organj'ed labor. The attorney protested against; every move made by the otlieers and almost eamo to blows with Superintendent ot Poliee Hyland. Jle did not say what would be the next move of the labor organization to obtain the release .of the men. . While the exaot whoroabouts or iMe-"Namara iMe-"Namara tontg!it were not, disclosed, Detective De-tective Burns said it was the plan to get. him into Chicago in time U catch an carlv train tomorrow for Los An goles. it is believed MeNamnrn was taken ta-ken .in the automobile to Lafayette am put aboard a Monon (vain which pas:sM tlirouh there shortly after nudiiig.it for Chicago. ... Bums said fifteen detectives had bc-Mi in Indianapolis recently shadowing Me-Namurn Me-Namurn and McxUunigal and that the two had been followed to the .lone barn, where tonitrht a quantity of x plosives was found. He also said his men had seen the two go there earning earn-ing suit cases. After three hours work by a lock evpert the safe in the offices of the Structural Iron Workers union was opened i li the presence of W. .1. Kord. assistant district attorney of Los Aiige les countv. Cal., and Walter Drew ot New York, counsel for the Kreclers ' hp-sootat.io.n, hp-sootat.io.n, but no explosives were round. Several documents and records .were taken ta-ken and given a close examination by the district attorney, but nothing ol value was found and the officials lelt the ofiices. |