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Show Business Agent of a Union Who Talked J Too Much Indianapolis, 7an. G. Spurgcon B. Meadows, prominent labor leader and business agent of the district council of tho International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, today canio forward with the declaration that out-of-town men caused thc four dyna-mito dyna-mito explosions in this city at midnight, mid-night, October 21. 1909. This followed thc statement of Charles A. Bookwnlter, former mayor, may-or, that local labor leaders wore informed in-formed by hiniftwo years ago as lo who had directed tho explosions on property of Albert von Sprecklesen, an 'open shop" contractor. Meadows' assertion was made in "connection wltha report that the federal fed-eral authorities' were investigating whether or not other unions wcro interested With tho Iron Workers in having the Von Speckleseu property destroyed. Conferences of men alleged to havo accomplished the explosions were held in a hotel owned by John Half-man, Half-man, who Bald today he had testified beforo the county grand jury last year that Meadows attended some of theso conferences. This Meadows denied, but he admitted meeting at Halfman's place walking delegates for unions that were endeavoring to persuade non-union men to quit work on ohc of Von Sprecklesen's contracts con-tracts nearby. "Three weoks before tho Von Sprecklesen explosion," said Half-man, Half-man, 'there were two men who said they were from Chicago and whose names I do not remember. They rented a room from me. They wero brought by tho business agent of certain cer-tain unions here. He told me thc Chicago men were in the business of. frightening off scab workmen and fixing non-union jobs. Ho said they were here to 'fix' the local situation. "Many men who came to sec thc strangers 1 recognized as connected with labor unions, but the only ono I knew by sight was Meadows. The two Chicago men left here three days Untnm tho ovnloslons and I have not seen them since." The business agent referred to by iJIalfman also is charged with direct knowledge- of Ihexplosions ln;a.fq)t-t , "mal statement to former Mayor Book-waiter Book-waiter by Mrs. Alia. Hawkins, keeper of a boarding house. She reported lo the mavor, when he made the municipal munici-pal investigation, that the business agent came to her houso with other men in an automobile a few hours before tho explosions took place, and said to her: "Keep vour ears open about midnight mid-night and you will hear the damndest noiEo you ever heard." Mrs. Hawkins returned here recently recent-ly from Los Angeles, where she went in rosponso to a subpoena from the grand jury which indicted the McNa-maras. McNa-maras. ... "That business agent always talked talk-ed too much," said Meadows. ' Union Un-ion carpenters, painters and hod carriers, car-riers, as well as the iron porkers, were concerned In pushing the light against Von Speckleseu. But we did not have anything to do with the dynamiting. dy-namiting. Neither did 1 meet the out-of-town fellows mentioned l Halfman but 1 know that imported men caused the explosions |