Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-15 | Page 12 | Bonds Set for Strike Leaders

STIIKi lEAQlRSi Yardmen Publicity Man Says Arrest of Men is Great Mistake CHICAGO, April 15. After the roundup of strike leaders,1, the prisoners prison-ers wero taken before Commissioner Mason at the federal- building shortly after noon and held under $10,000 bonds for further hearing. They were charged with conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Lever act. ' Elmer B. Bldwcll, who was named yesterday by Attorney General Palmer, Pal-mer, acted a"s Grunau's successor, and Fred A.4 Feltzner, wero arrested this afternoon. They, too, wore hold in 510,000 bonds. It. S. Murphy, publicity representative representa-tive of tho yardmen's association, issued is-sued a statement from the United States marshal's office on behalf of tho men arrested. "1 have violated no law," ho said. "I claim the right of an American cit izen to quit when I please; I never asked anyone else to go out, and personally per-sonally I will never go back to my old job at $5 a day. "I and all tho men feel that our arrests ar-rests was a bad move on tho part of the government. There has been no disorder at any of our meetings or. in the conduct of tho strike." District Attorney Charles F. Clyne said plans for the raid had been In preparation for a week. "Tho trap was sprung at the right time," he declared. After fixing bonds of tho men at 510,000. Commissioner Mason set April 24 for hearing the cases. The section of tho Lever act, under which tho cases arc brought, provides a penalty of not exceeding $5000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. It covers conspiracies to limit the facilities for transportation transporta-tion or dealing in then ecessitles of life.