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Fair and continued cold Wm will prevail | tomorrow Thursday throughout northern New York. 10A # 02 C lVOL; XXII—No 192 THE JOHNSTOWN'bAILY REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1912. ew oe ioe useep pnaire Erankm Ryan Prendent -clation of Bridge and Amsng the Fir:t to be oi the Intemational Asso- Struc:ural ron Workers, Taken Info Custod7---Re- -- ports From Many (ities Show the Government's Itention to Efres: all the Cen at the Same Time---Raicrity of the Ind ctments are Against Labor OZifcicls who cre Charged With Partici-] \Jobs.\ to INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 14.-By what was said to be the most sweep Ing federal action of its kind ever ta- - ken, the United States government to- . day within a few hours arrested a ma- 'Jority of the 54 men indicted for al j leged complicity in a dynamise con- spiracy spread Widecast over the coun- try for six years. - At the head of those arrested was - Frank M. Ryan, president of the Inter- mational Association of Bridge and Etructural Iron Workers. Many other officials, including Herbert S. Hockin, _. gecand vice-president and successor to \*A J. MeNamara, the convxcted dyna 5 filter, as secretary-treasurer of the un n, were arrested with Ryan in in: @ianapolis. “i“ \- - Those indicted and arrested up to a | *\ late hour this ariternoon are: Frank M. Ryan, président of the In- ' ternational Associaticn of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; lives in Chi- M ~- pago, headquarters in Fridianapolis. John T. Butler, Buffalo, N.; Y., first. . Yice-president. * ,‘ Herbert S. Hockin, Detroit, Mich., second vice-president and acting secre- ; tary-treasurer. Michael J. Young, Boston, Mass.. member executive board and president' of the Boston local unicn, No, 7. Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago, finan- clal secretary of the Iron Workers, lo- cal union, No. 1. C. E. Dowd, Rochester, N. Y., for- mer national organizer, International Machinists' unicn. Frank C. Webb, New York, former member National Iron Workers' execu-. tive board. Henry W. Legleitner, Denver, formerly of Pittsburg, now president ~ of the Denver iron workers' union, No. 24. John H. Barry, St. Louis, member of the executive board. Daniel J. Brophy, New York, former member of the executive board. Michael J. Cunane, Philadelphia, business agent local unicn. James Cooney, Chicago, agent local unicn. business William E, Redin, Milwaukee, Wis.,; business agent local union. Paul J. Morrin, St. Louis, business 'mgent local union. ~ Peter J. Smith, Cleveland, business &gent local union, * William J. McCain Kansas City, Mo., business agent local.. Michael J. Hannon, Scranton, Pa., wl former business agent local union, now 'agent Scranton Central Labor union. John R. Carroll, iron worker, arrest ed at Syracuse, N. Y. , Edward E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y., necretary’treasurer local union. 'Fred Sherman, ness agent local union. Ernest G. W. Bassey, Cincinnati,; former business agent, Indianapolis. 'James H. Ray, Peoria, TiL, president : local union. , Bat‘rlck F. Farrell, New York, iron worker. Edward Clark, Cincinnati, delegate. Daniel Buckley, Davenport, Iowa, - business agent. Albert Brown, Kansas City,Mo., busi- ness agent. Albert J. Kavanaugh, Epringficld, H1. Murray L,. Pennell, Springfield, I!I1., financial secretary local union. Herman G. Seiffert, arrested at Mil- waukee. George Anderson, Cleveland, worker, known as \Nipper\. h awe anim iron for- ; - mer member of the executive board, former - Indianapolis, bust-, former ' arrested at | William Shupe or Schoupe, Chicago, iron worker.. =; Janies Coughlin, Chicago, iron work- er. Charles Wachtmoister, Detroit, busi ness agent. [at Duluth, Minn. Frank J. Murphy, business agent. Spurgeon P. Meadows, Indianapolis, business agent. Reports from air over the country showed also that five of the seven iron workers' executive board mem- bers and a half dozen former members were taken in custody. These officials and co-defendants are charged w‘ith violating the federal statutes regulating interstate shipment of explosives, which resulted from the activities of the McNamaras and Mc- | Manigal \dynamiting crews\ who car- ried dynamite and nitro-glycerine in and about the country in passenger trains > All the defendants are Med with Detroit, former explosions which were directed by la- bor union officials against fron and} steel! contractors and employers of non-union - labor. The explosions caused the destruction of bridges, via- , ducts and buildings, and the wreckmw of the Lo# Angeles Times building was an fncident of the series. i - Before noon thirty-six arrests had been made. The most important move by the de: fendants on their arrest was to secure bail for their appearance here March | 12. Ryan and Hockin each gave $10, 000 bond and were released. John T. Butler of Buffalo, N. Y., first vice-pres- ident of the iron workers, arrested here, also was released on bond. On advice of counsel, Ryan, Hockin and Butler declined to make a state- ment until they had opportunity to ' confer. __ Reports from many cities show the ' government's intention to arrest all , the men at one time. {[ Eleven business agents of the iron workers, four or five officials and some i members of the executive board who are charged with knowing what Mc- {Namara did with money used to buy explosives, are among those indicted. 1 Spurgeon P. Meadows, | ternational Brotherhocd of Carpenters and Joiners, also was arrested in In- . dianapolis. three labor unions alleged to be impli- teated in the conspiracy. The officials of the other union represented is C. E. Dowd of the machinists' union, under ' s-rest at Rochester, N. Y. Frank C. Webb, a former member of © the iron workers' executive board, who was arrested in New York, figures H prominently in Ortie McManigal's ecn- fession. Webb is charged with meet- jing MeceManigal and showing him ; where to do \jobs\ in Hoboken and Jersey City, N. J. Before night it is expected a major- ity of the fifty or more men indicted will be apprehended and the govern- ment will reveal the facts, all the names involved and the extent of a | conspiracy which it charges has for ! six years been carried on by union la- ' bor officials and others against \open shop\ contractors,. Among the early arrests reported were those of Richard H. Houlihan of Chicago, who is charged with further- ing the violation of the federal stat- utes in connection with explosions at South Chicago and by assisting Ortie F. McManigal, the confessed dyna miter. Fred Mooney, iron worker, arrested. He represents one of the (NTION ' bonds required tor all the fifty or more used to purchase and pay for lthe iron workers' union; was arrested | at Syracuse, N. Y., and Edward Clark and Ernest G. W. Baséy, also : iron workers, were arrested at Cincinnati. John T. Butler, Biiffalo, N. Y., first | vice-president of the International Iron ! Workers, and Herbert 8. Hockin , of 1 | betroit, second vice-predigent and act- -| ing secretary-treagurer, and Fred Sher- man, local business agent, were arrest— ed here after Ryan was taken. Hockin | succeeded J. J. McNamara, now in. San | Quentin prison in California, as secre-f tary-treasurer. l Ortie McManigal, in his confession ll to the government, charged that Hock-' ling was \the man who put him in the ! |- pating in tke Cutrages or Havicg Knowledgs oi] dynamiting. business.\ It is charged in the indictment that, Hockin went to Detroit in June, 1907, UH and induced McManigal to take upl 1 aynamiting. | Ryan and his associates immediately , { | conferred with District Attorney Mil-' ler in reference to bonds. It is said the defendants will aggregatqg $300,000.) The bonds are for their a: raignment: here March 12. Some of 'those indicted were mem-; bers of the executive board when J., | {J. McNamara was directing his dyna-: in . Indianapolis and when he was receiv- ; ing $1,000 a month from the iron work. . miting operations from his office ers union for, which he was not re quired to make any accounting: and which the government charges was the transportation of explosives. The charges in the indictments are ° divided into two groups. The first group charges violation of the federal statutes regulating the interstate ship-, H ment of explosives, aiding and abet- ting to violate the law, and aiding and abetting to conceal the violation. The mfefendants in this class- are termed |} pe 'i; -the BusmeSs waerld will be fully- expldifeémnfl every. XQ‘ mate means for promoting their advancement fostered. 'The paper will be published fully as. much in the m— terest of Johnstown as of Gloversville and no. Opportumfy to boost the former will be allowed to pass. - ers, the present owner of The Republican, will have charge of the Johnstown end of the paper and will be assisted byfl? 'accessories: before and titer the fact. > The- second group charges conspir BJ conspiring to further' the series of 100+ acy to violate the law by further-mg ' the plans for carrying explosives.. While the possible penalties for vio- ; lations range from less than 18 months to two years' imprisonment, it said, the punishments may be cumu- lative, so that one defendant charged with more than one offense may face . | business | agent of the district council of the In-; Daniel Brophy, who was arrested in i a punishment equal to the. accumu- lated penalties for all his offenses. . The iron workers' union, whose head- quarters are in Indianapolis, has about 13,000 members with 107 local unions in the United States and Canada. Soon after it became known his - officers were to be indicted Ryan asked the members of the union to establish a . special fund of $7,000 a month. It is believed this fund now will be utilized for defense at the trials. Correspondence between the workers' - international here and the offices of many local un: ions are said to have shown that busi- ness agents had knowledge of the sys- tem of dynamiting against structures under construction by employers who maintained the \open shop,\ and it is charged that \jobs' 'often were ar | ranged by letter. fron NEW YORKERS ARRESTED, NEW YORK, Feb. 14.--Three per- sons were arrested here to-day by United States deputy marshals upon warrants issued upon found by the federal grand jury at In- dianapolis in connection with the al, leged dynamiting conspiracy. The men arrésted in Manhattan are Frank C. Webb, former member of the | executive board of the International Association of Bridge and Structural. Iron Workers; - Patrick PF. Farrell, whose connection with the case was not made known in the warrant, and Brooklyn. The men were arrested at homes. District Attorney Wise an- nounced that they would be arraigned during the forenoon before United States commissioners. Brophy's con- nection with the case was not made known. The men are charged with conspir- acy to violate certain sections of the federal criminal code forbidding the transportation of explosives in passen- ger trains or cars. The alleged offenses have continued: from December, 1906, it is charged, up to the present time. The warrants upon which the men were arrested E. E. Phillips,.a former official of, were issued by United States Commis- is headquarters _ indictments | | their | tional PRLLE TWO CENTS -- =» dation with the Gloversville to take effect immediately. | individually.. , wilt, be entirely overcome. better service.. be fully met. Johnstown people. the news of the two cities. tofore. treasurer. ’ ANNOUNCEMENT With to~morrow s issue the Johnstown Daily Republi- | . can will make its appearance in enlarged form, a consoli- hereafter, he grmted as one, will be known as the Leader- Republican, Hmmotmg the best interests or the two cities, and being a, larger and better paper than either publication This consolidation is the resulg of an effort to give the public of thetwo cities the benefit of 'a larger editorial force | and also a mechanical equipmenbsecond to' no newspaper 11 plant betWeen Albany and Utica\ Thei Republican has | long been hampered for lack of adequate facilities and in the consolidation that is about to flake effect, this difficulty - The cities of Johnstown and .| Gloversville are rapidly growing into closer relationship > and even now their interests, both commercial and social, have become almost identical and the change made by The - Republican is the natural change, the result of the growth of Johnstown, because that glowth demands a larger 1nd | By the consolidanon of these two papers it is behefifi j“ that the tastes and requirements of the most exacting can Not only will a full telegraphic reportt'fi given and the local. news of the two towns presentedi,‘ e entirety, but edrtorialiy the importance of the two cities toy The new paper will be considerably: larger than the Republican has ever been and will have?“ from eight to twelve pages daily, with added pages as ghg news may warrant or demand, and the paper will be de- I livered at the door of every subscriber by 5:30 p. m. eath , day, The paper will represent the editorial and reportonal efforts of ten capable newspaper men and a mechamcal equipment capable of producing complete reports of all of | The publisher believes that by this combination he can give the.public of Johnstown better service than can be: done in any other way, and to an extent that can only be - accomplished by a joining of forces and equipments. the present the Johnstown office of the Leader-Republican will be located in the present quarters of The Republican | on Market street, where advertisers will present their: copy | not later than 9 o'clock a. m. sired and where items may be contributed. also be telephoned to the office by calling No. 204, as here- In politics the Leader-Republican will be strongly Re- | publican, carrying out the same pohcres that have: gov- erned the two papers in the past. | The paper wxlfie published by the William B. Collins Company, of which Mr. Rogers will hold the office of Leader having been effected | The two pipers, which will ° +0 'This criticism has \1 P +x« Frank L. Rog- For. on the day publication is de- Items may p} w A *sioner Alexander upon receipt of the indictments yesterday. None of the prisoners offered resist- ance. \‘{ According to Secretary Chegjey of the National Erectors association, Far- rell was formerly a member of the executive committee of the Interna- Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Brophy, he said, was a member of local No. 35 in Brooklyn. The two prisoners were quickly ar- raigned before United States Commis- sioner Alexander and with Farrell act- ing as spokesman agreed to waive ex- amination and give bail for their ap- pearance in Indianapolis. was fixed at $10,000 cach and were placed in the custody of United States marshal | until they the were indicted at Indianapolis. The amount. 3180 o'clock this afternoon, in order that they might communicate with friends and obtain bail. District Attorney (Wise Said that Webb and Farrell were the only two men in the New York district who :tated at the district attorney's office in Brooklyn that Brophy was the only- man who was indicted in the Brook-| Iyn district. Brophy will be arraigned later. He will be represented by coun- sel. Wants Dates on Auto Tires. ALBANY, Feb. 14.-A bill intro- guced by Assemblyman Chanler to | day makes it obligatory upon manufae' turers of automobile tires to affix the date of manufacture upon all tires sold. in this state. ! WL HCHI RE-BPENIM} [F CASE fMr“. Carmody and District Attorney | | \and . there never has Been ary mis- {t | had but one opinfon <regarding | this ' [|| governor, and that there 'abould be & | When the present publisher of The Republican as- ||| 6 ' ~ sumed ownership one year ago, he was wunder the impres- sion that the people. of Johnstown desired a purely Johns- | town paper, and the best editorial and reportonal talent was secured With that end in view, but the prmc1pa] criti- cism of The Republican since that time has been that it did not carty sufficient Gloversville news. been remedied in a measure by 'opening a Gloversville , office and having a special reporter in that city at all times, but even.. under these circumstances it has been a physical and financial! impOssnblhty to reach the standard of news- paper excellente demanded by the people of Johnstown or | the class .of a paper that the: publisher had hoped to pro-r V l; Justice Gerard.~ | P F are thoroughly in gecord ia regard to: ' ‘what procedure Md .be. followed j ‘ I plans into effect.\ :| @ | Rosalsky “wedge . 510112 that. might wis E l yellowing his: conference with Mr 1 dra%n and forwarded to influence + 1 \I do not expect $0 have 3117 film” F by the mm 'br-anyone else, it will be the establishment of a stable form of , 1 bit wilt come to me throligh the inves- ~ : at noon 0 't Utica accepted a designation by the . Asupreme court “sham not: 'holid - any . (used generally. o ~ ~ . ot. | al gamody to-day gave a hearing on =i that 1405 brick mannfactirers, whose It was their maaetxng on: I’ebrualv 20. on [stcomd Session. BRANDT AFFAIR GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GEN. ERAL WORKING TOGETHER, LATTER SAYS. King aEorcE PRESHJES, values TIME HONORED, PICTURESQUEK - CEREMONY. 1¢‘ Whitman. Both of the Opinion that Judge Rosalsky Ex- ceeted His Authority. > latlon Mapped Out by the Gown lei ornment is Not Ap- proud. _- ALBANY,; Feb. Iw‘There is - no . ‘misundersfianding betweén the 5am or and myself regarding the course | procedure to be followed. { the pr | case,\ declared the attorriey general, | sion of the second . fierlieme'nt | ¥4 as George's reign was opened ! A King George in person with all: Elme-honored picturesque eel-emf \which always marks such occasion; . - No speech . from the throne has for hen: years been awaited with 100K. abmhing public interest and the king himxelf chewed that he realized momentousness of the occaeion by emphasis he laid on the more #8 understanding in the mitten 'T have | case. from the time I am examined.: it 'and that was that the mitten walk en- | tirely within the jurisdilmen of the! : thorough investigation of everything | that took place at the time Brandt wap |- 'eonvioted and sentenced to Dfifibn. These facts will be brougm out at the hearings which will be conducted by speaking a, Blank disappointment, however, Y“ over the colorlessness of. the king’s R\ erefice to historic legislation maspg out by the government. . - The speech in: & short one. Ta ferringtothemeaeurestobe bron : | before parliament, the king said:- . The attorney generfiapd Mr. Whit: |- \A measure for the befter goveatin ' man are both of m that Judge .\ tth \District Attorney Whitman and I A and we are confining to carry our! 1 you. , - A bill will be laid “before you to minate - the ~establishnient - of. - church in Wales and make» ' provi any! for its tempdralitless~t ~ --* ; “PIOPDQ‘IS wiil be brought for R for the amendmentmghe law. with | spect. {o. the. franchija and»the 4 nation of: eigctorp * A pale This was; all the king. had in, that | about the three measure; . which, they become lam, will rifle“: MBs, l the. copgkitution and history - ox, k \ United Kingdon. _ 1C ‘Thekinxihiuemuufiu_ tion of British relations with Getmaimy and did not allude in any .way to ¥ie..% count Haldane's recent trip to w & about which -therp has- been 80° mm speculation. lu. lannpifncement to make 'pegarding this | 'The most: interesting refinance to case,” said thegOYemfi‘g \until Justica foreign attains, was the: clause in hle Gerard has: cameletfiéh Anvestigation . , address relating to china. when 'he :. 38nd 51;me The investi- : said: © a . nation W bum-dug; and if it- is, - \I trust that the crisis in China m_' 113111511003” been done | soon be terminated satisfactorily by | terday whan he ordé Mahmndt case rammed and, ls to weigh ,_;.kr aimed: the governor matd - Ha had ; ard Bis formal. designation as eon— mibeibner 1 sorroctad.. 'If there is apy new evideace I | government conforming with the vim In the case, e¥idence other than that' . of the Chinese people. My government . which was 'gubmftted .to me heretofore, ; will continue to observe an attitude of. tigation 'of Justice Gerard:\ The goiernpr had not been advised ish life and property. I fully recog- Justice Gerard's opinion | mize that the leaders on both sides in. that he is prehibited by law from ac- | China have shown every desire to . cepfing the appointment. safeguard the lives and. interests of ._ Attorney General Carmody believes , foreigners resident in that empire.\ * Justice Gerard may legally accept the! The king remarked that the British Gommissmfl- He cited a recent prece- government was ready to associaté it- in which Justice De Angelis of| self with the other powers in media- tion to, bring to an end the war be: tween Italy and Turkey, and was also - striving in conjunction with Russia to - enable Persia to re-establish order. |_ _His majesty congratulated the Inter» national conference recently held at 'The Hague on the result of its labors Ao regulate the trade in opiam. .He also briefly referred to the widespread labor unrest, saying: \I firmly trust | that a reasonable spirit will prevail on _. \both sides in order to avoid a develop- ° rment which will seriously affect the i governor to review the - charges against Sherif Wyker of Onondaga |; county Wyker was removed on Jus- tice De Angehs report other office or public trust \ but the 1 courts have held that the term “office or public trust\ refers to a permanent : public trust of employment to be exer- A < anemia nba omore 2‘7 L800 \Brick Trust\ Hearing.. yaa Pai ° ALBANY, Feb: 14. ”Attorney Genep'“° e people.\ The enmiges fick hy contain New ore | mars ung (ne more mot. . city contraetors and builders, alleging. mentioned. oh the Hudson river, had ed's combination to control the | brick output in violation of the.anti- monopoly law. A general denial to the charges was made by Frank M. Patterson, general counsel for the brick manufacturers, while John De- Witt Wayne: of New Yorfl represent- ed the complainants U. S. TROOPS SENT TO AID OF RANCHER ON BORDER, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Troops have been asked for by the proprietor of Bailey's ranch, which crosses the Mexican border, near Columbus, New Mexico. Mexican rebels are reported pillaging the ranch Just south of the line. Troops have been sent, but their journey involves a three days travel Shustghto Address Suffragettes. over $6 miles of sand. . NEW. YORK, Feb. 14. -W. Morgan | Sinister, the - American | treasurer | general Of Persia, who is returning to - this- country: after his grusual excur sion into : infiematmnal politics, will {make- his. Arst. $ublic speech in this country\ vbefore &A\ New York suffrage egrpbyamm; filF-‘VWOBJMS Municipal | ance at three yeats besmning July 1 league. 'He fiascmeq pis, acceptance | 40X! The prov.sion inc Lewing the bf 'the league's invitation to speak at ' «r?lamy of thn ofice from #$7,h00 to $10, stricken out. The Cross Bill Reported. ALBANY, Feb. 14.-The Assembly committee on insurance to-day report- ed Assemblyman Cross' bill fixing the term of the supcrintendent of insur- unde wal? #asily read in the faces of his hegrert * ment of Ireland will be eupmitfiifi- s IF ”mum - LONDON, Feb. 14 -The second sot alll strict non-intervention while taking; all the necessary steps to protect Brit- '.@ o 4 leads of the country and the welfare -; No intimation was given as to the. e:
