The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 07, 1911, Image 6
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TELLS OF CRIME
Die of the Dynamiters Turns Slates
State's Evidence Against Pals
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WHOTillN CONFESS ALL
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^Story of tlie Mowing Up of The Times
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ISuiling and the Murder of TwentyOne
Men Told by One of the Men
Who Planned the Most Terrible
Crime.
Shortly after one o'clock on the
morning of October 1, 1910, the j
touilding and plant of the Lob Angeles
Times were destroyed by a terrific exjhosion
of dynamite which had been
placed in the basement. Flames followed
the explosion, and before they
could be extinguished twenty-one persons
had lost their lives. The Times
Is owned by (Jen. Harrison Gray Otis,
who has fought union laoor bitterly
*nd persistently.
Detective William J. Burns, head
of tho Burns Detective Agency, was .
employed immediately to ran down
/v tho criminals, and with his employment
began one of the most remarkable
detective cases known to American
criminal history, in which sensation
followed sensation, cuiminatring
Friday in the confession of the
two McNamaras. About the 20th of
April last James Barnabas McNamara,
the younger oi the two brothers,
and Ortie E. McManigal of tho
Btiuctural Ironworkers' Union, were
arrested as they stepped out of the
Oxford Hotel in Detroit.
Two days later Detective Burns,
"with a force of liis own an.l city detectives,
walked into a meeting of
the executive board of the Iron Workers'
Union in Indianapolis and arrested
John Joseph AlcNamara. lie had
indictments with him, charging the
prisoner with maliciously and willfully
placing explosives within the
.Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles,
and with murder and complicity
in the dynamiting of the Times
Duilding. They were all taken to
Los Angeles, Cal., for trial.
After being brought to trial Mo*
Manigal turned State's evidence and
told all about the awful crime. "The
crime of a century" was occupying
the attention of nations, but the
whole world gasped when it read the
confession of Ortie McManigal, which
told the gruesome story of bow the
lives of 112 men were snuffei out and
property worth $3,500,000 was destroyed,
and how arch plotters sat
in secret conferences ana passeu sentences
of death.
McManigal told the most amazing
story of wholesale crime that a government
olllcer has ever listened to
in a careless, even nonchalant manner.
At times he seemed to be bored
by the telling. His confession involved
two othors besides himself
and McNamara. These are M. A.
Schmidt, formerly a prominent member
of the Woodworkers' Union of
Chicago, and I)ave Kaplan, who was
later supposed to have been murdered
to keep him from "peaching."
lie swore the "gang' had been implicate:!
in more than a dozen explosion
outrages in the previous year,
that they had been well paid for their
work, and he was positive that Secrotaiy
John J. McNamara was the
head and the brains of the conspiracy.
He admitted freely that, he and
James B. McNamara had "pulled off"
the explosions In South Chicago, Milwaukee
and Indianapolis. In great 1
detail he gave the carefully laid plans
to dynamite tho Times Building, but
insisted that James B. McNamara,
Schmidt and Palm did the actual
work.
This confession was supplemented .
by another made a few days later In i
I.os Angeles. For three hours McManigal
told how he and ,T. B. McNa- ]
n.ara destroyed or attempted to dc- ;
troy sixty-nine structures which j
were built or being built by members j
| the National Erectors' Association. <
John J. McNamara was thf* captain
Paymaster, testified the prisoner.
Here is an extract from the confes- r
?*on:
"-T T TLfn^vJn m r? lntrl *11 flit* nliina
Is a lawyer and knows the value ,
of evidence. Tt was explained to me .
by J. .1. and James B. and that the ,
clock arrr rj'-ement of bombs wan one .
that would (fltnbllsh a definite alibi in r
a-ice we should be enspect^d For ex- ^
ample, when 1 was nent out here t">
blow up the auxiliary pla~t i 9 t.hr n
Times nn?5 later decided to <*. !-ny f
the L'ew llyn works 1 used Fttre-rlv
serine. T set the explosive vr TSr *'d: '
of the buiTtMU'* at 7 o'clock >
evcr.'rr?. 1"\o alarm clock', rr 1 **?>- \
member B, \ *f< for *. j tied!at.ely
*ft~r ; b.?. d pirc-ed th4> r ^
1 took " o'clock train foi .'vr i
1 rancls/ o. TVhcn the s^arrr vvult ,
went off ?i' touched the eonr.
wireii 1 v?,s *?.lee;> and wrV ou my { .
xr lo fi-.n Francisco. Tic i plan ;f
ssemC'S infpi'jct'F t> we." (_t
It wm the dl teovcry of tb >*o clock
?j.ovejii BLA iu ibeiony'ng- to <y
McManical and James B?. McNiinarri 01
a blob did more than anything cine ?(perhaps
to convince Dct.ect.Ivo Burns :\
that, he had the right men. Mcktani- 1(
ral said he usually got $?00 In ad ;j
vanco for a "Job" and from $1,00)
to $5,000 after he had 'pulled It tl
elf." Ills account of how the Tlntos if
MtENNC OF BAPIISr
STATE CONVENTION AS8IWLE8
AT GREENWOOD.
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cresting Program Prepared for
Convention Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of Tfils Week.
The State Baptist Convention convenes
In Greenwood this morning
and continues through Friday morning.
Quito a number of ministers
and laymen from this section will attend
and the convention promises to
be of great interest.
From the program it will be noticed
that special periods are set for
the discussion of the two leading educational
institutions of the denomination
in the State, Furman University
and the Greenville Female College.
The following is the full program
for the convention:
Tuesday Evening.
7:30?Convention sermon. Organization.
Address of welcome and response.
Wednesday Morning.
0:1 r>?Devotional exercises.
9:30?Recognizing visitors and
pr stors. Reports from boards as follows:
(Ministerial Education. Aged
Ministers' Relief. Baptist Mutual
Benefit Association. Connie Maxwell
Orphanage. Furman Universiay.
Greenville Female College. Anderson
College. Sunday School Field
Secretary. Executive Board.
11:1 5?Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
12:15?Baptist Young People's
Work.
1: 00?Adjourn.
TA.. I ..
'ti niiu'Miii.v riVL'iiui^i
i7: 3 0?Devotional exercises.
7:45?Sunday School Hoard.
8:15 ? Foreign missions.
Thursday Morning.
0:1 5?Devotional exercises.
0:30?Aged Ministers' Relief.
10:00?Stale Missions Evangelism
Sunday Schools.
1 1 :4G ? Home Missions.
1:00?Adjourn.
Thursday Afternoon.
3:00-?Reading minutes.
3:1 5?Orphanage. ;
3: 45?Furman University.
4:45?Religious literature.
Thursday Evening.
7:30?Devotional exercises.
7: 4 5?Educational Commission.
8:15?Anderson College
8:45?Greenville Female College.
Friday Morning.
9:15?Devotional exercises.
9:30?S. C. Daptist History.
10:00?Obituaries. Reports and
miscellaneous business. Reading min
utea. i< mat adjournment.
MANY SEE AVIATOR FALL..
American Airman Dies From 200Foot
Plunge nt Ponce.
Tod Schriver, a well-known American
aviator, was killed Saturday evening
in a flight which he was making
nt Ponce, Porto Rico. Schriver fell
from a height of 200 feet into a cane
Held and died within half ar. hour,
while on the way to a hospital. Thousands
of spectators witnessed the accident.
Schriver ascended over Ponce
in a baldwin aeroplane and wont
through a number of evolutions. Apparently
he lost control of the ma
chine in making a turn. The aeroplane
swooped to the earth and landed
with a crash, Schrlver being half
burled in the wreckage.
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HAVE LITTLE SYMPATHY.
Only One Hundred Dollars Contributed
to Chinese Ruffce-ore.
Only one hundred dollars was received
from the entire Country in response,
to an American Rod Cros;\
\ppeal Issued a month ago for funds
o aid the Chinese famine sufferers
nul assist in the establishment of
Red Cross societies In China. This
imount, too insignificant to forward,
s being held with two hundred dolars
collected for same purpose las'
ummer with the hope that It will ho
ubstantlally increased.
liiiMing was wrecked follows:
"James P?. McNamara entered the ,
IMmes Ruildlng early in the evening
nd placed a Buitcase containing for
v sticks of giant, gelatine. This was .
>iaced in a blind alloy whore the exloslve
force would not ho waslod.
l.nvln* "I-. ?. ~ fV
/ i i ira v ) ii ^ Liluuuwiki^ hit u i vy r\ r ?111
gas Je t, and this accounted for the
trong smell of gas which (he em- ?
doyens noticed. Then he rushed to
Vie station and was on Ms way to r
in Pr^nciPco long before the e\1
oslon. J. .T. or7ered me to go au* i
Vie a??d 'shoot. the oHioe of the pub- '
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/ n-.' re the confee.?Tf'n rna, crime
tor < r?n e bci'g ret forth 1b ietatl.
e n- If oner showing little emotion
? r ];.iv";r no sorrow. At the (
,d rn- e more and more closely ei> c
ic:hcri the two brothers the labor
)r'^i Willed stronger and stronger
> their wnppert.
I'bifl one point., however, may be
lado for McManignl. He a as ten\ ut,
according to his confession, to i
rjamlle the auxiliary building of
ie Times. Flo found that he could u
ot do this without lose of life, and V
\rouph some Impulse gave up that
>b and voluntarily assigned hlmtelf
;e one of dynamiting the Llewellyn C
PLEAD GUILTY
James B. McNamara Coiiess<s (o Bliwiog
Up tbe Times Buildiig.
bolt mm a sky
T Eeaonslirdu etaon shrdlu cmfwyp
1-^ I S A I 1
I IK" i'i.\|Hi)MUii lib lius v ui.,
Which Destroyed The Times lluilding
and Killed Twenty-One of the
Paper's Employees, is at East
Cleared l'[>.
James 13. McNamara pleaded guilty
to murder in the first degree in Judge
Welter 1 tordwell's court at Los Angeles,
Cal., Friday. A summary of
'he day's happenings included many
sensational incidents. James II. McNamara
pleaded guilty to having
placed a dynamite bomb under the
Los Angeles Times building in Octoter,
1910, and caused the death of 21
persons.
John J. McNamara, cecretarytioasurcr
of the Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
brother of James B., did not enter
pica at this time to the indictment
similarly entered against him for The
Times explosion, but when he is arranged
next Tuesday it is virtually
certain proceedings against him for
this charge will bo dismissed, as the
State admits it has no evidence connecting
John J. McNamara directly
v, ith this particular disaster.
John J., however, pleaded guilty to
the charge of having caused the explosion
of the Llwellyn Iron Works,
in which no fatalities occurred.
District Attorney John D. Frederi<
ks will recommend life imprisonment
for James B., and ten years for
John J., hut Judge Walter Bordwell
alone can fix tlie sentence.
Ortie E. McManigal, who confessed
to having actually blown up
the Llwellyn Iron works there in
December, 1010, at (he direction of
John J. McNamara, will be brought
to trial, but it is expected the State
will recommend a light sentence because
he turned State's evidence.
The scene in the court room Friday
was one of protracted tension.
Sensation followed sensation with
such rapidity that the gaping crowd
hardly realized what happened in
those few minutes, of formal procedure.
In less than twenty minutes the
b*g case was disposed of, but for
hours previously there had been a
feeling that something startling
would develop, and so closely guarded
was information that spectators
v ere prepared for anything except
(he thing presented.
It was not thought that after the
vigorous battle waged thus far, one
side would lay down Its arms so willirgly,
so freely and even so happily?
J I- - At. 1 J 1 _ J _ V. - _ J
lor uoru prisoners smiieu, cnewea
gum and appeared as they have on
other days, confidently unconcerned.
lOven the district attorney was not
sure until just before noon that the
end was in sight.
There were to he developments In
the court room, ho tcld his associates,
and all brought their wives and
fr onds. In the crowd were detectives
for both sides, many women,
and oven a baby that emitted a whine
almost simultaneously with fhe announcement
of the pleas of guilty of
John McN'amara. A mass of heads
leaned forward expectantly as the
hour fo rtho reconvening of court
approached.
Waiting was a squad of newspaper
men who had waded to no avail
through a maze of possibilities Fri-;
day to determine' the reason for the '
sudden halting of the morning's pro-1
roomings. Tnrec little boxes conceal-j
inu: telegraphic wires were prepared
for the developments, and less than
wo seconds after 1he word "guilty*'.!
'eft the mouth of each defendant the',
news was being flashed across tlie j1
'and. j
Seated with district Attorney Fred- , j
"'iflvs was bis entire staff. Facing;
!iim was Clarence B. Harrow and ]
' hreo associate counsel for the do- 1'
fondants. James R. McNamara at;
first took a seat to one side, as usual,
vith two deputies, but soon Attorney iF
Scott beckoned to him. The twu 5
ueii sat together for a few minutes,;
;nd Scott's arm was about the pris-!r)
mer's neck and he counseled cour-'
ige for the supreme crisis.
It was James F. HcNnmara whu'!
miked at entering into an arrange- ^
uent to plead guilty if it might afoot
his brother, flo was willing to
ipcrlflce himself, but he wanted his
mother to g;o free. The attorneys, ^
iowever, conTinccd him that the beter
course was for both to pleaJ
;n!1ty and take (heir chanoes on a
merciful seateaae.
tfrord that John J. UcVtmnri was J1
oming canard the Trst ripple of ex- J:
itement. He had not visited the U'
ourt room since October 11, whoa !2
he trial wan heernn, and the oaoen of t<
he McNaniarar were severed. 1'
When he entered it wan f^aerally ceatir.ed
that the c&ae had reached o
c?1max. o
The bailiff rapped loader thaa o?
anal when Judge Wordwell mounted o
he bench. Instant silence fell. tl
The "people versan McNamara," 11
emarhed the conrt, and Attorney La- *
lorn to Davis of the defenee raaa. S
"In tbfe oaee," he declarea. "after d
long consideration, we have concluded
to withdraw the plea of not
guilty and have the defendant enter
a plea of guilty; and the like course
we intend to pursue with reference
to J. J. tMcNamara, in the case of the
people against him, wherein ho is
charged with having destroyed the
Llewellyn Iron works."
Mr. Fredericks-?"Mr. J. B. McNaluara,
will you stand up, please?"
The defendant arcse.
Mr. Fredericks?"Mr. J. B. McNaniara,
you have lieietofore been arraigned
on this Indictment, number
6.939, and have entered your plea
thereto of not guilty. Do you wish
to withdraw that plea of not guilty?"
The defendant?"Yes. sir."
Mr. Fredericks?"The prisoner ants
vered yes. < J. B. McNamara, you
have heretofore been arraigned on
this indictment as stated before and
you have withdrawn your plea of not
guilty heretofore entered. Do you
wish now to plead at this time?"
Mr. Davis?"At this time, yes, sir."
Mr. Fredericks?"To this indictment,
number 6,939, charging you
with the crime of murder, do >ou
plead guilty or not guilty?"
The defendant?"Guilty."
Mr. Fredericks?"Guilty, your
honor. Do the court and counsel for
(he defense wish to take up the other
case?"
The court?"I will dispose of this
matter and the time for sentence.
The court appoints the time for pronouncing
judgment in this case as
10 o'clock on Tuesday, the 5th day
of December, 1911.
Mr. Frederick?"J. J. McNamara,
\.?'ll vrm wtriTwl lit) nIonQf*?"
lie arose.
Mr. Fredericks?"J. J. McNamara,
you have heretofore been arraigned
on indictment number 6,955, in
which you are charged with the
crime of exploding, or attempting to,
dynamite, nitroglycerine, etc., in the
buildings, or near the buildings adjacent
to the Llewlyn Iron works.
Yen have been arraigned on that indictment.
and entered your plea of
not guilty. Do you now wish to withdraw
that plea of not guilty?"'
The defendant?"I do."
Mr. Frederick?"Do you wish now
at this time to plead to the indictment?"
The defendant?"I do."
Mr. Fredericks?-"J. J. McNamara,
you have heretofore been arraigned
in indictment number 6,995. This is
(he time agreed upon for you to
plead to the same. Do you wish to
plead guilty or not guilty "
The defendant-?"Guilty."
Mr. Fredericks?"Guilty, your
nonor."
The court?"Well, I will appoint
the time for pronouncing the judgment
in this case as 1 0 o'clock a. m.,
December 5, 1911, which is next
Tuesday."
There was a rush for the inclosure
where the attorneys sat when around
the district attorney to congratulate
him upon the way he worked up his
case. He smiled in return?not a
smile of exultation, but relief.
"I don't want a pound of flesh,"
he explained.
"I look at this from two viewpoints.
As a lawyer I wanted these
men to plead guilty because they
Nvere guilty?because the evidence
we gathered showed them guilty beyond
any doubt. But as a man, I
want to say that if 1 can recommend
a less severe punishment than death
or be merciful any way and at the
same time rid union* labor >>f its dosire
to use violence to obtain its ends,
I want to do that thing.
GOVERNMENT IS DEMORALIZED.
4,
Thugs Loot Ranks ami Shops ?f Will
In Canton, China.
News from China says in the towns
a71 d settlements along the river the
most deplorable outrages are fro- <
ryuently occurring. Even in Canton
Lhe military regime bas prove! itself
wholly insufficient. For several days
limed bands oi robbers and hoodlums
have gone about Canton, loot- '
ng shops anil bouse?.
Friday five rufhians, bristling with >
evolvers, walked boldly Into a bank <
n a southern suburb and got away 1
vith tT>.C00 In cash. About the same t
jmo a hand of seven armed natives c
clustered into the open market and \
loidly plundered two prominent >
ihops, before the eyes of hundreds of
mnic-etrieken on-lookore. j
They secured several hundrel dolars
in money and then walked off. I
"he local polloo, disarmed, watched
be spectacle helplessly. Street. flglitng
p;oos on continuously in all parf* v.
if Canton and those killed or injured
ucludod many innocent, bystanders. r
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tw a ma. ?a; n wr\rrTr
? ?? f t ?L JL m M i * * T J /X V ftW# I
e ?,
*m* Cw ?na h T^vij- PHson Tf.m For f
Yh'ytoif: *
At Tlfna a, Austria, NJepus, the
ialmatlan who Broil four shot* at
fcrr Mocb en burner, minister of Jnn
Ice, during the soar,ion of the Auntri
n roiehcratb ow October K, was aen-nred
to 7f> yours* hard labor. The ''
ial lasted two dnyn. Njejvu* bad ?>rourel
admission to the public gallery !)
f the lower house of the rcicbsrath
n October 5 during ? debate on the
evcrlty of some sentencofi imposed
n riot era who had protested against* s<
fie hiph ?ofit of food. He fired <!c- n
borately at the ministerial bench V
here Hcrr If och on burner and Count <
tnrgkh were seated but the bullets u
id not strike a*y one. b;
GIVES THE PLAN
4
The Details of the Olftr of New Yerk
Baaktrs to Coiton Farmers.
<
PLAN TO AID THE SOUTH
Ucpresentativo of New York Syndii
1
eato, in Statement. Outlines Terms
of Proposition After Conference in
Augusta with Commissioner Watson
and Farmers' Union Olliciuls.
A conference was held here this
afternoon l)y President C. S. llarrett,
of the National Farmers' Uuion: E.
J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture
for South Carolina; J. NVhitner
Koid, secretary-treasurer of the South
Caiolina State Farmers' Union, and
Coi. J. G. Anderson, of Hock llill,
S. C., and W. II. Stay ton, the financial
representative of the syndicate in
New York, which has arranged to
assist the cotton holding movement
in the South by the loan of $50,000,000,
secured by the cotton in various
warehouses throughout the South.
'idie conference lasted throughout
the entire afternoon and resulted in
the specific announcement of the
plans of the syndicate. Following the
conference, Mr. Stay ton Issued a
statement, detailing the syndicate's
plan, as follows:
"1 came here as the representative
of the syndicate which recently made
propositions to finance a movement
to enable the planter to get a fair
n fnr I tin poinninftor r> f tliic i/nnr-'o
cotton crop. At my request Commissioner
E. J. Watson, of South Carolina;
Mr. Harrett, president of the
National Farmers' Union, ami Mr.
Keid, secretary-treasurer of the South
Carolina Farmers' Union, met here
for a conference, in order that 1
might get information concerning the
handling of cotton and other practical
points, and in order also that 1 might
learn the desires of the planters and
the sort of financing proposition that
would best suit them.
"I am going to tt-ke until Monday
to think these matters over and shall
in the meantime communicate with
my principals and Monday I will be
ready to give out a more definite
statement.
"In a general way, my people are
ready to advance $50,000,000 to support
a plan, the outlines of which are
as follows;
" 'No. 1. The cotton owner will
deliver his cotton to the usual cot
ton buyer in his locality, who will buy
tho cotton and take title to it immediately.
" 'No. 2. The owner will receive
325 per bale in cash on account and
will also receive a negotiable certificate
setting forth the interest which
the owner has in whatever price may
thereafter be received for the cotton.
" 'So. 3. The cotton owner may at
any timo prior to January 1, 1913,
name a date when he wants to finally
fix the prico he is to receive, and on
that date that he so names settlement
will be made on the basis of prevailing
quotations for that dabe.
" 'No. 4. On this settlement the
fanner will be allowed tho price his
cotton is worth on the date named
and from this sum will be deducto
the $25 already advanced to him
(no interest will be charged) and
also $1, as the cost of grading, storage,
Insurance, etc., together with
a sum equal to one-quarter of the 1
rise in price, which will ho the syn- ,
dicate's compensation for lie services.'
"In other words, if (lie price does 1
rot go up the syndicate gets nothing
except $1 for grading, storing, insurance,
etc., and if 'the price is advanced
through this movement then
bhc syndicate gets one-quarter of the f
tdvance and tho cotton owner the
jther three-quarter*.
"Of course, it is not po^sfblo for |
ny principals to deal direct with evjry
Individual farmer and it is, thereore,
proposed that, in each fitale
here shall bo a committee of three
>f the Iflftdinir nltlKAM nf lki> ftiata *
\ho will act as the trustees for all of *
lie farmcm lu their State, and will M
co that, t.lio farmers' intercuts arc ''
)i otocfcel.
"For oiaTrtple, it will be the duty of !l
hcee (rustoea to see that the neces- ll
ary banking arrangements arc "
nude, ro that (he unpaid part of the n
lurchaae price io fully soured. At p
he preaent. price the farmer wouM ^
occive $25 per bale in cash and there ^
,i?l he still due him $15 to Thi* fc'
oroy must. be deposited in local ?
rtnkn, or sotoc .irran/vement* satisactory
to the trustees must be made
ii each lit ate, to that this 115 or
20 is absolutely /"cured to the lurm- f?
r in order that hi* certificate #r ro- M
Hpt may hate a real value end be 3'
omothisg on which he can borrow h
' aey. ir
"P y Monday I will ho r**dy, 1 tw
b.reh, to fluent other plane which w
ill Vx? btli>"f9a' 1 ocy to us and may hi
fi'Wr km it the plavterf;.'*
? ^ m
Shipwrecked Seniors Stared.
P'a rhipwrecked tailor* of the 9)
hoomer Jameo W. Maxwell, Jr., n<
ound from Bruaswlek, 8n, to Now n*
ork reachod port Friday on the Hot- ai
an liner El Rio. They were OlckodjT
p ofT Cape Charlee Wedeeodoy after w
pending seventeen ho? hi a ?oB tc
ASTOUNDED CONFERS
president of American federation
of ixaror.
Sjiys He Has Reen Deceived Bat it
Not Apprehensive as to Effect of
Development on Labor.
"I am astounded, i am astounded.
My credulity has been imposed
upon. It is a bolt out of a clear
sky "
The exclamations were those of
Samuel Compere, president of the
American Federation of Labor, when
advised of the pleas of guihy in the
MoNamara case.
Mr. Gonipers was on his way from
Washington when he was awakened
at a New Jersey station by an Associated
Press reporter. lie went te
i,he rear of the car and read carefully
the account of the sensational developments
of the Los Angeles dynamiting
caso.
The labor leader was visibly moved
as he read how the men in whoa?
defense he had 6poken and worked
so untiringly had admitted their
guilt. Tears came into his eyes and
the hand that held the pages shook.
He said nothing, however, until he
had finished the story and then he
broke forth with his exclamations of
astonishment and indignation.
"if this is all true my credulity haa
been imposed upon," he declared. "I
as astonished at this news. We have
haa the gravest assonances given to
us by every one connected with the
trial, either directly, or indirectly,
that these men were innocent."
Asked if he would have anything
to say about the prisoners personally,
he replied:
"No, I shan't add to the misery by
condemnation of them."
"What effect do you imagine thte
will have on labor unions? '
To this inquiry Mr. Gompers uj>helri
his fingers and ejaculated:
"None!"
T? ofoi'r i n P" tn f hn ovnlncinn \Ii?
Gompers continued:
"\ye have discouraged acts Hkm
those. , We have patriotic and peaceloving
men, and we have only a wisb
to call out the bo6t elements in h*man
nature. Those two men must
have been crazy. It is an act that X
condemn with all the foroo tiiat Is la
me."
Asked again if he believed that
developments would injure the cause
of labor, tears came into iMr. Gompers
eyes as ho answered:
"They are not going to do it any
gooa, but I want to repeat that the
cause of labor has been imposed upon
both by supposed friends and enemies.
The men of labor were led to
believe that the McNamara boys were
innocent and they acted on that belief.
I received letters from them
myself protesting their Innoceribe,
and it was only in September that I
visited them in their cells In the Lob
Angeles jail when they asked me to
deliver a message to the lal>or interests
of the country that they wen
innocent men.
"The cause af labor can not win by
such methods as these men pursued.
Damage to property and destruction
of life we have denounced and donB
all in our power to prevent. Sucli
methods as these we have got t#
stamp out.
"This unexpected eelf-convietion iff
nothing more or less than a failure of
two individuals to live up to the liigb
principles of organized labor and cam
not reflect just condemnation upom
Lhe cause as a whole."
Asked what action the Americam
Perforation of Labor might take, Mr.
Rompers Raid the news was too n* ent
for him to make any prediction.
"The American Federation of Labonly
closed its annual meeti??
rhursday," be added. "As to a po?ilblo
special meeting it is too early tn
lay."
CONDITIONS AKK APPALLING.
eople in Ahii\lk' KhhaU Suffer Front
?
FWm.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg,
iussiu, <ui.vs the sufferings cxpeiV
need in the famine of 189 1 are b?rig
repeated in the province of Oi e?urg
and Tural teriitory, AalatXfc
tussia, is famine stricken. The 1?abitants
of those r> ^ions arc flocks
?g to towns, preparing for death anA
egging for the adm u'tdration of th?
iet communion. The crops in tho
rovince of Orenburg are 815 per cent
elow the average, and Bishop T. CL
[elyabinek has issued an appeal
te government asking aid lor pea?~
Dta.
, , . ? i
Ruve Located Him at Last.
From a description and a phot^?
raph, the man who registered at I ha
iotel Aator in New York as M auric*
tuart an l rhot himself through th*
cart on November 6 was unofficially
lentihed Monday as Kdward WosbLorelond
Harret, who bad said h?
Rii tt?0* C\t (!?*> ?'AT*??nvf
i* mof I.ohuIor.
Took His First Hide.
W?'? 43 years old, kits lived wltklm
ie mLle of Newberry all lifts life, kaft
9ver ridden en a train before, had
&ver set a a skyscraper or slroet car
ad bad sever been to Columbia,
his Is the case of S. D. Price, who
ent to take bis wife to a hosptUft
) have an oporatfwn performed.