The evening world. Newspaper, December 2, 1911, Page 3

(OCAL LABOR MEN | What Is the Matter With the American Woman?’ The American Man, Says ‘‘Reformed Suffragist’’ His Neglect of Religion and Contempt for Her in REFUSE AT FST TOBELEE NEWS ‘Confession Cooked Up,’ ‘Mc- * Namaras Doped,’ ‘Third vats Degree,’ They-Cry. + oe THEN ADMIT THE TRUTH. ———+ Disgusted They Were Duped Into Crediting Innocence and Contributing to Defense. Leaders of organized labor in New York City refused at first to believe the MoNamara brothers had confessed. “They were doped.” “They confessed under the third degree.” “The confes- sion was cooked up"—these were the first tmpressions of labor men who had tested that the ilea of a dynamite re Was ridiculous and had contributed t@ Ahe great defense fund of the two| brothers, Gradually, however, the truth forced ff way in, and most of the labor men admitted that their confidence had been misplaced. Statements of labor leaders made to-day to The Evening World follow: ROSWELL 1. TOMPKINS, Secrotary- Treasurer of the Board of Business Rep- Fesentatives of the Associated Building ‘Trades: “The confession of the McNamaras Win'be taken up and discussed by our members Tuesday night. All along we have been under the impression that the Prosecution was a ‘frame-up’ against labor. The pleas of guilty en. toned by the McNamaras in Los An- Relée yesterday show quite conclusively that we were wrong. “No friend of organized labor ap- proves of the use of dynamite, We are against violence and our greatest vic- tories have been won by peaceful methods. "There are 190,00 union men in New York City affiliated with the Building Trades and quite a large number of these have contributed to the defense fund of the MoNamaras, Fortunately the New York Butlding Trades Council, which neither gives money nor loans it, @d not contribute. When the matter came up before us it was referred to our afMillated organizations and thelr mem- WEE Aid ‘a0 they wished in the matter of contribution.” “GAME ACTS DONE BY CAPITAL WOULD BE APPLAUDED.” Wrnest Bohm, secretary of the Cen- trad Federated Union “Organized labor does not believe in Physical force. It may be that owing tothe persecution of the iron workers and especially these few men, they for- got themseives and the tenets of the Reneral labor movement and committed acts which und the present social vonditions are classified as illegal and erfminal when done by such men, but which are applauded and condoned when done by hirelings of capital in furthering their interests “It fg well ke own that in many cages the third degree is used, and of procedure would just sult such men #8,Gen, Otis and Detective Burns, It Sa*thus porsivie that these two men Wefe persecuted to such an extent that 1s mode 4 so-called confession was lorced. \“ have just returned from Atlanta, T attended ¢h sessions of the ean Feder on of Labor. When Adjourned we were un the im- easion that a great wrong had been Hone organized lasor by the prosecution of the MeNamaras, It looks as if ot- sunized | has been a mask behind Which ome ambitious leaders have Meen miding their ertmes. CAMPAIGN FUND AGAINST HAR. | RIMAN A REASON. MORRIS BRAUN of the Cigarmakers Viton: ‘The amount oF money raised by the 14m Angeles capitalists of the Otis sang tafdefea: Job Harriman, the Socialist candidate fo yor of that coke Of the counsel for the MeN np doubt had someting ea@afesion of the .icNamaras. o with t hrs i doubted that (he MeNamaras had con- | come tot fesmed, but [ ha thatthe confessions are — genuine enpugh,"” JAMES HOLLAND of the Sta- tionary Firemen, a prominent labor | leader: “If these men are guilty I bel they; should be punished to the full extent of the law. Organized labor dees not stand for dynamiting. If or- ganized labor leadera had not believed the MeNamaras innocent they never would have circulated around passing the hat for funds to be used in their defense.” MATTHEW MCONVILLE of the Steam Engineers “When I first heard the news I was Yuunder the impression that the MoNa- naras were probably doped and brought nto court to make the confession which was doped into them by the Burns operatiiss and the rest of the union- crushing aggregation. But after look- ing through the proceedings in court I must admit that the Mc s acted very much like guilty men when they pleaded Kullty. I have no sympathy for them and no patience with them,” “LABOR WILL SURVIVE BLOW.” THOMAS J. CURTIS, Pr the Central Federated Union: “Let the McNamars get the full pen- alty of the law. They appear to havo blackened themselves in a remarkable way. Organized labor will survive the blow they have given it. I have great sympathy for men like Samuel Gom- )pere, Jolin J, Mitchell and others who lent thelr influence with the tollers in the defense of the McNamaras. 1, my- self, was lod into the belief that these men were Innocent, Organized labor does not tolerate violenc Thomas Sheridan, Secretary of the Plasterers’ Local Union: ‘Inere is one thing, the iron workers cannot complain over the fact that a! fillated organisations 414 not stand with them in thelr trouble. Our nrembers were ve} ident of | 48 & the Exercise of Family and Maternal Functions Blamed by Mrs. Thompson for the “Most Miserable Woman in the Civilized World.” Physician, Who Derides Supplanting Old-Fash- ioned Mothers With Institutions for the Care of Children, the Aged and the Sick. BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. Too much liberty, jay some soul-physicians. much money say others. Suffragists votes. remedies, they all seem to be agreed that the Ame: of the e@oul and heart. \ NIXO’ affecting American women, GREELEY* SMITH feminine affairs in Connecticut. Some time ago Mrs. Thompson, who) educational campaign and we must lives at Greenwich, resigned from the] have publicity. | tractive suburb where Ife is so pulsing and nature so peaceful, “Iam a reformed suffragist,” she de- clared then, and instantly becanie @ target for the “antis LED FROM HOME. “For diver howe speak at an anti-suffrage gathering to be held In Hartford to-night in opposi-|the aged. jtion to a mammoth suffrage mgeting | Meant the exercise of woman's lov Mrs. Thompson declined to} °&mps. | She will take no part in the “ladie Boeuf's castle and reporting the prog-|thing and to be somebody tn the hoine | wounded knig he 's the cause of the whole fracas, |THE AMERICAN MAN |S THE WHOLE MATTER. For when yca alone. jhead as if you had asked {t in the sent | Cuve of the Wind: “What is the matter with the | sity, American woman?” she quickly re. peats and as promptly answers, “The American man! “More particut ism of the Americ. man, “That 1s mo~' at In the moral order by negiect of religion and consequent| schools would otherwise not. recety contempt of woman in the exere! medi love #o far exceeded woman’ brought Into the world, skill in ligion make unavoldable for her ily and material functions, It is mant-! about as many as it cured, in the good fest in the politics! order by Soctalism, | Old days before the hospital. which con -picuousty muntelpal gov- ernments, places the state in competl-|resulted from the care of th tion with the woman in the performance /hospitals and maternity has lost tts cl: of home wuttes and tn the rearing of the | Perils since women, poor and rich, have ohild, been able to seek treatment and atten- “Nowadays scaresly anybody will be- Neve that he is free unless there r happy | healing, There is no fanatic of the good commission, | old times but wou!d prefer to live in a backed to assure him o:| hospital rather than to die at home, the fact ‘ “If Amerie: abes tn arms coua| WEALTH OF COMMUNITY PROP. speak they wouid to-day, in the name ERLY STATE AFFAIR. of de racy, refuse their mothers’! 1 the care of children the State acts miik until_a duly appointed commission only when the gtr pe defaults, and it of public hy7'one had called a meeting, |!8 Inhuman and fllogical to expect that madé an investigation, prepared static, | {he new generation should sufter that ics tles, read papers and, finally, by law |™others may be confirmed in thelr igno- prescribed the milk in the interests of {face and helplessness. ‘The new gener- the ‘ole people. ation Is the immediate concern of the “‘Misapplication of the majority rule, State, and Dr, |the nursery, Practically her whole mis- | laws of life in the schvois. sion toward the family has ben usurped|fashtoned mother, through the. false |by the State or some State re-enforced | shame which has dented the mos; simple jform of collectivism, until now she/and beautiful fact of existence for go Stands back while public schoola teach! many generations, shirked her duty {n | the d, fill his teeth remove his| this matter and continues to shirk it, adenolds and feed him. | “Holy purity” should be taught to cht! ex-President Eliot of Har-|dren, as Mrs. Thompson says. But un- nmended that the State take|der present conditions they hardly e aching the child what, learn of it exce with becoming rever-| vain, holy pu Concerning | All the time you have been waiting as teachers of most sacrel| for M ipson's conclusion ox-President Eliot sald: Briefly, of course, we understand her ro mothers competent? Haven't | theory to be that the American woman they beon doing wrong in this mat- | has lost Job. Now here, accordin ter? We need « change. Society in- humpson, {8 what ts golng tu terforos with the parents’ care of their offspring. Why should it not interfere in this? We must have an | a = Pha riing the operation of democ- racy tn the United States,” she said, 4aau Woman in the Home Ie Now De Trop, Says Soul- What is the matter with the American woman? | Too diagnose the trouble as lack of the ballot; antieuffragists declare It to be the threatening “yellow peril” of women's But while social doctors differ as to causes and {ean woman {s languishing from a grevious malady The latest physician to be called into consultation over this invalid, in spite of herself, {8 Mrs. Flora McDonald Thompson, who’ has specialized for years as a writer on social conditions and who ts leader in Equai Franchise League of that &t-/FOR DIVERSION THE CHILD 18 lon the child, led by‘ move- is recelving State support, goeu who sought to;way from home to boys’ clubs, girls’ entist her In their ranks, This week, |!ubs publlo playgrounds and ee “And the stdk go from home, too; also Human tnfirmity formerly ot |at which Mrs. Pankhurst will appear, | man's skill in the home. Disease, de- jerepitude, death, constantly working {It | battle," she declares, Like Rebecca] to humanity, as constantly provided standing at the window of Front de| Women with the opportunity to do some- reas of the fight mging below. to the} “Now the sick go to hosiptals, the | wounded knizit, Ivanhoe, she stands, |@ged go to institutions, Americans are jOniy she doesn't apptove of the} not @ long-lived people. Yet in New t ali; in fact, she says | York City there are approximately 15,100 |!n public and private Institutions for the aged. Empty handed, hungry hearted in | empty homes, the woman ts left {dle and Even her one eternally indis-| ask Mrs. Thompson |pensable function 1s arranged, in the what Is the matter with the American | name of progression. to diminish her oc- woman your question echoes about your | cupation in the home, to belittle her es- importance in the family, Women nowadays—th» poorer ones from neces- the wealthier ones from chotce— go to hospitals to have their children Indignation rang {n Mrs. Thompson's ly it Is the matertal-| tones. Apparently {t was nothing to her argument that the children whose physl- 1 ills are cared for by the public ‘al attention at all; that woman's the nursing of the sick that it killed A rapidiy dwindling death rate has tion In those modern centres of ski!) and lot Is right in recom. | has dethroned the American mother inj ending that children be taught the | For the old- | oe wee aa, Poon Fon “THOUGHT uy FOUt Cee ee 6 . STARVING! he = had You ave rN ME NOTHING ’ vow AYTING eur MONEY! ) 4 | | ‘Hugo Munsterberg has a committee.’ the United ers in the home de trop! BREAD LINE. “For all the practical purposes of Ufe, the best energies, ‘10 highes: ambitions of the American woman &re unemployed; her heart and soul make @ pitiful kind of bread line, petitioning in vain for something to do, something by which to exist amid the materialistic tendencies of men's lives. “Divorce reduced tive n ity; eu of the sta progression ms the home as a work- ocracy us dons in the hom Interests in business—they lve to ‘play the game! she 1s left then, that sad, wretched American woman, with- out faith, without love, without work— the most iMaed world. HIST! ENTER THE VILLAIN. “Into the tness of her desolation; | woman the fuil of sympathy and of re- able, {nd they for women! t last is something to do~ thing to belleve—with the ballot you shall enjoy life, Mberty and the pursult of happiness the same as men, You are d development of democra: arres a victim Ave You must have of man, Hix property. democ particulariy liberal, As to whegher we V ne Duswalt, Secretary of the! are going to be injured by the effect of ! Rr hood of Painters, one of the | the McNamara confessions, I ahould say | strongest Brooklyn unions |no. The public will see that the labor| pais is the greatest blow that nas organizations have their share of mis-'eyer beon struck at labor rere isn’t fortune and none of the good organiza-'a bit of dowht in the world but that It tlons are going to be condemned for the | will hurt us with the bosses, ‘They will faults of « single member of another or- | undoubted))* against us and ganization, 1 guess the fession ts all against labor Ever had implicit 1t foes not make pleasant read- | faith in r those trying to uplift the cause | MeNama teved absolutely in the as. We all bes on lend. Everybody contributed sc GENEROSITY OF LABOR SHAMED [tix Fveryiogy conttinited something THEM TO CONFESS. We all belleved the story that this was Saufman, business agent for the|@ Burns frame-up and that the two men amen Wate t . had been accused unjustly, Late ves- “ re your 4 F |terday at'ernoon when the news came er ae Se wi AE POs Obe | Pies conteasione © Oarsivaed wane mara simply had to confers thelr great “THEY SHOULD BE TARRED AND Wrong. I have no doubt that the gen- erosity of organized 1a them | FEATHERED,” SAYS KELLY. since th rrest shamed them into) WILLIAM KELLY, a labor leader of making a clean breast.’ the Eastern section of Brooklyn and an GEORGE W. TOTTNER, chairman of} officer of the Painters’ Union the Central Federated Unions “This ty the bitterest pill | ever had to “I cannot believe it.” swallow. We all believed absolutely in ROBERT DAVIS, delegate of theltne truth of the story that the MeN. Brotherhood of Painters: maras told, Men like thats be use crying about It, Tho MeNa-|taken out and tarred and feathere). maras are gullty, else they would never! The officers of the Centre Labor have confessed. While it Is @ bitter plli|tnion of Brooklyn will hold a meeting for organized labor, I venture the move-|to-morrow afternoon at the Later I ment will survive {t."" ceum, No, 949 Willoughby avenue, at THOMAS J. WALSH, an officer of @! which the subject will be fully dis- local fron workers’ union: cussed and some decision will be “T guess we will have to call off our| reached as to the action of the unions. Mass-meeting scheduled to be held in! Aji the presidents of the unions affil- Cooper Union Dec. 11. This meeting was) jated with the Central Union will be to prociatm the innocence of the Mc-| present at the session. Among them Namaras and to ratsa funds It was! wii Harry Kauffman, of the got up by the MoNamara Defense As-| Mason's Union; Willlam Walton, of the poctation, which has headquarters at| United Cement Workers; Arthur J. No. 2%§ East Bighty-fourth street. 1] Dunn, of the Plumbers and Gasftters cannot understand why the McNamaras, | John J. Jacoby, of the frasfttera; Otto {f they are guilty, did not confess two|Nionl, treasurer of the Central Labor months ago, That would have saved|tnion; J T, Boyle, recording sec- Us a great deal of embarressment, for ry; Daniel J, Gauley, of the Roof- we have put ourselves in a fine hole|ers; John Cannon, of the Plasterers, begging for money to be used in theirJand Charles Burns, of the Building defense.” .., Laborers and Material Handlers, Innocence and | | stood by them and would have until the | nething, | LABOR GAVE $220,000 FOR DEFENSE FUND BY ASSESS collection of the defense fund and extent to which the work of getting funds from organized labor had been carried. ‘Outside of our own org: hag been collected over $2 [the expenses of the trial of the M Namaras,’ he said. “In our own org: ization we have collected between $F 00 and $100,000 by assessment upon al of our 12,000 members. Strange as may seem, more than one-sourth of th unton iron workers of the country ar: Is in Ne thou members of the elght ioca York City, which boast of tt sand men. November and December our me: sed fifty cents per month. been given willingly and, it may seem, since the ar- rest of our national officer, we have heen gaining new mambers at the rate of fifteen to twenty a week York City, ‘The collection of funds for the de- fense from the affiifated labor organ- isations has been carried forward with in New observed: ‘Where a man of genius is needed the | emptiness shall be filled. American people organize and appoint “It {s bad enough that dem. :racy tn tSates would exclude the man of genius from participation in the Mfe of the nation; how much worse that it should have rendered the moth- | Pains and perils o | | that the American woman ts vital!) | tacked by a deadly the name of Mberty has arried state to something Uttle diferent from legalized immoral- sin the name of social re- form tend to subject maternity to the hop@ of th» stock farm, the conditions | dustry In the name of | originates, they try to shop; Sovernment in the name of dem- pe her most womanly func- | men centre their) siserable woman In the clye| in feurfully deadening depression, of her enforced {dleness—tdie_ hands, | le heart, idie soul—the suffragta: at We have for ything that men do; here !# some- € worn out traditions making you MENTS. | py ts great sw The printers patd % cents a member Much of the colle: tlon was done by: the organisations themselves and the money forwarded locals to their respective in. | ternational officers, Th Inte Be 1 that the en-| tre account shall be audited by | |persona and a report published in The Federationist by the officers of th American Federation of Labor. From what I have learned, our have been very high, but ia any of the money left over 5 dqivt, nor has J. W. {will be returned to of the respectiy eanizations which contributed to the great fund This would seem to me as the prope |course for those in charge of the fund te pursue. During, July, August and Sep- | “In May every one of our mem al hi C id venta Chemtere war teeaes Coughs, Colds {| 2.50. In June a similar assessment was : and Sore Throats Re- i tember no regular assessments were | lieved and Cured by made, but such individual members as F cared to contribute were permitt 9 do so, For the months of Oc: a e Ss | must have votes for women and you PROPOSES WOMAN BURN BRIDGES BEHIND HER. “That appeal which the suiragists make is timely; it 1s sympathetle; It 1s all but irresistible, yet in effect it pro- poses to the woman as her present position that she burn her bridges behind her. “In the contest between suffragists WOMAN'S HEART ON PITIFUL | and anti-suffragists, the former have | decidedly the best of it, in that they ad- | | mit that there is something wrong with | the American woman, Their misfortune is that they diagnose incorrectly the 1ll| afflicting her 4 poison to aggravate the malady and male {t mortal In the end “The antis, on the other hand, fgnore at- disease; they have taken fright instinctively at the suffrage remedy; With a natural horror of con- sequences which it but promotes, not arrest the ap- plication of that remeay; they earnestly oppose votes for women and they stop there. “As well try to rescue a boat launched on the desecnding cataract of Niagara: as well try to protect the land about Mt, Vesuvius in eruption by sweeping? lava and the ashes, ound to the Uniti unless Ser soures from which the evil springs is arrosted. That coarce is the materialism of American men that materialism which exists ram- “The vital problem to whfch Am-rican women of all clases should devote them. selves,” Mrs. Thompson —_ concluded earnestly, “is hristianize and civilize the American man,” + I wondered how long the American man would be absorbed In his business it his wife were not desirous of out- neighbor, if his daughters didn't clamor to be sent to fa hionable schools; 1f both wife and daughters did not besiege him for 4s and dla- monds and absurdly nsive furs, 1 suppose, if th Thompson's advice and undertake to Christlanize and clvillze him, he'll just have to grin and bear that, too, sing nei Harry Jones, sccretary of the District | H0nal Bosra in. carn forwartod the poll Council of the International Association | aia President. i Break Morriscn | Jof Bridge and Iron Structural Workers, | international body. All Raed to which the M brothers be-|the building tr helped us, in longed, gave The World to-day | clud! et mete an Insight into the hods of the rickans, paint of our District Counct! wMilat Honey Of Horehound and Tar It Soothes and Heals Contains no opium nor anything in- All druggists. durio ~~ wt ote ae ot ~ | org EVIDENCE IN DYNAMITE PLOT AT INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANAPOLIS, Dee. aotivity of th the consptra | United obtained from Judge the County Criminal ¢€ |pommsion of a mass of records of the International Assotlation of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, A drayload of books was taken from the vault of a The plea of Jobn J. Vine eha changed my po Dec. 2 d the remedy they pre: | Ortie McManigal fofeve scribe, ‘votes for women,’ 1s in fact a! whe waving bon voywme to 2,000 of jy trymen who were leaving for Italy on slip ke and fell into the wi with his family vay carryin when the Sant Anna moved out {nto the was those aboard t was seen to topple ough ae awae MeN WevER REALLY UNDERSTAND to the Criminal INDIANAPOLIS, | Marshall gre legeaee M’MANIGAL’S WIFE “DONE WITH HIM.” mmit mpathy sinnciodiiihcsinias DROWNS AS HE WAVES FAREWELL TO VOYAGERS. Lambina Falls Overboard and Is Unable to Grasp Lite Line. Lambina, a 1c pler of the Brie L South Hrookly nt Anna, when he jomers st barrels f ving Nis har companions enough to Jun two which fell t of Two hours later nor A, Squad found which was removed to the Fourth avenue Meriden Silver for Choicest Gifts Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Cut Glass, iver Deposit Ware. An endless variety of articles for the fam- You will find here an atmosphere of quiet ease while choosing. We invite you to comeand see the remark- able display, regardless of your intention to purchase. Complete Dinner Sets. Tea and Coffee Service Necessities. Chests of Silver, Flat Ware and Cutlery, Silversmiths (international Riiver Cn, Ruccageord 49-51 West 34th Street, New York , , and 68-70 Weet 35th Street ily and home. organized when information that the McNamara brothers had pleaded guflty was con- ‘The intelligence came as a crushing blow to those who had —Increqaed Department of Justice involving associates of the McNamaras was shown to-day. District-Attorney Miller Joseph Markey of wrt an order for and correspond- it the resumption of the inquiry on Dee, 14. tly relleved by the | news of the confession of the McNamara to fe of dynamiting the Llewellyn Tron Works is a plea of gulity to the crime charged in th which [issu wish to mak quisition upon domy warrant. 1 any further statement in matter. I have ition at any. time during the arguments of the matter, and the ‘A rellef for the Alleged confessions need no’ comment m done with or I will be m2 the court grants me my divorce | sald Mrs. MoManigal, wife of the man confessed to Llewellyn Iron Works at Los Ang me here last night, was filed a month ago.. “He 1s nothing to me any moi shock of his admission to such a cris more than [ could heard from my husband | since I filed my application for divore and I do not care whether 1 e from him again, “That the Mo all moment to moe, blowing up ver hear anarch: cused m: ald them, because they with labor and because We thought them innocent. But we do not seek to go beyond the law in defense of any one.” That the Me- puld be severely punished was the statement made to-day by Jolin McLennan, presktent of Yamaras have confessed | My husband} confessed to anything ike that if it hadn't been pretty near no sympathy for One who woutd any murder They should all if really guilt election next Tuesday eshoreman, lynch of Indlanapoils, Pres International ‘Typographt made many speeches bel rings for thi fused to discuss thetr ¢ “Was not the confessions a surprise to you? Not a thing © wish to ray," he re- of the overboard. procured guilty men, “PUNISH THEM IF GUILTY,” SAY MANY LABOR MEN | Unions Do Not Go Beyond Law to a Defense of Any One, Leader Comments. BELIEVED IN M'NAMARAS. Battles of Labor Not Fought! or Won With Dynamite, y Others. WASHINGTON, Deo to por here were veyed to them, firmly insisted they were Innocent. Frank Morrison, Secret: manner to-day, brothers, In addition to private te grams bringing the starting fact all earing on the subject were Iaid before him. It was evident from Mr, Morrison's manner rtled by the information. Those at the head of the American Federation of Labor are placed in an Ident Gom- pers and Secretary Morrison expressed the utmost indignation at the ‘kidnap- ping” of the McNamara brothers and from that time have steadfastly as- the press despatches shat he was awkward position. Both Pr serted bellef in their inn BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. nce. International Seamen's Union of Ainer ica, discussing the case of the Mc- Namara brothers Mr. Furuseth was the man who urged) that every worker employed should give) @ week's salary to the defense fund of} He ts in thin city to) attend the seamen's convention, which the McNamaras. will open next Monday. | “We of the lator movement belleved | those men innocent, Furuseth, taken, that is all, The unton hy expelled. Wi in the unton.” WILL NOT GO BEYOND LAW IN DEFENSE OF ANY ONE. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 2.—After he had received from Los Angeles tele- graphic confirmation of the McNamara confession and plea, Andrew J, Galla- eles. | gher, secretary of the San Franciaco “My sult) Labor Counctl, issued the following statement: “We do not propose to condone violence of any sort on the part of any one who thinks or pretends that he represents not go- | ing to be fought or won by the use of | dynamite or any kindred weapons of | We sought to defend the ac- ur power to were affiliated labor. The battles of labor ai and did all in DENVBR, Col., Dec, Namaraw si the Colorado State Federation of Labor. At the same time he expreased his be- Hef that the pleas of guilty entered yes- terday afternoon by the MeNamaras was part of @ plot to influ La: e gullty, If the Lennan, punished.”’ BUFFALO, en Y., Dee, James M. 1 Un lavor “Namara fossiona. he was asked, ated. John T. Butler, First Vi International pr at the local iron workers ARE GUILTY. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. labor has no to Inter the law or the punisnn ‘Organized with » Boudoir |the McNamaras 2—Leaders of | stunned | y of the American Federation of Labor, positive- ly refuded to discuss the matter in any He was early notified of the plea entered by the McNamara @ullty they should be punished. Their action in pleading guilty will have no effect on the cause of union labor,” ‘This fs the only comment on the @en- sational turn of events at Las An- jes made thus far by James Dunmean, Firat Vice-President of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Duncans the only labor leader here since the close of the Federatfon Convention teat Saturda: SALT LAKE CITY, Dec, 2.—That pleaded guilty, al- though Innocent, to relieve the unions from the financial burden of the de- fense, waa the view expressed at a ape- | clal meeting of the local unton of the Structural Building and Iron Workers here Inet night. Salt Lake local, it was sald, had contributed more than $6,000 FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec, 2—Speake ing of the confessions made yesterday by the McNamara brothers, Albert Hib- bert, Secretary of the United Textile Workers’ Union of America, sald to- day “AN Tecan say ia that We have been badly buncoed 1 could never get at through my head that any intelligent person could do any such thing, One of the bad features of this affade ts that in the future «ome poor Innogent man who may be arrested will find it » | to the defense fund, extremely diff to secure financial assistance labor unions for his defense MITCHELL SHOCKED BY THE CONFESSION. ROANOK oll, Vice-Pre: Va., Dec. 2—John Migeh> nt of the American Fed= eration of Labor, was to-day shown the 8 despatches celllug of the com- feavion of the McNamara brothers, Mr, Mitchell sald: “I am utterly shocked, I confidently expected that the MoNe~ maras Would be cleared and that it would be shown by experts that the Los Angeles Tiines building wi up by a Kae explosion and not by @yma- —"We have always condemned acts of this kind and will not stand for them,” was the statement torday of Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco, President of the| said Mr. id therefore we were will- ing to go the limit to #ee that they received a fair trial. I am very sorry to ledrn they are guilty, We were mis- al- ways been against auch methods and both these men will without doubt be do not have criminals hey ought to be severely the who aih- day re- Preniaont Association of Bridge and Stroctural Iron Workers, | could not be located to-day etther at his home here headquarters, SHOULD BE PUNISHED IF THEY nt of the and if the McNamaras are mite. “Having been a miner I have seme knowledge of the use of dynamite, The report of tho inspection of the bullding showed plainiy that the ment was not damaged. Knowing dynamite always blows down, I felt een fident that it could not have been used in thia case. From the beginning afl of the officers and leaders of the Federe= tion asked the public to withhold judg- ment until the McNamaras had been given a trial. 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