24 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1911
Page
1
The readable fragments reference tributes and a fund, mentioning Lin and Junty as likely participants. Details are unclear but suggest a local tribute or fundraising effort with community involvement.
A garbled passage discusses certificates and prices for items, noting varying finishes and savings. It mentions thrift through cheaper instruments and a plan or offer with prices like 112 and 135, but the text is largely unreadable.
Reports from Pueblo and other cities detail arrests connected to the Los Angeles Times explosion. Detectives and Burns agency men secure suspects Ortie McManigal James McNamara and others while labor leaders denounce coercive tactics and predict a widening conflict between labor and big business.
The piece argues against presuming guilt for three unionists suspected of bombing the Los Angeles Times building. It accuses the Times of pretrial verdicts and warns readers that labor, like banking, should not be painted with a single crime. It defends fair trial and cautions against broad accusations of unionism.
Los Angeles reports rewards for the Times dynamiters have fallen from 100000 to 5000 with 15000 possible if conviction. J ve Burns could secure 5000 or 15000 on conviction. Merchants offered 50000 but not paid. City council offered 10000 ruled illegal by city attorney. State building trades council offered 7500.
Burns and detectives seized McNamara during a meeting of the executive council. Requisition papers from California and Indiana authorities enabled the custody transfer. McNamara protested lacking counsel, was taken to police headquarters, and later released to his home amid a surrounding mystery. Explosives were later found in a basement storeroom at union headquarters.
Mrs. Mary McNamara, mother of John J. and W. McNamara, expresses belief in her sons' innocence amid their arrest tied to the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case. She recalls Johnny's good character and laments the fear of them facing execution, pleading for understanding as she faces an unsure future.
Mrs. D. H. Ingersoll says she cannot be certain she could identify Bryce if she saw him again, a hurdle for prosecutors in the McNamara-Bryce link. She notes the flood of 1,000 photos and letters from private detectives offering rewards, and says she has been warned by Chief Seymour not to talk.
Marion county grand jury convened to probe dynamite found in the basement of the American Central Life building, housing James J. McNamara's offices, to determine if the explosive was planted by union labor fees. Prosecutor Frank P. Baker said facts will be brought out.
A Los Angeles crowd of about 700 socialists and union labor men at the labor temple voiced that the McNamara brothers and Ortie McManigal are facing arrest in the Times dynamiting case, arguing this mirrors the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone affair and predicting a likely acquittal.
Arthur W. Rinehart has been appointed inspector of weights by Superintendent of Utilities Valentine. His assistant will be named later. Rinehart has six years in real estate and formerly worked in the city engineer's office.
San Francisco report quotes P H McCarthy denouncing the Times building dynamiting while stressing labor’s role in pursuing lawbreakers. Washington dispatches note mixed views on McNamara link to the crime and raise questions about planted evidence.
Chas. H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners announced at Denver that $250000 would be raised if needed to defend John J. McNamara. He said 50 000 miners would donate five dollars each to fight the case and called the Idaho Steunenberg killing a frame up.
In Indianapolis labor leaders protested the removal of John J. McNamara. Governor Marshall promised that future requisitions tied to the Los Angeles explosion would still be handled with a court hearing for the accused in their destination city.
A grand jury investigation of Seattle jail conditions is demanded by leading city women. A mass meeting is planned for Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. A. E. Bloom's home on Brooklyn Avenue to discuss the issue. The naked-prisoner parade during fumigation three weeks earlier is cited as a trigger, with Jailer Corbett and two police officials named as observers. Corbett proposed the inquiry to city leaders.
D Hillman a millionaire real estate man convicted of using the mails to defraud completed a 20 day sentence in the county jail for tampering with jurymen yesterday at noon. He spent the rest of the day at home with his family and expressed confidence he will not serve the 24 year federal term imposed by Judge Donworth.
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago attorney who defended Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, says he has been approached to defend the McNamaras and McManigal. He plans to seek a younger, stronger lawyer if union leaders fail to find one.
Sixty five mountaineers hiked twelve miles yesterday through trackless forests to Hazelwood crossing gullies and weaving through tangled underbrush in a strenuous trek.
About 30,000 tags were sold Saturday by W C T U workers to fund the White Shield home in Tacoma. The sale supported the local social welfare effort and drew community participation.
El Paso reports a five day armistice turning toward peace as Madero signs for the rebels and Navarro for the federals. Americans among rebels drift to El Paso amid hopes no more fighting. Diaz sanctions the truce and aid shipments move duty free from the United States. Ojinaga remains outside the ceasefire.
General Bernardo Reyes, former Mexican minister of war, in Paris for months, prepares to return today on a special call from President Diaz. Reyes, seen as a strong figure who could become president if Diaz resigns, hopes the United States will refrain from intervention. He warned that U.S. intervention could unite Mexicans against it, as they did against the French.
Officers and enlisted men are awaiting a $20,000 state appropriation available June 8. The grant will cover four divisions and 500 men for one year, with private funds supplying official expenses until then. The funeral of Peter J. Lynch, district commercial manager of the Sunset Telephone Co, was held at the Scottish Rite Temple yesterday. burial will be in Oakland, California.
The Willer Creek Pendulum has suspended publication for the six teenth time as the editor plans to work until funds allow a restart. A calm day preceded a small church meeting with seven attendees including Rey, Diggs, Mrs Diggs, the four Diggs children, and Abe Hand. A special ear muffs and heavy blankets sale is advertised at the Emporium.
The Star declares support for Mayor Dilling when he fights city abuses and opposition when he shields jail abuses. It commends firings of Wappenstein Arms Grant and Chief Boyle, and calls for ending the third degree and police brutality in Seattle. It urges firing those responsible to stop beatings and shaming of prisoners.
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