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McNamaras, he confided this to a journalist as the reason he was reluctant to take the case. Ryan turned to Harriman, who agreed to be the brothers' defense attorney. Gompers, however, visited Darrow in Chicago and convinced him that the case required his expertise. Reluctantly, Darrow consented to be lead defense attorney. Harriman stayed on as his assistant. Darrow also recruited former Los Angeles county assistant district attorney Lecompte Davis, pro-union Indiana judge Cyrus F. McNutt, and president of the
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Iron Workers Union, for involvement in a five-year nationwide campaign of dynamite. Because such things as murder or destruction of property were not federal crimes, the defendants were charged with the federal crime of conspiracy to illegally transport dynamite on railroad trains. A number of different attorneys represented different defendants, but leading the defense was sitting US senator from Indiana,
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reported back that there were no signs of a dynamite explosion at the Times building, and that it was solely a gas explosion. They also concluded that Otis knew that it was an accident, but had fabricated charges against the McNamaras, partly to discredit labor unions, and partly to evade blame for his negligence that allowed the gas accident to happen. The report declared:
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following day in Tarrytown, New York, where a number of anarchists, including one of the dead bombers, were due to face charges connected with attempted invasion of the Rockefeller summer estate. The incident seemed unconnected with the Iron Workers bombings, but William J. Burns learned that fragments of the bomb showed similar construction to the Los Angeles
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handling of McManigal and J. B. McNamara. The local circuit judge had unlawfully denied J. J. McNamara access to legal representation and had no authority to approve his extradition. Both McNamaras had been arrested on the basis of a confession wrung from a third man who, they believed, had been kidnapped and perhaps coerced into confessing.
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at one o'clock the next morning. It was my intention to injure the building and scare the owners. I sincerely regret that these unfortunate men lost their lives. If the giving of my life would bring them back I would gladly give it. In fact, in pleading guilty to murder in the first degree I have placed my life in the hands of the state.
1059:. Both men agreed to the plan. The success of the AFL's public opinion campaign had apparently worried both newspapermen, and the Iron Workers' success in maintaining (even widening) the strike had weakened the resolve of many in the Los Angeles business community. Chandler offered to open negotiations with the district attorney, 609:. McManigal set off a dynamite bomb at the Llewellyn Iron Works, partially wrecking the plant with the damage costing $ 25,000, but he found two of the other sites too closely guarded, and never visited the remaining two. J.J. was angry that only one of the sites was bombed, but McManigal told him that security was too tight. 1051:. During their discussions of the trial, Darrow raised the possibility of pressuring the prosecution into accepting a plea bargain. In exchange for light prison terms for the McNamaras, the AFL would end its debilitating strike and organizing efforts against Los Angeles employers. Steffens met with Otis and 1393:
J. B. McNamara became a hero to radicals who believed in violence. Although he had not previously been political, he embraced violent radicalism in return. Despite repeated attempts by left-wing labor leaders and certain politicians to win his release, he refused to file any parole requests. James B.
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As part of the McNamara brothers' plea bargain, Los Angeles prosecutors had agreed not to pursue other labor union officials for the L.A. bombings. But the federal government was not a party to the agreement, and in 1912 brought charges against 54 union men, mostly national and local officials of the
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Following the guilty pleas, Darrow was criticized for using deception to raise money for his clients' defense: allowing supporters to believe in their innocence, in order to raise a war chest of $ 200,000 from contributions by working men, and spend about $ 100,000 of it to mount an expensive effort,
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I, James B. McNamera, having heretofore pleaded guilty to the crime of murder, desire to make this statement of facts: On the night of September 30, 1920, at 5:45 p.m., I placed in Ink Alley, a portion of the Times building, a suitcase containing sixteen sticks of 80 per cent dynamite, set to explode
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to catch the guilty parties. Burns had been investigating the nationwide wave of iron manufacturing plant bombings for the past four years on behalf of the NEA, and took the City job as part of his investigation. From Hockin, his paid IW spy, Burns learned that McManigal had been handling the union's
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Schmidt and Caplan were tried separately in Los Angeles. Matthew Schmidt was convicted of murder in December 1915, and received life imprisonment. Upon his conviction, Olaf Tveitmoe, secretary of the California Building Trades Council said: "There will be ten years' war in Los Angeles. They will pay
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bombing was irrelevant to the federal charges, because that incident did not involve interstate transportation of dynamite. Citing abundant evidence in the trial record, the court upheld the remaining 25 convictions. The following month, the US district attorney announced that, in light of the court
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Darrow was later criticized for misleading and pressuring the McNamaras into each pleading guilty. There remained a suspicion that, following the arrest of his chief jury investigator Burt Franklin on charges of attempted bribery of jurors, Darrow needed to hurry up the guilty pleas, because he knew
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Darrow had hoped that a plea bargain (rather than an admission of guilt in open court) would be all that was needed. But Los Angeles employers were worried that defense attorney Harriman would trounce Mayor Alexander on election day (December 5). Nothing short of an actual admission of guilt in open
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arrived in Los Angeles. Steffens, convinced the McNamaras were guilty, visited them in jail. Steffens proposed to defend their actions in print as "justifiable dynamiting" in the face of employer violence and state-sponsored repression of labor unions. J.B. was an eager proponent of Steffens' plans,
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explosion on an accidental ignition of a gas leak, and denied that dynamite was in any way involved. The rest of the evidence, such as the other bombs found in Los Angeles the next morning, and all the material seized at union headquarters at Indianapolis, they claimed was planted. They accused Otis
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The caretaker at the Otis home heard of the Zeehandelaar bomb, and decided to search around the estate. He found a leather suitcase behind some bushes under a bay window. Again the police arrived, and carried the suitcase away from the house and out in the open. However, while they were cutting open
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Based on the similarity of bombs, Burns concentrated his search on anarchist circles in New York City. He found Matthew Schmidt, and was at the scene when New York City policemen arrested Schmidt on February 13, 1915. Burns' agents had been watching Schmidt for some time, hoping to arrest Caplan as
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building on October 1, 1910. John J. McNamara, setting foot for the first time in court, admitted to having ordered the bombing of the Llewellyn Iron Works on December 25. J.J. McNamara later told an interviewer that Darrow had kept the McNamara brothers isolated from public opinion. Had they known
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The defense's position weakened further when, on November 28, Darrow was accused of attempted bribery of a juror. The defense team's chief investigator had been arrested for bribing a juror, and Darrow had been seen in public passing the investigator money. With Darrow himself on the verge of being
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On the morning of 1 October, Zeehandelaar's maid found a package behind a bush beneath a bedroom window. Police were called, and opened and disarmed the bomb. The spring of the mechanical clock had apparently been wound too tightly, slowing the clock, and preventing the bomb from exploding on time.
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Leading up to the trial, the number of defendants was reduced from 54 to 48. The McNamara brothers were dropped from the trial because they were already imprisoned in California; two more pled guilty; one was a fugitive and could not be found; and the trial of one was delayed because of an injury.
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It is easy enough for a gentleman of education and refinement to sit at his typewriter and point out the crimes of the workers. But let him be one of them himself, reared in hard poverty, denied education, thrown into the brute struggle for existence from childhood, oppressed, exploited, forced to
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The agreement was laid before the McNamara brothers. J. B. initially refused to agree to any plea bargain that did not set his brother free. But when Darrow told him that a settlement was possible only if both brothers pleaded guilty, J. B. gave his consent. Darrow sent for a representative of the
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Although a group of Los Angeles businessmen had endorsed the secret talks, they had no legal power over the prosecutor, Fredericks. Fredericks refused to sanction any plan which let the McNamaras go free. The National Erectors' Association had learned of the talks (both the defense and prosecution
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Organized labor found J. J. McNamara an attractive figure to rally behind. By outward appearances, he did not look like a man who would dynamite his enemies. He was 34 years old, handsome, had an athletic build, always well-dressed and well-spoken. He had earned a law degree at night while working
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campaign. Between 1906 and 1911, the union blew up 110 iron works, though only a few thousand dollars in damages was done. The NEA was well aware who was responsible for the bombings, since Herbert S. Hockin, a member of the IW's executive board, was their paid spy. These hundreds of bombings were
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Hard pressed by the open shop campaign, the IW reacted by electing the militant Frank M. Ryan president and J.J. McNamara the secretary-treasurer in 1905. In 1906, the IW struck at American Bridge in an attempt to retain their contract. However, the open shop campaign was a significant success. By
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Darrow was indicted on two charges of jury tampering. His chief investigator turned state's evidence, and even implicated Samuel Gompers in the bribery attempt. Darrow was in financial difficulty, and asked for AFL assistance in raising funds for his defense. Gompers declined to give it. When the
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The labor movement in Los Angeles collapsed, and union membership in the city remained minuscule almost a century later. Employers refused to honor additional terms of the plea agreement, which required the convening of a meeting of labor union and employers and an end to the open shop campaign.
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To support the accidental gas explosion theory, the State Federation of Labor of California appointed a committee to travel to Los Angeles and investigate the matter. The committee included a number of Western Federation of Miners members, who would have been familiar with dynamite. The committee
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were accused of using dynamite to assassinate an ex-governor of Idaho. As in the McNamara case, a union member had confessed and implicated union leadership, the defendants were extradited in a highly irregular manner, and the prosecution's investigation was led by a detective with strong ties to
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From the first there was never the slightest chance to win. To those who say it would have been better to have gone to trial and suffered complete defeat, I would call attention to the fact that there were thirty or forty hotel registers, three in Los Angeles, many in San Francisco and others in
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After sentencing, Judge Bordwell issued a long statement minimizing the role of Lincoln Steffens in bringing about the plea deal. Bordwell wrote that the prosecution had long sought a plea deal, but could not agree to J. B.'s insistence that his brother go free. The judge stated that what really
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Darrow argued that he would need $ 350,000 ($ 11,000,000 in 2024) for the defense. The AFL, who had already paid Darrow a $ 50,000 retainer, immediately began to raise the additional funds. The AFL Executive Council established a permanent "Ways and Means Committee" to seek money. The federation
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unanimously enacted an ordinance banning picketing and "speaking in public streets in a loud or unusual tone", with a penalty of fifty days in jail, a $ 100 fine, or both. Most union members refused to obey the injunctions or ordinance, and 472 strikers were arrested. The strike, however, proved
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The Iron Workers suffered severe membership losses, and appealed to the AFL for funds. The AFL declined to offer financial assistance or permit Gompers to speak at the next Iron Workers convention. The heads of a number of AFL unions did speak, however, and Iron Worker delegates re-elected Ryan
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The national labor movement was outraged by the way the McNamaras had been treated, and labor leaders were quick to defend the brothers' innocence. They contended that Burns had engaged in kidnapping, misrepresentation of his status as a law enforcement officer, and unlawful imprisonment in his
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J. J. McNamara left prison after nine years, and the Iron Workers' union welcomed him back as an organizer. He was convicted of threatening the destruction of a building unless the contractor hired union members, and was sent back to prison. Released once more, the union discovered that he had
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The San Francisco unions relied heavily on the IW, one of the few strong unions remaining in Los Angeles. The unionization campaign began in the spring of 1910. On June 1, 1910, 1,500 union members struck iron manufacturers in the city to win a $ 0.50 an hour minimum wage ($ 16 an hour in 2023
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A man who would put sixteen sticks of 80 per cent dynamite in a building * * * in which you, as a printer, knew gas was burning in many places, and in which you knew there were scores of human beings toiling, must have no regard whatever for the lives of his fellow beings. He must have been a
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Burns was offended by accusations from labor supporters that he had planted the evidence that he had seized at the union headquarters in Indianapolis. He was particularly critical of Samuel Gompers. Burns did not believe that Gompers was part of the dynamite plot, but blamed Gompers for being
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On July 4, 1914, a dynamite bomb exploded in a New York tenement apartment occupied by three anarchists. All three men died in the explosion, which destroyed the building, killed a woman in the next apartment, and injured many more. Police speculated that the bomb was intended to be used the
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in 1906. However, Darrow was in ill health, and although organized labor was convinced of the McNamaras' innocence, Darrow realized that the evidence against them was overwhelming and that the brothers were almost certainly guilty. Soon after the arrest, and before he agreed to represent the
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Sergeant William Reed and held from April 13 until April 20. Burns apparently convinced McManigal that he knew everything and that McManigal could save himself by cutting a deal with authorities. McManigal agreed to tell all he knew in order to secure a lighter prison sentence, and signed a
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strike, clubbed by the police, jailed while his family is evicted, and his wife and children are hungry, and he will hesitate to condemn these as criminals who fight against the crimes of which they are the victims of such savage methods as have been forced upon them by their masters.
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but J.J. refused to cooperate unless Darrow agreed. Darrow was stunned by Steffens' report that the brothers had admitted their guilt to him, but with his health worsening and his pessimism about the defense growing, Darrow agreed to permit the McNamaras to cooperate with Steffens.
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The Socialist Party, however, refused to condemn the McNamara brothers, arguing that their actions were justified in view of the supposed employer- and state-sponsored terror their union had faced for the last 25 years. Haywood and Debs echoed that sentiment. Wrote Debs:
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building. The undercover private eye also surreptitiously took a photo of J.J. that Burns presented to a hotel clerk in Los Angeles, who recognized him as a "Mr. J. B. Bryce" who had checked in the day before the bombing and hurriedly checked out the following morning.
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After the Indianapolis trials, the only cases remaining were of David Caplan and Matthew Schmidt, two anarchists who had helped Jim McNamara buy the dynamite used in the Los Angeles bombings. Both were indicted in 1911, but they became fugitives and evaded the police.
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the suitcase, the clockwork alarm went off inside the suitcase. The police ran to safety just before the bomb exploded. Investigators speculated that, like the Zeehandelaar bomb, the clock mechanism at the Otis house had been wound too tightly, delaying the explosion.
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that he would be accused of attempted bribery as well, and one of his defenses would be that a plea deal had already been agreed upon, so that he had no motive to bribe jurors. Darrow defended the guilty pleas by citing the overwhelming evidence against the brothers:
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bombing. Gompers believed him completely, and threw all his influence behind the McNamaras. With Gompers' endorsement, the entire US labor movement supported the McNamaras, with parades, mass rallies, publicity campaigns, and donations to the McNamaras' defense fund.
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Instead, employers redoubled their efforts to break the labor movement in Los Angeles. The Central Labor Council suffered severe membership losses in the early months of 1912, and the labor movement in the city did not begin to show signs of growth until the 1950s.
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Thirty defendants appealed. In June 1914, the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and ordered new trials for five of the convictions, including that of Olaf Tveitmoe. In the case of Tveitmoe, the court ruled that evidence implicating him in the Los Angeles
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different parts of the country. There were scores of witnesses to identify J. B. McNamara as being present practically on the very day, and one at least, in the building. There was overwhelming evidence of all kinds, which no one could have surmounted if they would.
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bombing, but that J.B. had told him all about it, and that it was done by J.B. and two others, Matthew Schmidt and David Caplan (Schmidt and Caplan evaded arrest until 1915). McManigal also said that others involved included Ryan, J.J., Hockin and other IW leaders.
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building). Burns repeatedly implied that Gompers and other labor leaders were involved in the national bombing campaign, and AFL officials feared a national campaign of arrests designed to destroy the nascent labor movement might be in the works. Meanwhile,
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broke the deadlock was the arrest of Bert Franklin, a detective hired by the defense, on a charge of attempted bribery of jurors. The bribery attempt, he wrote, revealed how desperate the defense was, and forced them to agree to a prison sentence for J. J.
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The evidence shows some of these defendants to be guilty of murder, but they are not charged with that crime; this court cannot punish them for it, nor should it be influenced by such consideration in fixing the measure punishment for the crimes
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issued an appeal for donations, the AFL Executive Council postponed consideration of a donation until the issue was moot. Darrow was acquitted in his first trial. When charges were brought in the second bribery case, the trial ended in a
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This was an escalation of the bombing campaign. Previously, only non-union workplaces had been targeted. Now the IW was expanding the targets to the homes of anti-union leaders, and a newspaper noted for its anti-union editorial policy.
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bombing, James B. McNamara had asked him to murder Mary Dye, a stenographer at union headquarters, because "she knew too much." Jim McNamara had wanted him to plant an explosive under her seat on a commuter train. Eckhoff had refused.
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was so troubled by the vituperation heaped on the McNamara brothers that he began a campaign to ease economic and class differences in the United States. By mid-1912, a number of prominent individuals — including social workers
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Prosecutor Fredericks justified the plea deal because by having the McNamaras plead guilty, he said, there would be no doubt of their guilt; without a guilty plea, their supporters would always believe that they were framed.
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irresponsible in accusing Burns of framing the McNamaras, in the face of overwhelming evidence. Burns wrote that Gompers could not have been unaware of the four-year dynamiting campaign, which should have given him pause.
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Labor leaders were also convinced of the McNamaras' innocence by other factors as well. The open shop movement and virulent hostility shown by Otis convinced many that the whole event was a frame-up (with some, including
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Some went farther. Eugene Debs accused Harrison Otis of blowing up his own building to frame labor leaders. He referred to the bombing as: "a job that General Otis did himself or had it done, for I know the man well."
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David Caplan's first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. In December 1916, a second jury found him guilty of second degree manslaughter. The court sentenced him to ten years in prison. He was released in 1923 after
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and prosecution informer Herbert Hockin, were given six years. The others received sentences of between a year and a day and four years. All prisoners were sent to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.
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1910, U.S. Steel had almost succeeded in driving all unions out of its plants. Unions in other iron manufacturing companies also vanished. Only the IW held on (though the strike at American Bridge continued).
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had their paid spies in the other's camp), and was pressing Fredericks to reject any plea bargain. As a compromise, Fredericks demanded that J.B. receive life in prison and J.J. receive a much shorter term.
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corporation. American Bridge was the dominant company in the iron industry, and within a year the IW had not only organized almost every U.S. iron manufacturer, but had also won signed contracts including
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In 1903, officials of U.S. Steel and the American Bridge founded the National Erectors' Association (NEA), a coalition of steel and iron industry employers. The primary goal of the NEA was to promote the
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On 28 December 1912, the jury found 38 of the remaining 40 guilty. Two days later, Judge A. B. Anderson handed out sentences, calling the dynamite campaign "a veritable reign of terror," and commenting:
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building. After he confessed to the bombing, he insisted that he had not known of the gas pipes. However, Ortie McManigal testified that before their arrest, J.B. had told him that he had gone into the
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while knowing all along that the McNamara brothers were guilty. Darrow said that his first duty was to his clients, and that he did whatever needed to raise the funds for the best defense possible.
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On the other hand. those who are familiar with the peculiarities of explosions by dynamiting, the evidence furnishes an overwhelming certainty that there was no dynamite connected with the affair.
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well, but finally settled for Schmidt alone. But a search of Schmidt's belongings found a letter that led them to the Seattle area, where local police arrested David Caplan on February 18, 1915.
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Darrow also insisted that he needed popular support, to put political pressure on the prosecution. Pins, buttons and other paraphernalia were sold to raise money, and a film about J. J. McNamara—
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appealed to local, state, regional and national unions to donate 25 cents per capita to the defense fund, and set up defense committees in larger cities throughout the nation to take donations.
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building – he was challenged twice, but each time passed by saying he was on his way to the composing room – went into the basement and wrenched off a gas valve to maximize the destruction.
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to engage in a campaign against the unions. Local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies generally cooperated in this campaign, which often used violence against union members.
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San Francisco labor leader Olaf Tveitmoe, who had been released from prison the previous year, promised that the two men would be defended at the expense of West Coast labor unions.
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and law enforcement authorities announced that the perpetrators would be caught immediately, but weeks passed and no arrests were made. The City of Los Angeles posted a $ 25,000
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bombers had escaped arrest and gone to ground. The IW decided it was time for more bombings in Los Angeles and sent McManigal with a list of five bombing targets, including the
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The exact number of deaths is uncertain. The remains of twenty were identified. Parts of either one or two additional bodies were pulled from the rubble. Source: Lew Irwin,
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Six defendants were given suspended sentences. Union president Frank Ryan was handed the longest sentence, seven years. Six more men, including San Francisco labor leader
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who liked to drink and hunt at the same time. Burns infiltrated one of their late-winter hunting trips with a spy, and during the trip J.J. boasted of having blown up the
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boarded his train, woke him, and handed him the dispatch regarding the guilty verdicts. "I am astounded, I am astounded", he said. "The McNamaras have betrayed labor."
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On December 1, 1911, the McNamara brothers changed their pleas in open court to guilty. James B. McNamara admitted to murder by having set the bomb that destroyed the
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building bomb had been set for 4 am, but detonated prematurely; the bomb at the Felix Zeehandelaar home set for 1 pm, and the bomb at the Otis home for 2 pm.
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Christianson, Stephen G., "McNamara Brothers Trial: 1911", "Great American Trials", Knappman, Edward W., editor, Visible Ink Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1994,
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continued, Darrow became increasingly concerned about the outcome of the trial. He felt J. B. could not be relied on as a witness and would break down under
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The unexploded bomb contained valuable clues as to the bombers' method. In addition, investigators were able to trace the dynamite back to its source.
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and the Hotel Alexandria. J.J. told McManigal that he had promised the "coast bunch" a Christmas present, and wanted the explosions to take place on
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and alarm clocks were found in their suitcases. The men were told they were being arrested for robbing a bank in Chicago. Since they had watertight
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publisher Otis and Felix Zeehandelaar, secretary of the M&M. He then boarded a train to San Francisco, and was out of town when the bomb at the
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Union officials used violence to counter the setbacks they had suffered. Beginning in late 1906, national and local officials of the IW launched a
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On April 22, Burns and two local police detectives burst into an executive board meeting of the IW and arrested J.J. He was taken before a local
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Robert Fitch (2006) Solidarity for Sale: How Corruption Destroyed the Labor Movement and Undermined America's Promise. Bublic Affairs Books
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auxiliary building, in which two men were chased off by a security guard. The incident was at first assumed to be another bombing attempt.
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was a morning paper, and so had employees working during the late-night early-morning hours. The bombers were unaware that a number of
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throughout the nation was declared to be "McNamara Day", and mass marches were held in 13 major cities in support of the defendants.
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bombing campaign on orders from union president Frank Ryan and secretary-treasurer J.J. McNamara. McManigal and J.J. were borderline
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of appeals ruling, that the government would not retry the five defendants whose convictions were reversed; the five were released.
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Welskopp, Thomas. "Birds of a Feather: A Comparative History of German and US Labor in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries." In
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Bombs and Bribery: The Story of the McNamara and Darrow Trials Following the Dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times Building
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Brothers John J. ("J.J.") and James Barnabas ("J.B.") McNamara were arrested in April 1911 for the bombing. Their trial became a
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AFL. The shocked labor leader refused to accept the agreement until Darrow convinced him that the defense had almost no chance.
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1, 1910. Nicknamed "the fortress", the 1886 brick and granite building was on Broadway and First Street, across the street from
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Associated Press, "Strange Story Is Told By Detective: Burns Narrative Takes on Color as Dynamite Case Is Fully Probed",
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employees were working overnight to produce an extra edition the next afternoon which would carry the results of the
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Kraft, James P., "The Fall of Job Harriman's Socialist Party: Violence, Gender, and Politics in Los Angeles, 1911,"
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on December 9. J.B. McNamara's post-trial conclusion was: "You see? ... The whole damn world believes in dynamite."
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effective: by September, 13 new unions had formed, increasing union membership in the city by almost 60 percent.
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building, the Otis home, and the Zeehandelaar home) were set for 1 am ("M'Manigal repeats boast of M'Namara,"
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to defend the McNamaras. Darrow had become a hero in labor circles for his successful defense of labor leader
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for the American labor movement. J.B. admitted to setting the explosive, and was convicted and sentenced to
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unionists. John (known as J.J.) and his younger brother James (known as J.B.) were both active in the IW.
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building and Ink Alley. Of the 115 people still in the building, 21 died (most of them in the fire). The
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Judge A. B. Anderson dismissed charges against eight men after the trial started, for lack of evidence.
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embezzled $ 200, and fired him. J. J. spent the rest of his life drifting from job to job, and died in
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court would discredit Harriman and prevent his victory, and the employers were pressing hard for one.
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how strongly the public was on their side, they would not have agreed to the plea deal, he claimed.
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for that alleged crime, both men agreed to accompany Burns and the police officers back to Chicago.
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On June 3, 1910, two days after the start of the strike, Eugene Clancy, the top IW official on the
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auto race. The bomb collapsed the side of the building, and the ensuing fire destroyed both the
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remained weak and much of the industry remained unorganized until 1902. That year, the IW won a
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for the Iron Workers' Union. J. J. McNamara assured Gompers that he had nothing to do with the
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anti-union business interests. In that case, the accused union leaders were found not guilty.
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Darrow's co-counsel on the McNamara case, Job Harriman, was defeated by Mayor Alexander in a
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candidate. The bombing, some felt, might simply be a plot to keep Harriman out of City Hall.
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At 1:07 a.m. on October 1, 1910, the bomb went off in the alley outside the three-story
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Gerald F. Uelmen, "Fighting fire with fire: a reflection on the ethics of Clarence Darrow,"
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of taking advantage of a tragic accident to imprison union leaders on fabricated charges.
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building minutes before the October 1 bomb blast. See: "Fire Kills 19, Unions Accused",
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Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches and New Perspectives.
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Judge Bordwell rejected the defendants' assertions that they did not intend to harm the
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went to the Oxford Hotel in Detroit and arrested McManigal and J.B. McNamara. Dynamite,
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Ortie McManigal served two and a half years in prison before being released on parole.
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scum," "cowardly murderers," "leeches upon honest labor," and "midnight assassins."
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Ortie McManigal testified that Jim McNamara had told him that all three bombs (the
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Geoffrey Cowan, The People v. Clarence Darrow (New York: Random House, 1993) 123.
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The weekend of November 19–20, Darrow and Steffens met with newspaper publisher
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Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L. A. Times Dynasty
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called the bombing the "crime of the century", and Otis excoriated unions as "
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Historian Philip Taft characterizes this as a kidnapping, due to the lack of
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approve a commission, and it did so on August 23, 1912. The reports of the
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Frank Eckhoff, a friend of John J. McNamara, testified that, following the
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via train to California. All three men arrived in Los Angeles on April 26.
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for the capture of the bombers, and the M&M raised another $ 50,000.
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An unresolved contradiction was J.B.'s knowledge of the gas pipes in the
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Shapiro, Herbert. "The McNamara Case: A Crisis of the Progressive Era,"
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had been successfully resisting unionization for nearly half a century.
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On April 14, 1911, Burns, Burns' son Raymond, and police officers from
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papers for McManigal and both McNamara brothers. Burns then left for
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discredited, the defense's hope for a simple plea agreement ended.
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Associated Press, "Jury fixes sentence for life," Oakland (CA)
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edition of December 27, 1911 (v. 70, no. 1817) depicting the
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building for 1 am. Dennis McDougal, however, wrote that the
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explosion, there was a reported attempted break-in at the
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annex, known as "Ink Alley", which contained the paper's
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had obtained enough evidence on his own to secure, with
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confession. He said that he had not participated in the
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United Press, "Ryan is given 7 years," Pittsburgh (PA)
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Raid on union headquarters and arrest of J. J. McNamara
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when the change in plea was made. A reporter with the
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and the deadliest crime to go to trial in California.
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bombing shocked Americans and remains both one of the
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Members of the pool from which the jury was chosen.
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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1969. 1297:years, with time off for good behavior. 1159:Samuel Gompers was traveling by rail in 939:Iron Workers president Frank Ryan asked 389:Merchants and Manufacturers' Association 242:newspaper, which occupied the building. 2626:"Tells of dynamite plot to slay girl," 2175:Burns, pp. 151–55; Stimson, pp. 387–88. 2017:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 337-338. 1735:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. x. 1694: 1412:Domestic terrorism in the United States 863:, accusing Otis himself of bombing the 361:later described as perhaps the largest 264:deadliest criminal acts in U.S. history 3183:Building bombings in the United States 2923:"John J. M'Namara, Dynamiter, is Dead" 1455:, a carpenter indicted but not charged 498:building, located at First Street and 2734:"Letter found here betrays Caplan," 2613:"38 labor leaders are found guilty," 2275:Taft, pp. 278, 280; Foner, pp. 17–18. 1708:. 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The McNamara brothers were 3124:Milwaukee Police Department bombing 2912:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 335. 2628:New York Times, 17 Nov. 1912, p.12. 1576:Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, 2013. 1448:Milwaukee Police Department bombing 290:, a subsidiary of the newly formed 3268:Terrorist incidents in Los Angeles 2664:Taft, pp. 283–84; Stimson, p. 412. 2638:"33 dynamiters get prison terms," 1971:Cross, pp. 282–83; Adamic, p. 151. 1950:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 71. 1875:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 74. 1558:Gottlieb, Robert and Wolt, Irene. 1365:Commission on Industrial Relations 603:Los Angeles County Hall of Records 307:Strike against American Bridge Co. 25: 3168:1910 murders in the United States 1983:"Fire Kills 19, Unions Accused", 1805:Stimson, p. 380; Fine, pp. 33–46. 1383:, and profoundly influenced most 3263:Terrorist incidents in the 1910s 3253:Mass murder in the United States 3158:1910 crimes in the United States 1496:New York: Crown, September 2008. 970:, was not charged at that time. 744: 41: 2571:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 343-352. 2476:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 349-347. 2140:Burns, p. 146; Stimson, p. 387. 1611:. Los Angeles: Neale Co., 1913. 1532:International Socialist Review, 1476:. New York: Viking Press, 1931. 1459:List of homicides in California 1251:Final cases: Caplan and Schmidt 981:—was produced. It premiered in 966:not guilty. McManigal, who had 955:as co-counsel for the defense. 950:Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 927:Clarence Darrow for the defense 755:needs additional citations for 2088:Taft, p. 281; Estrada, p. 140. 1637:Southern California Quarterly, 1595:Southern California Quarterly, 1312:United Mine Workers of America 593:auxiliary printing plant, the 315:James (left) and John McNamara 1: 3106:Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 1919:The People v. Clarence Darrow 1137:Reactions to the guilty pleas 1035:As jury selection continued, 506:piped into the building. The 3223:Labor disputes in California 3178:20th-century American trials 3118:Buffalo supermarket shooting 3058:UpStairs Lounge arson attack 2870:"McManigal's Liberty Near," 2768:, Sept. 1915, v.35 n.9 p.23. 2558:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.531. 2515:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.527. 2502:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.530. 2257:, Oct. 1911, v.9 n.10 p.300. 2099:The San Bernardino Daily Sun 2026:"The Crime of the Century," 1316:Western Federation of Miners 1182:landslide loss on December 5 905:The defense blamed the L.A. 852:Western Federation of Miners 575:American Federation of Labor 2489:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 347. 1623:A History of American Labor 779:"Los Angeles Times bombing" 424:Leading up to the explosion 3294: 3233:Labor relations by company 2929:. Butte, Mont. May 8, 1941 2245:, May 1911, v.19 n.6 p.37. 2243:The Motorman and Conductor 1702:McCann, Joseph T. (2006). 1609:The National Dynamite Plot 882:Socialist Party of America 365:campaign in U.S. history. 3248:Mass murder in California 3173:1911 in the United States 3134: 3100:LaGuardia Airport bombing 3076:Los Angeles Times bombing 3028:Mountain Meadows Massacre 3006: 2677:, 1915, v.132, p.257-305. 1195:Big trial in Indianapolis 1187:The two brothers entered 613:Tracking down the bombers 558:On the same night as the 458:the present 1935 building 407:judge issued a series of 40: 3112:Preparedness Day bombing 3064:El Paso Walmart shooting 3040:Pulse nightclub shooting 2803:, 16 Dec. 1916, p.1 c.2. 2545:, 2003, v.71 n.4 p.1564. 2485:George P. Costigan Jr., 2472:George P. Costigan Jr., 1652:Stimson, Grace Heilman. 1355:, and pacifist minister 1189:San Quentin State Prison 1003:began on October 25. As 643:hired private detective 417:Los Angeles City Council 324:and assist employers in 232:member belonging to the 3070:Wilmington insurrection 2755:, 7 Jan. 1916, p.5 c.3. 2673:Ryan v. United States, 1666:Wagner, Rob Leicester. 1562:New York: Putnam, 1977. 1371:, helped establish the 968:turned state's evidence 581:Bombing returns to L.A. 288:American Bridge Company 119:; 113 years ago 3218:History of Los Angeles 3036:(1921) (75–300 deaths) 2688:Democrat and Chronicle 2363:Chandler had left the 1422:Propaganda of the deed 1417:Anarchism and violence 1227: 1178: 1153: 1130: 1117: 1099: 1071:McNamaras plead guilty 997: 936: 920: 622: 461: 316: 98:34.05284°N 118.24500°W 3088:San Bernardino attack 3022:Oklahoma City bombing 1438:Espionage Act of 1917 1341:Henry Morgenthau, Sr. 1222: 1173: 1148: 1125: 1090: 1015:U.S. Attorney General 995: 979:A Martyr to His Cause 962:on May 5, 1911. They 934: 916: 901:Gas explosion defense 620: 447: 411:which all but banned 314: 18:The McNamara Brothers 3278:Trials in California 3198:Events in California 3046:Bath School disaster 3012:September 11 attacks 2861:Kaufman, pp. 3, 8–9. 2843:Cowan, pp. 428, 433. 2816:, 11 July 1923, p.3. 2781:, 31 Dec. 1915, p.6. 2738:, 20 Feb. 1915, p.6. 2725:, 14 Feb. 1915, p.1. 2655:, 30 Dec. 1912, p.1. 2642:, 31 Dec. 1912, p.1. 2617:, 29 Dec. 1912, p.9. 2119:McDougal, pp. 52–53. 1962:Accessed 2012-10-11. 1853:Stimson, pp. 33–133. 1755:Rayback, pp. 219–20. 1537:Estrada, William D. 1522:The Story of My Life 1479:Adams, Jr., Graham. 1018:George W. Wickersham 874:Mayor of Los Angeles 764:improve this article 636:On October 2, 1910, 595:Llewellyn Iron Works 103:34.05284; -118.24500 3258:October 1910 events 3243:Mass murder in 1910 3208:Fires in California 3052:Wall Street bombing 3034:Tulsa race massacre 3030:(1857) (120 deaths) 3024:(1995) (168 deaths) 2885:The New York Times, 2872:The New York Times, 2712:, 5 July 1914, p.1. 2690:, 4 July 1914, p.1. 2567:Geoge F. 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The McNamara Brothers

Los Angeles Times building
Los Angeles
California
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34°03′10″N 118°14′42″W / 34.05284°N 118.24500°W / 34.05284; -118.24500
Los Angeles Times Building
Time bombing
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Dynamite
James B. McNamara
dynamiting
Los Angeles Times Building
Los Angeles
California
union
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Los Angeles Times
cause célèbre
life imprisonment
deadliest criminal acts in U.S. history
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
union
strike
American Bridge Company
U.S. Steel
union shop
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