| =Leaders Discuss the Case= |
| |
| Samuel Gompers, president American |
|Federation of Labor--I am astounded; I am |
|astounded; my credulity has been imposed |
|upon. It is a bolt out of a clear sky. |
| |
| * * * * * |
| |
| John T. Smith, president Missouri |
|Federation of Labor--I can not believe it. |
|But if the McNamaras blew up the Times |
|building they should be fully punished. |
| |
| * * * * * |
| |
| Gen. Harrison Grey Otis, publisher of |
|the Times--The result may be and ought to |
|be, etc. |

If the case had not been of such broad interest a lead embodying a
summary of the interviews might have preceded the individual statements.
It might have been done in this way:

| Great surprise has been expressed by |
|the prominent labor leaders of the |
|country at the confession of the |
|McNamara brothers in Los Angeles |
|yesterday. That organized labor had no |
|connection with the work of these men and |
|that they should be fully punished is the |
|consensus of opinion. |
| |
| Samuel Gompers, president American |
|Federation of Labor--I am astounded; I am |
|astounded; my credulity has been imposed |
|upon. It is a bolt out of a clear sky. |
| |
| John T. Smith, president Missouri |
|Federation of Labor--I can not believe it. |
|Etc. |

In such a story as the above, the statements are usually printed without
quotation marks; each paragraph begins with a man's name, followed by a
dash and