New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-17
CermanP limited
AS Laborers Quit
Camp Wadsworth
Asitators in Enemy's Pay
Believed at Work
Among Negroes
investigation Started
credulous Blacks Told of I'M
pending Massacre by New
York Division
investigation Started

CAMP WADSWORTH. Sept. 10
vls, is believed by military authori-
-. % he German inspired plot TO
~ completion Of the many camp
0t,,s,,res vet 10 be constructed here
SisS indirectly to prevent the quick
81. Gov of the Fcderalizod New York
"a 70 France. was discovered TO-
SC'b v the military police. Labor
20! - believed 70 he in the pay OF
German government, II was found,
H boor active for the last week en-
s s',roring 10 foment trouble and dis
U'e,.,t among the two thousand negro
'...rsntcrs' helpers and muleteers work
on the division hospital and other
""fr,shed buildings.
rif.v uniformed men. drawn from the
~ and 18th regiments. to-day were
,.isrc6 20 wjuClo with and watch the
o-.srs and get evidence Of any at
.,+ 20 nrrsuadc them 20 QUIT work
,.,o,oI arrests are expected. and II
rev ratcrializc the propagandists VIII
4, ;-;e6 before the military authorities
=. .te charge Of aiding the enemy
Tbe nrcserce Of labor agltators was
90, .rsrected when scores of negroes
g.r,sr1e5 their pay and left camp. Yes
...5.y moro than four hundred nou-
- the contractors Of their intention
- s-or work. Investigation by the
..:,,,ovv nolice showed that the negro
-.,-gors had been canvassed by the
r.bor agents" and Solemnly warned
he, che biggest race riot in history
Is "a begin as soon as the full COM
.ra,,or+ Of troops had arrived IN camp.
The credulous blacks had been told
N tLe horrors Of "voodooism" were 20
:, -nv;vod in retaliation for the riots
At Houston. Tex.
nee ~ negroes who have been
,rs-rod in this manner have given in
forma;ion 10 the authorities, and their
,.ories are expected to result IN many
arrests. Other sgitators, failing 10 IN
5ure sufficient workers TO drop their
.ooIs in fear. have won many by offers
n higher pay and transportation TO
Northern cities.
The constructors Of Camp Wads-
worth had escaped all trouble due TO
union or other agitation until the
agents" arrived here week ago.
7Esy have been able TO get the best
cqrpenters available for from $3.50 TO
i95o q dav. Unsk.lled labor has been
plentiful at l7is cents an hour. The
agi,sto-s activities came too late to
Seriously interfere with the proper
ouartering of the division, but unless
thew are suppressed there will be diff
cultv in getting labor 10 finish the sixty
ar more buildings in the hospital unit.
The 10Th Infantry, 300 strong, ar
rived here to-day and encamped beside
the It'll without incident. Colonel Reg
maid L. Foster said the regiment was
in "tip-top" condition after the long
trip from New York FoH= hours after
he 12th's train pulled into the camp
station the regiment was encamped
and going through the regular camp
routine.
The It'll. which had been shut up in
quarters since arrival here, was given
It's first liberty to-day The men, raw
enously hungry for restaurant food,
swarmed downtown and lined up out
side the restaurants awaiting luncheon
time. Many stood in line three hours
before they could be served.