New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Enemies Within
Plans of |. w. w. Agtators to Cripple
Americas War Efforts Over the
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboal

Agents of the Federal government
have received definite information OF
an organized effort to stir the !. w. W
to life in New York State. Eventually
the agitators hope to bring about all
over the Atlantic seaboard the kind OF
strife which has paralyzed the copper
mine regions Of Arizona and Montana
and effected to lesser degree the lum'
Der camps and other labor centres in
the West.
According to thfs information the
plans call first for a series OF strikes
in the cities along the New York Cen
trail Railway, from Albany to Buffalo
With anticipated success in this terri
tory, it is planned to spread the move
ment north and east into New England
west along the shores Of the Great
Lakes and south as far as Maryland
This territory includes the entire mu-
nitions manufacturing district Of the
country, the big shipyards and most OF
the other industrial plants and a large
proportion of the coal mines. Even
partial success would cause great con-
fusion and would seriously handicap
Americas war effort, which is the ulti-
mate but carefully concealed object OF
the promoters.
The dsaffection is to begin about
September /. Preparation for 1t has
been going on for more than year
1t has consisted Of the spreading OF
unrest and discomfort among the for
eign-born workmen, who constitute
more than 60 per cent Of the wage
earners. The methods used have been
two, First, by propaganda In the for
eign-language press, upon which most
of these immigrant wage earners de-
pend for their information as to cur
rent affairs, and, second, personal Wis
its of agitators. The first method has
been by far the most widely used. The
agitators feel sure that with unrest
active, quick organization will be easy
New York City Centre
OF Foreign Propaganda
New York City has been the centre
of this propaganda. There are more
than $50 foreign-langusge newspapers
in the state. Most of them are pub
lished here. The majority are innocu,
Gus. some of them have from the nrs'
been conspicuously and whole-heartediy
loyal to Americas interests, but more
than a score right here in New fork
City have been particularly vicious IN
their attacks on every war plan an
nounced from Washington. They have
boldly predicted the ultimate success
of Germany, sneered at Americas ef-
forts, libelled the Allies and consistent
ly distorted the news. And all the
time they have pounded away in their
insistence on the necessity OF revolu-
ton to bring Justice to the workingmen'
This last is the screen behind which
they hide their sinister motives.
Foreseeing that they would be less
closely watched and, if caught, more
easily defended than the German edi-
tors, they have gone to greater lengths
in their anti-American utterances than
the Germans. Conspicuous among
these local publications is "L'Avvenlre,
edited in the Italian language by Carlo
Tresca, who has long held an inhuen-
t;al place in the ]. w. W. organization
More than once papers Of which he was
the editor, either openly or in secret
have been denied the privileges of the
mails. But that has bothered him lit
tie. He has either adopted a new
name, with perhaps a new address OF
publication and new printer, or else
has waited and promised to "be good,
thus obtaining the restoration of the
postal privileges.
"L'Avvenire" was suppressed early