South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-03
FEDERAL AGENTS
UNCOVER MORE
|. VI. ". PLOTS
Sought Overthrow of Every
thing Outside of "WorkerS"
Class by Any Means,
Legal or Not.

CHICAGO, oct. 1.-Two more ar
rests OF members Of the Industrial
Workers OF the World for whom the
federal government officials have
been looking since their indictment
a week ago. were reported Tuesday
They were Grover IL. Perry. taken
in salt Lake City, and John Ahleen,
arrested IN Minneapolis
Copies Of the indictments return
ed BY the grand jury were made
public Tuesday They describe the
organization known as the /. W. W.
as composed Of 200 900 persons.
mostly laborers. i'm the industries
necessary to existence and welfare
OF the people OF the United States;
transportation, mining, meat pack
ing canning. numbering, farming,
livestock. fruit, vegetable and cotton
raising.
The indictments further define the
members Of the organization as call
ing themselves the workers and
the proletariat. and describing all
other classes Of society as classes. %
the "capitalisuc class" the master
class" the ruling class" exploit
ers Of the workers" bourgeois" and
parasites"
Sought Property Control.
The purpose Of the organization
the indictment Continues. was TO
abolish the latter classes and to gain
for the former class control and
ownership Of all property, such
abolition to be accomplished, not by
political action or with any regard
TO right or wrong. but by the con-
tinuGl and persistent use and en-
plOyment of unlawful and forcible
means and methods, involving
threats. assaults. injuries. intimida-
lions, and murders upon the persons
and the injury and destruction of
property Of the classes, the forcible
resistance To the execution OF all
laws. and finally, the forcible revolu-
tionary overthrow OF all existing
government authority in the United
States.
The means OF destroying property
was described within l. W. w. cir
cles, continues the indictment, as
Sabotage" direct action" work
ing on the job" wearing the wood
en- shoes" working the sab-cat,"
and slowing down tactics" II was
planned TO use such activities in con-
nection with all strikes, in reckless
and utter disregard OF the rights of
au persons not members, and espec-
ALLY the rights of the United States
10 execute its law
War OppOrtune Time.
The plans were designed particu-
larry TO take advantage of the oppor-
tunity presented by the necessity
peditiously and successfully to carry
on its war and by the consequent
necessity for all laborers TO perform
their tasks faithfully"
The persons named i'm the indict-
ments sought 10 achieve the pur-
poses Of the organization through
interference with the production and
manufacture OF munitions. ships
fuel. subsistence. supplies, clothing
shelter. equipment necessary for the
military and naval forces of the
n4leu states IN carrying OH the war
and has interfered with the trans
portation and discouraged. obstruct
ed and hindered the prosecution o.
the war by requiring the member.
Of the organization available for dut,
in military ana naval forces to fai
10 register and 70 refuse 10 submit
10 registration and draft and TO cit,
others so 10 fail. Notwithstanding tn,
cowardice Of such failure" charges
the Indictment.