Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-14
|. w. W. RAIDED;
81 MEN TAKEN
IN BY POLICE


like a crowd Of school boys on a
lark
The arrested men claim residence
in all parts of the United States.
Some of the cities represented by
delegates" are Houston, lndianapo-
lis, Chicago, Lafayette, Ind; Nc
Closkey. n. D.; Portland, Ore; Dem
yer. Los Angeles and San Francisco.
About $3.50 in money was found on
the men when searched at the sta
ton.
A bottle OF carbolc acid was taken
from one prisoner.
Members are Strangers.
Most of the members OF the organ
| ization who were rounded up are said
/ by the police to be strangers who re-
sponded to the call for a convention
to be held in Omaha.
A meeting and smoker were to have
been held Tuesday night at the hall,
The delegates. who began coming to
Omaha ON Sunday. paid 50 cents each
membership dues and for admittance
to the smoker, which was advertised
as some smoker"
The lone woman gave her name as
Mrs. Elmer Busse She was distrib-
uting refreshments when the raid was
made. She is Is years of age.
The Industrial Workers of the
World sang merrily and blithely when
booked at the police station and as
signed to their quarters. One group
sang What the H De We Carer"
and another coterie joined i'll Over
There" Others sang various airs,
making the ensemble musical effect
disquieting for the other occupants Of
the jail.
Chief Dunn and federak authorities
have been watching the local In
dustrial Workers of the World situa-
ton carefully since the first intorma-
ton of the proposed convention was
received. This afternoons raid was
carefully arranged,
The police state that publicity given
the Industrial Workers of the World
since last Saturday caused many tC
leave Omaha after coming in for The
convention.
Federal authorities have instructed
the police to hold the men until eacl
has been carefully investigated.
Chief Dunn has the confidence o
two men who mixed with the |. w
W. delegates on Monday.
There are probably not more thar
Is strangers who responded to th'
call to come to Omaha" declared til,
chief of police.
), Il believe that the publicity givel
this affair and the reports of the re
.. ception given the I. w. WIS at Tuls
I had the effect of making most o
t these men think twice before they at
t tempted to establish the propose'
e headquarters in Omaha" said Mayo
Dahlman. The last report of Chic
i Dunn to the mayor was that com
a paratively few l. w. WIS had arrive'
= for the convention.
Several women residing in Georgi
avenue, in the Hanscom park district
telephoned The Bee and the police t.
report that since Monday mornin,
several men made the rounds o
kitchen doors, begging for food.
Couldn't we people of Omaha fol
3 low the fine example of the Okla
homa vigilantes who tarred and feath
cred them?" asked one woman VIII
} said she lived in Georgia avenue. bu
: who declined to give her name. Sh
r said she would telephone the mayor
II would be willing to apply tn
y tar Three husky men have been
J. my back door during the last tw
: days, asking for something to ca
and we women are getting tired OF 1t,
s declared another woman.
1t These women appeared indignan
: over what they believed to have bee
e the failure of the police to rid tfel
a section of the city of undesirables.