The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-29
Nine !. w. W.Leaders Held by
Federal Authorities Follow
ing Wholesale Indictments
EXPECT ARRESTS IN
DOZEN OTHER CITIES
Heavy Fines and Jail Sentences
Provided by Criminal Code
and Espionage Act for Al
legged Crimes

NHiGaEcs september 3D. w iIIldiH IL
Haywood and eight other leaders of
the l. w w, were jailed by federal
authorities tonight IN default of bonds
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000,
They were the first arrested follow
ing the return of indictments in which
the federal grand jury accused lSs Of
fcers and members of the society OF
consplrinE against the government.
Those arrested are William .. Hay
wood, general secretary and treas
urer. Richard Brazier. Spokane, mem
Der Of the executive council. George
Andreichten, Duluth, manager publicity
bureau in Chicago: Ralph H Chaplin.
editor and manager Of Solidarity
Vladimir Lossier. Chicago; Der, L. Or
ton, Chicago manager |. w. w. re-
eruitinE union: Charles Rothfsher, edi-
tor "A Gerumkas': Charles Plahm,
Chicago and Detroit; Herbert Mailer.
Seattle and Chicago.
All nine were captured In or near
the I. w, W. headquarters at 1901
west Madison street. Sixty others.
small fry in the society. were taken
in custody with them and questioned
tonight.
Additional arrests are TO be made
tomorrow in dozen cities. All are
to be brought To Chicago for trial
Heavy fines and jail sentences from
two tc twenty years are provided as
penalties in three sections nj the Grim
that code and the more recent espion-
age law upon which todays indict-
ments are based,
" Big Bill Haywood and his aides
offered no resistance when twenty de-
tectives surrounded them within an
hour after the indictments were re-
ported
4 expected II" said Haywood. and
don't care 10 talk about ~
HAYWOOD reiterated this statement
as ne was waiting 10 climb into pa
troll wagon that backed up to the Clark
street entrance Of the Federal build
Ing ~ : o'clock and took him and his
eight associates to the, county jail.
Not Permitted to Talk.
All efforts 10 talk 70 others under
arrest were frustrated by agents If
the department n Justice
!. = iayw9od~ has 9heen heTd IN Default
OF $500 bond The ball Of the
others was fixed at $4,000 Only these
nlne are under formal arrest In Chit
caso." said Hinton G. C1shaush. divi-
sional chief Of the federal investigs
ton bureau "Cthef arrests will be
made IN other cities tomorrow after
which their names win he announced"
Permission was not given by the
government for examination Of the
indictments ard the exact numb of
true bills voted Is still kept secret But
the crux Of the governments reasons
for It's prosecution was outlined in
statement signed hv the prosecutors
in charge
The statement follows;
The astounding features which
stand out at the conclusion of the
Investigation ard which is we'll calcu-
lated 20 make patriotic persons shud-
der with alarm rs found In the discio-
sure ~ the number of men enjoying
the protection 81 the government who
are SO Far unmindful Of social duties
and obligations as to openly advocate
the most vicious forms Of sabotage.
particularly in Industries engaged in
furnishing war ammuultions.
The activities Of these defendants
have been directed against what they
conceive or pretend 10 conceive to be
the misguided attitude of the world az
large toward persons not possessed Of
property the result being that this
time Of general stress and strain has
heen seized on because as they insist
the opportunity was here and now pre-
serted to make effective those secrets
and covert processes of destruction
which they trattorousiy employed while
pretending TO work
Gives Out Statement.
Inc written statement also SaiH.
Tn addition. there Is running
through all these endeavors pro-
nounced opposition TO the support Of
the war in which this country IS en-
listed. the teaching being that what
ever can be done 70 make the power of
the enemy greater or our power Of re-
sistance less effective Is a service
THE investigation and resulting in
dctments we believe will be entirely
satisfactory 10 the general public Of
the country when the extent Of the in
formation gathered and the thorough
fares of the Investigation made can be
divuIged which will he within few
davs,"
Boiled down. the propaganda of these
defendants consist Of these assertions:
I'VE are going TO take possession of
the industries of this country first he
cause we want them; second. because
We need them; third. because we are
In this crisis possessed OF the power to
put II over
DepA rtmeuf In GrattAcd.