Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-15
L.W. v. ACTIVITIES
PART Of GERMAN
PLOTTING IN j. S.
Every Federal Agency Is at
Work to Stamp Out
Organization.
WILL ATTEMPT TO PLACE
LEADERS BEHIND BARS
Departments of Justice aud Labor
Quietly Amassing Quantity
of Evidence.
Won PAPEN AGENT SUSPECTED
Guard in Detention Camp at
Columbus.


propaganda in the United States has
continued UNDECIDED through the Indus
trial Workers Of the World. according
to government officials here tonight.
Every agency Of the United States now
is at work to stamp the organization
out of existence and place the leaders
behind the bars. The governments
policy will be:
1. To treat all prisoners as anar-
chists. while a hunt is being made for
the ringleaderS.
9. Weed out the instigators, and pro-
coed against them as against Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berkman
). Consider the others in the light
of dupes-let State and local authori-
ties deal with those who are found to
be merely hungry. following the horde
In the hopes of n meal. whether given
by the government or obtained by pill
lagc
Effective impetus to this CAMPAIGN
against the German propaganda ma
chine was given to-day by Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman. of Illinois. He
introduced a resolution in the Senate
calling for an investigation OF the re-
cent riots in East st. Louis. He says
he has sufficient evidence In his pos
session 10 show that the l. w. w.
was responsible for the bloodshed, and
industrial paralysis In that section.
He ASSERTS that this evidence connects
leaders OF the organization with the
trouble.
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
FOR THE RINGLEADERs
The Department OF Justice and the
Department of Labor are quietly amass-
Ing quantity OF evidence which is
expected to result In the arrest OF
the men directing the l. w w. cam
paign within a few days. Department
OF Labor officials declare that tho ring
leaders will be prosecuted crlminally.
and that the smaller fry will be tried
uhoer state laws and sentenced TO the
maximum penalties. whom convicted.
Evidence received by members Of
congress to-day and placed in the
hands OF the Department Of Justice is
SAID to show conclusively that the
directing genius of the J. w. w. is
man formerly in the pay Of Captain
Won Papen one OF the most diIigcnt
Oh Ambassador Won Bernstorn's agents.
The name of this man, and the evil
dence which 1t is believed will lead
10 his conviction. have been placed In
the hands Of Department of Justice
officials. While not holding Office I'm
the organization ut present, this man
IS on record as one OF the organizers
or the movement and long has been
under surveillance.
Inc only missing link in the chain
against him is tracing his source OF
nnanciai assistance. and from infor-
nation disclosed through recent ar
rests In New York. 1t is believed this
Will not prove difficult
PLANNED TO IMPEDE
PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
when the spy system established bv
Won Paptn and Captain Boy-Ed was
sh!ashe' through the deportation of
the3e TWO German agents. the lesser
hshts In the organization scattered
throughout the United States. Soon
after tho break with Germany. evil
dence In possession OF members Of
congress shows. these men were com
municated with and a meeting was held
In Chicago. Plans were discussed
there for impeding the preparedness
program of the United States.
First efforts were directed toward
munition plants In the East. Efforts
were made to foment strikes, and In
part were successful. But in almost
every instance the Federal authorities
arrested the ringleaders and prevented
trouble.
After this. 7. W. w. leaders held a
conference In Omaha, Neb., and de-
voted most of their energies to the Pa
cifc Coast. In the wheat fields. the
orchards and the woods the effects Of
the new propaganda were felt. Then
the mining industries were taken IN.
The attention OF the Department of
Justice was directed to the work of the
organization at that time, but nothing
OF any. consequence was accomplished.
It was established, 1t is said, that some
powerful influence Was directing the
propaganda, but the money source
could not at that time be traced. 1t
was when the copper mines were Grip
pied by the work of the I. w. w. agi-
tators that the real evidence began to
pour In, and the government was
aroused to the full portent of the
Vaccinations of the organization. Sem
ators Sherman, Thomas COT Colorado)
and Marcus Smith tof Arizona) promise
to dlvulge interesting information as
to the activities Of the l. w. w. when
Senator Sherman's resolution comes up
for passage.
ExILEs IN REFUGE
CAMP At COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, N NJ, July 1l.-In the
refuge camp established for Mexicans
and Chinese last summer, between the