New-York tribune., 1917-09-06
Eight Raids in Chicago;
Wagon Loads of Evidence
Seized; Grand Jury Busy

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Eight RAIDS were
conducted simultaneously IN Chi'aso
today bv men from the Offices OF the
Department Of Justice and wagon 'oauI
OF "evidencc" seized in the thc's 4..U 5;..
homes Of men alleged 10 be SocIa-lss,
and /. W. W. aEitators. IciHgr"P"LCC
reports show that similar ral"S "etJ
conducted IN twenty or more el'''S al
over the United States. ,.-.-..
oliver +. Pagan, Federal indictment
ovncrt who has been in Chicago for a
month working secretly with hinton "
Clabaurh. chief Of the local Depart
yrort of Justice. and Charles +. Clyne'
j-ri+e5 States District Attorney, is re-
ncrted 70 have drawn up the papers ana
10 have engineered the entire nation
wide cleanup. This is the first time
tfat the recently passed espionage act
has been used for the basis OF such
II was reported that "Bill" Haywood,
head of the ]. W. W, had been arrested
IN the raids. This was not dened or
affirmed by Mr. Clyne. who said HAY
wood seems 10 have vanished
To insure the utmost secrecy OF
rreparation IL is understood that
Pagan. Clabauch and Clyne established
Offices Somewhere in Chicago and
there prepared the work and "touched
the button" that so successfully swept
the nation and caught all who were
wanted unawares. Reports from the
various fronts" of action are as fol-
lows:
Raids in Many Cities
At Pittsburgh documents were seized,
but no arrests were made.
Documents were seized az Lincoln,
Nebraska, and three persons were in
termed.
AT Detroit headquarters of the I. W.
w. was raided and several men were
arrested.
At San Francisco five gathering
places we're ralded,
The homes of FIVE leaders at Salt
Lake City were raided and 1000 pic
lures Of Frank Little were seized.
At Superior, Wis, an edition OF
"Tyronis,' a Finnish Socialist news
paper. was seized and officials Of the
|. W. ". arrested.
At Minneapolis, 7. W. ". headquar-
ters was raided and all books, printed
matter and funds were seized.
At Duluth, headquarters Of the /. W.
". was raided. and also the Office Of
publication of "Industrialistti,' Fin
nish J. w. W. organ.
Headquarters Of the l. W. W. at Mil
waukee was raided.
At Seattle, headquarters was raided
and printing Office Of the !. W. W.
seized.
At Portland, Ore, headquarters was
raided and closed.
At Los Angeles, headquarters of the
!. W. W. was raided and printed matter
seized.
At Omaha all literature and records
in the J. ". W. headquarters were con-
fscated.
At Miami, Ariz, all l. ". W. records
were seized.
At Philadelphia two headquarters Of
the /. W. W. were raided and docu-
ments were taken.
The Raids in Chicago
In Chicago orders were given to seize
everything in sight that might be evi-
dence. Apparently the order was car
ried out TO the letter. The operatives
left at . o'clock, the raids being carried
on at the same moment in each city,
and did their work quickly. The places
visited in Chicago follow:
l. Industrial Workers of the World
headquarters, West Madison Street
. Home Of William d. Haywood,
head of the Industrial Workers OF the
World.
3. Home Of Ralph Il. Chaplin, editor
Of Solidarity official weekly organ Of
the Industrial Workers Of the World
j. Home of Harrison George. called
by Investigators tho high priest and
chief editorial writer Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. attached to the
staff Of solidarity" and supposed to
prepare leaflets for Industrial Workers
Of the World agitators TO distribute.
.. Home of Vincent St. John, Secre-
tary and active worker in the Industrial
Workers Of the World, recently re-
ported in Mexico. Department of Jus
tice officials say they "can produce
him."
8. Home Of John Farley, said to be
interested in solidarity"
Z. Plant Of The American Socialist"
S. Rogers & Hall Company, printers,
where Industrial Workers Of the World
documents, booklets, etc, it is alleged,
we're printed.
Socialist Welcomes" Seizure
At the Office of "The American So
cialist" were found Seymour Stedman.
pacifst, Socialist and lawyer, and
Adolph Germer, editor and secretary Of