New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Government Acts
To End Sabotage
Leaders Held Under
Heavy Bonds--Wh
sale Arrests to Take
Place in 20 Illinois
Cities

government to-day delivered second
smashing blow at the lawless elements
that have been active in hindering the
whole-hearted prosecution OF the war.
The move of the Department OF Justice
which began weeks ago in the stimuli
taneous raids on headquarters Of In
dustrial Workers OF the World reached
a climax with the indictment in the
Federal courts of 166 leaders and mem
bers of that organization and the
prompt arrest of more than 100 OF
them, including william d. Haywood,
it's general secretary and treasurer.
Haywood and the others were brought
in motor cars, driven by society women
members of the Navy Relief Society,
who for weeks have put their automo-
bles at the call Of agents Of the De-
partment Of Justice.
This was the governments answer
10 what Federal officials believe deep
laid scheme Of sabotage, conspiracy and
plots akin to treason to take posses
sion OF the industries Of the coun-
try" The net results in arrests in
Chicago were said tonight TO be as
follows:
William d. Haywood, international
secretary and treasurer. held under
s25,OO0 bond.
Richard Brazier, member general
executive board; home, Chicago,
Spokane and elsewhere; $4,000 bond.
George Andreychine, manager public
ity bureau, Chicago, Duluth and else
where; $4,000 bond.
Ralph II. Chaplin, editor and mana
ger of Solidarity" official |. ". ". or
gan, Chicago; $4,000 bond.
Vladimir Losseff. translator in.o for
eign languages, Chicago; $4,000 bond.
Bert Lorton, manager of the recruit
ing union," Chicago; $4,000 bond.
Charles Rothfisher, editor Of "A Ber-
gumkas," Chicago and Cleveland, slo,.
900 bond.
Charles Plain, Chicago and Detroit,
$4,000 bond.
Herbert Mailer, Seattle and Chicago,
| $4,000 bond.
Other Agitators Taken
Other /. W. ". agitators known to
/ have been taken into custody in Chi
cago to-day are:
James Bufe, Des Moines; Edward
Johnston, Youngstown, Ohio; Earl
Lewis, Huntington, W. Va; Herbert
! Coolie, San Francisco.
! Shortly before 5 o'clock tonight
operatives brought in from various
parts Of the city batch of six
| teen men. All were taken TO the Office
/ of the Department Of Justice, Federal
! Building, and questioned
! What action will be taken against the
men captured in the raids, not under
! Indictment was not stated. IL is under
! stood that many OF them will be held
/ as witnesses. II was admitted that q
/ number of very small fry were caught
/ in the net along with the big fishes.
With the voting OF the indictments to-
! day upon which the swift action of the
I government was taken, the September
/ grand jury went out of existence. The
| October Federal grand jury will be
sworn in Tuesday morning and il is
rumored that this grand jury will take
up the work Of investigating the So
cislists.
Members Of that organization, which
| figured in raids some weeks ago, were
| inclined TO take heart to-day when IL
! became known that the outgoing grand
! jury had voted no true bills against any
/ of their number. Il is now hinted that
I their turn for attention will come next.
I At the Federal Building tonight big
Bill" Haywood, admittedly the great
] chief Of the I. ". W., was quite the
central figure. In charge of deputy
! United States marshal, he was passed
/ back and forth through the corridors
/ of the Federal Building several times,
to and from the Office Of Hinton G.
/ Clabaugh, where he and his associates
were put through severe questioning.
Matzen Taken in Raid
John l.. Matzen, attorney for the l.
W. W, was taken in the raid on the
headquarters, but was not locked up.
Statements by Federal officials that
the offences charged IN the indict-
ments are "neXt in gravity 10 treason
itself and are defined IN the original
code Immediately after the definition
OF treason and the punishment there
Of" and the understanding that all OF
the $50 indicted will be brought TO
! Chicago for trial, give an unparalleled
interest to the case. IL IS evident that
this great trial will be far and vide
the most thrilling and sensational OF
its kind in the history OF the United
| States.
Information that the grand Jury
voted the indictments before going
through one-haIt Of the evidence in the
possession OF the government, appsr-
emily made clear tonight that a world
OF convincing evidence must have been
seized The sudden action is said -
have been due to information in the
hands Of the government that the
agtators were busy in various parts
of the country in spite OF the recent
raids.
1t is declared that the have nss sal4