The sun., 1917-09-07
RAID THWARTED
I.W. W.'SPL0TS
AGAINST ARMY
Plans for Camp Strikes Be-
lieved Found in Hay
woods Black Bag.
SECRET SERVICE BUSY
Offices Of Four More Socialist
Journals Visited and Pa
pers Seized.
Special DespatcA to tbs Sun

cpectd1 Oespdfch 10 THE Sun
CHICAGO, Sept "a nationwide strike
that would have paralyxed work at the
army cantonments. particularly In the
middle and far West. is believed to have
been foiled by the Governments quick
move against the Industrial Workers OF
the World yesterday.
Information at the Department Of Jus
tice of'ices here indicated the country
wide raids were made because on that
day the INST quotas Of the National
Army were started to cantonments
throughout the United States Having
uncovered sufficient evidence against the
I. w. w. through the secret service. the
Government moved rapidly before The
strike advocates had time to cripple the
mobilization Of the army.
Haywood's Black Bag Found.
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne
oliver L. Pagan. Federal Indictment ex.
pert. and Hinton G. Clabaugh worked
throughout the greater part OF the
night sitting the evidence uncovered In
the raids. They attached the creates,
Importance to the finding OF black
leather bag filled with documents. tele.
grams and names. The bag is said to
have been taken from the home OF Will
lam d. Haywood
This bag constituted one Of the prin.
cipal objects Of the raiders search yes.
terday. When Haywoods home at 174a
Warren avenue was first visited the Fed
eral men were unable to find it. Later
they are said to have found 1t secreted
in an obscure place.
Information CLEANED from the contents
of this bag is believed to have given the
Government substantiation Of its belief
THAI sabotage" movement that Nigh,
have spread throughout the entire Yves,
was planned In Chicago and that work.
ers in the movement kept in constan,
touch with local leaders OF the I. w w
Among other documents uncovered
were several written In what appeared
to be = code Language. Government ex,
perts wrestled with the code all day
They believe important facts will be re-
vealed by its solution.
The offices OF four additional Socialist
and I. w. w. publications were raidet
by Federal authorities this evening
Plates and much anti-war literature were
taken away.
The first raid was made at the offic,
Of the Arbeiter Zoitun0, a German news
paper. whose plant Is used by the Ameri
can Socialist. The others raided wer,
| the Social Demokrdten. a radical shee
published by Frank Hurop; Radniskd
StrdSd, a South Slavic Socialist paper
and the radical Press. which publishe!
considerable Socialist literature.
1. W. w. Members TO He Watched
The entire membership list OF tn,
I. w. w. and mailing list OF the Ameri
cdn Socialist. seized in yesterdays raids
are under the scrutiny OF District At
torney Clyne.
Members OF the l. W. w. will bt
placed under surveillance by the Gov
ernment, assisted by hundreds oi
volunteer members OF patriotic organi
cations
Secret service men to-day continued
their search for evidence in the offices
Of the l. w. w. and American Socialist
Plates seized in yesterdays raid pre-
cluded the publication of the Socidiis
| this week.
The Federal Grand Jury plunged into
mass Of evidence involving draf'
! shirkers to-day. Mr.. Clyne delayed thu
presentation OF the !. w. w. cases.
It became known to-day for ten day.
secret service men with field glasses haC
watched the offices Of the I. w. w, a
1901 West Madison street from fla
across the street. They gave the frs
| Information concerning the black bag.