The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
MAKE SABOTAGE
CHARGE AGAINST
ARMS CO. WORKER
Machinery at Remington
Plant Wrecked With
Carborundum Dust.
SEEK TRACES HERE
OF IMMENSE PLOTS
Two Hundred Held For
Same Action in New York
Factories.

Simultane neously with the arrest In
New York this morning Of 100 Ger
man or German mechanics en-
pkoyed in munitions factories and on
naval contracts charged with employ
ing q form of sabotage to ruin ma
cfinery and minimize the output Of
war products, Leroy F. Frye, Il years,
506 Jane street, thought to be of Ger
man blood, was taken into custody by
Robert M. Davies, head of the Rem
ington Arms Investigating bureau.
Like the men oorraIled in New York
it is alleged that he used emery dust
or carboruntdum in a. pulverized form
to wreck machines at the Remington
plant, where he has been employed.
He was arrested this morning in the
arms factory and taken to police head
quarters. He admits that he covertly
filled the oil cups Of the machine with
emery dust.
The substance working its way into
the vfta1s of the machine put it out
of operation for two weeks. The con-
Germ estimates that each machine thus
damaged represents cost of $500 for
repair work, $1,000 loss of production
and the loss of the operators labor.
The excuse that the defendant makes
is not taken seriously. Frye asserts
he was angry because the man whose
machine he put out of operation was
making more money than he and he
quarrelled with his fellow worker as
a result.
Frye, it appears, worked at various
times at the Remington Arms Co.,
during the last eight months. He left
two weeks ago and went to the Amer
lean & British Co, which makes guns
His stay at the latter plant was very
short. This morning he appeared al
the Billion factory where. tools and
! machines are manufactured for the
use in munitions factories and was
arrested.
| He claims to be an American but
the police say he is of German o,
Swedish extraction. If evidence is
found that he is one Of the many me,
chanics engaged in the plot he will
| be dealt with as the authorities are
| proceeding with the New York me-
| chanics this morning..
Each Of the zoo men arrested ir
that city was placed in care of a de.
tective, and removed in auto vans
| from police stations to Ellis Island
They will be interned for the dura.
ton Of the war.
| Like Frye, the men in New Yori
fhave been under suspicion for months
/ Inc lOCdl uOlGldStlI dCCoINAAS " 1cb
vies used carborundum or a similar
substance which may have been en-
cry dust. His arrest has been sough
for two weeks. The carborundum us
ed by the mechanics is alleged to have
reached America through Swedish
agents in Scandinavian countries. A
German courier recently arrested II
Norway admitted he was sending thu
4 substance to countries atN war with
Germany.
| \ Some of the New York arrests wert
made, it was said, at the headquarterl
of the Industrial Workers of ,ths
World, but the majority were takeI
from their homes. Suit cases f1let
with papers, bundles of various sizes
boxes, tools, parts of machinery ant
contrivances having the appearance o
explosives, all seized in the raids. .wer'
I scattered about the floors Of the office
at police headquarters.
Max Pett, of Brooklyn, resisted ar
rest and was subduedl by force. Afte
being attended by an ambulance sur
geon he was taken to police head
quarters.
The navy department in conjunction
with the detective bureau, has 70
several months been investigatin1
large numbers af alien enemies. The
have not been taken into custody.