Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
REDS RIOT AT.
ISLAND.
FERRY GATES.
Takes Police to Break Up
Mob After First Ship
load Is Deported.

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New York, Dec. 22.-Led by
woman who declared her husband
had been deported to Russia yester-
day on the soviet ark" Buford, a
mob Of $50 reds" today attacked
the entrance to the Ellis island
ferry in an effort to reach fellow
radicals still awaiting deportation.
A riot call was turned in before
the police could restore order.
Breaks Window.
The mob formed around the gate
keepers cage several minutes be-
fore the attack was launched. Then
the woman, proclaiming herself an
anarchist. stepped forward and
drove both fists through the glass
window.
AS pieces Of glass crashed to the
pavement, the crowd began chant
ing the "Internationale."
Down with this dirty, rotten
government screamed the wom-
an. "They have taken my husband
and are taking the husbands, bro
theirs and fathers Of US ALL"
Unable to quiet the mob, call
was turned in for police reserves.
Beat Policeman.
The mob turned on the first po-
liceman to answer the call and beat
him, but when more reserves with
drawn clubs and detail of coast
guards with fixed bayonets arrived,
the crowd suddenly became docile.
Members Of it explained they had
come to inquire about relatives
who had sailed on the Boford.
A young Russian woman, who
gave the name Of Clara Brooks.
was arrested as the ringleader.
Said She Merely Wept.
Clara Brooks later was arraign-
ed on a charge of disorderly con-
duct. found guilty and committed
to the Tombs for 48 hours pending
an investigation by q probation Of
ficer. She gave her age as "a years
and told the magistrate that she
had gone to the Ellis island ferry
, in an effort to see her husband on
the island, but that "they would
not let me CO."
As she said this she began t.
weep and a dozen other womer
who had accompanied her to cour'
also wept.
Score Ready Now.
! Twenty-Five anarchists remained
at Ellis island today awaiting. de.
portation. They will be sent tt
Russia with others from Detroit
and Chicago whom the department
OF labor was unable to have trans.
ported to New York in time to sal
on the Buford. Arrangements fol
the departure Of the anext "sovie'
ark" have not been completed, &C.
cording to Byron H. Uhl, acting
commissioner at the island.
No anarchists of whose, marriage
there was official record was sem
on the Buford, but eight Of then
had requested that their sweet
hearts be sent on the ship also.
Left To Captain.
Sailing orders in the hands o.
the master of the "soviet ark" viii
permit him to use his own discre
tion to which one of several Rus
sian or Finnish ports his consign
ment of deported reds may be land
ed, it was reported here today. Th'
f1exibility of these orders, it wa!
said, was provided so that the cap
tain may be able to meet unfore
seen conditions.
! The supplies on the Buford arr
sufficient for 60 or 80 days and re
gardless of the time it takes, tn,
passengers will be landed some
where.
1t also is believed in navy circle.
here that an escort of one or NOR,
destroyers now in North Sea wa
ters will be provided for the Blu
ford as soon as she leaves the At
lantic. This protection is to mini
mize the danger Of striking min'
and to provide rescue craft shoult
anything happen to the Buford.
First ShiplOad Sent.
New York, Dec. 22.-The "sovie
ark" Buford, which sailed for al
unnamed Russian port yesterda!
with 249 radical dsportees OF
board, will be followed before sh'
has an opportunity to land by ;
second lark" load of reds, accord
ing to the best information obtain
able today.
1t was stated that a second batci
Of deportees probably would b.
embarked some time this week, a.
the governments second drasti'
step against aliens who hav'
sought to bring about the over
throw of constitutional govern
ment.
| Brains Of Movement.
| The Buford carried Alexande
| Berkman and Emma Goldman, tw'
notorious anarchist leaders. De
partment Of justice agents said tn
Buford's passenger list comprises
| virtually the "brains" OF the radi
lcal m"varnAnt in the United Statas