Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-11
l. w. w. and Other Anar-
chists to Be Driven
From District.
PLANS TO DEPORT
SOME OF LEADERS
Major General Wood Says Troo
Wore Sent to Preserve Order =.
There Can Be No Order With Radi-
cal Leaders at Work--!Wood De-
eIares Real Menace to Country 10 in
Evidence.

Chicago, Oct. 1l.--A statement by
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. OF the Cen
trail department in the army and COM
mander of the troops ut Gary. that the
situation at the steel center was due
to the presence Of dangerous and ac-
tive group Of I. w. w. and anarchists,
plans for their suppression and a con-
tinuation Of the drive against alleged
radicals. overshadowed improvement
in the Industrial situation in the past
twenty-four hours in the Chicago dis
trict. Military authorities yesterday
began construction OF stockade In
which military prisoners will be held
pending disposition OF their cases.
Immigration authorities arrived there
and prepared deportation proceedings
against all who were found guilty OF
alleged anarchist activities.
Charles c. Clyne went to Gary to
study the situation and to recommend
legislation to further curb radical ac-
tivities.
AS the steel strike ended Its third
week there were the usual conflicting
statements from the opposing leaders.
Wood Sees Real Menace.
The influence OF the reds on work.
ingmen is a real and great danger to
the United States right now. General
Wood said in Gary to newspaper men
after forty more radicals had been ar
rested and a ton and one-half Of sedi-
tious propaganda seized. Six are held
for deportation.
"The people should appreciate the
danxer~of the situation" said the gem
eral. Union labor as whole Is loyal
and conservative, But the reds. IL w.
VI and other radicals are teaching
them seditiop and trying to turn them
against the government. 1t Is very
dangerous
"The gravity OF the situation at Gary
Is found in the presence Of a dangerous
and extremely active group Of I. W. w.
is striving to bring about extreme dis
turbance against law, and order. These
elements are working against every
thing the country stands for"
General Wood read pamphlet
seized in raid on socialist hea adquar-
ters, Issued by Chicago l. w. w. and
entitled, Drops Of Blood" s.. F
Red Ink For "Blood."
Splashes of red ink. to simulate
bloe,l, covered the pamphlet. 1t con-
tanned a series Of one-line paragraphs
such as:
II am an I. w. W." ,-
"I have been arrested
'T have been tried"
"I have been persecuted--"
There was also series Of "perse-
cutions" the Wchhlies" claim to have
suffered.
Intelligent men laugh Mt such rot"
said the general but to uneducated
working men. many with little or no
OF our language or gov
ernment, the constant teaching Of this
sedition Is dangerous" s
Why Regulars Wore Called.
That, the general said, is the real
reason for the calling out Of United
States regulars to handle the strike.
I'VE are not concerned about the,
strike" said General Wood. 1--WE do
not care who wins or loses. We are
here solely to preserve order. and the
best way to insure order is to stop
the activity Of the reds who are teach
ing that disorder" .....
The general agreed that when the
troops are taken away there probably
will be hell" But when trouble does
come, ne said, the red leaders will be
safe in CHICAGO, and the plisguided
working men will get the worst OF 1t.
An u. 8. Agencies Hslp.
The work Of the troops, army intelli-
sence officers and agents of the de-
pertinent OF Justice at Gary is only
part Of a nationwide program to throt-
tie the radicals before they Actually
raise the standard Of revolt Immi-
grafton officers, believed from wash
ington. arrived at Gary yesterday
ELLIS Island Immigration chiefs are
checking the records OF aliens captured
In Gary raids.
stern measures will be taken against
the reds arrested. A stockade will be
built and they win be herded there, in
stead OF comfortably sheltered In Gary
jatls ana the Crown Point prison.
six union pickets, arrested yesterday
for breaking military rules. wore
forced to clean the streets under mill
tAry guard.
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