Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-11
|, W. W, LEADERS
TO Be DEPORTED
Immediately
Fifty-Four AgitatorS Taken
East on Special Train Under
Guard; Mob Rescue
Frustrated.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-A cleanup to
rid the country of aliens with GRIM
nal records or regarded as a menace
to the nation is under way by fed
eral officers, government officers
said tonight.
A carload of undesirables will
leave Chicago in few days for
an Atlantic port to be shipped back
to the countries whence they came.
immigration officials made this
known tonight as 81 aliens hurried
through Chicago Sunday enroute
back to Europe under heavy guard
were nearing New York.
Fifty-four members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World passed
though Chicago in a special train
under heavy guard on the way to
an Atlantic port, weber, it is said,
they will be deported at once by the
immigration authorities.
Forty of the prisoners came d.
rect from Seattle. where they took
part in fomenting the general strike
which has paralyzed the industries
of that city for several days.
Three leaders of the Seattle
strike, one Spokane agitator, an l.
w. w. leader from Denver, and five
alien convicts arrested in Chicago,
were among the prisoners gathered
into the federal net.
Alien Labor Agitators
The majority of the men were
alien labor agitators picked UP by
officers of the United States immt-
grafton service during a year OF
secret campaigning in industrial
centers of the Pacific coast. A. D.
Fl. Jackson, chief of the Seattle Of
flee of the immigration service, was
in charge of the party.
THE proceeding against United
States enemies OF this type is
simple" an official with the train
said. "Just two hours before the
Seattle strike was called we gath
cred 40 agitators into the cars with
everything cleared away between
them and the middle of the Atlantic
ocean. For more than a year the
immigration service has been work
ing quietly in all industrial centers
checking up on the strange aliens
who have appeared, and gathered
evidence against /. w. w. leaders
and troublemakers who call them
selves bolsheviki.
Get Quick Action.
"When evidence was compiled
against this particular crowd, each
case was brought to a federal hear
ing, and all court findings sent to
Washington, where they were re-
viewed by Secretary of Labor Viii
son. The secretary has the power
to order this type of prisoner de-
ported or released, and so far there
has been little trouble in getting
quick action"
The majority of the prisoners will
be sent back to Russian provinces.
They are principally Norwegians,
Swedes and Firms, according to
guards on the train.
New York, Feb. 10.-The federal
immigration authorities here are
prepared to handle the 81 Indus
trial Workers of the World who are
on their way to New York from the
west to be deported by the govern
ment.
AT Ellis Island, the immigration
station, no information had been re-
ceived this morning, it was stated
ON authority. as to the hour the In
dustrial Workers of the World we're
to arrive here, but it was expected
to be probably today or :omor-
row"
Will Be No Delay.
The prisoners will be detained at
Ellis Island until arrangements for
sailings can be made. They win be
divided according to nationalities
and the deportation Of the several
groups will be effected at the car
lest possible moment, ii was de-
clared.