Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-08
EIGHT WOMEN ARE TAKEN
) PRISONER IN METROPOLIS
Philadelphia, Newark, Detroit
and Jackson Also Report
Many Arrests.
RED LITERATURE is FOUND
Department OF Justice Acts Oh In.
formation OF Widespread Dis
orders TO Occur Today.

NEW YORK. Nov. More than $50
alleged radicals were seized n various
parts Of tho United States tonight In u
raid OF nation wide scope.
Hero in New YORK 200 we-, taken
into custody by agents Of the Depart
nent OF Justice. led By William ]
Flynn. They were found assem-
Sled In the Headquarters OF the
Russian Soviet republic, aud after they
mad been taken I" headquarters and
ton AZ undesirable aliens. E!Eht
women We're taken IN tho raid. or whom
two were held for deportation.
~rse amount OF literature also
was seized by the authorities and
much OF II is said to DC OF All ini!am-
natory nature
Several OF tho New York bomb
In TO assist In making the arrests The
oihcers found the crowd gathered be-
hind locked doors They submitted
quietly TO being taken prisoner.
Crowd Blocks I'atroI Wagons.
large crowd attracted TO the scene
bS the cor,motion. Tor "A time olock ed
The way OF the police. WHO we're forced
10 drive back The crowd to permit
tIor the prisoners The patrol wagons
}tiaae scvaru trips. Fo!lo@ing the "a i'd
police were assigned, TO watch the
building during the night.
IL was learned rhat thirty-si war
rants had been ssu-d by Commission
Iier Generai OF immigration C4minetti
Ellcuiar!y active in the Industrial un-
Sfsst Of the country. 1t was reported
Ihat these persons who were particu-
sers Ters ts9Eaght ~ had been eaught They
The raids. taking place on the eve
OF the widely advertised celebrations
tablisnment of the Soviet government
IN Russia: were said to have nipped
IN the oud country wide plot openly
20 defy governmental authority. This
has been advocated. II was said, for
several weeks by combined radical ele-
ments. the l. w. w. anarchists and
a,l npssian aEiiato-s. Pamphlets and
IN possession of Tie Department Of
Justice II WAS said
Reports From other Cities.
Reports reached this city late to-
night that at the same time the raid
moves were made by the De partment
OF Juatice In various other cities. In
ph,iisdelphia a,iI more than thirty were
from Washington. These prisoners
were were known as members OF the Rus
Federal officials.
In Newark. N. J.. thirty-six prisoners
Eere taken TO the police station fol-
iowtnE raids upon two alleged radical
me arrest of ffty alleged radicals
Is reported from Detroit Mich, and
Hey are being held 10! further investi-
Reports from Ansonia Conn tonieh,
told or tho arrest OF twenty seven in a
RAID there The prisoners are being
detained AT police headquarters
waterbury. Conn. reports the arrest
OF SIX alleged radicals They were
taken into custody on charges OF at
tempting To circulate Red literature
and stir up unrest.
Arrests in ChIengo.
Reports coming from Chicago an
nounc1 that wagon load OF prisoners
was taken to the Federal building al
midnight. II was stated by Federal
agents the prisoners were held In a
pation-w raid on radicals
In the raid at Jackson, Mich. the
authorities claim the arrest OF the
2secretary OF the Russian Workers
Union. togethsr with the minutes OF
previous meetings Literature seized
Is said to have urged upon the MEM
oership tho necessity Of asserting
themselves Among the documents.
according 20 reports OF tho authorities
were some purporting TO come from
Cue Trotzky- -Lenine form OF govern
ment- All the literature was written
in Russian Some or the members
made good their escape As the Federal
agents entered the hall