Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-08
Movement Got Impetus
in Chicago, Investigators
in That City Now Believe
By the Associated Press.

IN mat ClIy NOW BELIEVE
By the Associated Press.
+ CHICAGO, November Shore than
| two hundred alleged radicals were In
custody in the Chicago district today.
| suspected of activity in planning
| nationwide celebration OF the second
! anniversary Of the establishment OF
the Russian soviet government.
They were taken in q series OF raids
during the night by operatives OF the
federal Department Of Justice In this
city. Gary, and Indiana Harbor. Ind.
Milwaukee, Wis, and South Chicago,
Ill.
Edward J. Brennan, Chicago division
superintendent Of the bureau OF investi-
Ration OF the Department Of Justice, who
directed the raids, said his agents. as
sisted by the Chicago police, worked
quietly and that most OF the prisoners
taken were arrested at their homes, as
were those at Gary. Milwaukee and
other places.
From circulars. pamphlets and let
tiers sent through the mails and seized
by the Department OF Justice agents
they decided that the movement Tor
the celebration received Its impetus
here. The circulars gave oetails OF
the proposed celebrations in various
and tended to show that they were
distributed from Industrial Workers
Of the, World headquarters here
In addition to their efforts to check
the radicals. it was indicated the red
eral oficials also were seeking per,
sons engaged in promoting a proposed
German branch Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. Some of the
circulars sent out were Written IN
German and called attention to the
a. As1
Of the I. W. w, Starting in the east
and working westward.
"Small Fry" Of Movement.
Mostly small fry" were arrested
in the raids in the Chicago district,
some Of the operatives said. 1t was
rumored that national leaders OF the
II. W. w. had been arrested. but Mr.
Brennan denied that William d. Hay
wood. national secretary OF the or
ganization, was among the prisoners.
Meetings for last night at half
dozen places in Chicago had been
planned as part of the celebration,
which was to last through today, but
the raids stopped them.
The officers working in Chicago
used a feet of taxicabs. AS fast as
the prisoners were questioned by Mr..
Brennan. P. J. Rooney, his aid, and
three Chicago city detectives, they
were removed to outlying police
stations, where they were held for
further examination.
Some Of the prisoners were unable Re
were provided. Information regard
ing plans for a "reign of terror" in
Chicago in connection with the cele-
bration was said to have been OBJ
tanned by a Department of Justice
agent who ingratiated himself into
1-s
Circulars distributed called upon
"brothers and sisters" to join the
movement Fellow workers. leave
your children at home" advised the
announcement of the meeting
Several alleged I. w: w: leaders
nouncing themselves as representa-
tives of the press committee. Der
Klassenkampf, German propaganda
branch. 1. w. W."
Raids Come as Surprise.
NEW YORK. November s:-Fifty-
two radicals arrested in raids here
faced deportation proceedings sa today
Chief william ]. Flynn. head of the
bureau Of investi cation Of the Depart
ment Of Justice. came as surprise TO
the 200 or more persons assembled IN
the Russian peoples house in the
lower East Que. "A CidSS was hStoH
Ing to what the police termed radi-
cal lecture, but all the students has
tened to inform the officers they were
learning English"
When the prisoners. with several
women among them, had been herded
had received severe beatings.
Several truckloads of radical litera-
ture were found in the building.
Two Philadelphia Meetings.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. November s.
Thirty alleged radicals. including four
women, taken in raids here last night
by agents of the Department of JUS
tice were awaiting hearings at the
were taken Into custody at two meet
inRs in two widely separated sections
Of the city. Local police aided the
federal agents in making the arrests.
A quantity of literature also was
seized.
Both the government agents and po-
lice refused to give any information
regarding the raids. They stated that
under orders from Washington moth
ing was to be given out.
Individual Warrants.
DETROIT, Mich, November s.-Be.
ginning with raid on a mass meet
ing last night. federal agents of the
Department of Justice continued until
early today bringing into headQuar-
tiers alleged radical agitators and
disciples of direct action" More than
nifty were Under detention this morn
ing, some Of them. officers stated.
known to have been preaching red
doctrines here for weeks. Deportation
of these, 1t was said. will be recon-
mended.
A score OF department operatives
came here from other cities to assist
an the raids. which included not only
many Of the prisoners being called out
Of bed.
The majority Of those arrested were
taken at their homes on individual
warrants.
Part of the Detroit squad was sent