Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-19
REDS SUSPECTED
OF WORKING OUT
OF HARRISBURG
Railroad Police and Federal
Marshal Seek Headquar-
ters of BolSheviki
ASK FOR GENERAL STRIKE
Propaganda Is Spread by Sew
cral Means Under Cover
of Darkness
ASK FOR GENERAL STRIKE

Reds are said to be working in
Harrisburg. This is the belief of the
local police, John Search, captain Of
police of the Philadelphia division. of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Har-
vey T. Smith, deputy United States
Marshal. Whether there is a rendez-
Ntus for this ldwlcss element is not
known definitely. me opinion eX-
pressed is the Reds COME from the
outside. meet local rerr. sentatives.
spread their prouas;ar I;,, and thea
make a hasty exit.
Deputy Smith has Il wide territory
To cover, and says he should have help
from the Department of Justice, and
that there shpr,d be more men sta.
toned here to watch for the Boil
shevilti representatives. EVetv CAY,
il is said circulars of some KIND turn
up, having Deen dist rSu'rl dl!:Ing
the night. Pamphlets have also been
circulated here. printed 1T Kew
ork and Chicago Red headiG,i tcrs.
Cars Piacatcd
Recently, it = said =. IN J"a:'1s1
Il Second street cal, told plainly thIt
lH belonged to the peo,.i. an that
the street railways belong to the peo-
Pile, and therefore he would pay no
car fare" Women in the car. it is
said. becama excited, and the man
left the car at Market Square, snap
ping his fingers at the conductor on
his way out. Later thts man turned
up at a local hotel and tried to preach
his doctrine of Bolshevism. He left
town the following day.
ed Altoona yards of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad each with card tackled
or the side, and purporting to come
frc m the Soldier ana Sailors lad
Workers'Council." These cards were
traced to Harris burg. The following
is a copy:
Asks General Strike
MIR. RAILROAD WORKER:
The coal miners are not striking
because they like to strike. They are
striking Tor more life in return for
their labor. You are expecting to
strike for more life in return for your
labor in a month.
In the miners strike the operators
do not face the workers openly. but.
| through the Government. the opera
tors have issued an injunction against
the miners right to strike.
This. then. is the critical period.
Sfall we allow the operators to win
through this Injunction? If the mine
owners drive the mine workers back
to work with this instrument called
the injunction, then the railroad
workers and all other workers will be
compelled to submit to the rule of the
iron heel the logical consequence of
/, inJuncttons, for injunctions admit of
no discussion: iniunctions admit of
no assemblage: injunctions admit of
no meeting of union men to discuss
their common interests and grievanc-
es. For injunctions mean that we
cease to be men and become slaves
Now is the time to back up the
miners. not by resolution of symps-
thy or by financial aid. but by action
WHAT kind? BY the kind that the in
j-.hctions forbid:
IS r r X f.
strike now. and with YOU, as SUI.
as the sun shines. all workers will
strike to defeat the injunction.
SOLDIERS. SAILORS AND WORK
ERS' COUNCIL"
Printed In City
II is the pelief that the cards were
printed in Harrisburg. The original
copy was turned over to the Railroad
Police Department and also shown to
Colonel James B. Kemper. at the local
recruiting station. An investigation
is on. and it is said on" man had bee n
trailed as far west as Altoona, having
put out similar cards along the Mid
dt4 Division.