The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-09

terial for making bonnie In his
room at 100 LAmhe~tc. Nreet
Trenton. The articles found in his
room when Mosichok was taken
last night included gunpowder. cop
per and brass wire. electric bat
tertes, wax paper and so forth. He
admitted to the agents OF the de-
partncnt of justice that he had been
nemb her OF the organization since
December 1915.
Tho union of Russian worker. is
ar anarchistic organization that
does not believe In any form of gov
eminent. and teaches the overthrow
Of government by force and VIC
lence.- said the announcement of
the department OF justice today
This orga nization has more than
: 900 members throughout the coun"
try, and has been engaged in active
propaga nda against the present
form aef government of the United
States for many months.
THE purpose of the union was 10
amalgamata Ill IF the Russian
groups in the United states into one
organization. With the aid OF
newspaper and other propagn nda,
the membership Of the union OF
Russian workers began to grow,
urtil at the present time 1t consists
# sixty locals located in the prici-
nal cities OF the country with
rNcm bership OF more than seven
thousan1."
Red flags. guns revolvvrs and
thousands Of pieces of literature also
were taken in the raids last night
, the department Of justice agents,
who have been collecting evidence
for the past two months.
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
The conclusive evidence IN the
: ossession OF the department Of
Justice that the avowed purpose of
the lea lerS and members Of the
union of Russian workers is to over
throw by force Of the United States
government and the confiscation of
al property, was obtained from the
unions litrature and the speeches
OF it's leaders
The creed Of tho union, which was
extarcted from the official organ Of
the orraniza ton. "khlieb Y VOLTA
Bread and Freedom) of August
2s. last was given MS follows in the
dcnsrtment OF justices announce
uent.
''CSompletc destruction OF private
control OF natural resource and cap
itai, complete destruction of power
tc rule and the institutions invest
ed with powers To enforce rule OF
ono man to another. those are out
standing features Of tho social rev
o1ution"
Since the suppression ~ 'Colos
Truda" by the postoffice department,
the official organ Of the union has
been tn" broad and Freedom"
which appeared on February %.
1919. The publication has been
denied the use NJ the malls in both
Canada and the United States. due
To its anarchisfic teachings The
publication is iserod from the head
ouartors Of the union. 1873 East
Fifteenth street. New York city
Though excluded from the mails II
has n wide circulation among the
mem hers OF tho union. according to
tho department # Justice.
In the issue ~ the Bread and
Freedom" OF soptemher 2s. 1919.
there appeared the intresting state
ment that labor unionsism does
rot contain any thing anarchistic.
because II is partisan and utterly
materia'istiC anarchists Joining
professional unions are forced to re-
nounca the social and political
TIE chimes Of anarchisrn."
Then there appeared this highly
Illuminating paragraph:
I'm the tTritef states, Il hanpened
with s. whom tho department OF
Justice helives in William T. Foster.
leader Of the seecl 1tri<eN who. ac-
Cording to all Information used to
be an anarchist slid downward and
boca me n SvnHi~alfst On the slir-