Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-10-16
GARY PRISONERS
REVEAL RED PLOT
Troops Arrest Many Bolshevist
Leaders in Steel City.
ADMIT PLANS FOR RISING
Army to Construct Large Enclosure to
Hold Persons Arrested - Men
Boast They Were Sent Here
to Help Revolution.

to Help Revolution.
Gary, Ind, Oct. 11.-Admissions that
they are not American citizens and
that they came to Gary for the express
purpose Of melting revolution among
workers were made to the military au-
thorities here by ten of "the Red
Brotherhood" seized in raids on secret
anarchist rendezvous in various sec
tons of the town.
The raids were carried out by fed-i
eral operatives and regular soldiers af-I
ter secret service agents had passed
two weeks in carefully uncovering
many revolutionary nests in widely
scattered sections.
The names of six of the leaders TAX
en- were suppressed for military rea-
sons by army authorities. These men,
with four others, are being held for
deportation. /
The names of the four are John
Strulansky, Alex Retunas, John Tea
yon and Joseph Yamage.
To Put Them in Stockade.
Army officials were authority for the
statement that plans are already pn-
der way for the erection of huge
army stockade in Gary, wherein mill
tary prisoners will be housed. 1t was
also declared they would be used In
caring for the streets.
This announcement was made fol-
lowing the revelation that hundreds
Of prisoners taken during the last
week in the strike area have over
crowded the jails at Gary and at
Grown Point. All of the prisoners are
held for infringement Of one or more
sections of the military law.
'We are not American citizens, but
revolutionary men from Russia and
Hungary, aid we came here to stir up
revolution in this country" one or
the men held for deportation is re-
ported to have told army officers when
he was taken into custody along with
his fellows and a mass of rabid lit
erature written in the Russian lam
guage.
Another is alleged to have said:
There isn't much chance to cause
revolution here, and we want to get
back to the old country as quickly as
possible, so that we can help the rev.
olutionists there"
To Establish Military Court.
Col. w. C. Mapes, commanding the
troops, announced that military court
would be established within the next
two days.
The first work to be done by mill
tary prisoners will be the cleaning up
of Municipal alley" which is situ-
ated behind the Gary city hall.
Members of "the Red Brotherhood"
who have been arrested are held on
one or several of the charges listed:
MOlesting citizens.
Unlawful picketing.
Threatening life and limb.
Creating a disturbance.
Assaulting an officer.
Attempting to rescue a person under
arrest.
While these were the only charges
operative, it is expected others Of q
more or less serious nature will be
quickly formulated.
CIyne Goes to Washington.
Indicative of the seriousness with
which he considered the situation in
the Calumet district after a tour OF the
strike area, United States District At
torney >Clyne left for Washington for
a conference with national officials.
"The crisis is grave one in It's
politico-revolutionary aspect, and I
want to talk to men in the national
government about It," said Mr.. Clyne
on the eve of his departure.
The district attorney said he would
seek to have the espionage act COM
tinue operative for an indefinite period
after the close Of the war.
Conditions warrant such action"
he explained.