The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-14

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Especial care was ordered in tho
guarding OF Supreme Court Justice
Barlow S. Weeks. and Assistant
District Attorney Alexander Rorks
who are engaged In trying case of
alleged criminal anarchy and OF de-
Detective Sergeant James ]. Geean,
who has charge OF the bomb squad
since they were named personally in
the circular. They are to pay the
Price for every worker killed or
wounded the in1ammatory circular
declared
One Of the circulars was found In
the street at the entrance to the
criminal courts building, and Il -
believed by the police that tho t4aal
In progress there as we'll u the
stopping on Wednesday of a parade ~
alleged radicals, was used by tina N.
arehists as a pretext for a genAxA1
call for workers to arm themselves
against authority.
Text of Circular.
Federal and city authorities have
for months been trying vafnly u
, locate the headquarters Of the AYnerf-
can anarchist federated commune
soviet of New York City. by which
todays circular was signed. C1rcu-
lars more OFT less fiery have appeared
from time to time but none 10 out.
spoken revolutionary as that dis
trfbuted today, The text of the ctr.
cular follows In verbatim:
ARM YOURSELVES s3'
The autocratic. harbaric suppree-
sions and imprisonments OF this solf.
called democratic country has been
within the last two months really
Russianixed as in the oIden days OF
ezar6an. .s5s@s
striking workers in all the tn
dustries. especially in steel industry,
are being killed and wounded to
death daily by the police, soldiers.
all h@nehmsn of the gnvernment
which are the sole upholdArs and
protectors Of capitalism
"A peaceful parade on Wednesday,
October s, 1919. to protest against the.
allies and United States Hypocrisy,
dishonest and murderous starvation
blockade on revolutionary Russia,
was brutality attacked Men women
and children have been dubbed and
trampled upon by mounted murdar-
ers
After such murderous p0yregn
on people who thought they had II
least the liberty to walk on their
streets. capitalism's leading prosacu-
tor. A Rorke against you workers.
had the shameful. bragen audactty 10
say; We are trying to And oas
whether there was 4 deliberate -
tempt to create riot
There was--a deliberate aEtaanp4
not only made, bat carried out ~
the orders OF this dirty sco1nAxu1
himself who dared yet aftsrWArd
to arrest some Of those who0 hi
henchmen have attacked.
Since the government hAa o1A1lne
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clubbing and numbering You whom
ever you raise your voices IN IRE.
test against injustice or dare - -
out on strike. there remains for you.
the workers. only one thing left. 81
en1 Is % gour..,v.~- ..ss
we call upon You the s&xl1E4n9
steel workers and Of eveFy oeAAg
industry to arm yourselves for d ~.
hold your rights as free human b.
tass-3ust as much a. capitalism
through its government In armed -.
lacks you in order to keep 20 -
slavery.
And from now or You wUs1pms
who want to go marching % yoN1
streets know that you shah n1So9
SO out again unless you WIN -
armed. to repulcs those that W
dare attack YOU.
we appear TO you 5OlOl0SUs -
ors and police who can th1uk. .
refuse clubbing the workers Wn0
struggle to liberate themselves MoGA
tho present economic slavexywoNe
these OF you who vii; refuse 70 ~
with the workers had better dnA CT
what used to happen with such -
Russia, when czarisM was IA fu5I
swing--as it lis at present n IL
country.
Especially we would urge thoeo
ever-wise leading henchmen At TIT
city, Roke, Weeks. GeRan ana thalr
like that they may ~ we'll dt0p
their high positions for they VIII
have to pay the price, for 9vol8
worker killed or wounded.
Workers OF America, BEGIN -
arm yourselves and fight back n tAo
same manner as you arc beng -
tacksc
The bloody war Of capttal1e
Through its government a4iu
you workers Is or. M AN ne
Therefore. be not liko tn
subrE isstve slave any lon4oF. &o4
and start to night lack une4 X9
who can produce the oo4n1
o8 lie sAan en30y taAna. 49,