Republican farmer., 1919-11-14
45 Radicals Arrested Members of Russian
 Union Of Workers
All Are Held Under Bonds of S5,OO0-AH Foreign Born
 Agitators.
MOST OF MEN
 FACTORY HANDS

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 bers of the Russian Workers Union, who were seized Satur- day night in a raid by United States officers at SadIer's hall, in Willard street, today face deportation or other punish ! ment which may be adminis- tered to them. All of the pris- oners are being held at police headquarters or the county jail in North Avenue under bonds of S5,00O.
 l In the city court this morning their cases were continued until tomorrow i'll order that the government officials may complete the investigation which has been started.
 i Every man who is being held today i is a member of the Russian Workers union, a society of foreign-born aEt- tators whose only program is to over throw the government of the United . States, and take all authority into their , own hands. Sixty persons in all wcre arrested Saturday night, and the f. who are now lodged in Jail held cards of the Red" organization
 Examination of the alleged radicals who are under arrest in this city was expected to start today with the ar rival of Inspector William N. Clark. of the Bureau of Immigration at Bos- ton. Inspector Clark will examine i each prisoner individually and make . a special recommendation in each case. Deportation orders are expected to follow some of the investigations. l Of the 60 persons who were taken i to police headquarters after the raid 1 Saturday night, not one was a native | born American. Most of them erni- ] grated to this country from central and eastern Europe, and many have 1 been here only since the outbreak of the war. Nearly all of the prisoners are factory workers employed in the | various manufacturing plants in Bridgeport. All of the radicals were well supplied with money, and most i of them were well dressed. A few l appeared to be fairly inteui gent. Dur 1 ing the preliminary examination at ! headquarters Saturday night, most Of ; the raid victims displayed signs of ! se1f-conddence, and only smiled when i informed that they would face 1 charges of a most serious nature.
 The detective bureau a. police l headquarters was beset this morning ! by women who called to request aid { from the police in finding husbands , and other relatives who disappeared from home Saturday night. In near ly every instance the aid seeker was ! informed that the person sought had
 been arrested for the government au- | thorities. One woman appeared at the office with three small children. one a sick baby, and requested the police to find her husband. She was 1 informed that the man had been lock i ed up Saturday night and was then told to go to the Emergency hospital 1 where free medical treatment would be given to the sick infant
 i In Saturday nights raid, literature of the most radical nature was found and confscated by the police Periodi- calls, pamphlets and newspapers print ed in foreign languages were taken 1 by Department of Justice men, and i will be closely examined. In near 1 ly every paper were articles urging l the workers to turn small strikes into | big ones, and big strikes into armed l revoIts. This sort of reading has | been circulating among the radical element for some time. and 1t is evil | dent that the men who are now, being | held by the Federal authorities meant
 
 | seized papers will probably result in 1 the arrest of more persons as further | evidence is secured.
 The headquarters of the radical so- ciety which has been operating in tConnecucut is believed to have been located in New Haven. It was at first believed that the main offices were in Bridgeport, but latest evi- dence points to New Haven as the center of operations. The secretary of the orga anization has been arrested in that city.
 The IS men who were released Sat urday night. after a short hearing are ] thought to be harmless individuals who were not aware of the intentions of the society with which they were affiliated. Government agents who are in this city were reluctant to give out any information on the radical cleanup today, but it is expected that the officers will remain here for sev- eral days, and more arrests may take place.
 SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS.