The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-15
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RA|DED ON
WEST COAST
Radicals Are Imprisoned in
Score of Cities Following
Investigation After Gen.
tralia Murders.
SYNDICAL|SM, CHARGE
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Nov 10
Raids on Industrial Workers of the
World and other radical organizations
begun as the result Of the killing OF
4 former service men at Centralia,
Wash. last Tuesday continued during
the night up and down the Pacific
coast. and as result scores of addl-
tional prisoners were in custody to-
day.
Some Of them face charges Of Grim.
fnal syndicalisn, some Of melting to
riot, and others Of vagrancy. Three
persons, alleged members of the
radical order. sustained injuries in one
raid which necessitated their removal
to hospital
At Los Angeles, number OF former
service men said to be mainly men
bers Of the American Legion. broke
into Industrial Workers OF World head
quarters, cut and bruised with clubs 3
men and wrecked the place before the
police could respond to riot call. In
San Francisco the Peoples Institute,
and I. W. W. headquarters were raided
by the police and men held in de-
fault Of $1,000 bond, on charges Of
vagrancy.
These raids followed receipt Of in
formation the police said. that school
children were visiting the Peoples IN
stitute and obtaining radical literature
which they carried home. Police Cap
tain O'Meara who conducted the raids,
said all Industrial Workers OF the
World, must leave San Francisco or 60
to Jail
At Eureka, Calf. local headquar-
ters Of the Industrial Workers Of the
World was raided by the police and
| large quantity Of radical literature
siezed. John Golden. secretary. was
| arrested and charged with criminal
syndicalism and sabotage. He was
held in the county Jail with Charles
Lesse and Henry Gliksohn, arrested in
Arcata on a syndicalism charge. At
Seattle, Henry White. commissioner
| Of immigration. made formal an
nouncement that alien Industrial
workers of the world rounded up at
| Centralia, Wash, as a result of the
shooting of former service men on
armistice day, would be deported If
| they were not held on murder charges
by the county authorities. Fifty-three
members of the I. w. W. were taken
into custody by Seattle police in sew.
eral raids, and at Raymond, Wash.
| II others were arrested by a citizens
| committee.
Catch Many at centraIla.
Near Centralia, former service men,
acting for county officials. gathered
up about so alleged industrial workers
mainly in logging camps. These in.
cluded man giving his name as
George Lester. and his wife, Kath-
crime. The police said he gave much
valuable information.
Spokane, Wash. officials breathed
easier today after a night spent In
state of preparedness against a
threatened invasion" by Industrial
Workers Of the World from Montana
Idaho, and other parts Of the north.
west
Members Of the American Legion
! informed local officials they had in
formation that from 1000 to 1000 In,
dustrial Workers were on their way
here.
AS a result, a conference of le
gion members, civil officers and Of
ficers Of the national guard was held
following which more than 100 former
service men were sworn In as special
deputy sheriffs and 2 companies Of the
Washington national guard here, were
mobilized.
Incoming trains were watched close
ly and 2 alleged members of the radi
cal order taken into custody. Nc
others were observed entering the
city. however.
What connection, If any. a meeting
of Industrial Workers scheduled to BE-
held at Cumberland, a mining town
in the western part of the state. to
morrow night had with the reports Of
the Invasion" was not established
Coal miners are on strike there and
one report was that the industrial
workers were taking advantage Of a
miners meeting there to hold a gath
ering on their own account