The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-15
SCORES Of
GARY REDS
UNDER EYE
Of TROOPS
Col. Mapes Continues Task of
Kidding Steel City of
AgitatOrs.
tRULLETIN.)

(RULLETIND
/ INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-Ertdsnce
indicating that the strike Of steel srora-
ers was fostered by the radical elem .nt
was seized today by sgents of The United
States army intelligence depar+na ant In
FIVE raids on homes Of alleged radicals
IN Gary, according to statements By
military authorities. Forty-two alleged
Reds were taken In the Gary raids.
Military authorities, while declining
70 dtvulge the nature of the evidence.
said that If st were made public II would
cause a collapse of the strike.
All Of the men captured In the raids
are of foreign birth and it Is explained
that twenty-five OF them are leaders in
the radical movement.
BULLETIN
BY the permission Of Maj. Gen Leo
nard Wood, a monster mass meeting ts
being held at the East Side Park n
Gary this afternoon. John Fitzpatr1ck
national chairman Of the Allied Steel
Workers will be the principal speaker
This is the first permis sion for public
meeting 70 be held since the city was
placed under military control
Raiding half hundrd homes
and catching dozens of suspects in
the military dragnet. u. S. troops
now patroiing the strike bound city
waged one of their most extensive
campaigns. in the roundup of radi-
Gals in Gary last night. A large
supply of literature and red flags
was confiscated.
With a secret list Of some 700
names of known radicals. addresses
and other valuable information.
secured by months of inquiry by
the intelligence department. small
details of soldiers were sent out
from the military headquarters
early last evening and by midnight.
they began reporting back to the
army intelligence office, bringing
with them persons who had been
siezed for questioning and invest
cation.
How many are being held ard the
names Of those arrested is being kept
q secret by the army intelligence Alarm
had already spread in advance in the
raids Of some Of the homes and IN
number Of cases the radicals had burn
Cd all literature and known symbols
Of radicaiism 1t is believed that 81
least = dozen ringieaders among the
radicals are being held
I-pon orders received last night som
$40 troops and IS Officers OF the SIX o
division. who were called 10 Gary fel-
lowing the auelling of the Omaha riots
left the city this morning under sealed
orders
While the Sixth division troops vere
getting ready last night, Col. Mapes
re Einnental band from Fort sheridan ar
rived in the CITY. They VIII be stationed
here as long as the Fourth division
troops remain. The 500 Sixth diNi<io4t
mon and officers loft by motor CONVOY
al 900 this afternoon. While the ropoI
has not been confirmed ii is said thai
they are on their way 10 Camp Grant.
Stories carried by three Chicago papers
their afternoon aditions yesterds,
IL the effect that Anton Gorskl allegei
bomb throwcr had been arrested =.
The military authorities and had ron-
wrecked the north entrance of the .-hI-
cago postofice killing -four persons. on
sept : 1918. were denied bv col Afapes
at the 400 o'clock conference of m
newspaper men. If such a thing has
happened ke know nothing of II al hi.
once" said Col. Mapes
The DAYS Developments yesterday in
GUIDED further revelations .ooncern'nS
The Gimbal bomb agitators The name
of Anton Gorsky became cntsnEled witt
that Of Alexander Ivanof and Da-h
Dc Jorge Ivanof : said TO be a Or tn
or-in-law OF Gorsky. Il is learned thu
he was = chemist employed in the mills
until the wslkout and who Is sand -
have made dozens Of bombs inthe nase
ment of his former home at Miller. Dash
Dc Jorge is alleged 10 have taken thc
Gimbel bombs to New York where the
were placed in the mails en- May "a,
II was one of these bombs that was scnt
10 Judge Lands in Chicago and othefF
who have taken an active part n the
arrcst and prosecution Of radicals Whom
asked where 'Gorsky was Col. Mspes
replied. He is in Gary and don't fear
that he's going to get away"
In the presence of the newspaper mon
Coi. Mapes exhibited a pint fruit jqr
gun cotton and supposed II
have been used in making the bombs
There Is sufficient explosive there %
blow up the city hall" he said
Yator he spilled a few particles or ths
cotton ON paper weight and ignited
.t for the correspondents bcnea. 4
'iarcd brilliantly. The fact sha' tins rsf
cotton yeas left strewn about the plst
n the Aetna Explosives powder plant
after the armistce was signed lcads
authorities to believe that It was III.
(Contfnue- On page nye1