The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-10
CARS WERE ATTACHED
TO DIFFERENT TRAIN
Several Hundred Men Who
Gathered at Butte Were
Allowed to Search the Ex-
pected Train and Found
Themselves Fooled.

Chicago, Feb. l0.--Fifty four members
of the Industrial Workers of the World
passed through Chicago last night in a
special train under heavy guard on the
way to an Atlantic port, where it is said
they will be deported at once by the
immigration authorities.
Twenty Of the prisoners came direct
from Seattle, where it is alleged they
took part in fomenting the general strike
which has paralyzed the industries Of
that city for several days.
Three leaders of the Seattle strike, one
Spokane agitator, and l. W. w. leader
from Denver, and five alien convicts, ar
rested in Chicago, were among the pris
oners gathered into the federal net.
The majority of the men were alien
labor agitators picked up by officials Of
the United States immigration service
during a year of secret campaigning in
industrial centers of the Pacific coast. A.
D. Fl. jackson, chief of the Seattle offices
of the immigration service, was in charge
of the party.
"The proceeding against United States
enemies of this type is simple" an Off
cial with the train said. Just two hours
before the Seattle strike was called We
gathered forty agitators into the cars
with everything cleared away between
them and the middle of the Atlantic
ocean. For more than q year the lmmi
grafton service has been working quietly
in all industrial centeTs checking up on
the strange aliens who have appeared
and gathered aliens who have appeared
leaders and troublemakers who call
themselves bolsheviki. When evidence
was compiled against this particular
crowd each case was brought to a fed
eral hearing and all court findings sent to
Washington where they were reviewed
bv Secretary of Labor Wilson. The sec
Tetary has the power to order this type
Of prisoner deported or released.
The majority OF the prisoners will be
sent back to Russian provinces. They
are principally Norwegians, Swedes and
Firms, according to guards on the train.
The only attempt at mob delivery
Of the prisoners was frustrated by fore
sight Of the federal officials before the
train reached Butte, Mont The officers
were informed that l. W. w, leaders in
that city and Helena had learned of the
deportation and we're massing to deliver
their comrades. The two cars then at
tached to a regular train were cut off
at O junction and set into another train
which made a wide detour, missing both
Butte and Helena.
Several hundred men gathered at the
railroad station in Butte when the origi-
nal train reached that point, according
to reports which reached the officials
They were allowed to search the train
and when they found the prisoners were
mot on board, left without making trou
BILE.
Only one Of the prisoners made Sc
rious objection when told of the inten
tion of the government to deport him. HC
swore out writ of habeas corpus
against deportation which was qIashed
by federal court at Spokane One WON
an, the wife Of Finnish agitator ar
rested in Spokane. was in the party.
The five prisoners taken into the party
here are alien convicts who were sen
tenced to deportation some time ago.