The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-08
ANARCHISTS ARE
LOCKED UP
Continued from. ruge ~

police of .Petrograd.
1.-THE purpose of the society was "
amalgamafe all the Russian groups ~
the United States into one orgaiaAa
ton. aars
Last nights raids included ieaoeIs
OF the organizations in Burtaio, AN
ron. Youngstown, New YORK, CuiIaea'
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cieveianu'
Detroit, Baltimore, Newark, N. D., an
Ansn,,ia pridgeport, New Haven and
Seymour, Conn.,"
Romen Mosichok, alleged organizer
az the union at Trenton, n. j., was
one arrested. In his room at lO9 rem
horton street. were found gun pow
der copper and brass wire, electrical
batteries and wax paper. 1t was
charged. &,
zine union held a convention III
Detroit in 1914 attended by delegates
from all principal cities in the Unlteu
states and Canada" the statement
said. .The delegates adopted reso.
Jutions which later became part OF
the constitution and which nave NOT
been substantially changed since
The Russian union has sixty locals
with a total of 1000 active members
all pledged to overthrow the govern
ment, officials said.
The last convention Of the organi-
xation, the fifth. was held IN Ne"
York January 10, at which tinie
plans were made to organize nun
drads more of locals and extend the
membership.
propaganda work was being car.
ired on in every part OF the united
States through newspapers ana pau
aeitators, according to the 1ustice
department. Concerning the methods
of organization, the justice Depart
ment statement today said:
..The union OF Russian WORKERS Dc
lfeves in mass action, nciudlhs
armed action in time Of great ma
tional strife. It's principles do not
favor the bolshevik form OF govern
ment. but the members OF the or
sanitation are willing to accept the
support of any radicals or group OF
m,n as an eypaI1ent for furtheT'hs
their own ends. While not suppotl-
in the bolsheyiki movement In ms
country openly, they are secreIiy
supporting 1t in order that they may
achieve through 1t their OWN enas.
cit is an anarchistic organlzauon
thai does not believe in any form
the overthrow of the government by
force.
conventions are held about once {,
wear. Sub-conyentions or regional
conventions, as the union calls them
are called from time to time and are
attended by delegates from branches
under a given territory. The purpose
of these conventions Is to devise
means of furthering the propaganda
of the organization.
agents of the department OF Jus
tice and the bureau of immigrations
have been collecting evidence In these
particulars for the last two months
All of the prisoners are aliens, ane
fhar evidence collected will be pre-
scented to~the7 commissioner of imm1
grafton and their deportation asker
for"
Reds Draw Lots.
NEW YORK, Nov. Slight hun
dred police were modified shortl
after noon today at Rutgers Squar
which was to have been the startln
point this afternoon OF hussla
Red'' day, according to informauo
unearthed by secret operatives. IN
demonstration. which is believed |
have been planned as part OF the M
ton wide radical program uncoVere
last night, was to have resulted In
general attack on the ponce, accor'
Ing to this information
lots had been drawn by reds I
select committees TO murder certai
oficials. it was stated, and as man
notice as possible were to be kille'
regardless of the number Of "reds
who would fall. Thousands OF pc
sons gathered around the square Z
day following the arrival OF the p
lice Offctals believed, however, tn:
many were drawn there through Gu
iosi+y With the police on duty the
believed there would be no outbrea
More Than One Thousand.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Forty-eigf
men and two women were under
rest here today as the result OF
nation wide round up Of alien rad
Gals. starting last night. Tney wei
charged in warrants issued by INN
grafton Inspector Camminetti wit
being allen criminal anarchists.
The raids were said to have bee
aimed at averting possible ret
revolt, which was to nave starte
with great demonstration today
the second dHu1S Ot OStabAio
ment of the Russian soviet republ'
Department of justice agents we
reported TO have acted simultaneou
ly In Chicago, Detroit, St Lou
Philadelphia, Newark, Jackso
Mich; New Haven, Hartford, Waite
bury. New Britain and Ansonia, Con
More than one thousand persons we
said to have been arrested.
The Russian Peoples House W
the objective OF the federal agen
here. They seized 142 men and Gig
women and confscated enormo
quantities of radical literature a
seven bags of letters ready for ma
Ing. After examining the prisone
l William ]. Flynn, CHIEF of the seer
service, discharged ninety-four of t
men and six of the women.
The two women detained ga
their names as Ethel Bernstein a
Dora Lipkin. Among the men lot