New-York tribune., 1919-02-12
Spy Cry Starts
Free for All
Among; Aliens
Asitators Brought Here TO
BE Deported Stage Fight
on Ellis Island Boat
Soldiers Subdue Battlers
Caroline A. Lowe, Attorney,
Is Denied Permission to
Interview the Prisoners

Fifty-four alien agitators corralled
IN the West for deportation as un-
desirables arrived here yesterday. Led
by tall, thin man with an imitation
Panama hat and a plump little woman
with an umbrella and miniature suit
case, the prisoners left the train at
Hoboken at 1880 O'Clock in the morn
ing and staged display OF kicks and
fsticuffs among themselves.
The battle took place on the upper
deck of a government barge at the
Lackawanna piers alter the malcon-
tents had just boarded it to be taken
TO Ellis Island. When the first of
several groups was settled on the
deck one Of their number pointed to
an approaching member of the second
group and shouted:
That's SPY! Get him. that's the
fellow"
In flash thirty men were upon
each other, kicking and pounding. The
woman member of the party contcntcd
herself with clnging to the arms Of
her Finnish husband and screaming for
the police. Lackawanna detectives.
headed by Chief Edward Beattie, and
armed guards and soldiers subdued the
crowd A policeman was cut badly
about the face and hands.
Prisoners Bound for Europe
Twenty soldiers from the regular
army battalicr at Hoboken acccm-
panied the prisoners to detention rooms
al Ellis Island. The prisoners vii! be
sent to Europe as soon as shipping
faclIlties can be provided
The second group of prisoners was
made up mainly of members Of the
|. W. ". Thev were collarless and
Wore soft black hats pulled down over
their eyes. AS the party gathered in
6 large room Just before boarding the
barge. they edged over to the windows
to look down on the crowds. AS sew
eral motion picture cameramen were
cranking their machines one man
smiled and shouted, "Hurrah for the
|. w. W." Three men cheered. The
throng below booed and hissed.
"Hurrah for the Bolsheviki!" shout
cd another of the party. One man
cheered. The crowd below Kissed
again. Immediately the riot began.
Charges Enumerated
Acting immigration Commissioner
byron Ohl gave out the following list Of
names of forty-four men and tho Of
fences with which they are charged:
Found advocating and teaching the
unlawful destruction of property:
Peter Williamson Melta. alias inertia,
arrested January IS, l9l9 Sar, Nelson.
arrested March 27, 1915; Jelmar J..
Holm, arrested December 3, 1918;
Louis Misohe, alias Miller, alias Llovd.
February 16, 1918; Jens Bierregaard
P-terson, alias Berg. November 2S.
1918; NJ gnus Otterholm, November 19.
1918; Samuel II. Dixon, November 90.
1918; Martin de Wal, December 8,
1918; William Longfors, January %.
1913; Donald Mcpherson, January Is,
1913; Fritz Arthur Holm, January 22'
1919; Alex kisil. December 8. 1918;
Charles Bernat, November &c, 1918.
Found member of or affiliated with
an organization that advocates or
teaches the unlawful destruction Of
property: Z. r Mcdonald. alias Anton
Jensen, alias A. George Jensen, Feb
ruary i, 1919; Christ Linden Johnson.
February 4. 1919; Joe Martin. Feb
ruary 4, 1919; Edwin Flogaus February
4, 1919; John Lcivo, February 4. 1919;
James Lund. February 4. 1918; Arthur
.. 'Jii4'Nii, NDi Hfti -, 1917. f1cfDPGI
Harold Jackson, February a, 1919: Au-
gust Axel Hendrickson, February a,
1919: August Bostrom, February d.
1919.
Five Urged Assassinations
For being anarchists who, at the
time of entry, believed in or advocated
the overthrow by force or violence Of
the Government Of the United States.
advocated the assassination Of public
officials and found advocating the
unlawful destruction Of property:
William Fields, November l8, 1918;
Ephin Listkof, alias Ephin Kertz, De
cember 20, 1918; Olaf Finnestad,
January %, 1919; John Sheehan, De-
cember IS, 1915; Solomon Ehrlich,
December 16, 1913.
Found that his passage to the United
States was paid for by another and
Likely to become public charge; Sc
bastian Canzor, October 5, 1913.
Committed felonies prior to entry
into the United States: Leonard Wal
ter Van Hartman, alias Leonard Hart