Evening journal., 1919-01-04
MOORE SAYS |. ". ".
LOADED Vessels
Released Suspect in Bomb
Plot Says Longshoiemen
Were Reds
PHILA. OFFICIALS
DENY STATEMENT

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after Edward Moore. avowed anarchist,
had been freed yesterday by the police
OF any suspicion Of participation or
knowledge OF the recent bomb plot he
stood in front Of his brothers home at
No. 1888 North Water street, and told a
remarkable story OF the alleged scope
Of l. w. w. influence here during the
war. Moore said that every stick OF
dynamite, every pound of powder and
every shell ttat went overseas from
this port and The navy yard was loaded
on the vessels by longshoremen who
were members OF the !. w. w.
II don't know that the Government
had any agreement" he said, with the
l. w. W.. but the officials must have
known that the longshOremen were
connected with the organization. There
wasn't a longshOremen employed az
League Island who didn't hold a card
In the /. w. W.. and the whole sltua-
ton here was under the control OF
Local No. 8, which meets at Second and
Catharine streets"
Moore did not make this statement,
he said. TO plead for consideration for
the !. w. w. because OF the loyalty OF
It's lOngshOremen during the war. lie
wasn't interested in that matter at all,
he plainly suggested. but rather he told
that 10 show why he could have no
dealings with such an organization. His
whole attitude was that the Organiza-
ton was too tame for him and that
that was the reason why he quit the
I. w. w. some years ago.
He Stands With Lenine.
I'm a Bolsheyist," proclaimed Moore
proudly, "and / stand with Lenine. or
rather he stands with me, and we both
stand with Marx. I'm no /. w. W.. but
an ultra-radical in that ! am working
every minute for the overthrow Of capi-
talism."
Perfect rot" was the manner in
which Rear Admiral Hughes, command
ant at League Island, characterized any
suppestion or even hint that the United
States Government had any agreement
with the I. W. w. written, spoken or
tacit.
why" he said I'm answer 10 one cor
respondents query, YOU are a grown
man and I'm a grown man. For that
reason we both believe any statement
like that is just plain bunk. lt is per-
feet rot"
AlUUIE > Nlulu NAnllANA NMNANhAANllA was
not dressed in any heroic garb yestaF-
day as the fading light gathered about
him in front OF the Water street brick
dwelling Even as he referred TO Lenine,
the dictator Of the Russian pr0letariat
he carried under one arm a bottle OF
milk and under the other a box Of
crackers. sute signs Of a hurried visit
10 the corner grocery. During the time
the questioner was trying 10 press home
several pertientnt questions. Moore eX-
pressed great impotence. Not at the
tenor Of the queries. but because the
great llberatOr" had a mission that
needed his instant and undivided alien
tion-he had 10 cook his brother MI
chaers supper.
Even Moore, as the great disciple Of
anti-slavery along radical methods,
could not fOrbear a grin as he dwelt on
the yawning gulf that existed yesterday
between tumbling capitalists from its
pedestal and washing the dishes after
Michael. a brother, who seems afflicted,
so TO sneak. with a prosaic philosophy
that brings three meals day through
work in the mills.
'HOve you any theory as to who
threw those bombs on Monday nightF'
ne was asked.
No Facts in the Case.
THEORY. yes: facts, no" was the re-
ply Il can tell you one thing though;
and that is had not the slightest con-
nection with the affair. Now theories
are very well to hold. but you don't
want me 20 give you any theories when
I'm talking 20 you for a story. My
theories are no good. but none Of the
Bolshevists did that thing.
why? For the simplest reason in
the world. We do not believe in vio-
lence: we counsel with people, we do
not terrorize them.
How about that statement that there
are 5000 revOlutiOnaries in this cityY
Anything in that?"
"ReyOlutiOnaries, whom do you mean
by that? II you mean men and women
who are banded together to destroy cap
itallsm. then / can only say that ] hope
there are ten times that many. do
not know, but at least hope that fact
is true"
DO you mean to say, then, that op-
posed as you are 10 violence you are
strong to uphold law and order?"
Opposed TO violence, yes But 70
law and Order-they are products Of
capitalism and when we destroy capital
ism they perish too. We are against
law and order because they are the in
struments Of capitalism, but violence is
foolish and destroys the field for our
wOrk-the public mind"
Moore's release came yesterday be-
cause the police have arrived at the
conclusion that the terrorists did not
remain in this city, but went back to
their real haunts. The arrest Of this
agltator was only a "bllnd" il was adj
mltted yesterday in order to hide the
real police plans from the men and
women actually sought.