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or bank notes were all ready to be
put in circulation.
MANY more arrests will he made
| today" said Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Garvan.
Garvan has copy of the society's
constitution, which, he said, pledges
thousands of members to bring about
revolution by force and the sociali-
zation of industry. ~
THE society has branches ia almost
every part of the United States" Gar
van declared. TT has been in opera
tion more than ter years"
Garvan early today began tabulat-
ing reports of arrests from more than
score of cities. Reports are being
received hourly.
"The union held a convention in
Detroit in 1914 attended by delegates
from all principal cities in the United
States and Canada" said a Depart
ment of Justice statement. "The dele
gates adopted resolutions which later
became part of the constitution and
which have not been substantially
changed since.
"The due books of the members con-
tain the following preamble of the
organization which reveals the pur-
pose OF the Union of Russian Work
ers.
"'The present society is divided into
two opposing classes; the downtrod-
den workers and peasants on one side,
producing by their work all the
riches OF the world, and on the other
side the rich people who have grabbed
all the riches into their hands.
MANY a time the class of the
oppressed stood up against the rich
parasites and their faithful servant
and protector the Government to con-
quer its full liberation from the yoke
of capitalism and political power, but
every time 1t suffered defeat, not
being fully conscious of its final goal
and means by which victory can be
accomplished.
Urge violent Revolution.
THE struggle between these two
classes is being fought also at the
present time, and will end only when
the toiling masses, organised as a
class. will understand their true inter
ests and will make themselves mas.
ters of all the riches of this world by
means of a violent social revolution.
Having accomplished such a
change and having annihilated at the
same time all the institutions of Gov
ernment and State. the class of the
disowned must establish the society
of free producers, aiming at satisfy
ing the needs of every individual per-
son who, on its side, is giving to the
society its labor and it's knowledge.
For the attainment of these aims,
we consider as of final Importance the
necessity Of building up wide revo-
lutionary organization of toilers
which. by conducting a direct strug-
gle with all the institutions of capt
toIf
the working class to initiative. and
an Independent action in all its acts,
thus educating in il the consciousness
of the absolute necessity of a general
strikc-of the social revolution
VlasoH Important Capture.
Demian yIasoff, Russian. is regard
ed by JUSTICE Department officials as
the most important man taken. Via
son is chairman of many of the RUS
sian Workers Unions most important
committees, officials said.
He is given credit for organizing
the Newark branch of the union and
today is being held in New York
charged with being opposed to all
force OF law and order and organized
government"
Adolph Schnabel, secretary OF the
organization, was arrested several
months ago and today is waiting de-
portation at Ellis Island. Peter Biankf,
who succeeded Schnabel as secretary,
officials said, arrested recently and
now is at liberty under bond.
One official who took part in a
raid at the Russian Peoples House.
ir New York, where 200 men and
women were arrested. said the authori-
ties had learned that reds and anar-
chists planned to invade Fifth avenue
and attempt to institute a reign of
terror" -s4
Some OF the persons at the Russian
Peoples House put up resistance,
and in the fighting that fol-
lowed the place was wrecked. After
the prisoners had been examined,
many OF them were released About
fifty were sent to police headquarters
for further examination. The war
rants charged the prisoners with be-
ing undesirable aliens and anarchists.
1t is understood preparations have
already been made to deport the lead
ers.
Well Satisfied With Results.
The Federal authorities said they
were well satisfied with the result of
the raid.
A young woman from New York,
who was taken in the Connecticut
raids was said to be one of the ring
leaders in the plan for the demon
strations this afternoon. All the
women arrested were foreigners.
The general roundup had been con-
templated here for many weeks, oc-
cording to officials of the Department
of Justice. The campaign was d.
rected at the instance of the Attorney
General, but all plans of operatioo
were placed in the hands of William
J. Flynn, chief of the Bureau of In
vestigation.
Officials of the Department OF JUS