New Britain herald., 1919-11-08

Guilty Be Deported
 WORKING FOR REVOLUTION
 Explosives. Countcrfcitine Apparatus,
 Bomb Making Machines Infianma-
 tory Literature and All Sorts of
 Guns and Rcvolvcrs Are Found.
 Washington, Nov. S-Raids made in
 nearly a score of cities last night and
 today by agents of the department of
 justice were directed chiefly against
 the ringleaders in the union of Rus
 sian workers an organization de
 scribed today by Attorney General
 Palmer as the most radical in the
 United States, and as even more
 radical than the Bolsheviki.
 Deportation of the 200 and more men and women arrested has been de- termned upon, and it was said it would be the policy of the govern lnent hereafter to seek deportation of all radical aliens.
 Bombs Also Found.
 Included among the material and literature seized by government agents In the raids were quantities Of artlcleS used in making bombs, a complete cOunterfeitting plant, a large supply Of counterfeit bank notes, thousands or pieces of literature described as ot the most inf1ammatOry nature, and scores of red flags, rifles and reVolVerS' Agents of the department ot JUS tice and the bureau Of lmm1gratlon have been collecting evidence m. thcSe particular cases for two months, MT Palmer said. Pra ctically all of thosee arrested were Russians.
 Worked for Revolution. In the course of their investigations, | government agents, according to MT 1 Palmer's announcement, have found that the uniOn Of Russian workers is i conducting an active campaign for a 1 ..social revolution" The aliens ar l rested were all leaders in this union. 1 which was described as the worst anarchistic organization in the coun- l trv It's membership numbers more 1 than 1000 with many locals, esti- ] mated by officials to run we'll above i 100, scattered throughout @the nation. 1 Last nights raids, however, in 1 cIuded only the leaders of the organ 1 ization in the following cities: 1 New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, ] Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Buf- 1 falo, Akron, Youngstown,a O., Balti- l more, Newark, and Elizabeth, \. J.' 1 and Hartford. Waterbury, Ansonia, 1 pr1 ] and Seymour. Conn.
 f. Of the activities of members of the
 II, ion of Russian workers Mr. Pal l mei.s statement said:
 { Union of Russians.
 1 ."The union of Russian workers is 1 oven more radical than the Bo1sheViki. If was organized in New York in 1907
 b1, g nroun of. II men led by William 1 Szatow, at present the chief ot police 1 of Petrograd. The purpose ot the so- 1 cietv was to amaigamate all of the | Russian groups in the United States ! into one organization. With the ald l of neUspaper and other propaganda 1 the membership of the union or Rus
 sian workers grew until at the pres ] ent time it's membership Is aoou' ''- 1 900 and it's branches nnmoer more 1 than 1UD, located III tllS pii { of the countries. 1 .,rhe various locals are organized 1 for the sole purpose of spreading the l doctrine of the organization among l the Russian immigrants working m the mines shops, factories, losslll9 1 camps and saw mills and other cehIerS 1 of labor and the propaganda is con 1 ducted by means of literature and rec 1 lures as well as through the radica' ! neWspapers. Lecturers are sent cut l bv the executive committee of the l group and cover all parts of the coun- 1 trv Funds of the organization are de- ! rived from dues, lectures and concerts 1 and the sale of radical literature.' PIotas to Overthrow Govt. Officials declared that in last nights 1 raids they had found more forms Of ! anarchist propaganda teaching the 1 overthrow of government by violence than in any previous nationwide raids ADDarently according to officials, the 1 Russian organization bids fair to sup 1 plant some of the other radical groups l to which more attention has been paid l in the past. The announced determl- l nation to rid the country of all aliens l participating in tho spread of doctrine 1 against the government was believed 1 to be an effective means Of stopping 1 the growth of the Russian union. 1 Seized in the raids last night was d 1 nortion of "constitution' of the Russian | society which officials declared was the most infiammatory of any documents l vet taken. One section of it said pres 1 ent society was divided into two op- ] nosing classes These, it said, were: l "The downtrodden workers and l peasants on one side producing by