The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-25
DISCLOSE PLOT
Of GARY REDS
URGED TO PREPARE
FOR REVOLUTION
Even Attempted to Form An
Organization of cred
Guards" at the Steel City


WASHINGTON. oct. @t.--fnll"wcrS
# 1.'n,u. and Tr"rzi;y II IN" steel city
80 Gary. Ind. now parrnll"d hy troops as
a result If vj"lrnc" dnrn.; the SSe'I
s,rik,. -r-w :" bold thc past summer
that thy att,m.,l,d organization OF
"E,d ,iuarI' with DISCHARGED soldiers
~ thu -rmrd forces. Lieutenant l'"naud
e. Van EurrE. Il military Intelligence Of
rcrr told III" senate labor Cnnunitt"c TO-
day. IN resumption Of IiS inquiry ih'o
IN" waikuut Of steel workers.
LirUt"nant Van Rur"n. who IS on IN"
starr of Majnr General Leonard Wood.
m command Uf the troops in Gary. !ai"
before tn" COMMITTEES scores or nainNh
lets. circulars and propaganda tracts:
along with records of the statements "t
men arrested after III" beginning of IN"
military occupation. I" back his aSS"r-
ton tha' aGitator$ in IN" steel city
"wcrC urging II" workers In get ready
to get prepared 10 take oyer III" INDUS
tries and the government and run Il
IN mSClvrS.
Story Challenged.
Oscar +. Andersen. chairman OF the
steel workers council at Gary. put IN
staunCh challenge Of most Of Van Hu-
rcn'S conclusions before IN" session
closed. ~
There aren't NOR" than go. or 500"
Reds IN the 5000 p"rpl" AT Gary IN
drrson declared. They don't count. We
don't pay any attention t th"m. In the
labor movement they are rrSaEucu a.
loose upstairs.
Anderson tapped his head siSnifi-
cantly as he gave his verdict. but COM
mittcc members were intent on pushing
tho matter further.
You consider this 4 strike for eight
hours and living American wage.
Chairman Kenyon began. Don't you
think you would get further before IN"
public if you got RID OF these Reds.
purEcd your organization c"mpl"t"ly OF
Told To Gust Reds.
"Yse Mr.. Anderson" senator Nickel
lar, Of Tennessee INTERCEPTED. "Nhy
don't YOU pitch them OUT This COM
m!tt"r has sat and listened t" anar-
chiStS who have been taken int" council
'on your Strik" matters ana herd tn'n'
boast Of IT, We've followed Mr.. l"S-
tors history. past and present. Gle was
speaking Of William Il. Foster. general
secretary # the *trik" 'NrCutlN") ana
men like that. clear up At IN" top OF
your organizations. Don't YOU know tins
pr"judices the public wholly against you
and your cause1'
yves. I do" Anderson responded. but
you can't tell how these mcn ar" ai-
footed until Strik" actually comes
along. We don't max" religious and 20
litical distinctions in calling strike:
The whole issue III IN" strike. AnG@r-
son said. was the eight hour day.
Van Buren's Story.
Lieutenant Van Rurcns testimony
was detailed and frequently furnished
by direct reading from transcripts and
documents. HungarlanS and Eu%>ianT
in Gary. particularly. h" said w"r" being
attracted BY the radical movements.
communist. anarchist and |. w. W. n
character. The orcrtGrn Of IN" govern
mcnt in favor OF Sncic; organizations
was an openly proclaimed object in the
literature which he presented.
The committee viii contInu" its in
uuiry tomorrow with more witnesses
from Gary. including workers not on
strike as we'll as those who have left
their jobs. Some testimony may also be
taken as TO the situation i'll Youngstown,
Ohio. which So far has not been conSld-
cred.