Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
Reds WORK in
STEEL STRIKE
AT CARY TOLD
Intelligence Officer Testifies Re-
garding Anarchist Activities
Unearthed.

Washington. Oct. 25.-Effect of
the steel strike in Gary, Ind. and
some side lights on anarchist!c &C
tivities in the district, were given
the senate committee investigating
the strike today. Lieutenant d. c.
Van Buren,, an intelligence officer
on the staff of Major General Leon
ard Wood, commander of the cen
tral district, was the first witness.
Our first interest in Gary" he
said. came when Chief of Police
Forbis came to Chicago from that
city last spring with a request for
machine guns and military inter
vention. He told us the reds there
were planning to parade May 4. and
start a revolution. Two names
were given to US as those of lead
ers Of the Anarchist club at Gary,
lyanoff and DeGeorge. They were
Russians or Austrians. DeGeorge
was a chemist, and we learned
later that he was operating near
the Aetna explosive works outside
of Gary, where guncotton was
available from the wastes outside
OF the mill"
No Prosecution.
Replying to Chairman Kenyon,
Lieutenant Van Buren, said a re-
port was made to the department of
justice, but so far as he knew there
had been no prosecution He add
ed that the two men had left Gary.
Describing military intervention
in Gary, the witness said mo one
even sustained a black eye since"
I'VE found in Gary after mill
quantities of red literature" he
continued, explaining that local po-
lice and associations Of citizens
had prepared the way for raids on
the storage places.
Russ Manifesto Reds Bible.
The bible Of the reds, the an
archist and bolshevist," he said,
lis the manifesto of the commun-
list party of Russia, put out what
is known as the third information
al which assembled at Moscow in
March. Many thousand copies of
these were in Gary"
Van Buren, read extracts from
the manifesto in which 1t urged
/ eNOluLlOA Ou I'LL NOi hClS III Oil
lands in the name of the CONQUER
ing proletariat OF Russia" and said
open combat" was the only road &c
the redress of alleged grievances.
'All radicals of the country are
centering on the propaganda of
Lenine and Trotzky," the witness
continued. Il call to your atten-
ton the fact that it was printed
in Chicago by the 'Arbeiter Zeitung
Publishing company which is sig
nificant"
Goes Through Mail.
rs this stuff going through the
mail?" Senator Kenyon inquired.
oh, yes" Van Buren, said.
We'll, it'd better be stopped IL
our government isn't to become i'm
potent" remarked Chairman Ken
yon.
Are there any organizations in
Gary which support this program"
asked Senator Phipps, Republican
Yes, have list of them" said
the witness.
les of documents printed in Rus
sian with names of societies at
tached and a considerable guam
tity of l. W. W. literature.
How many foreigners are taking
part in this strike at Gary?" asked
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, o.
Tennessee.
No Americans.
II haven't found an American
yet" the witness said, though
some of the leaders have second
naturalization papers"
Here are some of the produc-
tons of the union of Russian work
ers Lieutenant Van Bureau con-
tinued. That is a straight anar-
chistic society. Here's one of them,
entitled The Crimes of God an
anti-religious pamphlet discussing
war"
The whole series of the tracts
and pamphlets in Russian, put out
by the union, were read into the
record.
Did you get these in houses, or
how" Chairman Kenyon asked.
In houses and halls" Van Buren,
replied. Some times men arrested
would have l. W. W. literature in
their pockets"
Have Photos of Lenine.
1T has been charged that this
was sent into Gary to