New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
. Arm Yourself
Circular Here
Arouses Police
Campaign L aunc h d TO
Crush Anarchy in New
York Will Have Help
of Federal Authorities

A campaign designed to crush tne
menace Of anarchy in New York was
launched by the police last night. Every
investigating agency of the Fedora
government will assist in the work
Police Headquarters issued an orde,
to arrest on sight any person fount
distributing the insidious literature
now being turned out by the under
ground press.
A special squad Of detectives was as
signed last night to guard the homes
OF Justice Barlow S. Weeks, Assistant
District Attorney Alexander Rorke and
detective Sergeant James J. Geegan,
Of the bomb squad. These precautions
follow the display of intense feeling in
radical circles incident to the trial Of
Carl Paivo and Gust Alonen, editors
OF the Glass Struggle" a Finnish
monthly. They are charged with Grim
inal anarchy
Expect Red Demonstration
1t is said the authorities expect Red
demonstration in or around the Grim
mai Courts Building, where the alleged
anarchists are being tried. Justice
Weeks, who was assigned to sit in the
cases by Governor Smith, has ordered
the court officers to take the names
and addresses of all curious spectators
VINO attend the trial. Government oper-
atlves during the selection of the jury
last week noticed number of known
anarchists among the spectators.
Fifteen detectives have been as
signed to the Criminal Courts Building
Whlie the trla! is in progress. In addi-
ton, number Of the "Red Squad" Of
the Department of Justice have re-
ceived orders to aid the local authori-
ties in the Identification of the radicals
who are known advocates Of direct ac-
ton. Agent Charles Scully, of the De-
partment of Justice. who has charge Of
all radical Investigations, is searching
ior the underground press where the
latest literature is being turned out.
"Arm Yourselves" Circular
circular bearing the heading "Arm
Yourselves" has been secretly given
wide circulation in the last two days.
Patrolman K Wilbur, of the Elizabeth
Street station, yesterday found one of
the circulars near the Tombs and
turned it over to Assistant District At
torney Rorke It is signed by the
"American Anarchist Federated Com
mune Soviet OF New York City" but
does noc bear union mark. This con-
vinced the authorities that il was print
ed by the underground press which was
used so much during the war for the
dissemination Of defeatist propaganda
The circular bitterly assails Mr.
Rorke. and calls for q "bloody war on
capitalism and the overthrow Of the
government by violence. In part, the
circular reads:
"a peaceful parade on Wednesday,
October s, 1919 to protest against the
Allies and United States hypocrisy. dis
honesty and murderous starvation
blockade on revolutionary Russia, was
brutally ATTACHED. men, women and
children have been dubbed and
trampled on by the mounted police
murderers!
"Murderous Pogrom" Here
After such a murderous pogror. on
people who thought that they had at
least the liberty to walk on their
4. Rorke, against you workers, had the
shameful, brazen audacity to say: we
are trying TO And cut whether there
was g deliberate attempt TO create a
riot
"There was deliberate attempt not
Only made but also carried out by the
order Of this dirty scoundrel himself.
who dared yet afterward to arrest
some of those whom mis- co-henchmen
nave SC uhhumaNlS ATTACKED.
'Sincc the governmen. has czaristic-
ally RussianizcG its methods in club
bling ard numbering you whenever you
! raise your voices in protest against in
justice or dare to go out on strike,
there remains for you only one thing
left, and that is:
"ARM YOURSELVES.
"Workers of America, begin co arm
yourselves and fight back in the same
manner you are being attacked"