Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-15
Leaders of Rail
Strike Arrested
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Of the men themselves than to insti-
tutc legal proceedings at this time.
Nominations of the nine members of
the railway labor board will be CON
firmcd speedily. Senate leaders said
Yesterday, unless good basis for ,Opposi I
ton to the Presidents selections was
brought forward. In many cases where
strikers have voted to return to work
they have predicated this action on the
provso that their grievances be taken
up by the board.
Strike q Radical Move
Evidence that the outlaw strike OF
railroad employees is the first blow in
the fight of radical ngitators to bring
about industrial revolution in the
! United States was presented to Prcsi-
dent Wilson and his cabinet yesterday y
| by Attorney General Palmer.
! Back of the movement which has
| for it's purpose the massirg OF workers
! in one big union for the ultimate seizure
of political pownr. is William u. Foster.
! Carl Pierson and A. i. Reese, who with
John Fitzpatrick. of Chicago. directed
! the i'll fated steel strike last fall, ac-
cording To Mr.. Palmer. The plot is
being extended with such thorough or
ganizat ion that tho government al
! ready knows the date when strikes arc
scheduled in other key industries.
This strike" asserted the attorney
general. lis the latest and largest
manifestation of the working out Of the
program of the Communist Party OF
America, which proposes to capture in .
dustrial Ind political power and estab-
lish proetarian government upon the
same basis as the government which
has brought about the chaotic conditions
in Russia.
Under l. W. W. leadership. acting
for the Communist party. which is at.
filiated with the Communist Interna
tionals. railroad workers have been lef
into this strike to be taken advantage q
by those leaders. The workers viii
wake up to find themselves in deepel
water than they supposed in the end.
."The movement is the first one Of it
kind which seems 70 be well financed
and there Is no doubt that leaders ar,
receiving money from sources OUTSIDE
of railroad employees.
The efforts of the Department of Jus
tice to establish the thing behind tn,
sudden striking of vardmen, switchmel
and trainmen almost simultaneously II
score of big American cities has bccl
going on for week, with the result tina
the mass of strike fact is said to dove
tail perfectly with the information
gathered in the government genera
anti Red campaign.
. Beyond Tie activities of the !. w
VS. and the Communists in the rail
road strike the Department of Justice
Mr.. Palmer said. holds dOCumentar
proof OF the organization Of all indus
try being conducted by the radicals.
The Reds propose TO make Saturday
May | next the May Day of labor dem
: constructions in continental Europe,
signal for the rising of the Communist
land. copies of which in photostat forr
IN the United States and II mcmorabl
day for ,abor in this country.
The extent of the organization
shown in letters to all federatiOnS sen
! out by G.. T.. RuthenbOrg, Of Clcve
. were made public by Mr.. Palmer. Si
districts have been outlined and or
, ganiSation gotten under way in i've.
: District No. ] will include all of Me-
Eng land excepting q part Of Connect
, cut north Of New Haven.
district No. "A part of Connect
2 rut, New York state east Of Rnrhestr
New Jersey excepting Atlantic Git!
\ Camden aud Trenton, and other place
+ in the southern part OF the state.
r District No. 3-Pennsyivania except
= ing the Pittsburgh district and Fri
n Maryland. Delaware, District of Colun
. bia and the south and tnat part Of Ne
d Jersey not included in District No. >.
g District No. Pitt tsburgh distri
and Erie IN Pennsylvania, western Ne
York including Buffalo, Rochester a.
all Of Ohio, West Virginia aud Micl
igan.
\ district No. 5-Indana, Illiuoi
} Wisconsin aud everything east Of Il
Rocky Mountains and west OF the Mi
:, sissippi river.
District No. 6-The Pacific coast.