The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
BOLSHEY|STS HAD
GENERAL
Up RISING Of THE
UNION WORKERS


and coal strikes into a general strike
and ultimately into revolution TO
overthrow the government according
TO information gathered by federal
agents IN Friday nights wholesale
round up Of members Of the commuu.
ist and communist labor parties \
definite program TO expand the two
labor disturbances for the purpose of
blotting out organized government,
WAS disclosed in evidence gathered in
hall score of cities This date. Of
ficials said, tended to prove that the
nationwide raids had nipped the mcs'
menacins revolutionary plot yet uu-
carthed.
Officials indicated that both groups
Of radicals were only awaiting an op-
portune moment 10 carry on among
other classes of workers the same
sort Of agitation employed among steel
| workers, and coal miners Among the
foreign element Of the communist and
communist labor parties, informal on
! described az conclusive revealed that
payrolls had been loaded" with aoi
tators to be sent suddenly to every
fertile field in support Of a general
| strike campaign.
During the last two weeks Of the
! coal strike. communist agitators were
! discovered TO have penetrated practi.
! rally every mining center east of the
Mississippi river. Evidence showed
that IN several instances where min
crs had voted 60 return TO wort the
communists had spread their propa.
! glnda Of distrust Of the government
! TO such an extent, it was said. that
! few il any miners win actually get
! back 10 their jobs
! Attempts to iucite thn mine work
Cs to violence were the moSt bold
in West Virginia. officials said, serl.
oua trouble being narrowly avertcd
! there Gut all soft coal regions were
! infested ana much Of the data leading
up 10 Fridays nationwide raids WJs
/ gathered by secret agents, circulating
lmorg the mine workers. ard colai1g
/ IA contact with the asintors ,hem.
selves, it was declared.
The raids also disclosed that "slush
fund has been created hy the two
radical parties. Much Of this money.
/ said 10 run into several millions had
been laid aside for use in haling out
adhercnts Of the doctrine, in case Of
arrest for sedition and the teaching
OF violence.
Plans Tor organization OF the work
ers IN support Of the communist cause
were pictured uS more complete than
! even political tampaign. I, was
evident, officials declared, that tho
movement WAS ripe and that set
tlement Of the coal strike was keen
disappointment to the radical leaders
Assistant Attorney Garvan madc
public tonight the departments mem
orandum, submitted to ke bureau of
immigration. upon whiN was based
the government Classification Of III"
communist and communist labor part.
les aS coming under The espionage
act. This disclosed that both groups
were pledged TO fight any suggestion
OF military action by America against
the soviet hlssians Membership ap-
plications revealed that both groups
were indirectly under the control Of
the Russian communist council
Significant, among other features OF
the communist labor party'S doctrine
was the enuncia.ion Of the following
principles:
"Ne maintain that the class sirug
ele is essentially Il, political struggle,
that is n struggle by the proletariat
TO conquer the capitalist state, whether
its form be monarchlal or democratic
republican. and 10 replace il by o. gov
ernmental structure adequately adapt
cd 10 the communist transformation.
"qhe most important means of cap
turing state power for the workers
are gathered together-iu the rshops
and factories. Therusc NJ the political
machinery Of the capitalist state IS
only secondary. The working class
must organize and train itself for the
capture OF state power"
Federal officials deplored weakness
es in the present laws governing the
procedure preliminary to deportation.
1t was pointed out that in most cases,
persons arrested, as have been the
radicals taken in these raids, can OBJ
tain temporary freedom on bail Of
81 900 There was an apparent feeling
l IL
most dangerous of the reds" gladly
would forfeit that amount to avoid de-
portation. The department plans
however. to keep all under surveil
lance and re-arrest any who attempts
10 lose themselves in the masses OF
forcign.born in America.
Late figures received by Mr.. Gar
vou showed that a total of 2635 aliens
we're held with evidence which federal
agents believed was sufficient to war
rant deportation.
The total number Of arrests was
estimated Ut close TO $500. although
this estimate was changing almost
hourly.
|, As more cities reported II was evi
dent that the number of citizens
caught in the raids would exceed eX
poctation. Among them were many
"parlor bolshevists" who. it was I'D
mlttcd. would have to be turned over
TO state authorities.
: Only about ten OF the states have
laws adequate 10 handle this class OF
disturbers, MIR. Garvan said.
Deportation hearings in the cases
Of the radicals arrested in last nights
Anthony Caininetti, commissioner gen
eral Of Immigration, stated tonight
: Consideration has already been givei
! those ordered deported. he added, but
no decision can be had until the nun
Der to be deported is known.