New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
200 in n. Y. to s-z2
Watch Over Radicalss
Secret Service Augment
ed and Mails Guarded
Menace BuiIdincs
And Bridge in Conn.
Legion Also Prepared
for Action; ard
Public Structures

New York's police are ready this
morning to cope with a possible May
Day outbreak of Reds.
A special order sent out yesterday
at noon by Police Commissioner En-
right notified all police inspectors
that no men were to be off duty be-
tween midnight last night and s
o'clock Monday morning.
The entire force of uniformed and
plain clothes policemen, II, 900 in all.
are held either on duty or in reserve
by this order. Outdoor meetings
and parades of radical organizations
will not be permitted here to-day.
A dispatch from Hartford. Conn.
early to-day said that Colonel
Charles w. Burpee, of the lst State
Guard Regiment, called out his staff
at 1:10 a. m. There was much Sc
crecy in the summons and the cause
for the call.
1t was later announced officially
by Colonel Burpee that the call was
sent to all officers and men of the
State Guard as the result of a tele-
phone tip that the Capitol Building,
the State .Armory and the East
Hartford Bridge were to be blown
up before dawn.
Colonel Burpee immediately sun,-
moned Captain Arthur Woodward.
and hundreds of telephone calls for
members of the State Guard were
put in. Inside of half an hour
abont seventy-fve men had re
sponded and detachments were i'm
mediately sent to the three points.
The Capitol was heavily guarded
and at . o'clock a Gordon of men was
thrown around the State Armory. A
detail was on its way to the East
Hartford Bridge and from all poin,
in the city, State Guardsmen were
hustling to the armory, the place for
reporting.
A detail Of guardsmen was sent
from East Hartford in command of
Captain l.. b. ComStock, and at 2:30
more than one hundred men were
doing sentinel duty at the three
places mentioned above, and also at
the Municipal Building and the
power plant Of the Hartford Electric
Light Company
All of the available police in Hart
ford were called to duty and they
joined with the guardsmen in the
protection of property.
Extra patrolmen were assigned to
guard the Public Library here, the
Pennsylvania Station and General
Postoffice. across the street. J. T.
Morgan had private detectives on
guard inside and outside his resi-
dence at 23l Madison Avenue.
William j. FlynA, head of the
United States Secret Service. who
came to New York Thursd2 was
busy yesterday directing a force Of
twenty-five special agents who are
keeping close watch on all centers
Of radical propaganda He is aided
by Division Superintendent George
f. Lamb and Charles J. Scullv. head
of the Federal bomb SQUAD.
Mails Closely Watched
Postoffice inspectors have been ad-
Wscd to hold themselves ready to ac.
on any suspicious packages that may
be observed in matter passing through
the mails. Sorters and other postofIIce
employees have been ordered to watct
for possible dynamite bombs, such IS
were mailed last year TO many promi-
9ent men and women.
Watchmen and guards on postoffics
and other public buildings have been
cautioned to be more than usually
alert, and in some cases the forces
have been strengthened by temporary
additions.
AS final precaution. 5000 National
Guardsmen have been ordered bv
Major General John F. O'Ryan, com
- eNN .NtW OfN hudEG. To mold
themselves prepared for mobilization
IN two hours.
Other agencies than the sworn
forces of. public protection are co.
operating in the preparedness move
ment, which aims to suppress possi-
PIE revolutionary uprising. The
American Legion members are report-
ing to scattered headquarters in every
borough Of the greater city, prepared
bic
The American Defense Society has
issued countrywide warning. urging
municipalities everywhere TO keen a
close watch on the distribution of FIRE
arms and ammunition.
Federal and municipal government.
otticlals yesterday display ed more than
the usual Official reticence reenrdinc .
the existence of evidence. indicatins
any unusual demonstration planned for
eh,S Nay Day; Police Depar> IN II
Gals described their activi---v
paredness for any possihL4a-.s&
rostofiice officials said~.--A,--.-------~,s
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