The Washington herald., 1920-01-04
GUNS AND BAYONETS
OVERAWE PRISONERS
Chief Flynn S Secret Service
Men and Police Serving
Hundreds More War
rants-Dehant Radicals
Jeer Guards and Sing
"Interntionale."

New York, Jan. 3.-With Ellis
Island jammed to capacity tonight
with 465 aliens who are being held
for deportation proceedings on the
charge that they plotted to over
throw the government. and with
agents of the department Of justice
continuing their search for suspects.
the government was reported to be
making all possible speed in its plans
to send one and perhaps three ship
loads of sndesirsbies out of the
country at once.
The United States transports Xii
patrick, America and Grant are all
said to be in readiness to sail with
: loads of reds" who are ordered
deported. The immigration au-
thorities plan quick hearings and it
was reported that the fitzpatrick may
sail next Saturday.
Whole Fleet Needed.
Other groups OF radicals were
being assembled in various parts
OF the. country for immediate
Transportation to Ellis Island.
The number OF aliens caught
was so large it was intimated an
entire feet OF ships would be re-
CURED TO dcport them. The trans
port Buford, original anarchist
ark" which Left here two weeks
ago Sunday for Finland. was last
reported nearing Helsingfors, with
everything quiet aboard. 1t was
believed the next lark" would be
ready to leave within week.
Guarded by armed agents. OF the
Department OF Justice and coast
guard sailors bearing rifles and
fixed bayoncts. coI OF the Com
munistS arrested in this city were
taken 10 Ellis Island during the
day.
The other reds" on the island
were rushed to the immigration
station from various points in
New Jersey.
FIynn's Force Busy.
The reinforced staff of Department
of Justice agents, working under
Chief William J. Flynn. still had sew
eral hundred more warrants to serve
tonight. Forty-five new secret service
agents were sworn in. Assisted by
the police and plain clothes detectives,
they were on guard TO prevent sus
pected anarchists from gathering IN
secret places. now that it is known
that the government plans TO round
up all the Communists and their
sympathiZers.
The prisoners were defiant as they
were taken down the bay to Ellis
Island. They jeered at their guards
and loudly sang the ''Internstionaie.' -
official song of the foreign anarchists.
There were said to be no Reds of
national prominence in the various
patches of captives, who were taken
to the immigration station during the
day. Harry Winitsky, secretary OF
the Communist party in New York.
vas said to have been arrested, but
the authorities refused to say whether
he had been taken to Ellis Island.
Lark for Girl Prisoners.
Some of the feminine prisoners cap
tured in New Jersey were girls of Il
and is. They made a lark OF their
arrest.
Some of the officials spent the en-
tire day examining the tons of liter
ature seized in the raids upon eleven
branch headquarters of the Commu
mist party and two newspaper offices.
Some of this literature was in Rus
sian. The officials believed that il
had been printed in Soviet Russia
and smuggled into this country. Let
ters and other documents were seized
for examination. A thorough search
was made OF the Office of the Rus
sian newspaper Novy Mir. upon
which Leon Trotsky worked when
he lived in New York. and the Com
munist World. The latter is print
ed in English.
Department OF Justice agents ssi1
CONTINUED On FACE TWO.