The Elbert County tribune., 1920-02-20
BAND OF REDS
SEIZED IN RAID
TWENTY-NINE HEAVILY ARMED
TEaRoRIsTs CAPTURED
AT PATERSON.
MAKE I.W. W. ROUNDUP
PICKED GOVERNMENT SECRET
SERVICE MEN sWooP DOWN
ON AolTAToRs.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Paterson, n. j.. Feb. 16.-Twenty-
nine radicals. said by Secret Service
agents to include the most dangerous
terrorists in the United States-mem-
bers OF the notorious L'Era Nuova
group. whose creed Is assassination
and violence by individuals without
waiting for mass action''-haye been
captured by 100 picked agents OF the
Department of Justice in dramatic
raid on red" headquarters here. War
rnnts had been sworn out for thirty.
two, but three escaped the federal net
All officia. records of the l. w. w
for the entire district east of Chicago
were seized in the home of Andre
Graziano, anarchist. In this house
federal agents said, E. f. Dpree, Phil-
adelphla secretary of the !. w. W.
was In hiding. He is uBder Indictment
In Chicago and Is alleged to have
moved the records from Chicago to
Philadelphia, thence to Paterson.
The men arrested in this raid, fed
eral agents asserted, are mot like the
Russian workers or communists. They
seek their ends through the use OF
bombs and other engines of destruc.
ton TO create terror and fear They
are disciples of Prodhan. Kropotkin
and, later, Bankunin, whose propa-
ganda of violence resulted In heavy
loss of life in Marseilles, France. dur.
ing strike there"
The prisoners were taken to Ellis
island to await deportation proceed
ings.
The most important capture, fed
eral officials said, was that of Ludi-
vico NJ. Caminetta, editor OF the Ital-
ian anarchist magazine. La Jacqueris
(The Massacre). The printing office
WAS ralded and as the federal agents
entered, they found printers running
off an I. w. w pamphlet. entitled
"rhe Truth About Centralia." The
library of Fermino Gallo, said TO be
the most complete collection OF anar-
chlstic literature in the United States,
was also raided
Every anarchist captured was
armed Six raiders were detailed TO
each arrest in view of the reputed
desperate character of the men
sought.
Caminetta formerly edited the an
archist magazine II Bolletine de L'Era
Gated during President Roosevelt's ad-
ministration, but reappeared in Pater-
son
The L'Era Nouva group is affiliated
with the Ferrer Club and the I'm
sortas."
Paterson in 1902, the anarchistic
principles of the L'Era Nouva group
led to much rioting and bloodshed.
Caminetta is described by the fed
eral authorities as IA fluent. vitriolic
writer on unarchistic subjects and al
ways typifies In his writings the
principles and teaching of his master,
Malatesia." After Malatesta's ban
ishment from the United States, Cam
inetta was his chief representative in
this country, and was in constant
communication with him, 1t is
charged
Caminetta is a disciple of Enrico
Malatesta, who founded the L'Era
Nuovo group twenty-five years ago.
Bresci. the assassin of King Humbert
of Italy, belonged to this coterie.
Malatesta came to this country from
Iteiy to spread the propa ganda of
''terrorist-individuali anarchy. He
was highly educated and was said to
be Il member of titled family of
Italy.
Recent excerpts from La Jacquerie
said: "Oh, assassins of the proleta-
riat, TO you, not the evil wishes but
the promise in the not far future, we
shall entertain you on the barri-
cades.'