Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-02
200 RADICALS ARRESTED IN
CHICAGO; FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
REFUSE TO ASSIST IN THE RAID
States Attorney Hoyne DenounCeS Attorney General Palmer
AS Player of Game of Petty Politics; l. w. w. and Other
Revolutionary Societies Are Distributing Literature of Sc.
diouS Nature and Openly Profess Purpose to Overthrow
Government.
(By MORNING Jonrnal speeIaI Leased WIrel

Chicago, Jan. Raids resultinQ
in the arrest of 200 or more Industrial
Workers OF the World, communists
and other radicals were carried ont
today under the direction of States
Attorney Hoyne, who tonight in a
statement attacked Attorney General
Palmer for the failure of the depart
ment of justice agents TO cooperate
Agents of the military intelligence
branch Of the central department OF
the army aided the county prosecutor
Mr., Hoyne said the raids had been
timed for 4 p. M, New Years day.
lie said he had recently gone to
Washington to confer with govern
ment officials. At noon today, after
receipt of a personal letter from At
torney General Palmer, asking him
mot to proceed with the plan, federal
department of justice agents with
drew, Mr., Hoyne said.
Apparently Attorney General
Palmer or some OF his friends are
playing petty politics with the situa-
tion and are pursuing 'pussyfoot
policy said Mr.. Hoyne's statement
Expressing my opinion as citizen
and democrat. do not believe Nero
or any other fiddler can be elected
president of the United States"
Edward j. Brennan, chief of the
bureau of investigation of the de-
partment of justice, refused to com
ment on the absence of his men in the
raids.
The prosecutor asserted that daily
IN Chicago members of radical organ
izatons addressed meetings urging
their hearers to await the one bic
ing less than overthrow of the govern
ment. Mr.. Hoyne declared that the
l. w, w, the communist party and
the communist labor party members
and anarchists and syndiealists were
distributing tons of seditious litera-
ture. He said today's raids were only
the beginning of his drive which he
declared was intended to extirpate all
radicals from Cook county. His in
vestigation, he said, had disclosed
that the leading agitators in sthts
criminal conspiracy" centered their
activities in Chicago, New York,
Cleveland, Detroit and Seattle.
Mr.. Hoyne declared his men had
been armed with 200 search warrants
and that in addition number of
warrants charging conspiracy had
been issued by Judge Hugo Pam, Of
the criminal court. Four men were
arrested on the latter warrants today.
Among them was George Andreytch-
inc, an l. w. w. released on bond
some time ago from Leavenworth
penitentiary pending decision in the
appeal of ninety-two |. w. w. con-
victed of violation of the espionage
law
Anne Grovarsky, "a, was the only
woman arrested She and twenty
seven men were taken from /. w. w.
headquarters. james Crowley, sec
rotary of the I. w. W., also was ar
rested
Among the places raided was the
Russian soviet school This was de-
clared by the raiders to be under the
direction Of Ludwig Martens, Russian
soviet ambassador to the United
States, who has headquarters in New
York.
Only one man was among those ar
rested wore insignia of war service.
He was released when 1t was learned
he had been found wandering. on the
street and taken into a meeting place
of radicals.
Several men alleged by the states
attorney to have been active among
agitatofs at Gary, Ind, in connection
with the steel strike, we're arrested.
A half dozen women were taken in
later raids tonight. Among them
were Mrs. B, Dobrow and the Misses