Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-23
GOVERNMENT IN
FIGHT ON REVOLT
Strike Raid Seen as Move to
Nip Soviet Rule in the
u. S.
RED ORGANIZATION POWERFUL
Gained Control of $5o,ooo,ooo OF I'm
periaI Russian Money In This
Country and Have $4,000
Speakers and Organizers.

Chicago, April 17.-Ine nrSt move
Of the government in an open light
against revolutionary groups whose
avowed purpose is the overthrow OF
the constituted government Of the
United States, substituting therefor
''rule of the proletariat" patterned
after the Russian soviets, is seen In
the arrest here of 80 "outlaw" railroad
union officials for violation of the
Lever act.
1t is known-has been known for
some time In official circles, due to the
vigilance Of certain volunteer esp1on-
age organizations centered in Chicago
that an attempt at revolution was
to be made in the United States May
1, 1920. The date was originally No
vember Is. to follow the unauthorized
steel strike. 1t was postponed a month
to follow the tieup Of the coal mines;
then it was set for May 1, to follow
general tieup Of the country's indus
try through a nationwide railroad
strike-all unauthorized by the inter-
national labor unions.
The organization Is powerful, &C
cording to William R. Moss, chairman
Of the committee on Americanization
Of the Chicago Association Of Com
merce, who has been touring the coun-
try speaking before business men.
manufacturers, bankers and en-
ployees' associations, trying to warn
the country of the proposed attempt at
revolution.
Ambassador David R. Francis,
upon his return from Russia" said Mr..
Moss, showed that the soviet organ
izations in America had gained con-
troll Of $50OO0,OOO of imperial Rus
sian money in this country. The revo-
lutionary groups are not poor. They
have $4,000 speakers and organizers
scattered throughout the country. The
country should be aroused to this at
tempt by the minority to rule the ma
jority. 1t is not time to get excit-
ed, the thing is going to happen. This
IS the time for every man who is an
American and who has the nerve to
say so, to stand upon his own feet, to
talk sanely, to act sanely, for the sit
uation is one that calls for the sanest,
coolest. clearest thinking heads in
America.
'"The situation is grave and cannot
be overestimated. The revolt move
ment can be defeated If the American
people-by that I mean the people
who believe in this country-can be
brought to realize the peril. Radical
ism as well as bourbonism, the two
extremes that are causing the trou-
Bile. must be corrected. can only re-
fer for corroboration to the book on
syndicalism by Earl G. Ford and VIII
liam 2. Foster, who engineered the
steel strike, published In 1912"
The situation is known to business
men, contractors. bankers, etc. 1t is
next to impossible to get a contractor
to make bids upon work now that can
not be completed before May l.
"This idea of revolution is not a
| scarehead one" said nan, who can
| not be quoted for the reason that he
is one Of those who have been look.
ing into the unmasked red of the vol
cano and reporting its seething. 'Ii
began in Seattle more than eighteen
months ago.
Washington, April 1.-THE "outlaw'
railroad strike is practically at an end
Reports reaching the department OF
justice from cities in which the strike
was beginning to assume alarming
| proportions indicate a general ten
dency on the part of the men to return
| to work.
The rapid assembling of the railroad
labor board as a result Of telegraphit
appeals to its members from Presiden
Wilson was considered a large factor
in the determination of the striker,
to resume work.
The adjustment of their demands, 4
is understood, will be one Of the frs
problems to be worked out by tn,
board, which held its first meeting witt
seven Of the nine members present
Those absent were: A. o. Wharton
of Kansas City, Mo-, and R. 81. Bartol
of Memphis. Tenn, both of whom ar,
expected to be here Monday when tn
board will resume work in earnest
Henry Hunt, former mayor of Cincin
natl, was elected chairman and Wal
lace W. Hanger Of this city, secretar.
of the temporary organization of tn
board, whose work will be the adjust
ment Of the wage demands of approx
mately 100000 railroad employees
aggregating about $1.OOO.OOO,OOO an
nually.