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AGAINST RAILROADS
EXPOSED BY CHICAGO RAID
OF RADICAL HEADQUARTERS
Illinois States Attorney Lays Disaster at Gary TO Con-
spracy Headed by Foster, Alleged "ReG Foe Of
Capital Captured Papers Said to Reveal Names Of
Many Union Rail Leaders Holding Credentials" u
Wide Spread Sabotage Conspiracy.

BY Associated Press % Every Fvsnf-s
Chicago. Aug. 2i--Eariy morains
examination Of papers and corr.-
spondence seized In n raid late asst
night In the Offices Of tho Trades
Union Educational League. which
headed by William II. Foster. who ed
the last steel strike, and who recently
was deported from Colorado as on.
OF the foremost radical leaders of
America. barred a widespread Al biS
union propaganda among railroad
"trhers and gave Information con-
cerning a systematic series % radical
meetings in railroad centers. accord
ing to States Attorney Grove. No ar
rests were made but long list u
names OF radical leaders was unear.b-
eo, Mr.. Grove announced
The states attorneys investigate,
begun Immediately after receipt there
OF the report OF the Michigan Central
wreck at Gary. Ind. IN which two mon
were Killed and two injured. ana ,hs
discovery OF two sticks II dynamite
on the Pennsylvanis tracks.
Deliberately Dltchcd by PIots.r..
Railroad officials said ths, IN.
michigan Central express train had
been deliberately ditched by ulo,,.rs
spikes were removed from tic. and
rails loosened, they say.
Jhe express train wa. running 60.
hours late, and an hour ahead ~ o,.
OF the fastest New York-chgc.xo
iiniteds. II was believed the plo.,sr.
pianned 10 wreck the passenger trat,
Inc raid on Fosters headquarters
was planned after hurried counnunios-
uons with authorities in other r,it
centers@ where disorders have occurred
ana where meetings OF railroad man
nave been addressed by radical le.d-
err
reports or dozen meetings address,
cd by Foster IN cities Of fhs r,,daI.
west were received. the States Astor-
ney said.
fos'ers Letters Record "Meetinxs.-
Detectives battered down N. door
OF the leagues Offices. Inside fnsv
seized letter nles. card indexes. hooks
pamphlets and pictures OF Ientn. .,a
Trotzky, Soviet leaders OF Ru..i. tn.
evidence filed a truck u Included a
complete list CT meetings held by Fo.-
ter, the raiders said.
Foster is said 20 have come 10 Ch,.
caso following his expulsion from
Colorado. From here. Il was ssid a.
went 10 Joliet. where Sheriff N.wsirk
was wounded and two men killed IN
rail strike riot two weeks ago.
"Foster Most Dangerous Radicals
| "Adjutant General Hamrrck. oe
Colorado. is on record with the state
ment that he considers Foster one OF
the most dangerous radicals in ex-
istence,' States Attorney Grove said.
We raided his office following an in
vestisation Of a premedidated train
wreck and deliberate murder OF two
union workmen on the Michigan Gen.
trail Railroad at Gary.
These two workmen, an engineer
and firemen-members OF their BROTH
erhoods-were murdered. Yesterday
two sticks OF dynamite were found on
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks In
Chicago by policeman. Twenty min
utes after he picked up the explosives
a fast passenger train flashed by on
that same bit OF track"
Detectives questioned numerous
strikers today In the search for cluea
One man was arrested when n. ia Al
legged TO have said: It's shame they
were not all killed"
Spikes Pulled From 81 Ties.
reward OF $1,000 Immediately was
offered by Henry Sherer. general SUPER
intendent OF the road for the arrest OF
persons responsible for the wreck.
Although the roadbed was torn I'D
so badly officials said. Il was impossible
to determine how many rails had bean
loosened, Martin Quinn chief special
agent said his men discovered that
spikes had been pulled from at least
81 ties.
Union Leaders on "CredentlM Iist-
Investigation by States Attorney
Grove into the documents found IN
Fosters office disclosed a memoran-
dunn book labeled Credentials List
bearing more than 100 names OF per-
sons to whom Credentials" OF the
league had been given.
There were. listed among others:
| SN->eP't -. SRANst Va NAAc RAlAArN 4fl4Es
Workers of Christopher H.: r. Curtis
Ikenhaus OF the jewelers. Union. OF
Hamilton, H.; L. X. England OF Mo-
line, Ill.,, who was among the Commun-
lists convicted with William Bross
Lloyd. wealthy leader of the COM
munist party; Hulet NJ. Wells. we'll
known labor leader OF Seattle Wash.
Among the letters were found scores
from various locals of the Information
al Association OF Machinists an or
ganization headed by Gustave Frsenk-
el in Chicago. and which Is numbered
among the railroad unions now on
strike.
Letters From European Reds.
Frequent allusion was made 70 tho
! work of the league among railroad
workers. Several letters We're from
radical leaders IN England and Ger
many.
There will be more action" SAID
> States Attorney Grove. discussing tho
mass of evidence seized in the raid.