Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-17
PROMISE RIOT
AND BOMBING
in LABOR WAR
Letters Cry Defiance
at Law and
Capitalists
PUMPING OFFLIST'
Others Are Marked for
Killings Beside
Police.

CHICAGO. May 17.-Red riot and de-
struction are foretold In dozens of
threatening letters which came through
the malls today to high city officials,
the newspapers, the police. prosecutors
AMI the judges. The letters, crying mad
defiance at capitalists" orderly society
and the Landis wage award, are signed
by such titles as Real Bombers'' ard
The Burners OF Chicago"
As an alternate to such terrorism. the
letters dictated that the citizens repu-
diate the Lands award.
Chief of Police Charles c. Fitzmorris
and States Attorney Robert E. Grove
were among those receiving warning let
ters. The communications generally were
misspelled words.
ORDER COPS
TO KILL.
thief Fitzmorris issued an order
shoot to XIII all suspects found loiter
ing around buildings. This action fol-
lowed the burning last night Of seventy
two apartment buildings by the terror
lists.
One of the letters asserted that
humping of list has been made up.
The so-called conyict-led labor unions"
the letter S1lu, are gong TO ucSGtuI
from something that is far more shocking
than humping off a few cops We have
a humping off list made up. you can
whistle it. There are others on 1t be-
sides cops"
Another letter pours scarn upon the
ability Of the States attorneys staff, say
ing those lawyers cant compare in skill
and brains with ours"
LABOR BIGGER
THAN POLICE.
Warning is given in another communi-
cation that the chief OF police need not
think the police are bigger than organized
labor in Chicago"
Another letter said:
There is going TO be a great reign
of terror, burning of homes and bombing,
IL the people stand by and watch the
capitalists strangle the thousands OF
producing people of this city"
Gang terrorism was held responsible
for the outbreak OF incendiarism in Chi
cago during the night In which three
fires caused s25o.000 damage.
I'VE were warned that incendiarism
was threatened" said Chief of Police
Fitzmorris.
The fires broke out in three places
simultaneously. Police said all were
set"
damage to a large apartment building
completed in Rogers Park district by
laborers working under the Landis wage
scale. being fought by the Chicago
building trades officials.
Shortly before the fire was discov-
sred a man knocked at the door of
Tames NJ Corbett, who lives next door to
he apartment building and shouted,
Get out quick. There will be an cxplo-
iicn in minute. To hell with. the Lam
lis award
Authorities declared the terrorist out
break was a direct result OF the arrest
II the big three" at the top OF Chi
,ago's building trades organiza ton
Tim" Murphy, Con" Shea and Fred
Nader. They were held In connection
with the murder of two policemen.
In formal statement Robert Grove,
states attorney, declared the police
gangster terrorism had nothing 20 do
with the purposes OF labor.
This is gang terrorism he said. "The
rank and file of decent Chicago worknen
have long ago showed their contempt for
rhe kind of terrorism being praeticed in
the name Of labor. The building trades
council has become name only. Only
handful of hoodlums compose it. The
unions that made Ii have deserted in dis
gust. The shattered organization is in
he hands Of Murphy, Nader and Shea.
Murphy stands convicted of robbing the
mails and Nader and Shea are ex-con-
victs.
Labor. as a whole. has no part in Il"
WOMAN SAID To
HAVE CONFESSED.
Authorities reported they had obtained
Il confession from Mrs. John Miller. wife
Of the man alleged to have driven the
automobile from which the two police
men we're shot at the start of the out
break
Mrs. Miller. they said. sal in at con
ference at which her husband and two
other men planned 10 bomb buildings In
the fight against the Landis wage award.
When the trio returned home she said.
one of the men WIS wounded and she
washed the blood stains from his shirt
Miller IS IN custody and the two others
are sought