Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-01
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ARRESTS MADE
Railroad Strikers Alleged to
Have Turned to Destruc- &
tive Practice.
Plans Laid For Murder of
Three Railroad Presi-
dents, is Charge. Il 4

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Washington, Sept. Passage a
BY the house Of the administra-
ton coal distribution bill left .;
completion of the legislative pro-.
gram growing out of the coal and .
rail strike emergency up to the
senate today. Resumption of de-
bate on the Borah substitute for
the house bill passed last week
mission was the order of business
IN the senate. with prospects for
g. vote on the measure today con. II
4. sidered doubtful.
Chicago. Sept. 1.-Police and fed;
eral operatives launched vigorous
drive here today against radicals andi
terrorists believed to be behind rail-!
road wreck and bomb plots ~
Inc roundup began with the arrest.
oEa man charged with bombing tho
homes of two workers in the Illinois
Central shops at Burnside.
FRANK X. Hartman. one Of the trioi
arrested yesterday in connection with
an alleged plot to blow up the
Western Express" on the New York;
central, was still in custody, although
the other two were released. Poucel
said there was not sufficient evidenced
to hold them.
Activities here followed "a hours Of
increasing disorders, bridge burning|
and dynamiting of railroad propertyl
throughout the country. i
Open Legal Fight.
With defense fund being raised
by labor organizations, ATTORNEYS for!
the Tour men held at Gary, Ind, on
charges Of wrecking the Michigan
Centrals million dollar express on
lease the prisoners. Three of the|
men who signed alleged confessions.
repudiated them. declaring the con-!
fessions were made to save them,
from further abuse by the poNce.l
One Of the men barred his body to the
waist in the Gary court and exhibited
welts and bruises which, he declared,
were inflicted with blackjacks and
pieces OF rubber hose lin the hands
of policemen.
Breaking intoAthe house of MichaeI
Krschumas early today, police found
him hiding In a corner and as they
started away to lock him up pendingl
at Burnside. the house was rocked
by an explosion six doors away
They found the front Of house oc-
cupied by D. Merrtck, an Illinois
Central employe, demolished by e
bomb. I
Murders Planned.
Disclosure OF an alleged plot to
kill three railroad presidents or kid
made during the investigation Of
radical activities, according to the
country yesterday.
The three rail heads, against whom
the alleged plot was made, were said.
to be the presidents of the New York
tenn and the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific.
Deportation proceedings against
aliens arrested in connection with
plots against the railroads are prob
able, authorities said. !
Governor Small Of Illinois aided
the progress of investigation into
requisition to extradite William q:
Foster. notorious radical leader and
head Of the Trades Union Educational
league. to Michigan, where he Isl
wanted on charges of criminal SYM
dicalism growing out Of the alleged1
county woods. 'r,
By The Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 1.-The disclosure,
Of new train wrecking plot, an at,
tempt to blow up train. the burning,
and dynamiting Of bridges and other.
railway property. greasing of tracks.
slugging of workers and other acts Of
lawless violence marked the strike OF
the railroad shopmen throughout the
country today.
A pile of debris heaped in the path
Of an expected Chicago train near
Spring Lake, Iowa, was reported to
have resulted in the death Of one man
and the injury of three others when
motor hand car on which they were
riding In advance for the train struck
the obstruction.
An attempt to blow up a Chicago &
Alton train near Alton. III. the bomb
ing of bridge in Wilmington Del,
and the burning Of seven bridges on
the Cotton Belt line also were re-
ported simultaneously with the arrest
Of three men in Chicago charged with
plot to dynamite and wreck the New
York-Chicago Western Express OF
the New York Central lines.
The latest arrest followed the hold
ing of four other men accused Of
wrecking the Million Dollar" express
on the Michigan Central near Gary,
Ind, a little more than a week ago by
removing 81 spikes from the rails,
causing the death Of two enginemen.
and efforts were being made by fed
eral and state officials to determine
whether there were any connection
between the two groups. rs
Railroad detectives, posing as
strikers obt aimed the first information
concerning the alleged plot. Accord
ing to the investigators the wreck was
first supposed to take place Tuesday
hut the arrest OF the four mon IN con-a
snection with the Gary, outrage post
poned the execution OF the plot. The
mon were being questioned today in
an attempt to learn IL others were:
connected with the conspiracy ana
aiao to find the location or the dyna-
mite which was TO have been used.
wholesale arrests OF terrort1ts wns
promised. by the police I'm their out-
breaks Of violence In Chicago WAtle
federal agents continued their activity
In all parts OF the central west
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