The Washington times., 1922-09-10
SUSPECT CITY
C[ubP[OT FOR
10-HOUR STRIKE
Federal Agents Scent Con-
spiracy to Start "I-Won't-
Work....Movement Sept. IS,

The bold outlines of a gigantic
conspiracy on the part OF several
hundred City Club members 10
overthrow the established order Of
things for as long as ten hours
together have been uncovered by
/. Federal agents. q" ~
The date set for the uprising has
been definitely fixed as next Satur.
day, September 16, according to
secret documents now in Govern
ment hands. Secret Service agents
who have been shadowlng prominent
members of the clubs house com.
mittee say that the Noyes estate, at
Sligo, Md. has been chosen as the
scene Of. the irevolutionists' per.
nicious activities. >r ,
This remarkable tstatement is taken
from a Washington publication
The City Club Tribupe-and Is con-
sidered authentic. The publication.
labeled Barbecue Extra" was re-
leased last night, and is expected 20
/ be the signal for unholy mirth on
the part Of the plotters.
The announcements cleverly dis.
guise the gathering as a "Barhecus, 3,
Field Day. Tilting Tournament, and
Tournament Ball" After an after
noon Of sports. beginning at I
O'Clock, according to documents in
official hands. the memoers will
have barbecue, and will then drive
back to town to bring their wives
and women guests back 10 he
Noyes farm for an evening dance.
The clue which led to the un.
raveling by Federal agents OF the
monstrous plot is found in the fact
! that Henry Ford has announced he
will shut his automobile factories
on the same day. This makes both
affairs Look like a deliberately
business activities by a general
!, strike.
Threat OF Injunction.
Federal offiaiaie will keep a sharp
! watch for the issuance If any more
radical red bolshevik literature con-
cerning the affair, II is stated, and
will promptly meet such action with
the issuance of a fifty-page injunc.
ton. the very reading of which. II
is believed, will prevent further
danger.
According to the Tribune, which
Is admittedly in a position to know
the inside details Of the affair,
nearly 500 members of the City
Club are so far involved. and part
OF the army has been called cut.
Fort Myer cavalrymen are to stage
, sharp, cavalry drill before the
gathering. which is expected to
overawe' the rngieaders and so
quell any incipient violence.
1t is further charged that local
business houses may close early
saturday. The wives of many City
Club members are said to be impli.
: Gated in the plot.
According to The Tribune, quaint.
! ties of radical literature have been
! found by sinvestigstorS In a list
I labeled HEhtries tos Lancing Tourna.
ment" have been found the names
of Ray Semmes, big Oscar" Tn orup
Dave Dunigan. Fulton Brylawski, II
II. Shelton, Young Bill" Doing, Ed
Czarra and several other well.known
Reds. This list is alleged to be the
nucleus Of a ku Klux Klan organiza'
tion, due to the mention in the docu,
i ment Of horses and costumes.
Advocacy of force and violence is
I seen in another document labeled
tigators believe Is a disguised title
for squad Of bomb throwers. Whist
ID believed to be a Young Commu.
nists' Society" Is listed under. the
innocent title of Bachelors Baseball
Team" Among the names in this
: list are Dewey Zirkin, Charles @.
( Graves. Bill Murray. C. F. Shrop'
shire. Pearson Meeks. John Han.
I cock and an additional list Of pros.
pects," thought to be innocent young
! Americans scheduled for conversion
! to radical doctrines.
=, A Nihilistic Group.
i, Another group. believed to be Rus
. sian Nihilists. are labeled in equally
: innocent manner as "Benedicts
! Baseball Team" This group, accord
; ing to big Bill" Haywood, chief OF
the Department Of Inquisitiveness,
! is probably the most desperate body
Of men ever gathered together in
: America. Nothing but desperation
! Haywood says, would ever have led
, them into such vulnerable positions
: Additional names were located un
der other suspicious designations
including number who were
! listed as tennis players" but who
{ are believed to be I. w. WIS look
| ing for an excuse to avoid work.
! Among those whom the Govern
| ment is now seeking as brains
of the entire conspiracy are Henry
f. Stringer, Charles Demonet
Frank Bryson, Paul Lum, Percy
Russell, Oscar Thorup. Fred Pyle
and two or three others.
Several Of them have disappeared
from their accustomed haunts, leav.
ing deceptive information that they
were judging beauty contests, look.
ing for coal, or taking vacations.
An indication of the desperate
lengths to which the alleged villains
have gone Is the fact that they have
actually prepared road map, show.
ing the way from the City Club to
the Noyes farm. This exceedingly
discriminating document has been
reprinted in the fearless Tribune,