Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-13
Story Of Intrigue
Continued from Pace Onel

ports: and that Allan @. Meyers.
head Of the radical bureau of the
Burns Agency, had proposed that he
make bombs and get Well known
radicals TO throw them. so Burns
men could arrest tie radicals.
BalanoW swore that rs an opera
tive Ct me Thicl Agency in 1917. he
had been assigned 10 Join the Cigar
Makers Union rs &n agent provaca-
tcur during a strike and was in
ytructcd 10 urge tie strikers to
break windows and commit other
Violence. lis instructions. he said
came from Michael Flanagan, gen
Gran manager Of the agency. Who
hc said. told Linn to always show
yoUr radical side. he 50 extreme that
tLeNll iaNr Conii,i. nee in You"
FLANAGAN, ~ said told him that
sol l.azur, president OF he La Ilurba
Cigar Company. was furnishing
#lnn.ooo to break the Cigar Work
crs' Union.
shortly after he suggested window
breaking to Charles Winfield ll.si-
ness agent Of the union. Ralunow
testified. 200 o. 3oO windows were
broken. and later ne discovered
that Winfield was 4 Thiel operative
also
Later. urdcr directions of Elan
nisdn. ne said hc joined the |. w
W.. Socialist Party, Socialist Labor
PARTY. Communist Party. Young
Peoples Socialist League. Workers
industrial Union ana other organ
nations and sought to stir UP vio-
lcncc among their members. Elan
ni"an. Ec said, furnished him tyne
written speeches 70 read at meetings
or ING n u
cause diSSenSon and trouble.
While working for the Burns
Agency. he rwore. hc was sent 10
meetings Of several organizations 10
preach violence.
II October. 1920, he swure. he met
Naymond aud sherman Burns, sons
~ ". j. FurnS ard Allan Meyers
head Of the Burns Agcncy's radical
department and Meyers told him he
would supply explosives and show
klin now - make bombs. Meyers. he
said suggested he cultivate such men
HS Charles +. Ruthenberg. Levine. Of
the mathematical Clothing Workers..
Edward Nockclls. Of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor: Carlo Tresca. and
others and try to get them to throw
bombs 50 Burns operatives could ar
Test them.
T. y. Cooney. head Of the radical
bureau of the Thicld Agency. wrote
HIM a letter about chat time. he
SWoro. charging burns with various
crimes, and he showed it to Meyers.
Later ne said, Meyers stole the l,;
f"r ont 20 his pocket and refused to
@ivC II back.
cooncy. &c the ThieI Agency, he
said, invented tho knights Of the
lied star" and gave him a COPY of
its alleged manifesto. which de-
scrihcd the organization "as the most
dtngerous revolutionary organization
III Inc United States Copney ad-
mittcd. he said. that no such sro,,p
existed. but explained it was neccs-
sary TO have evidence OF it to show
Alfred Austrian. attorney for ]. Og-
den Armour and other Chicago pack
ers, 50 the packers would put IN
money to keep the radical hunt go
ing.
lie also sWore that Cooney had
made by Balanow ana had turned the
report Of 4 meeting of the textile
workers Of the ]. ". w. into a secret
conference Of knights of the Red
Star"
Later, Balanow said. he went to
work for Burns again ana gave him
all the Thiel papers, including copies
Of the alleged membership list and
report, but advised him not to copy