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ffHE S?MTER WATCHMAN, Estab Consolidated Aug. 2, 3 RADICALS PLOT AGAINST ORDER Russian Anarchists Organize to Overthrow United States Government MURDER AND RAPINE INCLUDED IN PLANS fire**;-,-' ? r ? - / 1 The Arrest of Alien Enemies Uncovers Dangerous Plot Against America % ?'?? Washington, ?\ov. 9.?Plans of the yy Union of Russian Workers to bring :7 about an overthrow of the American v government througjh a general strike is. revealed in documents seized in the 7 nationwide raids of federal authorities !Friday and Saturday nights and made jrahlic tonight by Assistant Attorney *:f Croneral Garvan. With the government overthrown and everything "wiped from the earth g. .'as a reminder of the right to private ownership of property," the Russian workers, acording to their manifesto, 'looked forward to "the magnificent ' beautiful form o^ man without a god, ?without a master and free of author ity." The documents and publications ob tained in the raids, officials said today, | are of the most inflammatory nature! and make no effort to conceal the union's program of destruction and j i death to achieve its en Is. Much of the material made public tonight is of| such a nature as to cause any news- > paper reprinting it ordinarily tc bej barred from the mails. I Included among the documents seized, all of which are printed in Rus sian, is "Novomirisky"?manifesto of anarchists-^-commumst. This publica tion, the most recent put out by the union, was said1 by; Mr>. Garvan to be the most- dangerous piece of propa ganda ever disseminated[ by any radi cal Organization in the United States. | The manifesto outlines the purpose of the. movement inaugurated by' the union "as complete destruction of prir vate control of natural resources and capital and complete destruction of m*-f$xes- of rule an^t^e.msfituUohs* in ' vestfe'd with power to enforce rule of one main over another.*' Under the caption of "What Should Be Our Means of Carrying On the Pight?" the manifesto says: "What must we do, the vanguard of Jthe proletariat? We must conspicu- j ously hasten th3 elementary move- j ' ment of the struggle of the working \ . class; we must convert small strikes mto general ones, and convert the latter ino armed revolt of the la boring masses against capital " and state. "At the time of this revolt we must at the first favorable oportunity, pro ceed to an immediate seizure of all j means of production and all artices of i consumption and make the working ] classes the masters in fact, of all of j general wealth. At the same time we must mercilessly destroy all remains! of governmental authority and class j domination, liberating the prisoners,, demolish prisons and police offices, I destroy all legal papers pertaining to! pnvate ownership of property, all field] fences and boundaries and burn alt i certificates of indebtedness?-in a word I we must take care that everything is] wiped from the earth that is a re reminder of the right to private own ership of property; to clore up bar racks, gendarme and police adminis tration, and shoot the most prominent military and police officers, must be i the important concern of the revolt- ? ing working people. In the work of I destruction we must be merciless, for> the slightest weakness on our part, may afterward cost the working class; ? whole sea of needless blood." Aft?r "capital and state" arc de- j stroyed. the manifesto says, the first' duty of the union is to start produc- ! tion on a new foundation. Existing; labor organizations should be extended and production should be given over! entirely to them, it argues. Then each ; "village commune" should unify with , all other communes and "the one! grand federation" follow, the mani-, festo advocates as its program. Recognizing no religion, no author- j ity. no power other than its own. the : manifesto says, alternately, its mem bers are atheists, communists, anarch- j ist?:. It continues: '"Religion covers everything with fog; real evil becomes visionary, and visionary good a reality. It has al ways ? sanctified slavery, grief and tfears. And we declare war upon all gods and religious fables. We are atheists." The government's attempts to put down riots were attacked as nothing short of murder where such attempts to end trouble had resulted in death , for anybody. . In its discussion of war. the mani festo indicts the American people f<>r honoring General Pershing as Com-, ' mander in Chief of the American ex-, peditionary forces in Europe. "Murder is always murder and the man who kills is always a murderer," the manifesto esserts. "The only service of this man has been in fact that, being a professional in his craft, he came to be by simple chance at the head of the American armies which foi'ght in Europe. There. obedient to the commands of those who sent him. he, with ability and brains, led the work of murder of men by men. For this they raise him to; the skies snd honor him in every way. A&ed April, 1850, mBa Joss a L881. SU UNION LABOR PLANS TO FIGHT No Announcement Has Been Made?Will Probably Defy Court Order TEST OF SUPREMACY HAS BEEN INVITED Show Down Must Come as to Who Groverns This Country ?-Union Labor or Congress / _ Washington, Nov. 10.?Labor lead ers predicted today that the interna tional officers of the United [Mine Workers of America, meeting at In i dianapolis, would not call off the coal strike as directed by Federal Judge Anderson, whatever the legal conse quences might be. Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 10?No hint as -to the action of the international officers of the Mine Workers Union at the conference here today could be obtained this morning, despite the ac- j tion of the executive council of the j American P'ederation of Labor in I Washington last, night. The Federa-1 tion council's statement issued in sup-! port of the strike of the bituminous j coal miners, is believed in many quar- j ters to presage a fight on the parti of the miners, assisted by labor in gen eral against the mandatory injunction of Judge Andersen, ordering the call ing off of the strike. j SENATE ADOPTS ' TREATY PROPOSAL! Committee Reservation Is Ap proved 50 to 35?Republi cans Vote Solid Washington, Nov. 3.?A reservation j purposing to safeguard the nation's, right to withdraw from member-. ship in the League of Nations was j adopted by the Senate today, with; every Republican Senator and six j Democrats voting 5for it or paired invi its support. Holding thex whip hand by a safe | majority, the Republican leaders: swept aside every suggested modifi cation and carried the reservation I through exactly as approved by the j foreign relations committee. Two Republican senators of the mild res- ! ervation group led a stubborn fight to j alter it, but after they had failed, i voted for adoption. The final count was 50 to 35, and : pairs announced for absentees show-1 <?d the ent're Senate membership to; be divided 55 to 41. Five Democrats.; Senators Reed, Missouri; Gore. Okla- j homa-; Smith, Georgia: Walsh. Mas- j sachusetts, and Chamberlain. Oregon, j voted in the affirmative, while Senator; Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, was paired in favor of the reservation. The first of fourteen proposed by j I the committee to carry out a program ! [which, its sponsors say. has been; {pledged a safe majority throughout, I the reservation provides: j "The United States so understands | 'and construes article one that in case , j of notice of withdrawal from the j I league of nations, as provided in said i article, the United States shall be sole j judge as to whether all its interna- ; jtional obligations and all its obliga- j tions under the said covenant have; been fulfilled, and notice of with-! drawal by the Uited States may he j given by a concurrent resolution of j the Congress of the United States." i RADICALS ARE~ ! PUT IN PRISON ________ i _____? ( Hundreds of Anarchists to Bei Deported _ . j - i Washington. Nov. 8?More than 350 alleged Radical:, who are said to have plotted to organize violent demonstra tions throughout the country today in commemoration of the second anni- j versary of the establishment of the ; Russian soviet government, were in the hands of the federal authorities today in various cities awaiting de portation, or such other action as may be ordered against them. Fur ther arrests were reported today. One hundred and fifty were arrested in New York and ethers in Chicago. Mil waukee, Detroit, Philadelphia. New ark, San Francisco and Connecticut cities. B0NAR LAW MAKES STATEMENT Great Britain Not Ready to Ne gotiate With Lenine and Trotzky j London. Nov. 10?Great Britain has no intention of opening peace nego- j tiations with Lenine arid Trotsky until j the House of Commons has had an opportunity to discuss the subject, fconar Law. government lender, de- : '??ares in the I lease of Commons to day._ All this is done only because we are ( in an age of progress and civilization, in an ape of altruism nnd humanit?r 1 nan ideas." to jod V*mr not?Let all the ends Thon Ail MTER, S. C, WEENES] 1T TEE ADOPTS BE Early Passage of Rail Bill Meas ure is Planned By Leaders STRIKES AND LOCK OUTS ARE FORBIDDEN I Propose Penalties Against Em i ployers and Workers For Vi olating Contract j Washington, Nov. 8.?Finally refus ing to include an anti-strike provis ion in its program of permanent rail road legislation, the House interstate j commerce committee completed the (bill which will be presented for con ! sideration in the House beginning [Tuesday. Pasasge of the bill by the lend of next week is planned, Repub- j [ lican Leader Mondell informed the (House on adjournment tonight. By [ that time, he said, he hoped the treaty 'situation in the Senate would be such I as to permit adjournment of the J [Special session of Congress. Xight [Sessions of the House will be held j next week,, if necessary, to ? pass the [bill, he added. j The committee worked all day on the labor provisions. Various fbrms I of anti-strike legislation, including I a provision carrying fine and impris onment for strikers, were voted down, Inone of the proposals receiving more I than half a dozen votes. A minority [report on this or other pro-wsions, on which the committee failed to agree unanimously, is not expected, but the disagreeing committeemen said they would carry the fight into the Hou-e. I The committee bill differs radically from the Senate committee proposals. No provision is made for creation of [a transportation hoard, which under the Senate meashiire would odvise the Interstate Commerce Commission over j railroad matters. The House bill cen ters about increasing authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over the rail carriers^ although pro posals for giving the commission con trol of water carriers and telegraph and telephone companies were re jected. - Voluntary arbitration through boards similar to those created dur ing the war was agreed on by the committee as the basis of the labor section. The only penalties provided are assessment of damages against a railroad for a lockout of employes I in violation of a contract or against a union authorizing a strike that j would be liable to double the dam ages suffered by an employe from loss of employment, an'd the union would be liable for the full damages suffered by a carrier because of breach of an employment contract. Damages would be collectible by j court action and any judgment against a union would be limited to its com mon property, not including insur ance, pension or other benefit funds. The bill would set up two beards for adjusting disputes with head-! quarters in Chicago. The railway la- j bor adjustment board would be com-! peced of twenty union appointcs and: twenty representatives of the railway j executives, and function through a j "conference committee."' chosen from j the general membership of the board.' to represent each union directly in-! forested in the dispute, and an equal \ number of employer members. De-! cisions would require concurrence of; two-thirds of the committee member- , ship. Failure by the adjustment board to agree would refer the dispute au- j tomatically to the railway board of j labor appeals, composed of nine mem- r hers appointed by the President, with I equal representation being given cm-? Ploves, employers and the public, j Decisions by this board on appealed rases, however, would be made by tfie I [labor and employer representatives.' concurrence of five of the six mem bers being required. The appeal board also would be charged with a study of relations be- j tween carriers and employees. The public group would vote on all' ques- ! tions except those certified from the j adjustment board. To provide capital for the carriers ; following return of the lines to pri- j vate control, the bill directs that the government continue payment of the standard retirxn or rental for six j months, extending payments to short: line railroads that have not been un der government operation. Govern-, ment loans within one year after the j return also are authorized on ap- , proval by the Interstate Commerce; Commission of security tendered at 6 per cent interest and to mature in five years. Debts incurred during gov ernment control would be refunded I during a period of ten years, mean- ? while hearing interest at 6 per cent. Government control and operation under the bill would cease at the end of the month in which the measure is : approved by the president, unless such " approval is given after the 15th day I of that month, in which event private; operation would begin at the end of the next month. The committee bill contains a ne? statuatory rule of rate making re quiring the Interstate Commerce j Commission to consider "the interest of the public shippers! the reasonable ; <?(??: of maintenance and operation, I inducting the wapro of labor, depreci- j ation and taxes and a fair return upon J the value of the property used or held : for the service of transportation" in j reaching its conclusions. Rates initiated? by the railroad ad Cfl^t &t be thy Ooantry'*, Thy Uod'a ? DAY, NOVEMBER 13, ] SAY ALL STRIKES ARE BARBAROUS There is No Place in America: i For Industrial or Labor Despotism SENATE COMMITTEE i MAKES ITS REPORT Declares Public Has the Right to Determine Industrial Ques : tions - Washington, is'ov. 8?Characterizing all strikes as "industrial barbarism," and declaring that there is no place ih this country either for industrial despotist./ or labor despotism, the Sen ate Committee submtted a report to day criticizing both the strikers and their employers. The committee'^ main conclusion was that "the public has the right to determine that capital shall not arrogate to itself the right to determine in its own way those indus trial questions, and it is the same as to labor, and the duty is upon Con gress to provide some way for ad justing these difficulties." The report recommends that Congress authorize the establishment of some such me diation agency with the well defined powers as the recently dissolved war labor board. JAPANESE MIS SION COMING Representatives Bringing: Con gratulations on Winning of War London. Oct. 11.?Vice-Admiral Ka to Jap: i ese Ministery of Navy, has arrived here at the head of an official mission which is to visit all of the principal Allied Countries, to convey the friendly greetings of Japan and congratulations on ithe winning /of the war. The Japanese Admiral has ?een received by the First Lord of the Admiralty to whom' he delivered the message from his country. The mission will go to the Conti nent to visit France, Belgium and Italy. It will return home by way of America. In a statement publish ed under his name, Admiral Kato says: \ "My mission is to give to all of the Allies the friendly greetings of Japan and congratulations on the winning of the war. But we are hoping to see something of what is being done by each country in the way of reconstruc tion after the war. \ "The great problem for all of the nations now is to economize, and in Japan we would like to sec a general agreement for disarmament. "In my country there are no plans yet for a reduction of the navy or army. We are waiting to see what is done in that way by the other great powers. That seems to me to be the positon of all the nations. They ;iro willing to disarm, but are waiting for a general agreement for that purpose. "The Japanese people are fervent ly hoping for the success of the League of Nations, in which they see the prospect of the establishment of a permanent peace. All the nations have had enough of war. and the world must now give all its energies to securing lasting peace. "This being so, I rather regret that the allies are retiring from Russia be fore the complete pacification of the country has been obtained. While Russia is in such a disturbed state there is always the probability of an other great war breaking out, and I would have been glad to see the Al lies energetically take in hand the es tablishment of a sound, permanent government for that country. "However. Japan will loyally as sist her friends in keeping the peace of the world, and will especially give her aid in this direction to her Ally, Great Britain. "We have nearly settled our differ ences with China, and things in the Far East are settling down rapidly." DO NOT INTERFERE Supreme Council Permits Muni cipal Elections in Germany _____ 1 Paris, Nov. 10.?The Supreme! Council hos decided not to interfere: with the German municipal elections ; now being held ir areas where plebis- ; cites will be taken under the peace j treaty. It has decided, however, that ; such elections are in no way binding! upon the Allies, which will disregard | them when a final settlement in thespj districts is effected. ministration during government eon- , trol would be continued "until other- ! wise changed by or pursuant to au- 1 thority of law." and the bill increases the membership of .tho Interstate : Commerce Commission from nine to ' ekven members and sa'ari^s of mem bers from $10,000 to $12.<>"0 a year. Among new duties of the commission I -.'-oulrt be supervision of ;>.U new capi- j taJ issues of carriers, control rif a'* ia_provrm?'nts. authority over all ju>ol- | Lug agreements and terminal facili ties and supervision of the division of joint rates. -r M Tratte?." THIS TRU? 919. COURT TAKES STRONG STAND Judge Declares Coal Strike Not! Only Illegal But That It Approaches Rebellion ? J i - LABOR LEADERS ORDER ED TO CANCEL CALL Tuesday Named as Day For Withdrawing Order Which Caused Miners to Walk Out Indianapolis, Nov. 8.?Cancellation of the strike order which since mid- j night of October .31 has kept 400,000! union bituminous miners out of the j coal pits of the country, was ordered by Judge A. B. Anderson in the fed eral district court here today. "Violation of the war-time federal food and fuel control act, as alleged by the Attorney General's department, was affirmed by the court, who said that the strike was not only illegaV, but that under the circumstances it approached rebellion. Unless the union leaders choose to defy the court?and there was no in dication tonight of any such intention ?they can move only toward ending the big walkout. The court's order was so worded that failure to cancel the strike call or any alfirmative word or action tending to "aid and abet" the continuance of the strike would make them violaters of the in junction and in contempt of court. Tonight, therefore; the union lead ers are under orders to meet here I Monday, draw up a cancellation of the strike order, submit it for Judge Anderson's approval by 10 a. m. Tues day, and have notice of it on the way I to all local and district unions by 6 p. m,'that day. Telegrams summon ing, district presidents of the union, and members of the executive board and the central competitive field scale committee to meet here Monday were dispatched a few hours after Judge Anderson's sweeping mandate had been issued. Union officials here would not com ment upon the court action. I "Not a word," said John L. Lewis, acting president of the big organiza \ ticn, and his colleagues were even less communicative. A shake of the head, sometimes accompanied by a grim smile, was as far as they wished to I go toward indicating what they thought of the situation. C. B. Ames, assistant attorney gen eral, who conducted the case for the government, also smiled, but more cheerfully than the union men,' when asked for comment, and said: x "The decision speaks for itself." Attorneys for the union fought aj losing fight from the start of the pro- i ceedings. First they moved postpone ment for a wecK, indicating that there was a chance for settlement of the strike by that time. Mr. Ames ob- i jected to postponement and the court ordered the case to proceed. Then the government introduced j five affidavits as evidence that the j operation of Ihe railroads was being interfered with and that contracts between employe rs and miners had been broken. The defense rsponded with its motion for dissolution of thej restraining order ,a.nd arguments fol- j lowed. Although allowed an hour and a i half, Judge Ames took only thirty five minutes in representing the gov ernment case. He based his argument upon President Wilson's denunciation of the strike and said that the struc ture of the government was endan gered by the defendants' violations of the fuel control law. From that, point the proceedings were hurried by Judge Anderson, who gave the attorneys for the defense lit-j tie opportunity to go into legal points which they tri?d to get into the rec ord. He upheld in every particular the contentions of the government that the strike was illegal under the; Lever food and fu^l act and said that! the upholding of this act was the only( questions before the court. At one stage he indicated that the! right to strike was not applicable to! the case because none of the defen- j dan is to the proceedings were earning! his living by working as a miner, but; he allowed the argument to proceed j cn the theory that the union officials j were proper agents of the miners. ; carrying out orders given by their: principals. Almost, immediately, however, thej court threw the discussion back to! the wartime powers o* the fuel and; food control law and advised the de-i fense attorneys not to waste time by arguing other questions. Judge Anderson ne<t stilled this line of debate also by announcing flatly j that he was going to hold the Lever ict constitutional and in effect until | ?he President o_ the United States for- j roally decrees the end of the w?r. '"This case." bo said, in issuing the; function, "involves solely the ques tion of enforcing the law. It is my absolute duty to uphold the law which ' ? o one man and no body of men has! 'he right to override. Were we to admit to even the slightest, degree a <??ntra.iv ricrht. we would undermine ?'!*o foundations of the renublic. "The government is right in seeking ;<> uphold its own laws and in ask jt? courts to nid it. Those men hr.ve done an illegal act from which irreparable injury results to the com plainant." The injunction, prepared by the ) SOUTHRON, Ee&abH&bcrft Jun*, % .*# VoLXLIX. No. 26. ALIEN ENEMIES ROUNDED UP Secret Service Men Arrest An archists Who Plot Against Government ( -? ' . ; GANG PLOTTED NATION- [ WIDE DEMONSTRATION Many of Them Are Held For Deportation As Dangerous Criminals New York, Nov. 7.?A national raid on anarchists began here tonight. Agents of the department of jus tice, led by William J. Flynn, arrest ed more than ?00 radicals assembled in the headquarters of the Russiani soviet republic arid after they had been taken to headquarters of the department of justice and cross; ex amined 50 were held for deportation as undesirable aliens. . '. Eight women were taken in the raid, of whom two were held for dep I ortation. While the men were being examin ed reports were received of other raids which were made on radicals in many other cities. It was learned that 36.warrants had been issued by Commissioner General of Immigration Caminetti for radicals known to have been particu larly active in the indusrtial unrest of the country. It was reported that these persons who were particularly sought, had been caught. They were taken to police headquarters. i The raids taking place on the eve of the widely advertised celebration: of the second anniversary of the es tablishment of the soviet government in Russia, were said to have, nipped in the bud a country wide plqt openly to defy governmental authority. 1 This has been advocated, it was said, for several weeks -by combined radical elements the I; W. W., anarchists ?nd Russian agitators. Pamphlets an<t\ other literature to? this, effect aifc" now in possession of the department of justice, it was said. RED COMMITTEE JS IS SUPPRESSED Germany Still Having Trouble With Spartacans Berlin. Nov. o.?Secretary of mili tary affairs Noske has ordered the dis solution of the "Red Committee" which attempted to engineer a gen eral strike. The police are actively suppressing incipient demonstration of spartacists in conection with the cele I bration of the anniversary of the rev olution in Germany. CONVENTION OF AMERICAN LEGION First Annual Meeting of War Veterans in Minneapolis Minneapolis. Nov. 10.?The first an nual convention of the American Le gion opened today with more than I 2,000 delegates from all parts of the I country attending. torney general's department in Wash ington lepeated the restraining order of October 31. which forbade the is suing of any messages, oral or written, of "exhortation ot encouragement" to the strikers, and also tied up the un I ion's relief funds. It then provided ?the mandate for cancellation of the j strike call in the following language: l "And they (the defendants) are fur ther enjoined from permitting the strike order issued on or about Oc tober 15, 1911?, to the miners and mine workers in the bituminous coal field" of the United tSates to take effect on midnight of October 31. 1919. to long er remain in effect, commanding them to desist from aiding such strike by permitting said strike order to remain m effect, and commanding them to issue a withdrawal and cancellation of said strike order and communicate the same to district or loca^ unions, committees and members of the Inter national United Mine Workers of America, as fully and completely as the sLUi strike order has been hereto fore distributed and circulated to the said organization, its members, dis trict or iocal unions or any committee thereof.*' If left to pursue its normal course, the injunction proceedings probably will rest until November 20. The de fendants have until that date to file a formal answer and when that time expires it is within the province of the government attorneys to ask that the temporary injunction issued today, be made permanent. It was pointed out by government officials that this was expected to re sult, inasmuch as Judge Anderson de cided the isues 'v the case today. "Attorneys for the miners indicated that 'hoy will take the case to the United States circuit court of appeals pt. Chicago at the earliest possible <lnte. Such action, however, will nor affect the injunction proceedings nor ?Tio government's plan to ask that the ;emt>orarv injunction be made perma nent on November 2?. Tn the mean time, it is pointed out, the court's or der to call off the strike must be car ried out."