St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-16
a FRAUD EXPOSED.
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Workingmen. 1883

Smooth Citizen Tries to Fool
Workingmen. 1859
What looks like another large. and
juicy flake" has come to light, and
some ninety or more Minneapolis
workingmen, who trustingly forwarded
money. in the old approved fashion. will
probably never see either it or its re-
ceiver again, unless the police succeed
III gathering him IN.
A few days ago the following "want
ad." appeared in the Penny Press.
NTANTED-2O0 men to build new city on
w Rainy lake; carpenters and masons
S3. 20 per day; bricklayers 81; painters S.
helpers 81; weekly board, s.. Address Cliff
ford Morrison, Duluth, Minp
A large number of men answered tine
| advertisement. and soon after received
a polite letter from the enterOrising Mr.
Morrison. The supposedly official letter
paper of the Rainy Lake Land Improve
ment company was USED. and it is set
forth thereon. in bold and tiaring type.
that the Rainy Lake Land Improvement
company, Clifton Morrison, manager,
deal i'll lands, real estate ard invest
mentS.
The letter received in answer to the
applications are, in all circumstances,
exactly the same, with the same dates,
and read as follows:
ULUTH, Mimi, Aug. II. 1894 Dear Sir:
Your application received In order TO
guard against ruffians and dishonest persons
who take advantage of free fares" having
no desire whatever to enter our employ we
forward you agreement, which. f suitable,
you may sign and return with So before Aug
20, 1854, when we will forward you d pass
together with instructions on which train to
leave your city on the 25th day of August.
RnEnanffnllx- N
C. MORRISON.
In most cases the unSuSpecting appli-
cant sent along his So and filled out the
accompanying blank, which, in le gal
form, set forth the fact that the under
signed applicant agreed TO enter the
employ OF the Rainy Lake Land In
provement company at so much per day,
the amount named u be paid on the 18th
of each month.
The signer further agreed, while en-
ployed by the company, not to strike for
higher wages as long as the amount con-
tracted for was paid to him; not to 90
out on a sympathetic strike, whether
local or general, nor to purSuade, intim-
ldate or prevent others from working.
under penalty of immediately forfeiting
situation ana all the wages that might
at that time he due him.
The document closed with the follow
ing agreement:
Therefore, this day forward to said
company the sum of S3 as a guarantee
of good faith on my behalf. for which l
am 10 receive, Aug. 25, free pass from
Minneapolis to Tower, MIMI, good only
on the 2Sth day of August, 1894, on the
ST. Paul q Duluth railway, leaving
MINNEAPOLIS at Las D.. H., connecting at
Duluth for Tower, leaving same day,
Aug. 2S. 1894.
The paper further sets forth the un-
derstandlng that the said So was &C.
cepted only as security against loss to
the Rainy Lake Land and Improvement
company, and would be refunded on the
hrst regular pay day of said company,
namely, Sept. Is, 1894. ~, :.
AS many as fifty men, suspecting the
gauzy statements of the Rainy Lake
Land and improvement company,
called yesterday at the office of the St.
Paul d Duluth railroad TO find whether
the company was reliable.
Il. +. McNeill, city ticket agent for
the Northern Pacific, wired the North.
ern Pacific agent at Duluth YESTERDAY,
and received the following telegram in
reply:
G. F. Mcneil. City Ticket Agent Northern
Pacific Railway: No such man as lifton
Morrison known here. Newspapers exposed
as fake last Sunday. We think it is.
F. B. Ross
The whole thing is a palpable fraud.
as even the time of train starting for
Duluth is wrong, the Duluth train leay-
ing at 3:l5, instead of las o. M, as
stated i'll the contract.