The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-10
GORDON OF AUTHORITY
CLOSES IN ON STRIKE
MISCHIEF AT CAPITAL
Saloons Closed and Disorder
Guarded Against BY City,
County and State.

Des Moines, Ia. Oct. 5.-Following "a
series of conferences yesterday after
noon and last night as the result of
increasing seriousness of the team
sters' strike situation, definite an
nouncement was made that the state.
county and city authorities will CO.
operate today and hereafter for the
maintenance of order.
This decision came at the close of q.
day marked by the gathering of dem
onstratiye mobs wherever q nonunion,
transfer team appeared. In some in
stances drivers We're pulled from their
wagons and the teams u~nhitched,
while in others the wagon We're
stopped and escorted back to the job
bling houses from which they came.
These operations, it is declared, will
not be tolerated longer.
The most interesting feature of the
days developments was the activity of
Attorney General George Cosson, who
attended two conferences of city and
county officials after a tour of the
downtown districts, in which the strike
sy~mpathizers were busy throughout the
day. The attorney generals remarks.
in these conferences are said to have
been plain and directly to the point,
leaving no room for doubt in the minds
of the local officials as to what he as n
representative of the state government
expected.
Union Not Represented.
' The union transfers were not repre-
scented at the conferences, but L. r.
Macarthur, general organizer, in charge
of the union interests, expressed him.
self as being satisfied with the stu
alton, pointing out that he from the
first has cautioned the strikers to re-
frain from violence.
Another measure likely to be taken
within the next "a hours, if the strike
rnntjnI1aC ic tho rCnSipr nf fhN saloons
the authorities believing that the pre-
vention of violence thereby would be
rendered much easier.
Under the policy agreed upon at the
conferences last night no disturbances
of any kind, no matter how small, will
be tolerated. 1t is understood that no
officers will be placed on wagons but,
on the other hand, strike syrnpathiZers
will not be permitted to drag nonunion
men from their wagons.
Work in Harmony.
Announcement of the plans of the
different officials was made last night
at the conclusion of a meeting held in
the offices of Hewitt, Miller & Walling-
ford in the Youngerman building.
George Cosson, attorney general;
County Attorney Guthrie; j. w, Jen-
ney, chief of police; Councilman Fred
T. Van LEV: Gels Botsford, secretary
of the Commercial club; Ralph Bolton,
secretary of the Great Des Moines COM
mittee; Edwin Hewitt, of the whole
sale grocery firm of Charles Hewitt &
Sons company; Most Sherman. of the
Des Moines Drug company; Frank
Berg, of the Red Line Transfer COM
pany: Ben j. Ness, sheriff. and T. NJ.
Luthe of the Luthe Hardware
were among those who attended the
conference. There was no representa-
tive of the Transfers union or or
ganized labor present.
Authorities Co-operate.
THE state, county and city officials
will cooperate in absolute harmony"
said Attorney enc Cossor, who
acted as spokesman after the meeting.
There will be no disturbances here to-
morrow. Any man creating a distur-
bance will be arrested. The county
will have officers cooperating with the
city. That is all l car to say on the
subject"
The police last night prepared for
their part of the program when Chief
Jenney issued an order to c. G. Jack
for the day. No crowds are to be al
lowed to gather. All mobs are to be
dispersed. No one is to be allowed to
create a disturbance. No one is to be
allowed to drag %nonunion drivers from
wagons or unhitch teams. Special at
tention is to be paid to picking up in
toXicated persons. Captain Jackson
will be in personal charge of the men.
A majority Of the police will be placed
on duty in the downtown district.
where the deputies from the sheriffs
Office Will work with them. No special
police or special deputies will be at
work.
IDA GRAND JURY FINDS
ONLY ONE INDICTMENT
Ida Grove, Ia, Oct. 5.-The grand jury
Tor the October term reported to Judge
HntnhjSnn vnStarHnN that tha,- l.y r,,,,,J
one Indictment, that of seduction against
Louis Fritz. a young man living al Hol-
stein.
The grand jury received an ANONYMOUS