Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-08-14
LABOR TROUBLE
AT MAGIC CITY
RIOTING AS RESULT OF AGlTA'
TION BY I. w. w. SPEAKERS
100 ARRESTED

A riot was started in the streets OF
Minot last Saturday night by the In
dustrial Workers of The World, who
had gathered to hear speaker sent
to that town to organize the laboring
men in demond for higher wages.
AS a result of the affair more than
a hundred men were arrested and
placed in Jail, among them Arthur
lie Sueur. former Socialist mayor OF
Minot, and Dewey Dorman, one OF the
presen, alderman of that city.
It appears that trouble had been
brewing for some days, and on pre-
vious evening riot was narrowly
averted. A crowd had gathered to
listen to the speaker and as prom
inent business man passing with his
auto he stopped near the crowd and
was insulted by some of the I. w. W's,
who tried to make him move on be-
fore he had finished talking to anoth-
er man on the street.
Saturday night the trouble was
started when someone threw rotten
eggs at the speaker from the top OF
a building. A large number OF police
were sworn in and they went down to
the railway tracks and brought out a
large number of men who had been
canning there, and who were l. w.
W. svnpathizers. These were lodg-
ed in iail, in addition to the ones ar
rested in the Saturday evening affair.
"North Dakota's laws on the ques-
ton of melting riots or labor troubles
are complete and allow the widest
latitude" said a prominent Attorney.
"I am confident that we will be able
to deal with the situation and that
there need be no further trouble IN
the state. The summary manner IN
which Minot officials deal with the
conditions existing augurs we'll for
the future conduct in such cases."
A news dispatch from Minot says:
Minot, Aug. 13.-Fifty nine new
members of the I. w. W. who today
were camped in a woods along the
500 tracks were run out of town by
the sheriff and posse Of twenty armed
men late this afternoon. They were
marched "a miles to the town of Bur-
lington and told to keep away from
Minot.
Jack Law, the I. w. w. speaker,
who was the target for rotten eggs
Saturday night, was out on bond and
apbeared before the officers and ask
ed for the release of the prisoners,
saying he had a writ, of habeas cor
pus giving the men the right to stay
in Minot. His demand was ignored
when he failed to produce papers.
The men declared that they would
return to Minot tonight: They said
two hundred more of the comrades
would arrive in the city tonight
Many camps are reported in the vlcin,
ity of Minot, and fierce electrical
storm is expected to drive them into
town tonight.
The police today thought they mad
the situation we'll in hand, but with
todav's developments their fears are
r;s;nu The situation is again assum,
mo- an alarm aspect after a qule,
dav and night of only minor disturb
ances. last n;oh+
among the prisoners being JACK Al.
len. an I. w. w. organizer: "A groul
~ 81 I. w. WIS. were sentenced las'
u;oht ~ HI to pay fine of $1s each or take
eight days at hard labor. Only one
man paid his fine. 4h;s .++er,
noon to try one group Of twenty -foul
city Jail prisoners arrested IN VIZ
riots. The hearing will start tomor.
row morning before Justice OF the
Peace John Lynch. The jurors. were
being picked today for the tr1al o.
the 26 prisoners being held at the
county Jail on the charge Of VACANCY
Their trial started Monday before
Judge William Murray Of the county
court. Counsel for the defendants ar
rived from Chicago. Former Social.
;sts NAV Art LeSueur and Soclailst
Commissioner Dewey Dorman re-
mained in Jail over night, refusing to
give bond. They will be tried WIFI
the group of twenty four city 3a'l
prisoners tomorrow before Judge
Lynch. ~ ,,o,
LeSucur crossed examined all ven
iremen when the jury was beng
picked.