The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-22
DEMAND WOMEN.
Be KEPT OUT OF.
POTATO FIELDS In.
THESABINSECTlON.
I. w. w. Sought to Embar-
rass Harvesting Opera
tions, Citizens Charge
"a ARE HELD In
MOORHEAD COURT
Accused of Vagrancy-
Three Lack Draft Cards
Police Make Drive

Thirty-four !. W. W., rounded up
by Moorhead authorities at Sabin
Friday morning, who returned to
that town in the late afternoon and
We're again rounded up and brought
to Moorhead, will be tried Monday
in the Moorhead court for vagrancy.
Three OF the men face federal
charges of failing to register under
the draft act.
Demand Women be Eliminated.
Prominent Sabin citizens stand
ready to swear that the men engag-
"a IN a campaign intended to intimi-
date honest farm workers from go
ing into the fields. and further, that
the Industrial Workers made de-
mands on farmers that they do not
permit women and children to aid in
saving the potato crop, at the same
time giving no assurance that they,
themselves, would go into the fields.
Two Shots-Five Fall
Not the least exciting feature of
the second roundup at Sabin late
Friday was the use of q revolver
by one of the sheriff's posse when
the men made break to escape.
Two shots in the air brought five /.
w. w. to the ground-unhurt.
Thirty-four men were held on
vagrancy charges until Monday
morning by Police Magistrate Wade
this morning, and Maurice Lewis,
arrested yesterday morning, was held
on a charge OF carrying concealed
weapons. Bail in the vagrancy cases
was fxed at 5000. and for Lewis,
$500 ,.-.@ss.A-s
The men were arraigned 1T the
Moorhead police station this morn
ing and County Attorney Dosland
asked all who admitted that they
we're OF draft age TO show their regis
stration cards.
Oscar Cole claimed that he was an
alien and exempt; Charles Lownan
.snd Paul Meyers claimed that they
h4da lost their cards and Joe Cannon
said railroad buIls had torn his
ups Tohn Pinger said he had plant
ed his card 'by the snow fence" at
sabln and offered q 80 out and
bring 1t IN Six others produced
their cards. Several ~ the outfit
who gave their ages aH shove or be-
low draft age will Be looked up.
Sheriff Mcdonald win wire the local
boards Of all card holders and 9TH
ers, who claimed to have lost or mis-
laid their cards, to find out If they
are wanted under the draft.
Brought Back From sabin.
Late Friday afternoon "a 1. w. w.
members were brought from Sabin
to the Moorhead police station by
Sheriff Dan w. Mcdonald and a
posse of citizens, many OF them
members of the Moorhead Home
Guard.
These men were part Of the bunch
that was escorted two miles south
- HNnfa aax vNH i
ordered to keep moving south. In
stead OF obeying the order Of the
officers the gang returned to Sabin
and re-established their Jungle,
close TO Carl Brandt's potato ware
house. It is reported that their lead
ers announced that they would show
the people of Sabin who was run
ming the town.
Responding to the second call,
Sheriff Mcdonald reassembled his
posse and drove to Sabin in five au-
tomobiles. They found the men had
returned to their old camping ground
and most Of them were seated around
a fire that was burning close to the
Brandt warehouse on the southern /
border OF the village.
When the men, were ordered to line
up one of the leaders "sassed% the
sheriff and started out to show who
was running the town" He didn't |
have to walt long, for Sheriff Dan
gave him a tap on the head with the |
butt OF his automatic.
Two Shots; Five Fall.
After the men had been searched |
for weapons the gang was started 4
north through the village. A break
and general scahtering came just as
the north limit was reached. Then /,
came the second roundup. One of |
the posse fired two shots in the air |
and Ave OF the fleeing L w. w. fell |
to the ground,
All Of the prisoners were
brought together on the railroad /
grade and several Of them NOV
ed faster when Chief of Police
r. p. Malvey of Moorhead used his
The crowd was moved |
about three miles north, travelling |
on the railroad grade. AS il was
erowinr dark they were loaded into
and q bunch on an auto |
truck and brought to the Moorhead /
police station and locked up in the
big cell room.
While they claim that they were
ali willing to work the report from
gabin Is in nat contradiction. The re-
port is to the effect that the ~. w. /
not only wanted - IA the price for
picking potatoes but said women
and children must ceaae work In the
fields.
sabin Report 81 Demands.
The sabin report il that the Lead
sxs Or the jungle gang declared that
they would pick the potatoes when
they got ready that the women and
children must stop picking and the
growers must pay the wobblers
tnair price for the work.
Several 30 the men arrested are
believed k0 ha of draft age, and three
52 them had no registration cards.
xhsy gave their names as Ioa Hig-
gina u Miller and Jim Burns. The