The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-11-20
NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL

Capitol employees and officers are
riding army trucks instead OF the
street car. The storm Of Sunday
blocked car tracks so badly the orig
j inal Toonesville Trolley could not run
and the state highway commission or
fered to put on special drlft-bucklng
service with two Of the big trucks re-
Gently given the state by the govern
ment. .i
L u Petitions requesting the legislature
n to bring impeachment charges against
H Attorney General William LANCER and
l Secretary of State Thomas Hall are
in circulation in the state according 20
information received here today. Inc
II Fargo bank case is said to~be used as
the foundation for the charges. Inc
nreparation of distribution of those
probably accounts for the lack OF talk
around the capitol concerning the
special session, which has almost been
lost SIGHT of through the greater pres
ent interest in the coal strike sltua-
ton.
With 80 percent of the coal miners
on strike, with coal stocks of various
cities depleted to an alarming extent,
with the national United Mine work
ers under order to withdraw their
strike order, the majority Of the mines
of the state are imperative, as re-
suit of Governors Frazier's backing
of Henry brennan, district president
in the industrial condition which mas
resolved itself into battle OF the MN
ers against the Ultimate consumer
farmers and city man.
AS a result of the meddling IN the
affairs by Governor Frazier and the
conditions arising as a-result, 1t is ru-
mored about the state house that
grand Jury hearing is imminent. Inc
Federal Department Of Justice says
the rumor will probe the why's and
wherefores of the injections OF poll
tics into the Strike situation.
Miners at the Wilton works were
working eight hours per day and SIX
DAYS week, drawing from $3.50 to
$3.50 month. Miners themselves did
not have a grievance and contemplate
ed no action. Frazier's telegram prec-
Initiated the crisis opening the way tor
a controversy and ignoring the work
ling agreement of the miners with their
employers effective until SEPTEMBER,
1920.
Just when or where such govern
ment hearing will be instituted is not
state.
The Beulah mining company at Beu-
lah is the only large workings now op-
erative. Many small neighborhoods
mines in-various sections OF the state
however are working full blast. :,
The City of Mandan is in dire straits
oIo 1fY.ol heat for
about forty percent of the business
houses, electricity for the city homes
and lighting system; power TOR var
ious, industries and power Tor the
pumping of water into the city reser-
voirs. This plant has, only enough
coal to last four days. AS result
the city has established temporary
municipal fuel administration board
and is checking the stocks OF all con-
': Germs as well as homes. The same
] condition is reported from other CIT
les.
Governor Frazier has issued state
! ment in which he asserts his entry IN
! to the affair was with the intention TO
keep the mines going, or the state take
/ charge. The latter would indicate that
! the chiefs of the Order of Post Dated
checks have seized upon the present
j as "a psychological moment mine own
ling may be added to their socialistlc
4 program of state owned Industries.
Meanwhile the rumblings indicate
i that farmers everywhere in the state
are highly incensed at the governors
action in lining up with walking del.
egate of the United Mine Workers tc
I win small organized labor vote al
\ the expense and exploitation Of farm
ers who placed him in his position.
One Northern Pacific engineer to-
I day said IF Frazier thinks he is win
ming the votes Of the organized Labor
! he has another think coming in SO IA
as the railroad unions, the machinist'
union or others are concerned"
And the man who was shaving th'
re engineer added: Give been menlbe:
lie Of the BARRIERS union for fifteen year
at and I believed in unionization Of tn
RS trades, but this isn't strike rea
~ union. man can have sympathy with
lie It's ssocialistic, Bolshevik politica
We trick"
en- The union printer who was waitins
b. his turn added: envy wife and tire
kids have moved over to my broth
er-in-law's place. We haven't QUAR-
b. Of coal dust in the house and couldn'
er get any. Union, huh? So am I. bu
he its come to point where know tn
be publishers can't pay higher wage
he without going broke and we can't pa
II high prices for cDal without goinN
er hungry. Show me the printer tina
lis draws $3.50 month for eight hour
n a day work.
Of It would appear that Governor Fra
lg zier has not only enraoed the farme>
s. but made hostile the union men as we