The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-12-27

contract signed by his manager. This
man did pretty well and presented
Backus a. bill for $500, the amount
agreed to under the contract. Who
made such a. contract2' asked Backus.
Y our manager replied the bigger.
The manager was called 'in,S admitted
the contract and took the side of the
logger. You had no right to make
such contract" shouted Backus,
and I'll neither recognize it nor pay
the bill The logger went away,
thought the matter over, figured it
out what it would cost to litigate the
case, and being a poor. man came back
ing one-half Of his claim. Backus
considered it a. good days work. He
knew the logger could not afford to
fight him in the courts. He did not
have the money.
No Danger of Trouble
When the railroad men refused to
work under the ten-hour day they
walked out. They had a perfect right
to do this. The people in the north
country know Bacl<us; they know Of
the existence Of the contract, Of his
disregard Of contracts. and they had
mighty little sympathy with him in
the position he had taken. There
was no trouble attending the walk
out. The Brotherhood men are SO
we'll disciplined that they would re-
sent the first suggestion about riot
or eany other violation of law. The
only thing they did was to give shelter
and protection to a number of work.
men brought by Backus from Min
neapolis to break the strike. and who
refused to work when they learned
the true situation.
''I'll send to Chicago and get some
real finks," threatened Backus, "and
I'll get the militia here to protect
them" He got In touch with "Bilr'
Adams, formerly Of Duluth, a veteran
professional in the discredited art Of
strikebreaking. Adams laid off for
time, loafed about Duluth in various
cigar stores and finally opened
'club" on the Two Harbors road east
of Lakewood. He is now back at the
old game. It. didn't take him long to
muster crew Of roughnecks and
hustle them to the "forest primevap'
where Baron Backus is the Lord Of
the Manor
The 'sRiot' at the Capitol
Before Adams and his Finks ar
rived at International Falls Backus
got busy with connections in the Twin
Cities, who in turn got to the state
capitol. Before a word appeared in
the newspapers at International Falls
about the strike they were talking at
the capitol about sending troops there
to ''stop a reign of terror a condi-
ton at that time unknown to the peo-
pie of the north country. Word was
waited: from the sheriff, but he failed
to call. General" Rhinow strutted
about the marble building like the
chief Of the 1Prussian staff, dressed In
full re:alia, but still no word from
the sheriff. -.~
Finally the governor and his mar
shall reached the limit OF their patience
and a long distance call was put in
for the sheriff Of Koochiching coun-
ty." The governor has it within his
power to remove sheriff. So with
this club General Rhinow insisted
upon going. to International Falls with
q; company of state troops. The sher-
if maintained that everything was all
right; that there was not the slightest
sign Of trouble and he thought he.
could handle any. situation that might
arise. But Rhinow was persistent, in-
cidental1y reminding the sheriff that
he would be held responsible il trouble
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