New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-10
.BUR.NQUlST GUSTS
SHERIFF MCINTOSH
NAMES MINNEAPOLIS POLITI-
CLAN TO SUCCEED, FRIEND
OF THE STRIKERS.
ACTION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
is DIRECT BLOW AT Or
CANNED LABOR.

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4S trainmen formerly employed by the
Minnesota, Dakota & Western railroad,
owned by the Backus-Brooks interests,
Governor Burnquistt last week declared
the office of sheriff in KooclSicking coun-
ty vacant and appointed J, P. Wall,
Minneapolis politician, as sheriff in
place Of Hugh T. Mcintosh.
! Mcintosh Disappears.
Mcintosh 1nysteriously disappeared
a few weeks ago and has not been heard
from. He incurred the enmity Of the
lumber barons- by prohibiting strikers
and gunner employed as strikebreakers
from carrying concealed weapons.
Labor men in international Falls
fear that the sheriff has been slugged
by strikebreakers, according to Major
CARTS, commander of state troops sent
to International Falls by order of the
G )vernor.
Wall, the new sheriff of Koochiching
county by virtue Of his appointment
by Governor Burnquist, formerly was
deputy sheriff in Hennepin county.
One Of the first official acts Of Sheriff
Martinson, elected by organized labor
in Minneapolis, was to remove Wall.
Old Deal Is Recalled.
When Governor Burnquist's public
safety commission was running the
state in 1917, Thomas White, then
sheriff Of Koochiching county, was
suspended from office for alleged crimes.
Wall was put in as sheriff, but few
months later, in March, 1918, Burn
quist was forced to re-instate White.
The Backus Brooks interests recent
ly filed an custer petition with Cover
nor Burnquist to have Mcintosh re-
moved from office for alleged NAL
feasance and nonfeasance in office.
The governor did not act on the petit
ton on account of his illness. Soon
after the petition was filed Mcintosh
disappeared
Acted Under Pressure.
The former sheriff of Koochiching
county is technically responsible for
the presence Of troops in International
Falls. He was ordered by Backus to
send for troops, but hesitated to do SO
because there was no necessity. Backus
or one Of his agents then notified the
governor or Adjutant General Rhinow
that International Falls was seething
with revolution. Rhinow thereupon call
ed up Sheriff Mcintosh on long dis
lance telephone and asked him if troops
were needed. Mcintosh was then in
E. w. Backus' office, it was said. The
sheriff, under pressure by Backus, told
Rhinow he col Id send the troops
Later on, when every county and
municipal officer in International Falls
and civic organizations denounced Gov
ernor Burnquist for sending troops 6
the border city, Mcintosh insisted that
he had not asked for troops. An inves-
tigation by the American Legion followed
and then Mcintosh told the whole truth.
Played Square.
From then on Mcintosh threw off
the Backus yoke and refused to do his
bidding. The custer petition was the
logical result.
Aided by the presence Of troops and
sheriff who is in full sympathy with
the Backus-Brooks interests the lun1-
Der barons are winning the strike. Ac-
cording to Major CARTS most Of the
striking trainmen have been forced to
leave International Falls and seek new
jobs in order to support their families.
Many of the strikers are former soldiers
with overseas records Minnesota Lead
er.