The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-02
Peoples Forum
Beulah, N. d.

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July 2, 1928.
Editor Bismarck Tribune:
Dear Sir: Many of the people o1
the Beulah vicinity feel they have a
grievance because of the malignity
Of our county sheriff which appears
/ in the Fargo Forum of this date. By
a staff correspondent of Bismarck.
What prompts such biased reports
we can not imagine, unless,perchance
| it is Il purified resentment in the
minds of some political opponents
or the work Of some highly polished
prevaricator having an interest in
disbanding the union at this place
Any man who knows our sheriff
personally knows that he is going t.
follow the line of duty-regarding
friends and foes alike. That no
"warning" from Governor Nestos or
! any other authority is necessary.
We realize that the anti-unionist
wants sheriff to put on spiked
shoes and begin walking over the
miners at the first indication of any
| leaning toward organization on their
part, they cannot bear the idea of a
sheriff showing any humane traits,
of his trying to lead people in paths
i of peacefulness by kindly and timely
advice, oh, no, pacific admonition is
out of place, he must go with blood
IN, bic lofo IN
stir up trouble if he finds none.
Regarding the statement that he
"took considerable time to answer"
a phone message from Nestos, this
is a rotten implication that Conrath
! is guilty of laches, do not know to
just what time or what message this
refers, but do know that l was
! with him myself at one time when re
received word from the central opel.
ator that Bismarck wanted him and
that he responded as promptly as
any one could.
If Captain Baird is reported cor
rectly when it is stated that he said
"the difficulty could have been avert
! ed if the sheriff had taken firm
stand at once, but he did not" then
/ suggest that the captain do lit
tie demonstrating. AS to "imported
paid agitators" this bunk is rehashed
sc often it seems the public would
gag at it. The only paid agitators
having been here so far as we know
were fully accredited organizers
these, OF course, are vicious and de-
| vastating sort of ner-humans in the
eyes c. the operators. A man here
| told me that he had talk with one
of these organizers once' and found
him educated, we'll Informed in cur
rent events, man OF high ideals
and was beginning to admire him I'M
!: til he noticed bulge in his hip
pocket vicinity, bulge resembling q
| gun, which little later, during the
heat of an argument, was drawn out
and proved to be hymn-book. This
[ may be jest but it is good
The insidious wording of parts of
the reports are fully equalled in
falsfty by the foul exaggeration OF
other parts, for instance this report
| says 1922 men from the Zap district
/ appeared at Beulah-" There was
one man here from Zap and I can
give his name to any interested par
ty. This will indicate about the
amount of truth which one may ex-
pect to find in many Of these re.
| ports.
The company's main contention APP
pears to be that there is no strike
this seems to be claimed because the
men walked out before an organiza-
tion was formed. The district ana
the national officials of the miners
union have organized this strike, the
| local conditions show there is q
strike, what more is necessary to get
the written consent of the operators
to call It strike?
D. E. CONE.