The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-26
IOWANS ORGANIZE
TO KEEP PRODUCTS
ON way TOMARKE7
Drive Pickets' From Highways
and Escort Livestock
Trucks to Omaha
VIOLENCE IN WISCONSIN
churns Arc Overturned and
Ashes StreWn on Butter;
Milk Pool Joins Move
by the Associated Press)

Farmer fought farmer Thursday as
the proposed national farmers strike
developed along front extending
from Wisconsin to Nebraska.
At some points, notably in .Wiscon-
sin, where the Cooperative Milk Pool
voted to join the strike. the strikers
reported progress and some violence
developed.
In western Iowa, however, farmers
took to the highways to drive off
picketers. They announced deter.
mination to keep their products going
TO market.
Their attitude was expressed In ac-
ton Wednesday night when 500 farm
ers conveyed q caravan Of 10 live
stock trucks through picket lines and
across the Missouri river bridge en-
tering Plattsmouth, Neb., from Iowa.
The trucks then proceeded ulhamp-
cred to Omaha.
No pickets were reported on the
roads Thursday morning.
Leaders Of the 'antis" have issued
a call for q meeting at Glenwood.
Iowa. Thursday to organize their
forces In opposition to the farm holi-
Gay movement.
Meanwhile receipts at the Omaha
livestock market continued to show
only slight effect Of the strike.
A. N. Young. president Of the Wis.,
consin farmers union. said his group
would follow the lead OF the state
milk pool.
In northern Wisconsin pickets In
vaded several cheese factories and
creameries dumping milk and pour
ing kerosene and ashes in milk watts
and chur1is. Milk was dumped.
Milo Reno, president Of the Ma
tional Farmers Holiday association,
reported one note of encouragement.
one from Senator Nye Of North Da-
kota, asserting you have started real
thinking and real concern In Wash
tngton.'
Strike activity OF the Wisconsin
milk pool as unit was set to begin
at 1901 a. m. Oct. 81. but its 10000
to 10000 members were urged to aid
the holiday group wherever advisable
In the interim. -
The pools executive board, in Q
meeting at Appleton, voted ~ to 2 late
Wednesday to call the strike. The
vote followed telephone conversations
which the pool chief, Walter singler.
said brought promises Of a struggle
to the end from Milo Reno. holiday
president.
While no formal strike order has
been issued to the $4,000 Wisconsin
members Of the farmers union. A. N.
Young, state president, sent letter
to the Appleton meeting saying his
organization would follow the milk
pools lead. :.
Vote Is n to :
Meanwhile disorders were increas-
ing In northern Wisconsin. At Chip
pewa Falls about 70 pickets invaded
the Model Dairy Wednesday and
dumped Is cases Of bottled milk. Po-
lice routed them and arrested two,
who were later released on the district
attorneys orders. Another band
dumped $500 pounds of milk near
wisconsin Rapids.
At Athens, pickets dumped 400
pounds Of butter from the Marathon
county creamery churns and scattered
ashes on 1t. They poured kerosene
unto milk watts Of two other plants.
More than 100 plants were closed.
Managers Of others, said they would
close Thursday or Friday.
The New Mexico Holiday associa-
ton, claiming $4,000 members We'd
nesday was Instructed to Join the
strike.
There was little visible effort to en-.
fo7ce the holiday In other states and
tn the vicinity Of Omaha 500 non.
members Of the Holiday association,
led by Sheriff w. 8. Demoss Of Mills
county,, To-. safely escorted several
score produce and livestock trucks In
to Nebraska Wednesday uigllt,