The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-28
PERSISTS
IN MINNEAPOLIS As
FACTIONS MARK time
Flying Squadrons Of Troops
Rule Streets; Interstate
Trucks Need Permits
GOVERNOR FIRM IN STAND
Communist Leaders Released
BY cuardsmen; Ordered to
Leave City
GOVERNOR FIRM IN STAND

Minneapolis, July 2s.-(P1-Flying
squadrons Of National 0uardsmen
took = group Of striking truck driver
pickets into custody early Saturday
when they halted a bread truck.
The pickets are held at guard
headquarters pending disposal Of
their cases. New orders for those en-
forcing military rule here, abolished
sentries at all downtown street inter-
sections. The men were banded into
patrol groups and each group
equipped with an automobile In which
to cruise the restricted area.
New regulations by General Walsh
Saturday necessitated permits for
trucks moving In interstate commerce
In the city. The order was issued, said
Walsh, because Of confusion and at
tempted evasion Of rules governing
commercial transportation. Until
Saturday, interstate commerce truck
movements were sanctioned without
permits.
Both disputing factions were dead
locked and there was no immediate
prospect Of settlement.
Protests Of military rule, however,
were voiced by both strike leaders
and the employers advisory commit
tee, but they fell upon deaf ears
where Governor Floyd B. Olson and
Adjutant General Walsh had not
heard them, officially.
$500 Men Patrol City
Actions of the strikers and EN-.
ployers, General Walsh said, had
nothing to do with rehabilitation of
500 men Of the approximately $500
at the fair grounds adjacent the city.
They were dismissed, he said, to re-
duce the overhead but the $500 &C
tives. including the shock troops"
specially trained In dispensing crowds,
patrolled the city Saturday.
About $500 men ,erc held IN re-
serve after the rehabilitation. Myles
Dunno. one Of the strike leaders, had
demanded in behalf of the drivers
that Governor Olson remove the
troops.
HE didn't give Us any answer,
though" said Dunno. HE said too,
he didn't know how long the troops
would be kept here" Strikers claimed
to the governor the Rational Guards
interfered with the walkout.
The governor warned the strik-
ers no picketing would be permitted
and said truck movements would be
regulated entirely by the military.
Citizens were unaffected by the
military rule, save for the inconveni-
ence that the order for no parking in
q u block restricted area downtown
imposed.
Business Suffers
Some business houses, however, said
their sales were adversely affected.
No disorders such as the police
shotgun attack last week on pickets
that caused the death Of one man,
injuries to 81 Others. broke the usual
routine Of the district.
Governor Floyd B. Olson denied
that military rule meant the muxxling
Of the press, explaining they can
write g usual and that goes for crit
icism. That provision in the procla-
nation about defamation Of the state
has the same meaning q In the
criminal CODE"
After rejecting once more the lat
est suggestions Of Rev. Francis Haas,
federal mediator. that they reconsider
their action In refusing the peace
terms framed by him and +. Il. Dun
nigan, cooperating with Father Haas,
tho employers advisory committee
resumed its bandying Of words with
the governor.
The employers refused to deal with
tho 'communistic leadership Of the
Truck Drivers union unless compelled
to do 20 by the requirements Of secs
ton TEA Of the NRA," requested an
employee election Of union repre-
sentation and asked Governor Olson
for his Official military permission
to make and publish" : reply to his
criticism Of them.
The governor promised them conn
plete immunity from any military
regulations" and said the committee
could write me in any terms you
desire"
Two suspected Communists, James
Cannon and Max Schachtman,
claimed by police to Be connected
with ct least one strike leader, were
arrested By guardsmen Friday but
later freed and ordered out Of town.
The military continued 20 issue
pelmlts for trucks to move.