The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-27
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Communist Leaders
Held in Mill City
As Riot Agitators

Armed gu0rQSmen p0CrO1leQ the
downtown district Is federal medi-
ators, the Rev. Francis Haas and =.
H. Dunnigan. prepared q new peace
plant they expected to complete FRI
day and the employers advisory COM
.nittee again publicly blamed Com
munists for the strike. All efforts to
settle the controversy 20 far have
failed.
For the most part, citizens were UNI
affected by control Of the National
Guard. Striking drivers, however,
were forbidden to congregate out Of
doors In large numbers without the
written consent Of Adjutant General
E. A. Walsh. This order also applied
to all gatherings Of 100 persons or
more.
Only Necessities Moved
Employers were unable to move
commercial vehicles, save trucks bear
ing necessities, without official per-
mits from the military. Trucks that
did move, piled the streets without
armed police conveys for the first
time In almost q week.
Deliveries Of breadstuffs, milk, Ice,
beer, gasoline were unhampered by
euardsmen. This did not include de-
liveries Of pie, cake and pastry, for
which permits were required. Auto
mobile parking in the downtown area
was forbidden from q. m. Friday
until termination Of the military rule.
Occupation Of the city by some $50
heavily armed guardsmen from the
1000 men stationed here and In Min
neapolis' environs, was accomplished
quietly Thursday. A reserve force OF
5000 was held in readiness at the fair
grounds just outside Of the city limits.
A few hours before the troops got
under way, both sides failed to agree
on peace terms promulgated by the
federal mediators. After the military
took control, the employees advisory
committee issued q public statement
condemning Communism.
Quoting 1.-THE Militant Of
the Communist League Of America,
as boasting "our comrades played .
leading role in the preparation and
conduct Of the great strike In Mime
apolis which electrified the entire Ia
Dor movement" the employers con-
Guided:
Communists Are Blamed
Communists are daily throwing
additional Minneapolis workers out
Of employment by obstructing delivery
Of supplies. Communists are defying
civil authorities. The strike in Min
is not strike Of union labor
for redress Of any wrongs. It Is q
Communist uprising aimed at gaining
control Of our government by force
using labor organizations as the
Members Of Union No. STA who went
On strike July l6 at midnight. Thurs
day voted to accept without reserva-
lions the peace plan Of the mediators.
The employers advisory committee,
however. made certain reservations on
some points and rejected the wage
;cale provisions stipulating 42h cents
IN hour for inside workers, platform
men and helpers and sax cents an
1our for drivers.
Under the military rule regulation
authorized by the governors procla-
nation. all daily newspapers in Min
aeapolis were directed" to publish |
he proclamation for two days.
The regulations also forbid the pub
ication In any manner including |
Of anything attempting
o obstruct the military forces" or
defaming the state Of Minnesota or
my member Of the Minnesota Ma
ional Guard in the field"
However, the regulations provide
hat AL constitutional right of what
yer kind will be held inviolate and
will not b. disturbed except by the d.
ect command Of the commanding Of
icer Of the affected area, Is the ex-
gencies Of the public welfare may