Show Minnesota Orders Out Guard GuardAs As Mob Wrecks Meat Plant 1 30 Workers Seized From Jobs in Riot SOUTH ST. ST PAUL Minn May 14 UP Luther W. W ordered out the national guard Friday to halt three days of meat strike violence after about men invaded the Cudahy meat plant smashed machinery and abducted 30 non- non strikers i authorized the adjutant general to mobilize the j guard for the first time in 14 years in a civilian emergency in Minnesota II At the same time he arranged meetings with representatives of ot f the mea meat packers and Ralph HeIstein Helstein Helstein Hel- Hel stein international president of ot the striking C CIO I 0 United PackInghouse Packinghouse Pack Pack- Workers who was en route here from Chicago at the governors governor's request said he would ouid try to effect a settlement of the prolonged prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed and bitter strike but he declined to comment on whether he would ask the disputants to submit the issues to arbitration Invade Imade Meat l Plant called out the militia after men Identified by Cudahy offic officials als as strikers invaded the company's plant at ne near near-by r-by r Newport Newport Newport New New- port Minn Mimi The attackers were armed with clubs hammers and knives They surged into the plant beat and kicked and abducted abducted ab ab- ab- ab ducted 30 of them driving them away away in automobiles and releasing them along country roads Hours later however seven of the hoe hos- hostages still had not been accounted for At Albert Lea Minn meat strike pickets Friday overturned a a. automobile in a short short- liv lived d revival of vi violence lence at the Wilson Co plant Between and pickets massed outs outside de the plant gates and turned back all office workers trying to enter Thc The mobilization of the national guards was made at the r request quest of ot two sheriffs who signed petition petitions petitions peti peti- tion stating that they ar are mI unable n ble with the Ute forces at our command to enforce l law Wand and order and protect protect protect pro pro- life and property Gen Ellard Walsh head of ot the Minnesota guard said a substantial task force will be besent besent besent sent to armories in Minneapolis and St. St Paul to draw arms uniforms uniforms uniforms uni uni- forms and equipment All AIl troops he said will be motorized and mechanized There was no indication how many troops would be summoned to duty Presumably they will willbe be besent besent besent sent to the main Swift Co plant in South St St. Paul and to the Cudahy Cudahy Cudahy Cud Cud- plant in Newport Meanwhile reports of other attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to settle the prolonged and bitter strike came from Evansville Ev Ev- Ind where a district di director dl- dl rector of the union said that a conference of high union officials would be held at Chicago Saturday to consider a government settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment proposal The unions union's international headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters confirmed that the union executive board would meet Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- but said it had no knowledge knowledge knowl edge of any settlement proposal I IMade Made by Conciliators The proposal reportedly was made by U. U s S. S conciliators at Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago who have been meeting with representatives of the big big- four meat packers The U. U S. S conciliation service at Chicago however declined to com com- corn com ment A spokesman for the conciliation conciliation conciliation concilia concilia- tion office said he would neither confirm or deny reports of a a s settlement set set- t. t proposal because it is in the p public interest not to do so The spokesman man said premature announcements of settlement attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts in the past have handicapped handi I capped conciliators in their efforts effort I Ito to settle the strike The Cudahy invaders many of ot See Page 4 Column 1 I Minnesota Calls Cads Guard GuardIn In Meat Strike Riots Continued from rage Page 1 I them identified by company officials officials as s striking of ot the f firm moved into the plant in a well organized attack that caught caught the 65 inside unaware un un- aware Smash Machinery l Storming the plant from front and andrear rear the ti attackers smashed machinery beat and kicked themen the themen men wen on the job threw power switches and yanked telephones from their connections They ransacked the building breaking into all rooms but the main office in search of non- non strikers They broke into livestock pens and freed more than hogs Then the plant interior a shambles shambles sham sham- bles they left in cars they had parked near neu the plant forcing 30 workers to accompany them Most of the were driven a short distance and then put out of ot the cars along Jong the road Cudahy officials refused to Identify the asserting that they feared re re- re Blockade Workers About pickets massed before before before be be- fore the plant gates later in the morning and refused to permit the 35 workers still inside to leave However sheriffs sheriff's deputies escorted escort escort- ed some workers workers' inside at their regular reporting hour The workers have been employed for several se weeks smoking and shipping meat Some Som of them have been sleeping oh on cots Inside the plant R. R J. J Swenson plant m manager nager said six men inside the plant were injured in the fierce fighting Two required hospitalization On the picket lines at Swift and Armour plants here meanwhile strikers continued to ignore court injunctions limiting their num num- bers Mass l Before Plant Several of them massed before the main Swift plant early Friday made no attempts to cross the lines Sheriff Norman Dieter and 20 deputies and city policemen tried to pierce the lines Thursday nad were repulsed for for- Dieter said Friday he had advertised ad ad- for special deputies but added that I 1 tried that once before a and df didn't ge get many tak talc ers ors Police Chief Louis Fuller said W. W A. A Lindusky Swift Swill worker who led a a. motor caravan to St. St Paul Thursday to seek state aid in ending strike violence violence violence vio vio- lence claimed he received several telephone calls Thursday threatening threatening threaten threaten- ing his life One caller told Lindusky that if it you want to live you'd better change your way of living Fuller quoted Lindusky as saying Officials of the striking C CIO I 1 0 United Packinghouse workers denied denied denied de de- de- de nied that the Cudahy attack was planned by the union Asks Conference Adjutant General Ellard Walsh went to the governors governor's office and asked for tor a conference I with th Yo Presumably he wanted to confer on a advisability of calling out the national guard At Chicago it was learned that Ralph Helstein international president president president pres pres- ident of or the union had left for tor St. St Paul to confer with local union leaders Swenson said the invaders en entered en- en the plant through the main gate after breaking the lock He said they overpowered the watchmen watchmen watchmen watch watch- men on duty and entered the plant Itself They shut off oft the boilers in the plant immediately and threw the main switch Swenson said Then they marched through the factory breaking into every locked room in a s search arch for tor work work- ers Swenson said the attack apparently apparently had been planned carefully Each man seemed to know exactly where he w was to go and what he was to do he said The invaders used knives and sticks td break up the cots cot and sleeping equipment of the workers |