Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — I. W. W. Plot to Burn Crops In West Found. [ARTICLE]

I. W. W. Plot to Burn Crops In West Found.

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 6.—Regular army officers in South Dakota assert they have reliable information that Industrial Workers of the World leaders in the state have maps of the agricultural districts of the state and have men stationed throughout the state who will make simultaneous attemps to burn this season’s crops, it was made known here today?- ~-~ 7 Federal officers have been apprised of the plot and every effort will be made to apprehend those connected with it, it was said. The revelations were made public as a warning to the farmers of the state to guard against the activities of the plotters. At the office of the United States district attorney here it was that the warning could not be made too strong.