." ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁the ▁tr ucker ' s ▁union ▁in ▁Min ne apolis ▁started ▁a ▁strike ▁( Min ne apolis ▁Team sters ▁St rike ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 4 ) ▁that ▁quickly ▁resulted ▁in ▁open ▁violence . ▁ ▁The ▁violence ▁e bb ed ▁and ▁flow ed ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁months ▁until ▁Governor ▁Ol son ▁declared ▁mart ial ▁law ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 6 , ▁and ▁mobil ized ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁National ▁Gu ards men ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁Ell ard ▁A . ▁Wal sh . ▁ ▁Wal sh ▁used ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁check points , ▁security ▁pat rol s , ▁and ▁cur f ew s ▁to ▁restore ▁order . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁violence ▁subs ided , ▁negoti ations ▁res umed , ▁and ▁an ▁agreement ▁was ▁reached ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁labor ▁dispute . ▁ ▁Despite ▁considerable ▁achiev ements ▁and ▁w ides p read ▁support , ▁Ol son ' s ▁administration ▁was ▁mar red ▁by ▁alleg ations ▁made ▁by ▁cr us ading ▁newspaper ▁editor ▁Walter ▁Lig get t ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁links ▁between ▁some ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁administration ▁and ▁organized ▁crime . ▁No ▁evidence ▁ever ▁imp licated ▁Ol son ▁personally , ▁however . ▁Lig get t ▁was ▁g unn ed ▁down ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁his ▁family ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 . ▁Kid ▁C ann , ▁a ▁Minnesota ▁gang ster , ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁but ▁not ▁conv icted ▁of ▁the ▁killing . ▁