Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1894, Page 1

STIL AT WESTI Omaha's Resoue Army Failed to Start Kelly's Forces Eastward, TRAIN SECURED BUT NOT OF RIGHT KIND Industrials Refused to Take a Ride Back to Council Bluffs, FEARED THEY WOULD GO INTO A TRAP General Says He Will Use No Aid Secured by Unlawful Means, DAY OF GREAT CROWDS IN BOTH CITIES But They Were Free from Disorder and Without Violence. IOWA WOMEN LEND A HELPING HAND Sympathy with the Commonwealers Em- phasized by Yesterday's Events, RAILROADS CONTINUE OBDURATE Cltizens Request Hubbard to ve the Bluffs—Towa Militia Again Under Arms —Kelly May Ask for Wagons Situation Grows Serious. Through the greater part of yesterd aspect generally acknowledged to be serious as given to affairs connected with Kelly's army by the marching of thousands of Omaha workingmen to Council Bluffs and their ef forts there, first to get the railroads to fur- nish transportation for the army- eastward, and on their refusal to seize engines and cars and make up a train themselves. It was known (hat the Omaha men were deter- mined and the boisterous enthusiasm with whicli they were greeted in their pro it was feared, would nerve them up to the reck- lessness of committing violence, Immer throngs were all day in the streets of Coun- cil Bluffs, at the transfer a train was really “captured” and taken to We:ton later in the day and in the evening as portions of th men returncd to Omaha a mob-like apy ance was given to the Union Pacific yards and (o parts of South Omaha. But through 1t all no man was hurt and no unlawful act committed, unless the taking of the cars in the yards at the Blufls may be regarded as such. reral Kelly's refusal to board the offered train at Weston and return to the Bluffs is commended by sensible men on all wides, and his determination to make use of no transportation or other help not law- fully procured is equally approved. Wiial today may bring. forth no one can tell. 1t fs expected that it will also be a day of crowds and hoped thal the. temper of tha people will be as well controlled as yester- day. Of one thing there can be no. doubt, and that is that the masses of the people will stand by Kelly and his men and not permit them to suffer. It is the opinion that sooner or later the rallroads will he compelled by stress of eircumstances to carry the men eastward, thouglh they persist yet in their refusal to do so. The railroad authorities stand alone. Tralnmen are with Kelly and manned the engine and cars that went to Weston yesterday. Bven General Manager St. John ‘of the Rock Island pub- liely announces his warm sympathy with the men and advises his company to furnish them transportation. The only change in the situation seems to be an increased eagerness on the part of the masses to assist the Commonwealers in every way possible, and an increased deter- mination on the part of the rallroads not fo assist OMAHA TO KELLY'S RESCUE. Promptly at 9 o'clock yesterday morning the big bell in the steeple of the First Pres- byterian church proclaimed a deep monthod signal that many citizens of Omaha fully understood. Within fifteen minutes after the first stroke was sounded, squads of citizens, in whicl workingmen predominated, flocked ex- citedly to Jefterson square. Many hand waved Old Glory from the miniature Fourtl of July edition up (o a remnant of an oll battle stained flag which a Grand Army veteran prondly waved over his grey hairs as he rushed to join the thromg. It was a popular uprising to go to the rescue of General Kelly and his unfortunate com rades across the river, “Listen to Omaha's Liberty bell,” yelled & brawny workman who had left his lahor and rushed into the strect, pulling on his coat as he ran to join the hundreds who preceded him. Il roads seemed to lead to Jefferson square. The crowds came from every dirce- tion. Men left their workshops, others who could not get away from their lubor ruiscd windows and yelled words of cheer to the hurrying humanity In the strects below Factory girls walved their handkerchiefs and the wives of many workingmen stood in the vicinity of the square where the crowd concentrated The Union Pacific shop whistle did not Dblow, as anticipated. This was to be another signal, but the man who pulled the rope of the church bell made up for the d. ney, and that bell rang as it never did before. After 500 men asscmbled at Jefterson square and formed the nucleus of a parade that followed and swelled the number tc 1,600, Captain Donaho stalwart six footer, was elected ger in command of the Omaha Rescue army. He accopted the honor and made a brief speech, in which he advised every man to keep cool and obey orders. The time had arrived, he said, for action that would settle the Kelly problem The object of this call was to form in line and march over to Council Bluffs and en- deavor to peaceably prevail upon the rail ways and militia to cease harassing Kelly and his men. General Donahoe gave the command to fall in and it was promptly obeyed. He se ected the following as captains: 8. D. Ned B. Schupp, H. Taylor, Dr. Rodolf, W 8. Sebring, T. J. Ryan, H. M. Tichenor and a dozen others STARTED THE PROCESSION. Captain Donohoe and Colonel Brenan of the Industrial army headed the procossion which formed at Sixteenth street and Capi- tol avenue. Five hundred workingmen fell in line, Some were carrying flags, and every man was simply overflowing with en- thuslasm. J. H. Scott and M. Nelson of the Knights of Labor order carried fla &0 large (hat it took all of their strengih to keep the twisting and penctrating wind from tearlug them from their grasp. There Was 1o brass band or other music to en thuse the men. It was plaln, unadulterated sympathy for those poor fellows on the lowa side who were pleading for transpor- tation to get to Chicago. One man played the best he could a tattoo on a worn out snare drum, and this was the only music there wis. The committee appointed to ge gure a brass band falled to make conuec Yons, From Sixteenth sad Capitol avenue the men marched south on Sixteenth to Far Dam, west to Seventeenth, where they coun ruarched back down Farnam to Eleventh Douglas and east to the bridge recruits were tuken in all along the and when the procession reached the bridge there were 1,500 men wa king four cheer after waving their appreciation ylor's grey whiskers flitted In the breezes as he enthusiastically Jumped up and down Taylor car- ried a flag and walked with the men to the men were cheered various points along the line of march. and cheered back at Farnam long enoug committee to go was reported that too late to see General Kelly, ong enough for Cap the men not to keep o and to walk two abi ach of the bridge tain Donohoe to advise poon the brid Reaching ti but asking the men to walk in double file and to please not keep step, as such a large body of men keeping step on the bridge would was given three cheers for his liberality, and the order to again 1 the streets Captain 0'Donohoe was in handling the men by a dozen lieutenants, malntained throughout Ll able and quiet determined Blufts to counsel with We will inquire how the railroad authori- to haul the men at any price it is hard to tell what the If they ask full fare or workingmen interference We hope to sctile the and T am of the opinfon that will be given a train by nigh om South Omaha came lorning to ascertain what w He said that luborers from tion peaccably early in the to be done ssembly; that they in sympathy with Kelly ved at taking sections of cession pass the occasion, grabbed a cloth was overcome by throwing down the spirit of tones in the middle of the street, slung his d joined the march- ing throng. TRAINS IN ( rumor that the men were ¢ 3 o'clock and widely elrculated. ous stories afloat as to the route to be taken information bulk of the party would come over the as the infor- men of the day force fo wait for the ¢ on this side of the bridge and afford tyn followed scon after w 80 that about twenty-five officers w Several hundred people depot in the expectation of seeing some ex- There was no settled idea as to safd that they were bound for Albright, re they expected to be able to capture a Rock 1Island train, another story was that they were going to make up a train out of the Union Pacific 1t was after 5 o'clock when the curiosity were gratificd by the appearance of a mass moving over the approached loaded from pilot to footboard with a mass Then a ditant cheer told that the party had lost none of its enthusiasm, and in five min- utés more the impromptu special pulled up towurd the depot. It consisted of Union Pa- were piled inside and out with men, who were welcomed with a chorus of cheers The engine pulled up under the water tank to renew its supply, and was then switched in on a sidetrack, from which its temporary owners found themselyes un- from the crowd. According to the story of the men had originally intended to block the bridge that came across. Then they got hold of this engine and de- seize the fivst Albright, where they hoped to find a Rock nd get a train, sposed to take vise than as a me: of the Rock Island. the engine had pulled on to the branch it the supply of coal was also med without None of them Union Pacific pro in reach of was found that organization others another a vain attempt to find any one who knew what the men wanted to do, but met so contrary opinions that waiting some he ordered He was promptly obeyed pulled, £o that all hope of that way was useless. little before 6 o'clock sympathizers he gave up in t off the engin: getling out d by a negro and an old man with a along the tracks past the depot, with the an- the others | but the majority remaine abandoned engl me one did 1 about the e, and asked each other why do something of the Knights of Labor mounted the steps er coach and announeed that they and would be ready received a me ing that the army w heard from ¥ would get He did not eare that it must 1 obtain a train. was, except belonging to the and a vociferous chorus proposition ke up in an o and the demonstration temporerily over. SECOND MARCH BLUFFWARD, The mass meeting at Jefferson square consequent peregrinations athizers, was a success 0 1ar as it went to show the good will of the but it failed utterly to add to General Kelly's transportation faciliti The crowd then b of the assembled About 1,000 was a very orderly assemblage. a group of men cony whispers, but their conversation could ne heard tep feet away A few minutes after 8 Labor called thd crowd to order and stated speakers desired to address The first was Poter Bond, who made herent remarks, urging his audi- corporations heard with ‘‘we have tried to do some- thing today and we have failed ! not obey your leader it ouce more, but it will be are better organized. don't want to make trouble for the police OMAHA, We don’t want to force the governor to call out the militia, but we want to do something to help out General Kelly and his men There is only one way to do it. Nelther the Northwestern nor the Rock Island roads will carry Kelly to Chicago. The Milwaukee has its tracks torn up and the only way out is over the Burlington. Now form yourselve into companies of ten. Let each compan choote a leader. All of you promise to obey that leader, and then the committee will try to help you to accomplish something." The crowd expressed a readiness to follow the suggestion and the task of forming the companies was begun. Unfortunately for the success of the plan, one company broke up while the next one was being brought into line, and after a quarter of an hour of work the crowd was no nearer an organi- zation than it was before. Meanwhile a con- siderable contingent had congregated in front of the Fifteenth Street theater. They were headed by a couple of men carrying a flag, and finally they marched down to the square, where they were Jjoined by the greater part of the crowd. They marched around the square to Sixteenth street, down Sixteenth to Douglas and thence to the motor bridge, There were about 1,200 men in line altogether, and they started for Cou cil Bluffs with the general idea that were golng to find an engine and somewhere waiting to be purloined for Kelly's benefit. THEY ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING The only exciting incident on the march was at Eleventh and Douglas streets, where one of James Stephenson’s street sweepers attemped to break through the line. A hun- dred men started towards the reckless driver, and he was in a fair way to be roughly handled when a posse of police ap peared and cleared a passage for him through the ran It was a tedious march over the bridge in the cold wind. Many of the recruits we making the trip for the second time th day. They sung “Glory, Glory, Hallelujal 1 “Marching Through Georgia” to keep up thelr spirits, and if their legs were weary their voices showed no signs of fatigue. As the procession neared the Bluffs an effort was made to form the parade into something like military order. Then the leaders passed down the line and gave the rank and file an idea of their plans. The first 100 men in line were to be switched off at Pearl street and led to the Rock Island yards to seize an engine. The remainder were to keep on down town and wait for orders at the square. When the head of the procession arrived at Pearl strcet they were met by an engineer from the yards, who informed them that there was an engine down there which might Dbe had for the taking, and an engineer could be found who would readily undertake to run it anywhere the leaders wished. His story was regarded as a trap at first, but he was s0 earnest in his assurances that it was decided to send ten men with him to get the engine, while the rest went on to the square, where they were to stay until the heard of the success of the movement. The ten men. were to seize the engine and give the rest of the crowd a signal, consisting of five whistles, the third and fifth long and the others short. Then the whole aggrega- tion was to hasten to the Rock Island yards on th: double quick and help make up a train. This was about as far as the plan ever progressed. The ten men went to the Rock Island yards, and the first thing they s was an engine with a string of box c; leisurely advancing toward them. The cars were crowded with Kelly sympathisers, and the committee of ten jumped to the conclu- sion that some other party had anticipated them. They all boarded the train, which proved to be a Union Pacific switch engine hauling a string of cars back to Omaha. This ended (he story as far as the ten were con- cerned. L of them jumped off and went to find the main body, while the rest made the best of the situation and rode (he cars bacik to Omaha. NEBRASKA MILITIA PREPARING. Adjutant General Gage of the Nebraska militia. was in town vesterday, and was found by a reporter in conversstion with J. H. Stickel at the Millard hotel last eveniug. He said that he was in Omaha in response to orders issued by Governor Crounse. On his arrival he made an Inspection of the militia companies in Omaha and put the Omaha Guards and Thurston Rifles through a drill on the streets last evening. He said that he did not believe the militia would be called out to preserve order on this side of the river, but that he was like a re- volver—g=ldom needed, but when needed needed badly. He arrived in the city yesterday morning and marched to Council Bluffs with the crowds yesterday to observe their temper and acquaint himself with the situation. During the afterncon it was stated that Governor Jackson was in Omaha and had dinner at the Millard in company with Gen- eral Brooke of the regular army and re- quested him to use his influence with the national authorities to have the Second regi- ment taken to Council Bluffs, Tho report was denied by General Brooke Iast evening, the general stating that he had never seen Governor Jackson in his life. Mr. W. J. Carroll of the law department of the Union Pacific returned from lowa late last evening. He said that the company had the names of the ringlcaders in the seiz re of the train yesterday afternoon and would ob- tain warrants for their arrest. CAPTURING A TRAI Men Got the Cars that Were Take: to Weston About 8 o'clock word was passed around among the crowd that had gathered at Bay- liss park that unless something were done beforo 4 o'clock a move would be made on the ruilroads. The throng which was packed aboul Bayliss park in Council Bluffs had heen getting cold and was gradually fading away when the beating of a drum was heard on the west side of the sq e, and a crowd of 200 women, headed by Mrs. Herman, was seen on the march to the depots. The line was made up of well clothed mothers and wives, and at almost every cor ner an accession was received. Fifers joined the band and when the Rock Island depot was reached there were nearly 1,000 women In line. rived there, a committee was detailed to make an pection of the neighboring round hov This was done, but not an engine was found While the throng was in deliberation an other drum was heard, and a few blocks west was seen a line of fluttering flags. These were carried by the main body of men on the way to the transfer. These werc joined by the women, and a procession of over 2,000 wound down over the tracks to ward the depot By this time all the leaders had disap peared. Captain O'Donahue was nowhere to be found and the crowd was acting on its own responsibility, Shortly before the trans- fer was reached a man appeared on the top of a box car an began a specch It was Dr. Rodolf, and he called first for <ix earnest engin r' They were forthcoming in a min- ute. Then he asked for six earnest firemen and out of the crowd a response was made. “Now, men,” he said, “follow me,” and the line was made up. Half a dozen round- houses were Inspected and found empty, but at the depot there was a Northwestern train with an engine attached, with the steam pufliing from the smoke stack. Dr. Rodolf boarded it, followed by some of his volun teers, The connection with the cars fol lowing was broken, and the engine sailed away with Dr. Rodolf, but no cars could be found. All the leaders were now gone, and the ecrowd, which covered miles of tracks, began to wonder what was to come next. On the walk to the depot an engine labeled Union Pacific, No. 1208, was met, and answering to the argument of railway t on the ralls, it came to @& stop. Nick Wicks, a veteran engineer, was in charge, and as he looked out of the cab window in surprise .half a dozen women and a lot of men were passed up and con signed to his tender mercies. Dozens of others boarded the pllot and planked them selves on the side of the boiler, Then & youthful looking gentleman, Wearing a tall silkk hat, and giving his name as G Wicks, climbed into the cab and sald, Papa, you had better get off,” and papa got_ oft. The young man with the plug hat evl dently knew his business, and after shooting — e = the engine up and down the tracks for half an hour had attached his engine to cars with which he pulled out for Weston. APPEALS TO MOWA'S PEOPLE, General Kelly Asks the Citizens to Help iim on His Way. WESTON, Ta., April 20.—~(Special Telogram to The Bee)—After the crowd of visitors had gone home General Kelly issued the fol- lowing appeal to the people “WESTON, Ta., April 20.—To the People of Towa: Desiring to move eastward as fast as possible, and desiring alko to abide by the laws of the land, I ain forced to ask on be- half of the Industrial army for ald in ob- taining horses, wagons and harness suffi- cient to help us across the country, all other means of locomotion Kaving been denied us save those of nature. I will make this my appeal to the citizens and liberty loving peo- ple of the great states of Nebraska and Towa. Will you assist us in cbtaining this ald? Yours respectfully, “CHARLES T. KELLY, eneral, Tndustrial Army.” KELLY DECLINED THE TRAIN. He Could Not His Men in the Light of Law Breakers, WESTON, Ta., Apiil 20.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—This little village will probably never again witness such excitement as oc- curred here tonight. There were more than 2,000 people here, In a place of not over 200 inhabitants. The most intense excite- ment has prevailed since dark, and while it would have taken very little to have goaded them beyond control, not an incendlary ut- terance was heard, and the crowd conducted self in an orderly and law-abiding manner. Deputy Sherllf Goodwin and five deputies were here, and cautioned the men to commit no unlawfil acts, under pain of arrest, and their advies had good effect. All day exciting rumors have been received here, and tonight the Industrial army was in great suspense, not knowing what was going to happe The first real Information the men re- ceived was regarding the capture of an engine in Couneil Blults, and that a crowd of workingmen were coming after Kelly and his army to take them back to Council Blufts. The Rock Island agent also received the same information; and ordered out a gang of section men to pull up the rails in the frack about 400 yards west of the depot. The section men had hardly pulled one spike until the word had spread all over the camp, and in a few minutes hundrers of excited men were running: down the track. They surrounded the seoMon employes and per- suaded the men to Fy down their tools, Zager hands grabbed: up the hammers and drove k the spikes. Agent Chit- tenden appeared oi the scene, He ordered the workmen to again pull up the ralls. | By this time it was known that there was a crowd on the approaching train and Kelly's men protested against the pulling up of the track in order to derafl the train, characterizing such action as being murderois, as some one was bound to get badly hurt. ‘e aspect of the men was so determined that the agent became frightened and went back o the depot. CHEERED THE: COMING TRAIN. Then Kelly's men srung out along_the track for a couple of miles to guard against the pulling up of rasly, and soon the big heaclight of Union Paciié bridge engine No, 1268 came into view..The army shouted themselves hoarse and ghrew up their hats and blankets Into Thedalr. The train came in slowly, following dozens of trackwalkers 10 see if overvthing was safe. During this time General Kelly and Dr. Lemen were holding a meeting in the village hall. They knew nothing about the arrival of (helr vis tors until the engine Llew deafening blasts of welcomo. As soon as the engine camo to a standstill the crowd on the train made a rush for Kelly. The meeting was broken up and everybody was trying to talk at once. Finally partial order ‘was restored, and a committee of englueers and trainmen from Council Bluffs stated to Kelly that they had captured an engine and ten cars in order to take him and his men back to the Blufis, where they proposed to feed and shelter them until they could get a train to take them on to Washington. General Kelly called his friends in for consultation, and after considerable argu- ment he announced that he thought it best for the railway men to return to the Dluffs without his army, and tomorrow they would march in. The visitors were anxious to take Kelly and his men away from Weston, and again urged him to accept their invitation. Kelly sald that he believed that if his army went aboard the train they would be violating the law, and as his men had as yet violated no law he did not want 1o take the risk now, for ho was aware that if he did John Baldwin, Nat Hubbard and the railway officials would make him trouble and use this as an argu- ment against the cause which he was ad- vocating. The committee saw the force of the argu- ment and thought that Kelly knew best how to proceed. The result was then made pub- lic in the hall and one brawny railroader shouted: “Come with us, General Kelly, there are 10,000 citizens in Council Bluffs who are waiting for your return with us. They are with you heart and soul, John Baldwin or no John Baldwin, and the people ave sick of John Baldwin, any way." Another satd: “Come with us and we will feed you and send you on your way to Washington rejoicing tomorrow. The people are with you, and they will rule this country in spite of monopolles and their attorneys, who are now trying to grind working people into the depth of poverty TOOK BACK THE SICK General Kelly heard these and many more Kkindly expressions with quivering lips and tears in his eyes, and in a voice affected by his Intense emotions replied that he would like to accept their Kind offer, but under the circumstances he believed it best not to do so. “Well, you have some sick men with you general, who need better treatment than you can glve them here,” said a determined looking man, “and we shall insist on taking them back with us and placing them in the lospitals, where we cans glve them the best of ca God bless you for that,” said Rev. Dr Lemen. Those sick men 40 need better car it was ogreed that the visitors should take the half-dozen sick men with them. Gen eral Kelly ordered his men (o breakfast at Quybreak, so as to ba ready to be on thelr march back to Council Blufs at 7:30 o'clock in the morning. This decision was greeted with hearty cheers and the crowd held a sort of @ mass meeting, in which the citizens of Weslon took part. Big strong men grasped hands and cried like children as they gave way to their emotions, and there were many ladies who cried and wughed in the same moment. It was slmply an indescribable scene. OVATION TO THE WOMEN. . About this time a delegation appeare escorting Anna Hooten and May Conner of Council Bluffs and Bdna Harper of Omaha who came down with the' crowd from the Bluffs. These are tho women who assisted in the capture of the engine which brought them to Weston, With them was Engincer orge Weeks, Wwho blushed 0 the crowd gave three cheers for him as the man who captured and run old 1288 to this place. The ladies were somewhat eon- fuged at the spontaneous greeting given them as they stoodeBp on clairs and were introduced o the erowd. This time the cheers could be heard all over this part of the county. Tears gathered on the cheeks of the ladies, and Miss Hooten sald “We are In deep sympathy with these poor men and wish them success in thelr undertaking, as it concerns us, too, Miss Hooten sald that they went fo the transfer with the men, and she remarked to a group of engineers that if she were a man she would get an engine mighty guick. She 21, 1894. told a man If he would get an engine sho would put the Amerlcan flag on its pilot and ride in the cab to the rescue of the un- fortunate men. The sympathies of several engineers were aroused to such an extent that an engine was taken and run down here. She said that she may have acted unwomanly on the spur of the moment, and expected to be criticised, but as she thought she did right she would take the blame. * “You did right,” yelled a hundred volcos, and three cheers were given for her. May Conner sald: “God bless you, men, and may you succeed In your ambitions.' After the excitement had subsided some- what the ladies were given lunch and were then made honorary members of the Indus- trial army and decorated with its red, white and blue badge. Then the train whistled for the return trip and the train backed slowly into Council Bluffs, leav- ing behind 1,600 men whose hearts had been made much lighter by this visit As the crowd prepared to leave the hall one of the visitors said “General Kelly, we respect your wishes and with God's help you will win this fight for the rights of workingmen." The men uttered an eloquent prayer and the meeting was at an end. At the depot it was learned that the water in the engine was almost exhausted, and the men formed a bucket and tin can brigade and soon filled the tank from a neighboring well. The train- men then captured two red lanterns at the Milwaukee depot to put on the rear of the train and started back. ' ection men who were ordered to derafl the train had been taken up to the commissary departmen where they were detained until the arrival of the train. No attempt was made by Kelly's men to get onto the train, and they con- ducted themselves in such an orderly man- ner that the officers did not find occasion to interfere with them. All is quiet here at midnight and the men are sleeping comfortably in their camp. WHY KELLY REFU THE TRATIN. Confers with Mr. Rosowater as to Course He Should Now Take. About 10 o'clock last night General Kelly at Weston called up Editor Rosewater of The Bee by telephone and told him that the train had arrived to take his army back to Council Bluffs, and that he had refused to take it. He stated that he did not propose to use a train not secured by peaceable and lawful means and would receive no help that did not come voluntarily. He feared that if he went back to Council Bluffs he would simply be running into a trap, that he would be hemmoad in by state and possibly federal troops, and that some rash act on the part of the crowds of workingmen smbled there would get him and his army into trou- ble. Mr. Rosewater commended him for his good judgment, agreeing with him that it would be unwise to return to the Bluffs under such circumstances. He counseled him to persist in his determination to mak no use of transportation or other help that was stolen for him, and to avold any course that might possi- bly bring him, through the rasiness of others, into conflict with state or federal authorit He advised him to make an effort to start eastward, depending on farmers and the pop- ulation of the towns on his way to furnish him wagon transportation and food. ~ Mr. Rosewater was confident that the people would stand by him and told him that if he Qid this his procession through the state would be such a ome as the people had never witnessed before. “It matters not,” sald Mr. Rosewater, “whether you get to Washington by May 1. Your living petition as it unrolls ftself through {-the~state-~will = attract more - attention and sympathy than if actually presented Dbefore~ the ~ executive - mansion. - Leave the railronds severely alone. Choose ihree wagon roads between the Northwestern line on the north and. the.Burlingten, on. thel, south, divide your forees into three or four battalions, get relays of wagons every fifty miles, and I predict that before you have reached the Mississippi river the railroads will be glad enough to carry your army to Chicago and further east. Sherman's army marched from Atlanta to the sea through a hostile country stripped of all provisions. Surely your army can go by wagon across Towa, which has bread and meat in abun- dance and whose people will not allow you to suffer for want of food and shelter.” If you make the appeal you can get all the wagons you need in twenty-four hours.” These suggestions seemed to strike Gene Kelly favorably, and the appeal will probably be mude. TO MANDAMUS RAILROADS, Plan May Be Tried by Law to Compel Them to Carry Kelly. The Omaha Central Labor union law committee took up the legal side ot the Industrial army trouble vesterday and in consultation with Attorneys Thomas and Noland decided to try to fix up some scheme to mandamus one of the rail- roads and compel it to carry the army to Chicago for -a consideration. Attorney Thon and the committee called upon Judge Deemer of Council Bluffs and asked it he would hear a case if it was brought at once. Judge Deemer replied that if Governor Juckson would come into his court and show that he had made a tender for a train he would hear the case if there could be any authority whatever shown. He thought that the emergency was such that the governor would be justifiable in taking almost any procedure, whether it be entircly regular or not. The committee then with their at- torneys repaired to the office of Attorney General Stone and asked if he would adyise the governor to take such action. He fused to do so, arguing that the case could not be heard for ten days, during which time the question now at issue would surcly be solved. Not contented to give the matter up, the attorneys began looking up the law to see it the army was again surrounded by militia it a suit could not be started at Mount Pleas- ant in the federal court, which would neces sitate the removal of the army to that side of the state at government expense, to be heard before the federal judge at that place. It the men are not moved and are again surrounded by the militia this action may be taken. nat OAD OFFICIALS FEARFUL, Asled the Mayor to Securely Pro Their gy tes, The crowds that gathered at various times in the city yesterday caused the managers of the railroads to fear that their property might suffer. When the Union Pacific train arrived at South Omaha from the west last evening it was switehed onto the Burling ton tracks and sent by way of Blair to make eastern connections. Passengers from Omaha got off at South Omaha and came up town by the motor. Among them were Councilmen Huscall, Thomas and Parker, re- turning from the councilmanie junket Yesterday afternoon and last cvening crowds of workingmen were at the Union Pacific depot, expecting to see a train cap- tured in the to be taken to Council Blufts, and a large detail of police was kept there until 10 o'clock at night. Last evening General Superintendent Dunlap of the Rock Island and General Manager Holdrege of the Burlington wrote letters to Mayor Bemis, asking that their property be protected, Mr. Dunlap wrote: Dear Sir—You are herchy notified that at the city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas antl state of Nebraska, a mob has collected nd has threatened to Soize the engines and cars of this company, his mob w re unable to resist, an for fear of which we have been prevented from running our trains, This is to call upon you to protect our property and men and relleve us from this unlawful interference with our business and to advise you that In case we ghall not receive this protection and suffer damage for want thercof, the law entitles U8 (o reimbursement at the hands of the city which you represent nl we shall look to ‘you and youi cly for all damages. Mr. Holdrege's letter was as follows Sir-Your attention Is respectfully to the clrey stance that a large of persons have unlawfully assem within the corporate limits f the of Omaha for the purpose of selzing 1d appropriating to thelr use the property of the Chicago, Burling Quiney ond comp sltuated ein, and do o unless prevented by civil authori- th f sald city | The undersigned there \requests demands that you, as th Jof executive officer of sald City, exerd he authority and power vested 'fn- yoi o \enfor laws applicable to the sit hones to afford the undersigned fts pi | aforesall due protection at curity are further notified that e undersigned will ineist upon full compensation by city of Omaha for any and all property and destroyed” by or through the persons so aforesald unlaw- asgembled JOUN'S PRIVATE OPINION, K Tsland T ent. DES MOINES, Ia., April 20.—(Special Tel- egram to The Bee)—General Manager John of the Chicago, Rock Island & raflvay was In the city this evening, Ing at 6 o'clock from Council Bluffs. ves for Chicago at midnight. At Council Bliffs he had an interview with General Kelly, and later inspected the army Weston. He talks differently from other railway men about the army, its pur- poses and the menace it is to the country In fact, he does not think the people have ything to fear from the army in passing through the country. “It made sober, Intelligent, determined men,” he said hey are nine-tenths American born respectable, honest and remarkably well organized. There are no bums among them. e statements that have heen sent about their being tramps and all that of thing are utterly untrue. Their lender is a man of brains and character and determination, and he s a religious man, too. He Is a perfect gentleman and thoroughly honest. He will permit any outrages to be done by any of his men, if there should be any inclination in that direction, which there certainly not now. He will not permit any tr disreputable person to enlist in b and he will remove the first one he can find. He has absolute control over his men, which he could never have over a body of tramps or disreputabl He said to me that men would never go back under any clrcum- nees. They are going to Washington, some way, of that I am sur “‘We may be wrong,' Kelly said to me, ‘but we are determined to go to W ton and present a living petition to congre: one that cannot be thrown into a paper basket. We think we are right nothing can stop us.’ “What they can accomplish T do not but they are bound to make a profound im- pression. There will be 100,000 people in the city of Washington by the 10th of May on this mission. And what can we do it Ling but treat them Kindly and them go. The more opposition they the stronger they become. The laboring clas: I over the country are in sympathy with them. If they have a few of such treatment as they have had the past two days I tremble to think what may hap- pen. You can’t fell what a man will when he is hungry and hunted down." NOT AFRAID TO HAUL THEM. “Did you see the men?” was asked. “Yes, 1 stopped at Weston at the request of General Kelly and saw the men there. They are of the better class, and I not be one bit afraid to take them to Chi- cago or any other city, for they will do no one any harm. They are mostly eated men, mechanics. and a number ber of rallway men. They left families in California, and tiey hope. many of them, to get back east, where they came from, and find something to do to got their familles back. They will never return o the ‘Whai, for there is nothing for them to veturn to. They have been starving there. They are desperate men, desperately carnest. This thing is gathering like whirlwind. Tt is very similar to the French revolution. It is a terrible thing, and made me sad to find that there were 1,600 respectable, well meaning men reduced such desperate straits in this country. expect these things in the old countries, but it is no part of the program of a republic. It makes us feel that there is something wrong with the government.” Mr. St. John would not commit himself, but it was very plain, from all his conversa- tion, that he was strongly in favor of the railways taking the men to Chicago the towns along the way bearing a portion of the burden, and that it is worse than use- less to try to disperse or turn back army, or to try to starve it. He added that they could not be starved in a Christian community. The people will feed Asked as fo what he thought of the threat of Judge Hubbard, attorney for the North- western, that the train would be ditched it the army should capture one and attempt to run it over that line, Mr. St. John sald that Hubbard and Baldwin would have rendered the railway companies a service by keeping still. ““Such brutal utterances drive peopls mad,” he said, “and are most unwise and injurious to the interests these men are attempting to serve, as well as wrong in spirit. 1t has de- stroyed the usefulness of th men gether. If it was true tha#t Hubbard wi sponsible for the calling out of the militia, he would better not have done so. The rail- way people have been too much scared about the Commonwealers. 1 do not blame one for the calling out of the militia, they thought it was necessary, but as a matter of fact, it was not.” WHAT CABLE SAYS, CHICAGO, April 20.—(Special Telegram to The Ree.)—President Cable of the Island oad did not retire until very tonight. Telegrams and telephone messages from the officials in charge of the opera department of the road were received by him at frequent intervals about the movement of Geueral Kelly and his Industrial army in lowa. Every step taken by the army in its cfforts to come cast was sent by the Ro Island telegraphers to President Cable his assistants at Chicago. ‘I am kept informed,” he said, “how golng on. It Is true the men under have run the Union Pacific engine and cars down from Council Bluffs to ‘Weston our tracks. There was nothing to pri them using the tracks, and, as for the cn- gines and train of box cars, they helong to the Union ifie, and that road is in hands of a United States receiver, and the docsn’t seem to be any one who wants take possession of (h 1 don’t belie Kelly army will get east of Weston tonight.” When asked it the Rock Island company had any force at its command at Weston to prevent the army from procecding with their train, President Cable replied in an evasive manuer, “We have nobody there but our regular employes,” sald he, “but we will do all our power to protect our property a lives of our patrons. We have appeal Governor Jackson for assistance in protect- ing our property, but as yet have received no definite_answer from him. The last formation 1 rceceived from Superintendent Fox, who has charge of that division of the road, was (o the effcct that bad appealed to the governor for aid and was expecting an answer every moment. The state be responsible for any loss that results the company, hut this consideration not cause us to defor doiug all we can properly protect our interests Whilo there is @ possibility that army will be on Ilinols soil within the next forty-elght hours, it Is not probable that will' get. east of Weston tonight, Of course, rather than allow lives to be lost or property to be dostroyed, a right of way will be ceded to this train. However, T think when the army arrived at Weston it that it was not as easy to selze a raiiros succeed had been imagined. If the army does in capturing a train and run it over road, then I must say that it would b commentary on our Jaws. *No, 1 can't y exactly what cour company will pursue If the army pe taking possession of the line east of W I have left the matter almost entirely care of Superintendent Fox." When asked if the company FOMme measure t uld make | "(Contizued o Second Page.} DEFYING THE INJUNCTION Judge Sanborn's Order Has No Terrors for 8t. Oloud Strikers, GREAT NORTHERN MEN STILL STOP TRAINS s Out for the Ari ctory Strikers and pected Befo st of Some of (he Northern strike today encountered. Wednesday) shals were interfered with and the restraine the previous days of the big strike. ants have been sworn out against tenf s active in opposing and threatening announced, would feared that as a result e would be trouble. of serving the warp in the proposed conferenc correspondence and Vice President Howard of the “the company in its employ or representatives respondence maki hardly be pred; waiting for developmen Kers have complete operators refuse to talk with anybody unless he can give the countersign. are running a little associated press of their newspapers far west as Spokanc. ent of the union one of the strik= cars of freight to the city last the perishable g to points all along the line as ing engineers ran five in order that returned to shippers. s might ba No thern and cthe statements roads, are ve s committer, rthern men to the effect were mostly men brotherhoods Railway unlon thern Pacif therhoods of rainmen and the Switchmen's denouncing t the brotherhood men in Seatilo did not uphold Mr. Johnson in making any; They call attention to the the * forty-four Pacific grievance committee spent fifty-two days at St. Paul at a cost of $600 reduction of and all they accomplished was a v fons, and for this expensa > firemen alone were assessed $8 each. furthen state that at.a mecting to seven-eighths of all the atle will join the union and a ‘majority of trainmen on the Northern Facific belong to the ualon and tnore are Joining every day. little strength on the Nd local lodge and Railway such statement. feyy small coned Dbe lield tonight fu rallway men in S bringing more deputy marshals was stopped on the edge of the town by the strikers returned towards St. Paul. The strikers aro still aggressive. Minn., no main were run today, but the branches are rune ning as usual. ST. CLOUD, Minn., April 20.—The regular passenger train 2:40 p. m. loaded with baggs line traing ce and expross the deputies are being made this afternoon without trouble. 20.—The Postofiie department are confident rond will again developments strike movement during the past tw are looked Immediate fmprovement in the transmi of mails over the route. trom employes along the line announce that Ahrough since the in- auguration of the strike left St. Paul today w passing through M road’s schedule be running Dispatehes received provides for is belleved department” that one will start from St. Paul tomorrow morn- It Is also expected that traing will be run day or two. STRIKE R1OTS A several local road within a b Sewer Diggers Attacked by a Mob of Five Hund CLEVELAND, striking sower diggers and street car track work on a sewer In Seneca street of the ditch, mob was armed with clubs and sticks, trol wagons loaded with police wer £ent to the scene. The sewer ¢ ctors announce that will be resumed shortly and further troubla I8 expected. contractors no attempt any probability BRAZIL, Ind., enting over to determine the question of con- 1 or joining the stri of further hostilitie tinuing work i1l M United Mine Workers association asked per- vote was taken and by a large majority to co CHARLESTON 3,000 members of the assoclation In the valley will sirik bers of this order a repetition of MILWAUKER decided not the contracts to load and freight of the Connors offe guaranty of 16 cents a ton, with & Tomorrow at noon which has been pendin everal mon fous differ as to the number of men 200,000 men Telegraphic two extreme fined to the be abandoen