The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-08-01

.Io l!dyor Of .Ssdoiid:
One hundred and sixty miners are
in possession of freight train that
lett here at 1880 p. IN. Better ar
range to feed them as they threaten
To help themselves if you don't.
+ c. BORDEN,
Mayor"
Mayor Borden is friend of Soda
lin and if he comes here some day he
shall he met AT the train with band.
COoi. KANSAS CITY.
About $40 of these travelling men
licants arrived in Kansas City from
Denver, Saturday morning on the
Union Pacific train from Denver and
other western points. Their coming
was heraiied and the authorities met
them 1T the tain and escorted them
through the city and gave them moth
ing to eat.
They went Oh different roads which
lead east and the Missouri Pacific
quote WAS the arrival here Saturday
afternoon.
When they left Kansas City they
can, sast As far as the crossing of the
Milwaukee track and rested. They were
well enough versed in law to know
that trains were compelled to stop at
the crossing, and in that way they
would get on board.
WOULD NOT STOP.
The first train to come east was pas
-enger No. = and the living mass of
men arose out of the grass and pre-
pared to take ride in a vanished
ear, but the train Numbered along at
a rate of fifty miles an hour and was
soon out of sight and hearing.
OF course the tramps were left.
The next train was No. 126-a
ireight-with Locomotiveman West
and Conductor Miller in charge of
the train. 1t stopped at the crossing
and regardless of the protests of the
crew the tramps got on. 1t was a
through freight and mostly loaded
with cattle.
At Pleasant Hill the train did not
stop long, hence they had no time to
get something to eat, At Holden a
short stop was made and few of the
passengers" begged some ''hand
outs At Lamonte the same scene
was enacted.
AT sEDALIA.
On the receipt of the telegram from
Holden, Acting Mayor HonkOmp
hired an express wagon and buying a
lot of bread and bologna sausage
started for East Sedalia to feed the
furnishing men.
At 2:45 p. m. the train appeared in
sight west of the city and it reminded
one of scenes during the war when
transporting soldiers. The men were
on top of the train, mostly standing.
The train went past the Union depot
at nearly full speed so none
of them .could get off, although
some did alight, although they were
told to remain on and get dinner in
East Sedalia.
As soon as the train stopped they
took to the ground and were led to a
vacant lot east of Engineer street,
where the wagon loaded with edibles
and barrel Of water awaited them.
The bread and bologna was handed
out to the ravenOus men by HOnkOmp
and Others, but it was enough and
they all seemed pleased at the turn
things had taken, as the most of them
had had nothing to eat for twenty
hours or more.
THE MEN.
BAzOO reporters piled them with
questions with the following results
VIM. Walden, a young man about
eighteen years old diswasher in a
restaurant at Denver. He is going to
Evansville, Ind.
Louis Ludlow: Had been working
as machinist's helper at Trinidad, IN
the Union Pacific shops. Thirty men
were discharged out OF l25 employed.
He was going to Connersville, Ind.
Tom Morgan worked in a livery
stable at Colorado Springs. He was