The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-21

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0MAHA, NEB, April 2O.--Thrco thou.
sand laboring mon marched out Of 0ma.
ha today with banners flying for tho
camp OF General Kelly's Commonweal.
ers at Weston, Iowa, fourteen miles east
OF Council Bluffs. 1t was dono upon the
signal agreed upon at last nights meet.
ing Of the Central Labor Union--the
ringing OF church bella aud the blowing
OF whistlos--anuouncing that Kelly's
army was still at Weston unable to ae-
cure train for the eaas. Inside OF five
minutes five thousand men had gather
ed at Jefferson Square and were quickly
organized into companies with q cap
tain ior every ten mon. The march was
then taken up through Sixteenth street
to Farnim, whero the column proceeded
TO tho city hall and countormarched.
At every street recruits were received,
and when the column reached the Pax
ton hotel therc were $500 mon in line.
Each company was provided with an
American flag aud as fast as recruits
joined they were formed into compa-
nies and provided with banneru. There
We're number Of Union Pacific men in
the limo OF marchers, but they were
men who had not COMO to work this
morning
All the men seemed to be in excel
lent spirits, and demanded that tho
march should mean business. Tho col
umn had been preceded to Council Bluha
by committee OF prominent citizens,
appointed at Last nights meeting Of tho
Central Labor Union, including Rev.
DR.. Joseph 7. Duryea, pastor Of the
First Congregational church, Rov. DR..
Hamerson, OF the First Presbyterian
church. and Rev. Frank Crane, OF tho
FIRST Methodist church. The commit
tee was to call on Governor Jackson
aud the managers OF the road and urge
that the Commonwealera bo ct once
started on their way east.
a NEW SUGGESTION.
While the column was marching to.
wards tho Missouri General Kelley was
in Omaha, seated in the private car OF
President St. John, Of the Rock Island
road, holding an animated conference.
Mr.. st. John said, in response to a re-
quest for train, that he was not in q
position to grant it, even should he de-
sire to do so, as the matter was not
wholly in tho hands Of the presidents
OF tho Iowa trunk lines, and no one road
could grant request for train unless
the presidents OF all the other lines
agreed. General Kelly then left the
chr, and called on other friends for ad.
vice.
One prominent man suggested that
the army levy on tho farmers for horses
and wagons, that the army be- split up
into squads Of one-hundred men each,
and that they spread out over stretch
of twenty or twenty-five miles wide and
march on foot across the state. 1t was
suggested that such plan would soon
bring tho people OF the state to time for
the army would practically devnstate
the country Though which it passed,
and the railroads would then be forced
TO take the commonwealers up and car
ry thcm out OF the country. Gen. Kel-
ley said the plan seemed to him good
one and he thought it might DO tried.
He agreed to call council OF his OF.
fcers and place tho plan before them.
After de!iberstlon, il they agreed to it,
the plan would bc adopted. Tho gener.
al latter left for Council Bluffs. 1t is
said that some Of tho anarchists, who
were in the column marching out OF
Omaha had somo dynamite with them,
but how much is not known.
CONFERENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR.
Chief Scanlan, who met the army at
the bridge, had all the saloons closed
and tho company officers suppressed
the humorous vocal demonstrations
which were nude. At this juncture
General" Kelly arrived in Council
Bluffs and WAS nj once sent for by Gov
etnor Jackson and the attorney general.
The interview was prolonged one,
mostly a monoloEuc. for Governor
Jackson took OCCASION to review in de-
tail all tho actions he had taken, tho
purport being that he had taken every
means possible to meet tho army on
its way and that state authorities had
not laid straw OF determination in its
way.
; Flo notified Kelly that the citizens OF
Council Bluffs had arranged to furnish
boats to tako tho army 10 Kansas City
and to provide thcm with shelter here
and ample provisions while the prepa-
rations ior this trip were bong made.
Kelly replied that he preferred to 60
east and would answer later.
All the eastern railways in this city
pulled their engines aud cars out OF
Council Bluffs as promptly US seemed
necessary to avoid trouble.
PLEAS EoR AID.
While the committees were at work
in Council Bluffs, other committees
We're bcsiesins the telegraph office with
messages to the presidents OF the Iowa
Trunk lines. %a
Atll o'clock the following was sent:
Council BLUFFS, Iowa, April 20, 1894.
10 Marvin fush,R. Prtsidalt Cateoco and Sorfh.
Western RnHudy; R. r, Cdbt, presiden, Cht
odg0, Rock tsiG1d and PGcifc Rdilla1p: Rorcti
nnr PrGiGcnt ChioaJo. NylLN!Lt Gad 81 Loai.
RGilvug: Chicago: ~
Aelly's army is at Weston exposed to
ihe clements with provisions for two
days; are suffering but patient and
united in tho determination to 20
fAFnnuh IF Have tl,. Il : /.