The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-21
thousands Of W0rkiagmen Of Omaha
and Council Bluffs Go to Meet
Kelly's Army.
They Left Omaha Twenty-Five Hun.
dred Strong, ORGANIZED i'm Com
Danies of Ten.
Kelly Confers With Manager ST. John,
Who Would Give Him Train
If He Could.

with banners flying, bouSd for the cam,
Of General Kelly's commonwealers q
Weston, Ia, IA miles, east Of Council
Bluffs. a a
AT 9 a. IN. the signal agreed upon q
4 meeting of the central labor union
the ringing OF church bells and the blow
ing Of whistles---was given. announcing
that Kelly's army was still at Weston
naable to secure q train for the East
Inside of five minutes, 1000 men had
gathered at Jefferson square and were
quickly organized into companies witt
captain for every 10 men. The marct
was then taken up through Sixteenth
street to Farnum, where the column
proceeded to the city hall and counter.
marched. At every street recruits were
received and when the column reached
the Paxton hotel ........
There Were $500 Men In Line.
Each company was provided with an
American hag. aud as fast as recruits
joined they were formed into com.
panies and provided with banners. Al
Eleventh and Farnum streets the main
cclaumn was met by detachment OF
600 men. They joined forces and pro-
ceeded to the Douglass street toll bridge
across the Missouri river. Here they
were met by the superintendent of the
bridge, who said the company as glad
I'd give them free transportation
across the river. This was q graceful
act, for the men were prepared to cross
with or without permission. 1t had been
expected that the Union Pacific shop
men would join the column at this
point, but that part of the programme
was not carried out, for the company
warned the men when they came to
work that those working would be ex-
lascfed to remain on duty all day. The
master mechanic also prevented the
haowing Of the shop whistle. There were
humber nf Union Pacific men in the
Iissa 0g mMHehers, however, but they
were men who had not gone to work Ia
the morning.
Thousands Followed Them.
Thousands of people followed the
column to the bridge and other thou
sands were on hand on the other side of
the river to welcome them. The call
seemed to have had the effect of bring
ing ont greater throng than was ex-
pected. All the men seemed to be in
excellent spirits and determined that
the march should mean business. The
column had been preceded to Council
Bluffs by committee of prominent
citizens, appointed at meeting of the
Central Labor union, including Rev.
DR.. Joseph T. Duryea, pastor of the
First Congregational church, Rev. DR..
Il. Emerson of the First Presbyterian
church and Rev. Frame of the First
Methodist church. The committee was
to call ON Governor Jackson and the
managers Of the railroad and urge that
the commonwealth be at once started
on their way east.
Conferred With st. John.
While the column was marching to-
wards the Missouri, General Kelly was
IN Omaha seated in the private car of
President st. John of the Rock Island
railroad holding an animated confer.
'nce. Mr.. st. John said in response to
} request for train that he was not in
4 position to grant it, even should he
iesire to do SO. as the matter was now
wholly in the hands of the presidents of
he Iowa Trunk lines, and no one road
;ould grant a request for train unless
he presidents of all the other lines
creed. General Kelly then left the
,ar and called nn other friends for ad-
fice. One prominent man suggested
hat the army levy on tine farmers for
lorses and wagons, that the army be
pitt up into squads Of 100 men each
md that they spread cut over stretch
u territory % miles wide and
march on foot across the state.
t was suggested that such
! plan would soon bring the people of
he state to time, for the army would
'rreticfIy devastate the country
through which it passed, and the rail-
oads would then be forced to take the
'ommonw nwealers up and carry them out
i the country.
General Kelly said the plan seemed to
AAiAA = EOV0 OnEf dAA uG bAOuSuG III MllSut
y tiieI. lie agreed to call council OF
IS piiisers and place the plan before
hem. After deliberation, If they agreed |
3 It, the plan would be- adopted. The
e.eral left Council Bluffs at / / d. m.
y i said chat some. of the anarchists
mo were ia the column marching out |
Omaha had some dynamite with |
hem, ont how muck is not known.
Pat III Hard Night
a special TO The Bee from Weston, |
a.. says:
General Kelley and x-Congressman
'usey lett hyre for Omaha on an early /
rain. The weather Is severely cold and
ae ground was covered with ice. The
ldustrlal army put In hard night. but
lost Of them were enabled to lind dry
Lice to sleep. MI. Nixon, who runs
Food yard. gave the men aLont 20 cords /
wool and they have built rousing
res below tie milwaukee, trask. When /