The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26
NO TRAIN FOR KELLY
The Industrial Leader Refused to Use
Stolen Property.
HIS ARMY WILL WALK
Council BLUFFS and Omaha Implored Its
Removal by Rail-Armiss Moving
Slowly Toward Washington.

OMAHA, April SU.-CHleSS Inc uucA-
pected happens, Kelly's army will start
on foot for the east In the morning
Council Bluffs has been Historically ex-
cited all day. At 0 o'clock procession
was formed to march to Kelly's camp,
which numbered 5000 before it arrived
at its destination. Demands on railroad
officials for trains were made on the
way, but the reply was that the orders
of the company forbid 1t. Propositions
to carry the army to Kansas City were
refuted. In the meantime all the empty
boxcars had been removed by the rail-
roads
Kelly came to town and had long
interview with Governor Jackson, who
could offer transportation to Kansas
City only. Kelly expressed himself to
the governor as not blaming him for the
detention caused by the railways, but
said he and his men came here as citi-
zens of the United States, peaceably
and orderly, and simply asked to be
treated with decent hospitality. Then
LQt COulcIcuCt OVCI LuC PIOuiCn COh-
tinued until it was broken by the noisy
entrance of a committee from Omaha
with a crowd behind them
In the meantime Kelly hurried out of
the back stairway, reached the horse
standing in front of the Bee office, and
hurriedly mounting was off for Weston.
While committees were at work in
Council Bluffs other committees were
besieging the telegraph office with tele-
grams to the presidents of the trunk
lines. At IL O'Clock a dispatch was
sent asking the companies to take cog
nizance of the great emergency exist
ing, to consider the condition and order
Giness of l<ellys army and to help the
ssnen, even if they had to strain point.
This telegram was signed by number
of the most prominent citizens of Coun-
ell Bluffs and sent to Marvin Hughitt,
president of the Chicago & Northwest
..ern railroad: B. w. Gable, president of
the Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and
Oswald Miller, president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, Chicago.
Two more kilograms, detailing the pro-
gress of affairs and demanding trans
portation. were sent Immediately after
ward.
At O'Clock word was received that a
detachment of Union Pacific shopmen
were on their way across the bridge,
and the Council Bluffs escort went down
to meet them. They found over 100
men in line. The streets of Council
Bluffs by this time were black with a
cheering crowd. The advance guard OF
the shopmen was armed with loaves OF
bread, borne on the end of hagstaffs,
and the line appeared to be endless
They Joined the ranks of the men al
ready arrived, and awaited the result
OF the conference then in progress. Al
O'Clock replies were received from
messages to the railway presidents de
nying the request, and then the confer
ence between the citizens committee
and the railroad ended.
The information that no train would
,oe furnished was conveyed to the wait
ing thousands who had congregatet
about the courthouse to walt the coming
of Chairman Tichenor.
When he announced the result 1t wa
greeted by roar of howls and Kisses
After making short address, he state'
that the committee had decided to wal
until 4 O'Clock, at which hour, IL trail
was not furnished one would be takel
and run out to Kelly's camp, when hi
meu would be loaded on it and starte
on their Journey east. He spoke II
strong terms against violence and eau
aioned them az ainst any destruction
property. AS soon as the meetings o.
the courthouse square adjourned, led b
a band and with thousands of flags ful
tering on the April wind, the me
formed in line and marched to Baylis
Park.
About twenty-five women, in respons
10 call issued during the morning, ha
collected at the opera house, and unde
the leadership of Mrs. Fred Herman
went to see Attorney Baldwin. Nj
Baldwin explained that it was imposs
BILE for him to act contrary to the d.
sire of the railroad officials, to who's
orders he was subjected. He referre
the ladies TO the governor. Mrs. He
man said she had just completed a
organization of 300 ladies in Counc
Bluffs, and that If other means to al
Kelly failed she and her followers woul
take possession of the train, seeing tn;
1t reached Chicago She said, viii
the railroad officials might offer resis
"A ance, they would not dare to comm
any act that would render them liabl
Still another meeting of citizens
e Council Bluffs was held and resolution
= adopted severely censuring Attornt
# Hubbard of the Northwestern road al
advising him to leave the city at ono
"A copy of the resolution was sent to Il
- president of the road.
va Kelly's sympathizers captured
ISL Union Pacific engine in the Omal
x& yards at $3.50 and prepared TO make !
a train of empty boxcars to haul