The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-01
THEY co ON FOOT.
Artz's COxey Army Marches
Out of Town.
Makes the Start at About Two
O'clock This Morning.
TRIED TO GO BY RAIL.
They Board a Santa Fe Cattle
Train,
But Are Put Off By the Train
Men.
G. G. Clemens Says He Was Not
There.
TRIED TO GO BY RAIL.

Captain III. III. Artz, with his ffty-six
| Topeka Coxeyites, have at last shaken
the dust of Topeka from their feet
They're off, but not in farmers wagons,
they announced, or on Santa Fe
freight train as they attempted to go last
night, but batfied and meekly on foot
The company attempted to go to Kan
sas City last night on Santa Fe freight
70. 80, but they made such an awkward
job of it that they were put off before the
train started. The pretense of waiting
one more day in order to go with farm
ers in wagons appears to have been made
to throw the Santa Fe company off its
guard, although the farmers really ap-
peared at the meeting and made the
proposition which was reported yester-
day. Capt. Hunter of the home guard
was notified by o'clock last sevening
that the Coxeyites intended to board the
Santa Fe freight train. Captain Artz
could not have been in ignorance of the
plans of the company although his best
friends accepted his statements regard
ing the farmers in wagons, in good faith.
An officer of the GOxey movement said
to a JOURNAL reporter today, while 1
do not care to be quoted in the matter
received assurances from the members
themselves that the matter of boarding
the freight train was prearranged. The
train crew knew about it and had given
their consent. The Coxeyites made
their great mistake in getting on
the train in the Santa Fe yards, instead
of waiting until it got little way out
of the city. They crawled up on top of
the cars and walked around. Each man
had big bundle and the crowd could
have been seen half mile. OF course
ALI the men in the railroad yards saw
what was going on, and the train crew
had to put them off, although personally
they would have been glad to haul them"
They Go to the Yards. g--.r.el
The men left their headquarters at
11S East Eighth street about midnight
and marched to the yards.
At12:4O when the east bound stock train
was ready to leave the yards at Second
street several of the army were seen
to Chamber on the train in a body
and seat themselves on top of the cars,
using the feed boxes as baggage recep- T
tacles. Conductor Pearson arrived in
few moments, and ordered the men to
climb down.
This they refused to do, saying they
intended to go to Lawrence. Yardmaster
Walton and Depot-master Butler then
arrived on the scene, and added their
voices to Pearson's in the demand that
the men come down from their perches
on top of the stock cars, but they didn't
move. The situation WAS getting despe-
rate, and superintendent Mcclellan was
telephOned to for orders, and answered, |
that the train must be held and not al
lowed to leave the yards with the army
under any circumstances.
Upon being informed of this order the
men very readily relinquished whatever
hold they might have had on the Santa
Fe's rolling stock and came down from
their positions. A switch engine was
then tackled onto the rear end of the
train and it was rushed~Dut ofthe yards
at a furious rate, but not, however, until
five or six Of the more experienced of
the wealers had managed to swing on
and leave with it for Kansas City.
After being put off the train the COM
pany held a caucus and decided the only
thing left to do was to walk, and walk
they did, taking the old river road that
goes past Oakland and through Tecum-
sch. They began walking about o'clock
this morning. 1t is reported on good
authority that the men intend to get on
a freight train at some small station and
go into Kansas City. They expect to
find train crew willing to give them a
free ride.
CIemeus Not There.
G. c. Clemens was not in the Santa Fe
yards to see the commonwealers off. On
the contrary, he went home sick about z
o'clock last evening. boarding a Twelfth
street car at Sixth and Kansas avenue,
He was suffering severe neuralgia pains.
and today his right jaw is swollen like
the face of a school-boy suffering from
the mumps. He didn't know till he got
up town at II o'clock today that the Cox
eyites had tried to take a train, and when
his friends asked him, "dave you got a
santa re train In your pOcKet!, ne Q1Qn>t
know what they meant
Artz Fooled Clemens, Too.
Mr.. Clemens said today: 81 was sick
all night, and did not leave my yard
from o'clock last night until 10 this
l accepted Artz's statement
about going in wagons in good faith,
l remember he did say Wed
nesday night: 'I'll tell you more about it
/ didn't see him yesterday
at all. l don't approve of trying to steal
trains, and especially trains of a COM
pany that is in the hands of receiver.
As l said in my court house speech, the
men don't want to get into a row with the
United States government at the start.
Il can't imagine how the Capital ,
should use my name in this connection
except as a matter of principle not to
vary from its set policy to lie every
OCCASION
Captain FL. FL. Artz undoubtedly ac-
the members of his company.
A reporter called at Mrs. Artz's home at