The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-29

/ A squad of thirty men were deputized
last night in this city by the representa-
tive of United States Marshal Medley aud
I will leave this morning for Florence and
! Emporia to prevent the Santa Fe strikers
from interfering with the movements Of
mail trains.
1t was limited early in the afternoon
! that men were wanted at 7:30 in the even
| ing for that purpose and long before that
! time about 200 men swarmed before the
Carey hotel to get job.
| What kind of crowd is that!" asked a
| passer by.
1T is the Coxey army" was the re-
| Spouse, and Immediately it got noised
about town that CoXey army was here.
| In half an hour the report WAS current,
exaggerated out Of sight, that Coxey
army had stolen a train at Arkansas CITY
! and run it to Wichita.
| Another story was told that a riot had
| broken out in one of the towns of the r )ck
! Island in the strip, aud that the marshal
of the territory was here getting men &c
| take down there 10 restore peace.
| The fellow who said it was the Coxey
army came nearer to guessing the char
acter of the crowd than any body else.
| There were men there who were white,
! black, tan, dun, roam, sorrel and every
other color There were men there who
| represented all grades of prosperity from
! "sLrapped' down to dead broke" ADD
| the report that the marshal would give
| them their supper was an lnducement 10
many of them to join. All OF
! them had their faces washed and the
'hign water marks" about the uecks of
| soma of thaTo lnaEas like no ioh Was done
| hurriedly and for the first time in many
| days. One man wore fur cap and a pair
! of overshoes but as Il sort OF compromise
| with the season he wore a soiled white
hecktie. the relic of some high noon June
wedding that he evidently picked up in his
| meenderings about a back alley. Another
| man, or rather STRIPPING at the threshold OF
| manhood, wore a plug hat and pleas
! ant contrast appeared minus an oYerShIrL,
| which fact the most careful buttonlng up
| of faded Prince Albert could not cOn-
ceal. lie was a stately wreck OF once
| powerful cigarette tieRd. Another man
| was the wearer of gold trimmed glasses
and mutton chops the tail ends of which
were weedy and very much disordered
from long neglect. His frequent quota
| tions from Shakespeare, favored occa-
siCnally with the accent OF the bOwerV, lD-
| Dictated that be was an actor driven from
| disaster to disaster and finally stranded
in Wichita only to beg for job that
promised at least a supper. In fact he
quietly told some of his friends that he
strobe oyer the stage not later than two
seasons ago before admiring audiences,
clad in the royal robes OF Henry VIII.
There were many young men there with
the nicotine stain of the cigarette upon
their fingers, whose eyebrows and hair
were getting very close 10 each other
| Then again there were present some re
spectacle but busted citizens of Wichita
quietly giving Captain George Harris, who
WAS the recruiting agent, a tip tn It they
desired very much to have an opportunity
to get acquainted once more with that
Philadelphia lady whose Grecian face APP
pears or the back OF that magic piece ot
silver which, when in the pocket OF ones
jeans, Is reputed to be mans best friend.
During the scene the Salvation army
turned abruptly around the corner and en-
countering tue peculiar looking crowd i'm
media.ely decided that they had struck
fruitful field for the salvation of souls and
there and then threw down the gauge of
battle to the devil Captsjn Belle Lee
held a very successful meeting until the
tam BOURNE was passed around, then many
a poor fellow instinctively-in obedience
TO the recollection of days long since passed
put their hands In their pockets, then
sighed heavily and Shrank away from the
tambourine as il il contained germs OF the
through which the spectre OF poverty
stalked grinning and mOeking.
Ia 4 short time the roll Of enlistment
was completed aud about $50 disappointed
souls shrugged their shoulders and shut
fed of admOnishing their hungry stom.
achs to be patient little while longer.
The strike here does not amount TO any
thing for the simple reason that it is not
what might be called railroad center.
The Frisco aud Rock ISLAND came in on
time with Pullman cars attached. The
Santa Fe from the south also came in on
time with Pull man, but there was no
train from the nor tn. IL was announced
that the train from the east would be in at
> O'Clock this morning, but that is doubt
full as the middle division Is SAID 10 be tied
up at Florence,
That the Santa Fe expects a bitter fight
is indicated by the order issued yesterday
that no psrishahle goods or live stock
would be received for shipment till further
orders There are now about thirty loads
Of cattle at the Union stock Yards for
shipment, that will have 10 stay there till
the strike is of.
NOTES
Traiumsster George Hawk of Arkansas
City was IN town last night, aud said that
SO Tar there WAS no trouble there.
\ young man named Forde of Fort Scott
arrived last night and was most miserable
when he found there was no train going
south. His mother is dying at Guthrie.