The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-19
THE COMMON VEAL.
COxey Arrives Safely at Hagers-
town Today.
Gen. Kelly's Army Starts East
ward on Foot.
ADDS MANY RECRUITS
Two Hundred Men Added to Its
1900 Marchers.
Progress of Other Branches of
the lndustaials.


town will receive the commonweal army
this evening. The town is alarmed after
the way the Coxeyites showed their teeth
at Hancock last night and 70 constables
have been sworn in. The army came
near taking in a desperate recruit last
night at Hancock The man had been
lOafing for a day or two with a camp of
% recruits that had been waiting on the
outskirts of town. Just before the arrI-i
val of the. .commonweal boats the man
was identified by Sheriff Wilhelm, of
Fayette county as James Mason. alleged
to have been the murderer of Chief Engi-
neer Paddock in the COnnellsville coke
riots two weeks ago. Mason was arrest
ed and taken back to Fayette county.
The commonweal boats left Hancock
with good many men missing, owing
to the license that had been given them
in the evening.
The laggards either followed the tow
path, or cut across the country and re-
joined the main body here. The army
breakfasted the fats between the
canal and the river and at noon took up
the march for Hagerstown, expecting to
camp there tonight.
Carl Browne has issued a card of merit
to all the commonwealers who made the
terrible march over the mountains. 1t
reads like this:
The commonweal of Christ: This GER
sifies that John Souther, of group 3, COM
Anune 1, Chicago community of the COM
lnOnweaI of Christ. is entitled to this
the Cumberland mountains in the face of
snow and ice and despite police persecu-
lion and dissension breeders.
The card is signed by Commander
Coxey and Chief Marshal Browne
KELLY. EASTWARD BOUND.
He Goes on Foot to Weston where .
Train is To Be Furnished.
OMAHA, April 19.-kelly's army of in
dnstrials, wet, bedraggled with mud and
chilled to the bone, broke camp today and
started from the Council Bluffs Chautau-
qua grounds east on foot. During the
night the ranks had been swelled by the
arrival from Nevada of a company of So
men under Capt. M. German and this
morning further acquisitions were re-
csived when Capt. Morgan with his two
companies of commonwealers, 40 men
strong, reached camp from the west by
way of the Union Pacific.
The objective point of today's march is
Weston, fifteen miles east of Council
Bluffs on the Rock Island and Milwau-
kce roads. 1t is believed that train
will be secured at Weston to carry the
army east, and that the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul will be the line over
which the industrials will be carried into
Chicago.
Gen. Kelly will not talk much of his
DldnS, dS ne says he mas D00n ITlck6Q SO
often by the railroads that he proposes to
keep quiet until he has made a success
of his move. The distance from the
camp to Weston is about seven miles and
the army will not reach the latter point
unit evening.
The men had good breakfast before
breaking camp and enough provisions
wore taken along to last for two days
1T developed this afternoon that Kel-
ly's reason for marching was that he had
been promised a train by representatives.
of various brotherhoods. He held con-
sultation last night with labor leaders
and it was agreed that they would
take the army to Chicago.
Representatives of the brotherhoods of
! engineers and tiremen promised to call
on the general managers of the Chicago
Council Bluffs lines today in Chicago and
make the necessary arrangements with
one of the roads.
/ 1t was agreed that Kelly should march
I today as far as-Weston, by which time il
| was believed that the train could be Sc
! cured and the army taken on board to-
night. If however, the train is not Sc
cured in time, the army is to spend the
night at Weston and march in the morn
! ing to Underwood, eight miles further
east. where the brotherhood train will
/ pick the soldiers up
The commonwealers are having hard
march of it today, as the weather has
suddenly turned cold and drilling rain
! is falling. Many of the men are sick
with colds, and several are threatened
4 with pneumonia as a result of the ex-
/ pOSure.