The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-26

crOWu5 were SaIneTeu W ISIOh W INC
labor OratiOns. The advance guard oil
the shOE men were armed with loaVes
of bread borne on the edge OF fl ag5tatfs
and the line appeared to be endless
They ioined the ranks Ct the men al
ready arrived aud awaited the result
of the conference then in progress
1t was O'CLOCK before replies were
received from the messages to the
railway officers, denying the request
and then the Conference between the
citizens committee and the railroad
officials ended. The information that
no train would be furnished was con.
veyed to the waiting thousands who
had cOngregated about the courthouse
to await the coming OF Chairman
Tychuer. Reaching the grounds he
elbOwed his way through the crowd
and assembled the courthouse steps.
| When he announced the result OF the
conference il was greeted with roars
of howls, jeers and Kisses. After
making a short address he stated that
the committee had decided to wait I'M
! til O'Clock, at which hour if no train
was furnished one would be taken
and run out to Kelly's camp, where
| his men would be loaded on and start
ed on their eastward journey.
He spoke in strong terms against
violence and cautioned the men
against any destruction of property.
Az soon as the meeting on the court.
house square adjourned, led by band
and with thousands Of flags the men
formed in line and marched to Bay.
lisa park.
While the committee of Omaha men
were ingervie wing the governor in
a ttorney General stones office a
someW what similar and yet decidedly
different scene was being enacted in
the law office of Wright ~ Baldwin.
A bout % women in response to a call
issue during the early morning, bad
collected at Donahy's opera house,
and under the leadership of Mrs. Fred
Hermann went to see Mr.. Baldwin.
The ladies had formed 3 notion among
themselves that Baldwin was an ogre
who ate small babies for breakfast and
they were consequently prepared
to use tears in unlimited quantities
in getting him to subscribe to the idea
of furnishing transport alton TO the
Kellyites Eastward. The interview
was exciting to some, amusing to
others, and profitable to no one. Mr..
Baldwin explained that it was impOs-
sbe for him to act contrary to the de-
sire of the railway officials, to whose
orders no was subject. He referred
the ladies to the governor.
The ladies succeeded in adding 10
the general tumult but obtained little
satisfaction from the governor. Mrs.
Hermann said she had just completed
an organization of 800 ladies of Council
Bluffs, and that if other means to aid
Kelly ia his onward march failed she
and her tOllowerd would take posses
sion of a train, seeing that it reached
Chicago. This lady is wOrkin g III
conjunction with the committee and
backed by the entire community.
Imam interview che said that while
the railroad officials might offer re-
slstance, they would net dare to COM
NIT any act which would lay it liable.
she said that all her followers W ereI
women, wives and daughters Of theI
best people of the city, and she fol-
lowed out her own idea in the mat
ter.
still another meeting of citlz ma of
Council Bluffs was held at the office
of Flibkinger Bros, and the follow
ing resolutions were adopted and |
copy sent to Judge Hubbard:
Whereas, Judge j. n. Hubbard |
having publicly, through the daily
press. assumed the responsibility o!
calling out the National Guard to |
this city for the declared purpose Of
blocking the movements OF what IS |
known as the "iDdustrial army" un-
der command of General Kelly; and, |
Whereas, He has been reported by |
the press as saying that if the army |
captured Chicago and Northwest.
srn train, "the train would be ditto ed,
let the consequences be what they !
may;N therefore, be it
Resolved by the citizens of Council
Bluffs in mass meeting assembled, |
that the unfortunate and perilOus sit |
uation now existing in this city is |
largely due to the bad Judgment and |
ill-timed expressions aud action OF
Judge Hubbard, and that in the inter- |
esy of harmony and to restore peace
and quiet in this community it is de- !
sirable that Judge Hubbard he re.
quested by the Chicago and North
western Railway company to leave
this city at once, and that "A copy Of
these resolutions be sent to Marvin
Hughitt, president OF the Chicago and
Northwestern railway and to the AS
sOcjated Press BE it further
Resolved, That we have faith and
confidence in the humanity and char.
ity of the managers of the different
roads leading out of Council Bluffs
and that they have been badly ad-
vised.
AT about O'clock, when all hope Of
securing II train from the officials had
vanished, the crowd went aimlessly
from Baylss park, where it had list
ened to the addresses OF the leaders
The leader had vanished and the men
we're getting restless IN the cold, when
from the south came marching 300
women headed by Mrs. Hermann.
This gave new lite TO the men, and
when the women proposed TO go TO the
transfer and take Il train the march was
quickly started in that direction, At
the transfer an effort was quickly |
made to take fast mail engine but it |
failed.
Then when the men seemed ready |