The herald., 1894-03-19
MADE A CHANGE OF BASE.
The Industrial Army Alters
Its Line of March.
Now Following the Southern
Pacific Track.
The Marching Column Reaches the
Town of Ontario.
Wsstbound Army Enoamped at Col.
ton n-Citizens CT San BernArdIn0
County Furnishing Ample
Provisions.
B the AHaociatad Preaa


SAN BERNARDNo, March 18.-ehsriff
Booth of this city is in telephonic com.
munication with the officers OF Pomona
and Ontario, who report that the army
OF BOO unemployed men marching on 10
Washington left the Santa Fe railroad
near Monrovis and are now following
the line OF the Southern Pacific. The
reason for this change of base Ia that the
Santa Fe threatened to ditch their
trains rather than to haul the men
across the desert. The Southern Pacific
has made no such threats. The army
will camp at Ontario or Cucamonga to-
night, and will be provided by the citi-
zens OF that place tomorrow night with
provisions. They will camp at Cotton.
The men are we'll offiCered and conduct
themselves in an orderly manner, put
ting out guards at night to prevent any
one from leaving or entering camp No
trouble is anticipated with them when
they reach this point.
THE ARMY AT ONTARIO.
ONTARIO, CAL, March 18.-The Ineus.
trial army. about 800 strong. arrived
here at 4 o'clock eastbound. They have
camped here for tonight and the town
has furnished provisions to feed them.
They seem orderly and peaceable. They
propose boarding freight train to cross
the desert.
wEsTBoUND ARMY.
CoLT0N, CAL, March 18.-A hundred
and thirty men, unemployed, arrived to-
night from San Antonio, Texas, bound
for San Francisco. Eight hundred are
expected in the morning from Ontario.
citizens meeting tonight, after the
closing of the churches, appointed a
committee to cooperate with tie county
officials in providing food. The east.
bound army will be given three days
food by the supervisors and the citizens
OF Cotton, San Bernsrdino and Redlands.
Good order prevails.
GENERAL FRYE AT TUCSON.
Tucson, Ariz., March 18.-Genersl
Frye, leader of the Los Angeles Indus
trial army, is here, and today tried to
get the city council to agree to furnish
the 500 or more men now on their way
to the nations capital with bread and
meat upon their arrival in Tucson in a
day or two. Frye used to reside here
and WAS known at the Southern Pacific
repair shops, where he was employed as
mechsnic. as Ex-senator" Frye.
RECRUITS IN TEXAS.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 1S.-A dele.
CATION of 80 unemployed workingmen
who have been here for the past several
months subsisting on the charity OF
relief societies, left last night on the
Southern Pacific train for Los Angeles
to join the Industrial army and partici-
pate in the march upon Washington.
These will be followed in few days by
another large delegation from this place.
BYRNE IN A BAD PLACE.
PHILADELPHIA, March l8. - W. ].
Byrne. the recruiting officer of the In.
dustrial army OF Los Angeles, yesterday
presented his credentials to General
Hayes of the Knights of Labor.
Director of Public Safety Butler
said today: "Byrne has come to the
worst city i'll the country to start an
agitation. | do not believe our unem.
ployed people are liz sympathy with
such movement. Byrne will
be watched closely and we will know
just what he is doing. The minute be
does an illegal act we will give him the
same treatment we gave to Emma
Goldman"