Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-21
GEN. KELLY'S ARMY
Excitement High in Omaha
About the Men
RAILROAD REFUSE HELP.
The Fight Said to Have Con.
tinued All Day.
Many kilograms sent to the Rail-
road ONE 's-TaIk of Marching
rArour l,0-So..n,r,-womsn
Take 4as t~ ..4,s March.
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BY Associated Press.
Omaha Neb,. April 2o-Three tbouz-
ana laborlng men marched out of
Omaha toduy with banners living
bound for the camp Of Gen. Kelly's
commonwealers at Weston. Town. four.
teen miles east Of Council BUNS II
was done upon the signal agreed upon
az last nights meeting OF the Central
Labor Unlon--the ringing OF church
bells and the blowing OF Whistles
announcing that Kellys army
was sim at Weston unable 10 secure
train for the East. All the men
seemed to be IN excellent spirits and
determined that the march should mean
business. The coulmn had been pre-
coded to Council Bluffs by COMMITTEES
OF prominent citizens. appointed at
last nights meeting OF the Central
Labor Union, includinF Rev. DR..
Joseph r, Duryea. pnstor of the Flrst
Conversational church, Rev. DIR
Hamerson, Of the First Presbyterian
church, and Rev Frank Crane. OF the
First Methodist church. The com
mittee was 20 call on Governor Jack
son and the manager OF the railroads
ana urge that the commonwenlers be at
once started on their way East. While
the column was marching towards the
Missouri, Gen. Kelly was In Omaha
seated in the private car OF President
St. John Of the Rock Island road. hold
ing an animated conference. Mr.. st.
John said In response to a request for a
train that he was not In position to
grant II even should he desire to do so,
as the matter was now wholly in the
hands Of the presidents of the Iowa
trunk lines, and no one road could
grant request for train unless the
presidents Of all the other lines agreed
Gen. Kelly then left the car and called
on other friends for advice.
Levy ON the Country.
One prominent man suggested that
the army levy on the farmers for
horses and wagons, that the army be
split up into squads OF 100 men each
and that they spread out over a stretch
Of territory two miles wide and march
on foot across the state. II was sug-
gested that such plan would soon
bring the people Of the state to time as
the army would practically devastate
the country through which It passed
and the railroads would then be forced
to take the commonwealers up and
carry them out Of the country. Gen.
Kelly said the plan seemed to him 10
be good one and he thought it might
be tried. He called a local council OF
his officers and placed the plan before
them. After elaboration IL they agreed
to 1t the plan would be adopted. The
general later left for Council BLUFFS. II
is said that some Of the anarchists who
were in the column marching out Of
Omaha had some dynamite with them.
but how much is not known
Fully sIN thousand.
A strange sight was witnessed on
the march from the bridge 10 the
heart of Council Bluffs Men and boys
seemed to spring up from the ground,
and the column which crossed tho
bridge had grown to over COCO men by
the time It reached the heart OF the
city. The burly form Of Capt oDona-
hue headed the column, and at inter
walls the line was broke into companies.
each one headed with a hag-bearer
and acting under orders Of captain.
At Fifteenth and Broadway the Omaha
army was met By a detachment Of
Council BLUFFS laborers with fife-and-
drum band and dozen flags. These,
acting as an escort, took the company
to Bayliss park. where halt was
called. and In response TO a request
OF chief OF Police Seaman, committee
was appointed 10 present the demand
OF the men 10 the railroad officials,
who were. It IS said, TO be found In
the John Y. Stone building. While the
committee was In the office the men
lined up along the side Of the square
warming their toes by stamping on
the pavement. and cheering impromptu
speakers.
women In the Line.
In Mr.. stones ofice Rev. DR. Duryea
and Col d. H. Daily addressed the
committee In a pacihcatory style, but
the committee was warm and inform
ed them that there was no use OF null
tiplylng words They demanded 20 see
some representative OF the railroads
but were Informed none were In town.
Then little pandemonium broke
loose, In the midst Of which troop OF
twenty or more women, headed by
Mrs. T. Herman, marched into the
office. A proposition was made to
march 10 the depot and seize train
when DR. Dnryea cried out; Hold on.
brethren. don't forget that we are al
under one nag. and that Council BLUFFS
and Omaha, Nebraska and Iowa. are
all one in this matter"
The committee left the ONCE ~ a
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