The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04

Calvin and his "army" have gone,
and nCarly everybody is glad OF it. The
hObOs left over the Pittsburgh division
OF the Baltimore & Ohio road at 1880. In
four old.time passenger coaches, their
fare paid to Pittsburgh at the rate Of
ceut mile per hobo.
The Trades Assembly collected So so
toward buying the tickets, aud Garfield
Assembly's SIS added to this lett about
$50, which the Trades Assembly appro-
pEiated on. of the treasury. Besides
purchasing the tickets the committee
paid for some other thing. and bought
a few needed articles.
The tall G. A. r. veteran who had
carried the United States Tag from Los
angeles herSNas snmnarily discharged
before the army left, the charge being
that he had been drunk.
Nine recruits Joined the gang here
aud went on to Pittsburgh. 0ne OF
these wal q potter and the others glass
workers aud coal miners. As many
more applied for admission TO the reg
lmens but were refused because they
did not come up TO the standard, which
requires soldier to be Il sober union
workman out OF employment through
no fault OF his own.
Colonel Woods said after reaching
Pittsburgh the army would make no
attempt 10 secure transportation farther,
but would take TO the pike and walk TO
Washington
Yesterday Superintendent Cutter, OF
j The Pittsburgh division, and Yard Su-
perintendent Jamison, asked Chief OF
Police McNichol Tor police protection
when the men boarded the train, but
there WASH need Of it, though large
iosce OF ot5cors wa5 on hand.
After breakfast yesterday morning.
which was the best meal the men had
YET had here, the work OF packing up
for the march, began. Il was about
noon when the march was taken up for
town. The army was watched by about
as large crowds as on lie arrival on
Tuesday. The column hailed on Mar
kes street in front OF the Trades Assem-.
bly, hall, where large crowd gathered.
Col. Calvin here made few remarks OF
gratitude for the kind treatment his
men had received, and proposed three
cheers Tor Mayor Caldwell, Chief OF Po-
lice NcNicho! and the Trades Assembly,
all OF which were given with will
The army then marched down Market
street 10 Sixteenth, on Sixteenth to
Main and 10 Twentieth. thence to the
Bsltincre & Ohio yards, where the four
cars were in readiness i tremendous
crowd watched the departure
Chief OF Police ATcSichol, Lieu.eraa.
TerrlL, Sheriff FranZheim and Balti-
more L Ohio Detective John Short &C
companied the hoboes as fsr as the
West Virginia border, intending to re-
turn on the next tSair Division Super
irtendeat Cutter and Yard Superin-
teccens JamiSon were also aboard the
train when it pulled ont
While the army was in camp and
when on the march il was the isvorite
object OF every owner or ! camera in
the vicinity.
Lieutenant Colonel Woods told an
4 ISTnuGESCzR reporter Wednesday
: night that there was considerable
se4S 81 49, LAW
much he considered Considerable" be
did not explain.
The following Associated press dis
patch, received last night, gives IN ac-
count OF the reception OF the army a.
Pittsburgh, where they were permitted
TO stay just two hours and bali:
PITTSBURGH. May a-Colonel Calvin
and his army, numbering 2I9, arrived
here at 40 p. m, VIA the Baltimore (
Ohio railroad. The army was met by
the police and escorted from the train
to the city line on the way to Home
& stead, where the men will camp to-
night Their stay and march through
the city covered period Of jus. two
y and half hours. No stop was allowed
{ here. because Calvin could not satisfy
the police authorities chat arrange
ments had been made Eor their care
while here The tramp 20 Homestead
IS the hrss walking the men have done
si1os leaving Washington c. Il, Ohio.