The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-06-01
THE coMMoNwEALERs.
Large Numbsp 81 Cexeyisss II Denver. =
Kelly Reaches ~. Louis.

Fry's army numbers 400. 1t reached
Cincinnati on the END.
Eighty comonwealers, charged with
stealing . train at Yakima, May 10th,
were sent to Jail for terms ranging
from 10 to 60 days.
Ex-Adjutant G eneral Artz Of Kan
sas has been elected captain Of COM
pany Of Coxeyites from Topeka who
have Joined Sanders army.
A commonweal army from Omaha
numbering 200, under command Of
General Kelsey reached Gre ston, Iowa,
on the END on their way to Washing
ton.
General Fry has received from j.
s. Coxey a commission as commander
in-chief Of the commonweal army Of
the United States. Fry has gone to
Washington.
Twenty-nine commonwealers were
sentenced to sixty days in Jail At &c.
attic for contempt Of court for steal
ing q Northern Pacific train after the
United States court had enjoined
them from interfering with the opera
ton OF the road.
At the urgent request Of Rev. Myron
Reed and the leaders Of the Denver
Coxey army, Governor Waite loaned
the state tents to be used by the indus
trials while in Denver. About $50
men were in camp on the Gath, and
more were constantly coming.
General Benefits Colorado division
Of the commonweal army arrived
At Seneca, Kansas, ON the 22nd, but
was no. allowed to enter the city, the
council in special session having de-
cided not to offer them park or trans
portation by wagons. Bennett said
he would not let his men walk As they
had not walked over sixty miles in
their entire trip from Denver.
General Sanders went to Kansas
City Wednesday evening, and upon
invitation addressed the members Of
the Central Labor unions. He said
he would leave Leavenworth for Kan
sas City as soon as released from Gus
tody, and would then proceed to St.
Louis and Cairo, where he would join
Kelly's army and go to Washington
via Pittsburg and the Ohio river.
The Sanders army was still in Gus.
tody on the 22nd, but with prospect
Of speedy release as the following dis
patch from Judge c. q. Foster Of the
United States District Court to United
States District Attorney Perry would
indicate:
''W. c. Perry, Wichita, Kansas
Unless you consent to discharge all
the Sanders men except five or six, ]
will have to issue habeas corpus.
sc. G. Foster"
kelly's army, 100 strong, arrived
in st. Louis Monday evening from Al
ton, Illinois. They were received by
the local labor unions and big crowd
Of people. A good supper was pro.
vided by the Trades and Labor Union
Of the city which awaited the travellers
on their arrival. The Kelly army dur
ing its sojourn in st. Louis, will have
no reason to complain Of lack Of
food.
Judge Riner Of the United States
Circuit Court for the District Of Wy
oming on the 23rd passed sentence
upon the fifteen members Of Company
II, Portland industrial army, who we're
arrested at Cokevillc by United States
Marshal Rankin and taken to Chey.
enne for trial.
The judgment Of the court was that
b. Hughes, II. +. Weed and G.
OBrien, who appeared to have been
among the leaders who urged the men
to seize the train at Montpelier, be
punished by confinement in the county
Jail Of Laramie county, Wyoming, for
q term Of five months; and that Al
Smith, J. Short, y. p. Devcreaux,
Charles Myers, Peter Schuter, John
Bamford, J. Clark, Barney Reel, G.
j. Powell, +. Linn, Fred Bailey and
J. ". Rowland be confined for four
months.
In sentencing the men Judge Riner
severely condemned their acts.
Denver is entertaining a large num-
Der Of the industrials. On the 10Th
il was reported that 200 men we're at
River Front Park aud the food ques.
ton was becoming a serious one. Sup.
plies were not coming in rapidly and
it was hard to tell what would be done.
The leaders claimed that $500 men
would be IN the camp in few days
more aud then they would start east.
They expressed the opinion that the
railroads would be glad to furnish
them with transportation. The rail.
road officials give no evidence Of any
such intention.
General Carter and $50 men from
Salt Lake have arrived in camp after .
quick trip on freight trains.
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