The herald., 1894-03-17


men made a start. At IL O'Clock an
other band OF 300 more started on the
march under command OF Colonel Gould.
They marched quietly down to the Santa
Fe end crossed over the Also street
bridge and generally kept parallel with
the railroad. II was announced that
they would march to Monrovia, where
they would camp for the night. As
they took littls or no provisions with
them it was stated that they would for
age on the country through which they
passed, and there was good deal of APP
prehension on this point.
AT THE BARRACKS.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday aft
ernoon the unemployed still remaining
in the city held q meeting at the bar
racks to decide what they should do.
During the morning new muster roll
had been prepared and several hundred
names added. Ex-MRyor Hazard and
members Of the relief committee had
notified the men that they would be fed
on application ct the free labor bureau
and given work at the First-street bill
Saturday morning Tor food and lodging,
There we're about 800 men present
when the meeting came to order, and
Mr. A. Vinnett was elected chairman.
He made the announcement sent down
by the relief committee, and then said
II want to say that II. O. Dillon ia ad.
vieing the council and supervisors as to
the means to be employed to disband
this army"
Captain Thomas was next introduced
and said: "Mr. Dillon offered me work
and then came here today and said
had agreed to work for my board. It
makes my heart ache to see so many
men here after the army marched out
this morning. This is q second army,
and the advance guard has started for
Washington, and we want to back up
those pioneers, for there will be work.
ingmen start from all over the country
for Washington when they hear that the
Los Angeles army has started.
sit is not the bankers and bloated
bondholders who have been helping us
to live, but the poor people of this city
who have been contributing their mite,
That relief committee wants to know
how many citizens of Los Angeles are
in the army. tell them that these men
are American citizens who have q right
to live anywhere under the American
flag. heard of q case today OF car
penter on Grand avenue who is without
work. He went to the corner grocery
and asked to be trusted for sack OF
-four to feed his family. The grocer told
him he sympsthized with him but
could not help him as he had hundreds
OF applications. Then when that grocer
was not looking he took a sack of -four
and took it home. The grocer missed it
and sent a policeman after him, and
when he got to the house he found that
man and his family eating the raw flour.
Ny friends, did that man do right?
"Yes," "yes," came from all parts of
the hall.
''Now," continued Thomas, ''this is
in free America and the government, in
case Of war, can call ON us to lay down
our lives, and we are ready to do it; but
we do not want to die for government
that has caused all Of this trouble for
the workinRmen, No city can settle
find work for us all over the country,
II am willing to go out and work for
Mr.. Dillon on Saturday II he wants me.
l told him / would go with him when
got my washing, and am still ready to
20 with him."
Mr.. Vinnett again mounted the flour
and said:
You must organize You must en-
roll yourselves in the Industrial army as
reserve force. We want to be treated
with as an organization and not as indi-
yiduals. Shall we organizer"
Organize! Organized" came from
all sections of the hall.
Mrs. Alex, who was standing in the
back OF the hail, moved that Mr.. A.Vin-
nett be elected leader, which was unan-
imously adopted.
A motion that the Home reserves of
the industrial army be organized was
next adopted.
The communication of the relief COM
mittee was again read and the para
graph announcing that the chain gang
would be taken of the work was re.
cceived with derisive comments of sGood
for the chain gang"
Mr; Gregory, a workingmen Il che
East Side, was the next talker AZ ao;d