The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-21
HELL UP TO DATE"
Wild and wooIIy Scenes in Omaha
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Omaha, Neb., April 20.-Three thous-
and laboring men marched out OF
Omaha today, with banners flying, and
bound for the camp of Kelly's COM
rnonweal at Weston, Ia, fourteen miles
east of Council Bluffs. At 9 o'clock the
signal agreed upon, ringing the church
bells and blowing the whistles, was
given. announcing that Kelly's army
was still at Weston unable to secure a
train for the t. Inside of five min
utes 1000 mel assembled on Jefferson
square and quickly organized, and the
march was taken up.
At every street recruits were re-
ceived and formed into companies and
provided with banners. The column had
been preceded in Council Bluffs by a
committee Of prominent citizens to call
on Governor Jackson and managers OF
the railroads and urge that the COM
monwealers be at once started east.
Kelly Talks TO st. John.
While the column was marching,
General Kelly was in Omaha with
Manager st. John, OF the Rock Island
railroad. ST. John said he was not in
a position TO grant a train as the mat
ter was wholly in the hands of the
president of the trunk lines. A promi-
nent man suggested that the army levy
OF the farmers Tor horses and wagons,
and that the army be split into squads
of 100 and spread out over a territory
twenty-five miles wide and march on
foot across the state, and such plan
would soon bring the people to terms,
for the army would practically devas-
tate the country through which it
passed, and the railroads would then be
forced to carry the commonwealers
out of the country. 1t is said that an
archists in the column marching out of
Omaha had dynamite with them, but
how much is not known.
SweIIed to six Thousand.
The column marching to Kelly's
army sweiled to 5000 on the march.
halted at Bavless park. where the COM
mittee appointed presented their de-
mandS to the railroad people Mr.
Durica told the committee he had done
all possible to get transportation but in
vain. He said the army must go back
to Chatauqua and await transportation
to Kansas City, or take advantage of
the Rock Islands offer to carry the
men as regular passengers.
The spokesman replied he was posi-
1--WE the army would not go to Kansas
City, but would go to Chicago today.
Kelly had long interview with Gov
ernor jackson. The governor notified
Kelly that the citizens of Council Bluffs
had arranged TO furnish boats TO take
the army to Kansas City and provide
shelter during the preparations Kelly
rephed he refused to go, but would sub
NIT the proposition to the men.
Want Decent HOspftuIity.-
The outpouring from Omaha began
TO make its lungs heard as the streers
choked up with the crowd, and Kellv
Fairly pulled away from the COVER
nor, eXcusing himself for haste bv the
extreme desire not to be recognized
and delayed by the crowd. He ex-
pressed himself to the governor as not
blaming him for the detention cansed
by the railways, but said he and bis
men came here as citizens of fhe
United States, peaceable and ORDERLY.
and they simply asked to be treated
with decent hospitality In bidding the
governor good bye, he shook him bv
the hand and said:
Il may never meet you again. vet I
nope that if 1 should be thus favored
that the next time we enter the state
OF Iowa, 1t viii not be as mendicants,
but that we will be welcomed as
worthy citizens of the country, anxious
to further all its best interest"
His voice trembled and his courteous
bow and retirement made such an i'm
preston that for several moments there
was q dead silence Then the confer
ence over t.fa problem continued. until
It was broken by the noisy entrance of
the committee from Omaha with a
crowd behind them.
In the meantime Kelly hurried out
q back stairway. stepped up an alley
and by short cut reached the horse
standing in front Of the Bee office and.
hurriediy mounting, was off for Wes-
ton. As he rode away. one enthusiast