The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-21
THE MOB RULED.
Omaha Sends Mob to Council
Bluffs to Aid Kelley.
Demanded Free cars-Riots Averted
by Manly Attitude OF Kelley.

OMAHA, April 21.-A procession OF over
1000 workingmen formed here yesterday
and started for Council Bluffs to demand
Of the railroads that they allow train to
be chartered to take kelley's industrial
army eastward.
A strange sight was witnessed on the
march from the bridge to Council Bluhs.
Men and boys seemed to spring up from
the ground, and the column which crossed
the bridge had grown to over 5000 men by
the time il reached the heart of the city.
At Fifteenth street and Broadway the
Omaha army was met by a detachment
of Council Bluffs laborers, with ffe
and drum and dozen flags. These, act
ing as an escort, took the company TO
Bayless park, where a halt was called, and
in response to a request from Chief OF
Police Scanlan Q committee was APP
pointed to present the demands OF the
men to the railroad officials, who were
always sa6d to be found in the Office or
John Y Stone.
While the committee was in the Office
the men lined up along the side OF the
square.
In Mr.. Stones Office Rev DR.. Duryea
and b. ID. DALEY addressed the committee
in q pacific speech, but the committee
was warm, and informed them that there
was no use of multiplying words. They
demanded to see some representatives OF
the railroads, but were informed that
none were In town.
Pandsmonium broke loose, in the
midst of which a troop of 20 or more
women marched into the Office. The
com mittee left the Office in huff to look
ot AI,a 81 sanf IN
Office, in reply to which President Gable
of the Rock Island said that he would not
furnish trnin to Kelley.
Talk with the Governor.
Chief Scanlan, who met the army at
the bridge had all the saloons closed,
and the company's officers suppressed the
numerous vocal demonstrations which
were made AT this juncture General"
Kelley arrived in Council Bluffs and was
at once sent for by Governor jackson and
the attorney general.
The interview was prolonged one, for
Governor Jackson took occasion to review
the actions hs had taken, the purport be-
ing that he had taken every means possible
TO get the army on its way, and that the
state authorities had not laid straw of
detention l.. Its way. His correspondence
with railroad officials had resulted in
nothing so far as the Northwestern, Mil
waukee or St Paul and the Burlington
were concerned, they refusing to send
them.
The outpouring from Omaha began to
make its lungs heard as the streets
choked up with the crowd, and Kelley
fairly pulled away from the governor ex-
cusing himself for his haste by the ex-
tremities to be recognized. He excused
| himself to the governor as not blaming
| him for the detention caused by the rail-
ways.
| Plenty OF sympathy.
| At 3 o'clock word was received that
| detachment Of Union Pacific shopmen
wefe on the way across the bridge, and a
| Council Bluffs escort went down to meet
them. They found over 1000 men in line,
with flags waving, and blue ribbons, the
badges Of the army, in nearly every
buttonhole. To the laundering of bass
drums, they marched up to Broadway
and over to Bayliss park.
The streets of Council Bluffs by this
time were black with yelling, cheering
crowd. Travel in every direction was al
most suspended. Flags were futtering
from mum berless windows, and on every
corner crowds were grouped to listen to
the labor orations
1t was 2 O'Clock before replies were re-
ceived from the messages to the railway
presidents, denying the requests for
trains, and then the conference between
the citizens committee and the railroad
officials ended. When Chairman Tiche-
ror announced the result of The confer
ence 1t was greeted with roars of howls,
ieers and Kisses. After making a short
n in OF fxar,,
the violence, and cautioned the men
against any destruction of property.
As soon as the meeting on the court
house square ended, led by a band, thou
sands formed in line and marched to Bay
liss park.
Kslly's men slept at Weston last night.
and at daybreak marched to Council
Bluffs, whom a new start east was made
on foot Quiet was restored by midnight
General Kelley Is all the good words
said Of him and more. He displayed the
rarest judgment and fortitude last night
when h6declined to put his men on board
a train stolen at Council Bluffs--stolen by
the engineers and fremen of the Union
Pacific.
1t was a Union Pacific engine with
Union Pacific cars on the Rock Island
track. Kelley declined IL, because he
said he had not yet broken any law and
did not intend to start In here.
Had to Pay Toll.
HAGGERsTowN, Nd, April 81. - The
Coxey march over from Williamsport
was made under most favorable condi-
tions. The pike was dry, but dustless,
and all the trees and fields were green
with the recent rains. At the tollgate,
mile outside Haggerstown, the old white
haired gateman refused TO let the army
pass without paying toll on the horses.
Browne declared that this was another
extortion of the monopolists and ordered
forward the flag. The old gateman re-
spectfully doffed his hat to the stars and
stripes, but shut down the bars to the
horses and carriages. Coxey was forced
TO pay 81 cents toll.