The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-04-28
woRKMEN's DEMANDS.
Thousands March to Council Bluffs to
Add Weight to Demands.

OMAHA, Neh, April 2l.-Three thou
sand laboring men began the march
with banners flying bound for the
camp of Gen. Kelly at Weston, Iowa,
fourteen miles east of Council Bluffs.
Thousands of people followed the
column to the bridge and other thou
sands were on hand on the other side of
the river to welcome them. The cold
seemed to have the effect of bringing
out greater throng than had been
expected last night, when the rain
was falling so heavily. All the men
seemed to be in excellent spirits and
determined that the march should
mean business. 1t is said that some of
the anarchists who were in the col
umn marchiug out of Omaha had
some dynamite with them, but how
much is not known
The column had been preceded to
Council Bluffs by a committee of
prominent citizens appointed at the
meeting of the Central Labor union,
including Rev. Dr. Joseph II. Duryea,
pastor of the First Congregational
church; Rev. DR.. Hammerson of the
lTSb tCiiah ShhiShj oht WV
Frank Crane of the First Methodist
church. The committee was to call on
Gov. jackson and the managers of the
railroad and urge that the common
wealers be at once started on their
way east
While the column was marching to-
ward the Missouri Gen. Kelly was in
Omaha seated in the private car of
President st. John of the Rock Island
road holding an animated conference.
Mr. St John said in response to
request for train that he was not in
position to grant it even should he
desire to do so, as the matter was now
wholly in the hands of the presidents
of the Iowa trunk lines, and no one
road could grant request for train
unless the presidents Of all the other
lines agreed Gen. Kelly then left
the car and called on other
friends for advice One prominent
man suggested that the army levy on
the farmers for horses and wagons,
that the army be split up into squads
of 100 men each, and that they spread
out over stretch of territory twenty
five miles wide and march on foot
across the state 1t was suggested
that such plan would soon bring the
people of the state to time, for the
army would practically devastate the
country through which it passed and
the railroads would then be forced to
take the commonwealers up and carry
them out of the country. Gen. Kelly
enid hA NJ 20 hin, ornAd
one and he thought it might be tried.
He agreed to call council OF his
officers and place the plan before
them. After deliberation, II they
agreed to 1t, the plan would be adopted.
The general left for Council Bluffs at
III o'clock.
Gen. Kelly came over to Council
Bluffs with the intention of catching
train for Weston, being DESTROYS of
getting out of the city before the out
pouring from Omaha, as he said, he
was in nowise responsible for the
demonstration and did not want to be
even party to 1t. While waiting for
saddle horse his presence was learned
by Gov. jackson, who sent for him for
the purpose of imparting some in
formation which he thought would be
of interest Kelly hurried over to the
governors headquarters, where
were gathered several citizens.
besides the Encouragement Gov.
Jackson declared he had taken every
means possible to get the army on its
way and that the state authorities had
not laid straw Of detention in its
way. HIS correspondence with rail