The herald., 1894-04-20
ON THE MARCH.
Kally'a Army Breaks CRmp-SympAthJ
for Them at Omaha.


OMAHA, April l9.-Kelly's army of
Industrials. wet, bedrsegled and chilled
to the bone, broke camp today and
stGrted from the Council Bluffs Chau-
tauoua grounds east. During the night
the ranks began to swell by the arrival
from Nevada of 65 men under Capt. NJ.
Gorman, and today further acquisitions
were made when Captain Morgan, with
two companies of Commorwealers, 300
strong. reached camp from the west by
way Of the Union Pacific.
The objective point OF today's march
was Weston, Is miles east of Council
Eluffs. 1t 10 believed that train will be
secured at Weston to carry the army to
Chicago.
Representative of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers and Firemen promised to call
ON the general managers of the Chicago
Council Bluffs lines today in Chicago to
make arrangements for carrying the
men east. The army will spend the
night at Weston and march in the
morning to Underwood, eight miles
further east, where q Brotherhood train
will pick MP the soldiers. The Com
monwealars are having hard march "a
the weather has suddenly turned cold
and a drizzling rain ie falling. Many
men are sick with colds and threatened
with pneumonia.
The real facts about the presence OF
the militia at Council Bluffs and at
Camp Kelly, near Chautauqus station.
were made public in an interview with
Judge Hubbard, attorney for the North
Western Railway company. While
smarting under the criticisms OF the
press and public opinion, Mr.. Hubbard
acknowledged that he was responsible
for the calling ont OF ths etate troops.
and used his influences with Governor
jackson for that purpose. Mr.. Hubbard
expressed himself in no uncertain lam
guage, and his views of the situation
were coincded in by Mr.. Baldwin.
IF these tramps and buns try to
capture one of our trslne there will be
trouble" said Mr.. Hubbard, land
ehould they gain possession of train
by hook or crook or by the sympathy OF
our trainmen, we will ditch the train, il
it DESTROYS every car and hurts lot of
men. We will not carry these Migrants
for love nor money, or be forced to by
their capturing our rolling stock. In
the ewes of the law they are a band OF
beggars, who are organized for Sn un-
lawful purpose, to prey on the people,
who are compelled TO feed them and
move them on to the next station. Why,
if we were to carry this crowd over Illi-
nois aud Iowa we would be compelled to
carry 10, 900 more out of the state like
them. Thsy would pour on the road
and we could not carry on business, and
that we do not intend to do. Our roads
were not built for charity.
"This movement must be stopped
now and right here, and do not think
the people show good Judgment in feed
ing these people. There is too much
false sympathy about these men. We
have had men among these people day
and night, and they have recognized
people who have led criminal lives and
served time in penal Institutions who
are now soldiers in Kelly's army. Do
you SUPPOSE for a momsnt that we in
tend to transport such u crowd over our
lines and unload them upon the other
cities along the route? This would only |
remove the post from one city to an
another, and under the laws of any Of |
the states We coulu DC neio iixuie LOT
damages"
"If / were the governor" Clipped in
Mr.. Baldwin, II would place sufficient
force behind me to enforce my COM
mands and say to this man Kelly: Dis
perse your gang or will do 1t for you
| would not let them march across this
state in q body and pave the way for the
hordes which he knows are preparing to
follow this crowd. Ny idea rs to the
way to get rid OF these men would be to
divide them into parties of about % and
send them in different directions out OF
the state. They should not be per-
mitted to 90 over the state preying on
Al L. ia nj
and home. and l do think the governor
should not permit it,"
The railroad managers do not hesitate
to say that these men should be starved
into diubanding and thus compelled to
20 to work or be prosecuted under the
vagrRncy law.
Under the auspices OF the Knights OF
Labor, q largely attended mass meeting
OF workingmen was held this evening at
Knights Of Labor hall to disCuss means
OF helping Kelly's army. J. B. Shoup
of the Central Labor union, presided. 1t
was the original design TO hold an open
sir meeting on Jefferson square hut the
rain prevented AS the crowd waited
for the Knights of Labor assembly
which was in session to adjourn, the
workingmen shouted: Don't mind this
sprinkle, but remem ber what poor Kelly
and his men endured the other night"
A passing haokman was asked to 90
to Council Bluffs and bring over Gov
ernor Jackson. He replied he would
not haul such man for any fee. The
crowd yelled its applause and thea en-
tered the hall, where a number of
speeches were made by local labor lead
ers. Much indignation was expressed
against Governor jackson, Judge Hub
bard and Sheriff Hazen for the tre@t-
ment of Kelly's army at their hands. It
soon developed that the men were will
ing to 20 to extreme lengths, if neoes-
sary, to save Kelly's army from further
outrages, and when it was suggested
that Omaha workingmen 90 en- masse to
Kelly's camp to aid i'll capturing trsin
or resisting force, there were number
of cries of Lets 60 tonight"
Some one eaid: "Wnat if the rail-
road companies tear up their tracks ?"
The reply: What's the matter with
our tearing up the tracks for them ?"
The meeting then named committee
of prominent citizent to so to the Bluffs
in the morning to plead with Che rail
ways to give Kelly train. 1t Was slso
decided that the Omaha workmen
should march to the Bluffs in the morn
ing to give the army Whatever phyeical
assistance it might need in case III had
not left by that time. The signal foy
meeting was to be the blowing Of the
whistle at the Union Pacific shops. 1t
IL axnantad anvaral tboua1p1 will on