The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-29

Mount Sterling to clear the Baltimore
& Ohio freight train of Galvin's CoXey-
ties. The battery has Calling guns and
cannon.
The governor has ordered companies
A, B and c of the Fourteenth Ohio
National Guard, Colonel Colt, to be
ready to proceed to Mount Sterling with
battery. The governors action is
based on the fact that General Peabody,
general agent, and Superintendent era
ham, of the Baltimore 81 Ohio railway,
said they have not been able to get a
freight train through Mount Sterling
for two days and the sheriff of Madison
county, with one company of the Four
tenth regiment at his disposal, under
the law, refused to act. John Mahoney,
a Columbus police officer, is at the
train with deputies and it is supposed
the show of the militia will enable him
to induce the CoXeyites to leave the
train without the use of force. A tom-
pany of the Fourteenth at Delaware
has been notified to hold itself in readi-
ness.
Of for nit. Sterling.
The train of soldiers at 11:30 pulled
out for Mount Sterling. Gatlin guns
were taken. A special to the Dispatch
says when Mahoney was presented to
a committee of CoXeyites they laughed
at him
At II :55 a. M, Adjutant General Howe
and Attorney General Richards arrived.
After conference with them Scott Chen
owith, the sheriff, ordered the men off
the train. Attorney General Richards
said to them:
IF you refuse to get off the train, the
state of Ohio will compel you to do So"
Calvin then said to the men: Il have
no control over you; you must act on
1~Fo1 i,a1a in a fer
Every man must act for himself indi-
vidually, but I would advise you to
obey the orders of the sheriff"
Not a word came from the men, The
Sheriff then asked for the assistance of
the military. Calvin said to a reporter:
Il don't see the necessity of all this
trouble. All the men want is to ride
on that train. They do not expect to
do anybody or anything any injury.
Three Minutes to Surrender.
AS soon as the troops formed, Sher-
if Chenowith handed Colonel Colt a
paper directing him to make use Of the
military in clearing the train.
Amy person." said the paper, who
resists, you will arrest and hold subject
to further orders. You will then guard
the train and railroad property at this
point until further orders.
Colonel Colt addressed the men as
follows:
Your commanding officers have sur
rendered and now in the name of the
state of Ohio, l order you to leave.
notify you 1 will give you three min
utes 10 get off the train, and if you do
not do so, shall use force, as 1 am au-
thorized to do
AS he spoke ne drew out his watch
to count the minutes. He then start
ed down the train and repea ted his or
der. which was taken up by General
Howe and other officers. Several of
the Galvanites yelled, I'VE surrender -
and begun to get down, but the mass
Of men crowned and shook their heads.
In the meantime the Calling guns
were placed so as to sweep the top of
the long string of cars. Companies A
B and c were at the head. There was
hesitati on the part of the Calvin
ties. The men holding the American
flag on top of the forward car eXclaim-
ed, Wen stay till the last" General
Howe extended the time, and then Col
onel Colt took company a and mounted
/ the car. AS soon as the officer reached
the flag, the lag-bearer laughed and
said: I am a law-abiding citizen and
will obey orders"
He forthwith proceeded to climb
down. 1t was a signal and others fol-
lowed.
In less than ten minutes from the
time Colonel Colt gave his first order to
the men to vacate the cars in three
minutes, the train which had been
standing on the siding since o'clock
Friday morning, or thirty-fve hours,
pulled out, the besieged engineer and
conductor waving adieu to the ''hobos. -
! Colonel Calvin and his 200 men ar
rived at Columbus at midnight from
Mount Sterling, on the Baltimore &
Ohio. They are quartered in the Trades
! Assembly hall.