The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-24

army reached Avoca about on time.
The industrials received an ovation as
they marched into town and were well
provided with rations.
The st. Paul road began running
trains into Council Bluffs today, but
no attempt to seize a train was made
The march overland will be contin-
ued quietly until Des Moines is reached,
but there the men are certain they Will
secure train.
General Kelly, today, showed roll
calls TO an Associated Press reporter.
One thousand three hundred and six
ty-five men marched into Nicola yes
Twenty recruits were secured there,
and 1880 men, exclusive Of officers,
reached Avoca.
Kelly Outlines His Plnns.
Kellys reception here (Avoca) to-
night was fully as dattering as that
accorded him at Nicola. The $500 in
habitants were apparently all on the
countrymen and buxom maidens Wed
with each other in doing them honor'
Many of them contributed coming
along the route, and the army as II
went into camp tonight presented
much better appearance than at any
time previous since the start from the
far west.
banded at Media, rejoined the army
during the afternoon and after an
abject personal apology from each
member, Kelly mustered them back in
to the service
By this successful quelling of the
little mutiny, the determined young
commander has secured an even more
firm hold upon his men and he with
them is now a court Of the last resort.
;crbt Gil
the Associated Press representative
his plans for the end Of the journey
Should his army be refused approach
to the capitol, he will, upon this ar
rival in Washington, take four OF MS
men and make a personal appeal TO
Congressman Pence, of Colorado; NC
CURE. of California, and Senator Allen,
of Nebraska. Through their efforts ne
hopes to be allowed to draw up his
men in line where the law makers OF
the nation may see them.
Can't BE Pigeon HoIed.
Petitions from laboring people have
been numerous and ineffective in the
past" said Kelly, but this living pc
tition viii be hard to pigeonhole. That
is the reason l am leading these men
to the capitol. Once there, our plans
will be successfully carried out. Some
Congressman are already pledged to
present memorial in our behalf. That
memorial is now being drawn up by a
well-known Washington firm of con-
stitutional lawyers and will be rS1dst
for US when we reach the Journeys
end. Our demands as set forth in the
memorial will be about as follows:
1--WE will ask that the commission al
ready IN existence to look after the re-
deeming of desert lands in the west be
instructed to proceed with the work.
We will ask that the men in our army
and the great army of the unemployed
which we represent be put to work on
this irrigation My idea is that by the
time the arid wastes have been wrested
from the sage brush and jack rabbits
and have begun to bloom the men who
have worked there will have saved
| money to carry them through their
first year Of farming. They can settle
on the lands they have reclaimed, and
within a short period will have devel-
oped from homeless wanderers into
steady farmers and property holders
What We Want is Work.
That in substance will be our de-
mand. We will not attempt to dictate
what wages will be paid. What we
want is work. If we can only get to
Washington; if we let the law makers
see that we are bread-winners, honest
and sincere, we will be successful in
our mission. for our demands are not
unreasonable. 1 have no connection
with Coxey. We will combine with his
army if we can reach Washington in
/ time, but if not we will go alone"
Tomorrow the army will go by wa
CONS to Atlantic, where they will re-
main a day for rest, and then move on
towards Des Moines.
! Colonel Baker, who was deposed by
Kelly today, announced tonight that he
would not return to the army but will
follow in its wake and give the people
an expose of Kelly's financial methods.
! The people of Avoca place little con-
fdence in Bakers contemplated ac-
tons. Many express the belief that it
I is the result of railroad scheme to
prejudice the public against the COM
monwealers and this impression will
go far towards discrediting Baker S
story.