The morning call., 1894-05-28
WANTS CAMPAIGN MATERIAL.
Alleged COnspiraCies of Judges
Merritt and Smith.
IMPEACHMENT is DEMANDED.
General KeIIy's Floating WeaIers
to Receive Great Ovation
at St. Louis.

KANSAS CITY. May ga special to
the Times from Topeka, Kans., says: II. U
Artz. who was removed from the adju-
t-generalship of Kansas by Governor
Lewelling, will lead the Topeka contn-
gent of the Commonweal Army to Wash
ton. General Sanders received a COM
Dany OF thirty-eight me here tonight,
aud Artz was elected captain. c. j. Foster
first Lieutenant and e. w. Simpson second
lieu tenant The company will leave here
Tuesday morning for Leaven worth, ar
riving there in time to board The Com
monwealer," which General Sanders says
will start for ST. Louis on that day. Cap
tain ArtZ says that he wants to make the
trip SO that he can discuss the Coxey
movement intelligently before the people
in the fall ampaign.
SALT LAKE, May 27.-Under the head
of "A Diabolical judicial Cons piracy"
the Ogden Standard this morning prints
what it claims to be the telegraphic cor
respondence between Judges Merritt and
Smith relating to the indictment and trial
of members OF the so-called Industr
Army in the recent cases of train-stealing
and rioting at Provo and Neph The
Standard looks upon it as a conspiracy to
arrest and cast innocent men into prison,
and insists that the Judges named should
be impeached.
ST. LOUIS. May 27.-Preparations here
to receive General Kelly's fleet of COM
monwealers have been practically COM
pleted by the labor leaders here The
feet will be met fifteen or twenty miles
above the city BIZ an excursion steamer
with music. conveying many of the III en-
most prominent in the labor cause in the
city. The Wealers will land at Smith or
Ferry street and will camp near the fleet.
A mass-meeting will be held on Lucas
Market square as soon as possible after
the arrival of the Industrals, and if pUssi-
BILE monstrOus procession will be held.
The arrival of the fleet is timed for Tues
day, and the subscription so far raised 10
feed the men is nearly $780, with about
500 more promised.
Al TON, H., May 27.-Mayor BrenboH
the Police Commissioner and City Mar
shall, representative of the local unions
and newspaper men to-day made trip up
the river in search of Commodore
Charles c. Kelly and his navy of the Com
monwealers. The first indication of the
Kelly cohorts was from fat scow, which
two men were industriously rowing. The
pair were found to be deserters. At Graf
Ion, company n, another party of deSer-
ters was found. The way up the river was
resumed. and the mouth of Chivere River
was reached before the body of the fleet
was encountered and Kelly himself was
seen. General" Kelly accepted the propo
stion made him in the way of supplies
with the understanding that only his
supply boat should call at Alton, and the
rest of his feet should pass by. As the
wind has died out. the fleet can hardly
reach Alton before late tomorrow III orn-
ing and St Louis before tomorrow even
ing
BALTIMORE, Nd, May 27-A detach-
ment. 125 strong, of GaIvin's California
Industrial Army is encamped six miles
north of this city. They expect to reach
Washington in four or five days A large
crowd, which assembled at the camp to-
day, was addressed by Major George
Ward. He indorsed the Coxey plan of
Government relief.
HIAwATHA. Kans., May 27-Bennett's
regiment of Commonwealers, which has
been camped at Seneca and Sabatna the
past week, came into Hiawatha to-day,
hauled in wagons from Sabatha by farmers.