The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-07

uplieisy of fingers upon any norton
OF hls anatomy. When the train which
oore the army reached this city YESTERDAY
morning Sweeney opened the car door
and walked out. Had he been true In
anssriai the story might have ended
tnere, but he wasn's. When he opened
the door be also opened his moush--widely
and hiatansly-and the tale which he un-
iolded reached the ever-atten tive
ear Of Mayor Prosser and resulted
IN the forwarding Of . telegram
10 Northern Pacific headquarters dem and.
ing that no more of the army be debouched
al aksma, but that they should be per.
miited 10 SO on to their desired Mecca.
Spokane. Conductor Clement imme-
diateiy opened tho car door and de.
nvered an address to the army. He told
them that he had orders to hold she train
In this city unless the men could be per.
suaded 10 leave It; that by remaining in
the car they did not benefit themselves in
the slightest degree. bus did work
hardship upon him: that he was
| not enough Of . Hercules TO force them
To leave. bus that he would be greatly
obliged should they conclude To favor him
ey 50 doing. After this friendly appeal
the men held . short consultation and
ended the affair by quietly climbing
from the car. They numbered twenty.
seven. and they were under command
OF Lieut. Budd- That officer quickly
formed csmp near the stock yards as
the edge of the city, built fires and had
any quantity OF coffee boiling in Q very
short time. Upon receipt Of Mayor Pros-
ser's telegram the railroad officials issued
orders that only local frcights should stop
at Yakima. and these orders resulted I'm
holding the army here until today. The
indasirlais did not appear to take kindly
TO their enforced visit and were busy
most of the time trying to devise some
plan by which they could take French
leave. Last night about seventeen of the
boys watched the arrival Of the Z: 80 local
freight with anxious eyes. Then they
hit upon plan and puf il into prac-
ticai application. They bundled to-
gether their blankets aud food. a. we'll as
the food of the other ten. walked
down the track for q ha!f-mile waited for
the train to reach them. tagged it, stopped
it, got upon IL and rode on their way To
Spokane rejoicing. The deserted ten did
not miss their companions so much ~
they did the misappropriated food. but
some Of them had money and others had
faculty for getting what they wantsd
without money, and 90 more coffee and
bread were soon secured and the men
went quietly to sleep after eating.
Gen. Jeffries, who arrived yesterday, did
not stay long or talk much, but he sue
ceeded In making himself felt In some
way or other apparently, because the city
Is absolutely deserted and clear Of Indus
trials today. They boarded the l0:i5 local
freight this morning and pulled out Of tha
city for Pasco. Yakima Was not injured
or annoyed In the slightest BY their pres
cnce. They were peactabls, quiet and
sober. and their only desire seemed to bs
to get ont Of the city - soon - possible.
The Seattle boys, Jeffriss remarked,
seemed to have . happy faculty for get
ting along more rapidly than their
Tacoma brothers in the cause. Divisions
from both cities had left Puy ailup At the
same time yet over 500 Seattle men were
between Yakima and Spokane and not
over twenty-five or thirty Tacoma men
had gotten that far. He was trying to get
TO Spokane ahead Of the men In order 10 re-
form them into companies and regiments
~ fast - they arrived. Asksd a. to how
he enjoyed his trip over the mountains,
he replied that he Was not greatly en-
ulist: that he had made the run in . cattle
car.
Pasco. May 6-[special l-Gsn. Jsfrries
left this morning. taking out about 80
men. Superintendent #. w. Gilbert 10
here directing the movement OF the
deputy mArshals. who number about
thirty. Tonight the dsputiss' special car
Is on the main track on the bridge to
intercept any men who may arrive on
the frsights during the night II the
men are not allowed to cross the bridge
they viii cross on the ferry, which has
been offered free. The entire Seattle
division il gradually getting through,
making IL easily from Buckley to Ellens-
burg In twelve hours. Only thirty men
are left In Pasco.
SPOKANE. May 6-The first squad Of the
Western Washington Coxsyitss arrived
here today. There are about 100 Of them.
headed by Jeffries. an agitator who for
merly published . paper here and also at
tempted to practice law. About 20O
OF the scattered Puyaliup army were
caught at Pasco by force Of
deputy marshais under Samuel vinsou.
They are ugly over their detention, and
Vinson has telegraphed for reinforcemsnts.
He expects trouble when the Others arrive
at Pasco from the Sound. Coxey's Ycgi-
ment was given benefit ~ Twicksnham
park today. The net proceeds were about
500. Spokane's army gave an snthusias-
tic reception to the men from the West.
The Porsiasa Cozeystss Moving East.
PosrIasp. May 6.-Ths Portland con.
tingent of the Industrial Army. being un-