The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-04-25
NO TRAIN FOR KELLY
The Industrial Leader Refused to Use
Stolen Property.
HIS ARMY WILL WALK
Council Bluffs and Omaha ImPlOred Its
Removal by Rail-Armi"s moving
Slowly Toward Warrington.

Removal by Kah-Arml~S moving
Slowly Toward Washington.
OMAHA, April 2O.-Unless the unex
pected happens, Kelly's army will star
on foot for the east in the morning
Council Bluffs has been Historically ex
cited all day. At 9 o'clock procession
was formed to march to Kelly's camp
which numbered 5000 before it arrived
at its destination. Demands on railroad
officials for trains were made on the
way, but the reply was that the order!
of the company forbid 1t. Propositions
to carry the army to Kansas City were
refuted. In the meantime all the empty
boxcars had been removed by the rail
roads.
Kelly came to town and had long
interview with Governor Jackson, who
could offer transportation to Kansas
City only. Kelly expressed himself &c
the governor as not blaming him for the
detention caused by the railways, but
said he and his men came here as citi
zens of the United States, peaceably
and orderly, and simply asked to be
treated with decent hospitality. Then
the conference over the problem con-
tinued until it was broken by the noisy
entrance of a committee from Omaha
with a crowd behind them.
In the meantime Kelly hurried out OF
the back stairway, reached the horse
standing in front of the Bee office, and
hurriedly mounting was off for Weston.
While committees were at work in
Council Bluffs other committees were
besieging the telegraph Office with tele-
grams to the presidents of the trunk
lines. At IL O'Clock a dispatch was
sent asking the companies to take cog
nizance Of the great emergency exist
ing, to consider the condition and order.
illness Of Kelly's army and to help the
men, even If they had to strain point
This telegram was signed by number
Of the most prominent citizens of Coun-
ell Bluffs and sent to Marvin Iughitt,
president of the Chicago Il Northwest
ern railroad: B. w. Cable, president of
the Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and
Oswald Miller, president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul road, Chicago.
Two more kilograms, detailing the pro-
gress of affairs and demanding trans
portation. were sent Immediately after.
ward.
At 2 O'Clock word was received that a
detachment of Union Pacific shopmen
we; on their way across the bridge,
and the Council Bluffs escort went down
to meet them. They found over 100
meu in line. The streets of CounciI
Biaffs by this time we're black with a
cheering crowd. The advance guard of
the shopmen was armed with loaves of
oread, borne on the end of fagstaffs,
and the line appeared to be endless.
They joined the ranks of the men al.
ready arrived, and awaited the result
of the conference then in progress. At
3 O'Clock replies were received from
messages to the railway presidents de-
nying the request, and then the confer
ence between the citizens committee
and the railroad ended.
The Information that no train would
be furnished was conveyed to the wait
log thousands who had congregated
about the courthouse to wait the coming
of Chairman Tichenor.
When he announced the result it was
greeted by roar of howls and Kisses.
After making short address, he stated
that the committee had decided to wait
until 4 O'Clock, at which hour, if a train
was not furnished one would be taken
and run out to Kelly's camp, when his
men would be loaded on it and started
on their journey east. He spoke in
strong terms against violence and eau
TONED them az ainst any destruction of
property. As soon as the meetings on
the courthouse square adjourned, led by
a band and with thousands of flags fut.
tering on the april wind, the men
formed in line and marched to Bayliss
Park.
About twenty-five women, in response
to a call issued during the morning, had
collected at the opera house, and under
the leadership of Mrs. Fred Herman,
went to see Attorney Baldwin. Mr..
Baldwin explained that it was impossi-
,ble for him to act contrary to the de-
sire of the railroad officials, to whose
orders he was subjected. He referred
the ladies 10 the governor. Mrs. Her
man said she had just completed an
organization of 800 ladies in Council
Bluffs, and that If other means to aid
Kelly failed she and her followers would
take possession of the train, seeing that
it reached Chicago. She said, while
the railroad officials might offer resist.
ance, they would not dare to commit
any act that would render them liable.
Still another meeting of citizens of
Council Bluffs was held and resolutions
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