The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-21
Omaha and Council Bluffs
Under Mob Domination.
TRAIN SEIZED FOR KELLY.
He Refuses to Accept Stolen
Goods for His "Army."

TO Kelly at Weston. Iown, with . Com
| n,ittes and Their ConapIImeuts-Thsy OF
| fsred TO Bring Him Back TO Council BiuRs
and Care for His Army, and Thea ship
Them All oGto wnshinxton In Good styi.
with Much Emotion re Refuses the or.
fer-His Men Hsdu't BroRen the Law, He
| said. and IHe wouidn't Violate Il Now
"A Great Evening Mas. Meeting -
Oraha-L.eai steps to ne Taken to COM
| Del the Railroad. TO Transport the A rny.
OMAHA, April 2o.-Kelly's industrials' did
not leave their Iowa camp to-day. but It was
not because there was not su fcient force Offer
| ed by Omaha knights OF Labor and their SYM
pathizers. Five thousand strong they marched
| to his support. but to no avail. They offered .
| seized train to him. but he refused It. There
| were riotous scenes in Omaha and Council
| Bluffs, however. as result OF the situation.
After all the disturbance Of the day mass
meeting to- night has probably settled the mat
ter for the time. at least Fifteen thousand per-
sons met at Jefferson square to- night. After
some alarming concentrations q committee
OF fifty was appointed to confer with the Gen.
trail Labor Union. The chairman OF the COM
mittee read O note from Kelly received ct 8
| o'clock. in which he declined to use train for
| his army secured by force. He declared that
| the army must be moved By lawful means or
not at all.
The committee announces that early to-mor-
row 1t will apply to the State courts OF Iowa for
| q mandamus to compel the Rock Island to
| transport the men ACROSS the state. Failing in
| this. It will proceed to Keokuk and ask the
| Federal court to have the men transported on
Federal authority.
| Some Of the best known lawyers In the city
| in consultation think it can be done. They do
not announce their method OF procedure. This
| satisfied the great crowd that had assembled.
| and It quietly dispersed.
| The capture Of the train by force was made
| By the thousands OF Knights who started to
| Council Bluffs this morning to rescue Kellys
| army. It occurred at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
, AL the engines and cars OF every description
{, had been removed from Omaha and Council
; Bluffs early in the day In anticipation Of
Z trouble.
1 Just about dark the Union Pacific passenger
train Of three coaches and engine. used as .
| bridge transfer. passed, sic WY over the Mis-
| souri, River bridge to Council Bluffs. As It APP
preached the Iowa side the thousands OF
| knights who lined the track began
to cheer. Engineer Tom Quick said he
| thought the crowd would make way for
his engine. and he reduced speed to give the
| crowd OF laborers time to get OF the tracks.
| but he was mistaken. In an instant the coaches
| and engine were black with men. They climbed
1
the enigma Charles Quick. one OF the leaders
OF the knights and son OF the engineer. sprang
| into the cab and remarked:
| Pop. you are our prisoner"
The engineer surrendered after considerable
| profanity. He was pushed aside. In an in
| slant the cab OF the engine was crowded with
| q dozen women who accom- panied the strikers
| Then the engine was decorated with hundreds
| OF small flags.
| In avis
| toward the rescue of Kelly's men In re-
moving the distractions on tho tracks which
| the knights had placed there In anticipating
| that the engine would make an effort to run By
the crowd Stones. crossties. and logs had
| been piled on the tracks.
In a few minutes the track was clear. and
| amid the widest accamations OF delight and
yels from Ave thousand Knights tho train
| started slowly toward Kellys army in charge
| OF q committee Of Knights. young Quick
taking his fathers place az the throttle. For
three miles the train proceeded slowly be-
| tween the files OF Knights.
| At the transfer an effort was made to add
| other cars to the train. as II was known to be
| wholly inadequate to accommodate the army.
Nothing but loaded box cars could be found.
| Then meeting OF the committee Of Knights
was held to discuss the adyisability Of unload
| ing the freight cars and thus make up a train.
| switched iato . long string Then the immen-
| sity OF the work undertaken began to
| dawn on the committee. but the whole
| country for miles was black with men
| who had left their trades to help
| the Industrial army and they screamed
| aud howed for an opportunity to unload the
| train OF cars and proceed to the rescue OF the
men Then came the reports that the militia
were proceeding from all parts OF Iowa to the
scene. and It was calculated that the train
| could not be gotten ready for two hours.
After much discussion amid the widest sn-
| thuslasm. it was decided to at once proceed
with the empty cars to the camp OF Kelly and
bring the army in relays to the Rock Island
roundhouse in Council Bluffs. where they
would be encamped until morning when .
train would be secured at any cost even II the
freight cars had to be unloaded.
This decision was arrived at also for the
reason that the strikers were not anxious to
undertake to run the Union Pacific engine.
which is practically Government property.
through TO Chicago. because 1t was feared thAt
the national authorities might interfere.
Wherthis decision was communicated to
the assembled Knights they eheered wildly.
The men appeared TO be ready to cheer on the
slightest provocation.
With this decision the knights cleared the
tracks. and after clearing out the train OF all
except the ladies in the cab and the Knights
committee the train started 10 kelly's camp
amid the screams and yells from the great
crowd and the strains OF the brass band that
had arrived TO accompany the train.
A committee OF safety. consisting Of 100
great strong fellows. was detailed TO remain
at the round house and await the arrival OF
the army The others SLOWLY dispersed to
their homes.
The two bridge companies had instructed
their N anagers to pass the Knights free across
the river In the morning and give them eyerJ
facility in passing between the two eitiss as
long as the crisis lasted.
w. S Dimmock. manager Of the Omaha and
Council Bluns Bridge Company made a speech
TO the assembled Knights before admitting
them to the freedom OF his bridge. requesting
them to break their company stsp. as the
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