The herald., 1894-04-21
ye he1 shook him by the hand and

Iowa, il will not be as msndicants, but
that We viii be welcomed rs worthy
citizens of the conntTy, anxious to
further all its best interests"
His voice trembled and hia courteous
bow and retirement made such en- i'm
preston that for several moments there
was dead silence. Then the confer
ence over the problem continued,
until it was broken by the noisy entrance
of the committee from Omaha with q
crowd behind them.
In the meantime, Kelly hurried out a
back stairway, stepped up an alley and
by q short cut reached his horse, stand
ing in front of the Bee Office, and bur-
riedly mounting, was off for West
Omaha. As he rode away one enthuei-
sstic fellow grabbed his leg and strove
to detain him, urging him 10 talk to the
crowd, but he pushed him aside and
galloped away.
APPEALS TO RAILROAD PRESIDENTS.
While the committee were at work in
Council Bluffs, other committees were
besieging the telegraph Office with tele-
grams to the presidents of the two trunk
lines. At IL O'Clock the following was
sent:
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. April Goth.
Marvin Hughitt, president Chicago and North
western railIoad X, X. Cable. preBident
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway,
and Roswell Miller, president Chicago
Milwaukee and st, Paul railway, Chicago:
KelIy's army is at Weston exposed to
the elements, with provisions for two
DAYS; are suffering terribly, but are
patient and united in their determine
tion to 60 through. Have thus far COM
mitted no treapasses whatever; are or
derly, obedient to all commands of their
leaders and are being furnished with
provisions and transportation for the
same by the charity of the people of
Iowa. We have thrown the RESPONSE
bility upon our state authorities for the
great gravity OF the situation. Cannot
you gentlemen, for the great corpora
tiona you represent, assume to do, in the
interests OF humanity, what you would
not be justified in doing except in this
great emergency (Signed)
Hon. II. M. PuZzey, chairman; Fin
ley Burke, Frank Trimble, ]. g. Long.
H. II. Inman, Judge L. F. MCGEE, citi-
zens' committee; Hon. J. L. Deemer,
judge OF district court; NJ. Harte; T. s.
Campbell, clerk "a court John P.
Morgan, county attorney; John Beno,
for Greenweg d Schontgen; John Boi-
sem, president Council Bluffs Savings
bank, and five other citizens.
This WAS Immediately followed by this
one:
Miller, Gable, Hughitt Chicago:
From the government building we are
observing q procession of 5000 citizens
from Omaha. We understand they have
come over to demand by force or num-
bers that something be done TO provide
for Kelly's army. The
are now headed toward the
tracks. II you were here
you would realize that something should |
be done at once. We appeal to you to |
help relieve this community from the |
danger that threatens end |
relieve the suffering of these men,
which has aroused these communities.
(Signed) H. E. Deemer, Judge dis
rict court; ]. F. MCGEE, judge supreme
court; J. ]. Steadman, clerk federal
court; Thomas Bowland, postmaster.
While the committee which had de-
Used the second telegram was still in
he Office, the committee was clamoring
send another to the managers OF the !
roads. The only delay that was occa-
stoned in sending it was the discussion
whether it should be put in the form OF
a request or a demand. The copy had
been prepared to read demand" but
cooler heads objected to this, claiming
Mat demand was revolutionary and
and as they wanted to leave
che railway presidents no ground to
stand on to maintain their refusal for
abe transportation, they decided not to
Rend it demand" The telegram went
rs follows:
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. April Goth.
z. R. Cable, Marvin Hughitt, Roswell p. Mill
er Chicago
Omaha and Council Bluff request i'm
mediate transportation for Kelly and
ais army from Council Bluffs to Chicago.
Signed: H. E. Tichener, James I.
Duryea. Charles @. Rodolt, @. L. Gill
Jette, Ed. AS spinwald, Sam D. Nedry, j.
). Edmund.
WAITING FOR AN ANSWER.
At about 2 o'clock word was received
Mat detachment of Union Pacific
)hopmen were on the way across the
bridge, and Council Bluffs escort went
lown to meet them. They found over
100 men in line, with flags waving and
blue ribbons, the badges of the army, in
aearly every buttonhole. To the thun-
lering OF bass drums they marched up
Broadway and over to Baylind'a park,
where the former army was still Stand-
ing. By this time the streete Of Council
Bluffs were black with a cheering
crowd. Travel is almost suspended.
Flags were tiuttering from numberleas
windows. and on every corner crowda
we're grouped to listen to the labor ova-
lions. The advance guard of the shop
men were armed with loeves of bread
borne on the end OF flsgstaffS, ard the
line appeared to be endless. They
Joined the ranks OF the meu already
Rrrlved and awaited the result of the
conference then in progress.
TRANSPORTATION REFUSED.
II was p. N. before replies were re-
seived from the messages to the railroad
presidents denying the request, and
chen the conference between the citizens'
committee and the railroad ended.
THE CROWD MAKES A BREAK.
At about o'clock. when eil hope of
recurring train from the officials had
vanished, the crowd went ainllessly from
Baylies park, where it had listened to
the addresses OF the leaders. These
leaders had vanished and the men were
lettin9 restless in the cold, when from
the south came marching 800 women,
accompanied by Mrs. Herman. This
tave new life TO the men, and when the
women proposed to go TO the transfer
md take train, the march was quickly
ltarted in that direction, At the trans
fer an effort wac made to take fast mail