The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-16
THE HOBOES IN CAMP.
About O Hundred of Them Spend
Sunday East ofTown.
THEY have NOT DEClDEOgOLAVE
But NAV DO ordered Away'To-day By
the offiolais-Ths Number plmin.
Ishsd Materially sinoe Their Ar
rivul-Thcy Propose TO Capture .
Train.

Saturday morning tho Gt!een hoboeI
Of Kclly's army arrested by tho polioe
the night before wore arralgnsd In
police court All bat two denied that
thoy had arrived with tho army, but all
wcro sent to tho wotkhousc. Lator
another delegation, said to contain liz
of tho trumps under Kolly's command.
arrived In Donwood over the Ohio
River road. having captnrod freight
train near ParkorsburR. Tho Wheeling
police refused to allow thom to como
into tho city and tho DonWood
officers refused To lot them
discmbark, and thcy remained there
until nearly 6 o'clock. whom tho authori.
tIcs hcre gave thoir consent to allow the
mon to pass through Il shsyNould go
Mt onco to a point cnat Of the city
limits. Bcnwood people paid their fare
IN to town on tho street cars. and an
escort Of police marched thctn out
through tho uompGsld tunnel via Six
teonth strcot. Thoy found q camping
place on the,creek bottom ina clump
OF Willows, not far from tho Steenrod
bridge, wherc they spent yesterday
ouiotly, washing their sCauty clothing,
playing catds and making and listening
To specchos.
Galyin's army was for cooking utensils,
blankets or tents, nor did thoy faro as
we'll hero. 1t was said that Fultonpeo.
plo sent them q largo quantity Of provls-
Ions, but when IN 1STELLIGREcEnrcport-
or vIsitod tho camp last evoning and
found them preparing supper. their
faro was pretty scanty. A littlc cab
bace, somo very inferior potatoes and
NOT great amount Of broad seemod 70
make up the supply. Only one camp
kettle was Visible, aud 1t was not very
largo, and seemed devoted to soup. The
men nre divided into moses, zach with
its own camp lre. There woro signs
that nOighboring potato patch had
been pretty well cuIlod. A small United
States flag floated near tho campfire
whore tho kettle was.
In tho speeches mado yesterday the
Wheeling police wore foundly roasted.
Ono Of tie mon was asked when they
expected to leave, and said hedtd not
know. A bystander suggested that
thoy might catch freight train II thoy
walked to Elm Grove, but tho hobo re-
sponded: "We'Il get train right here
when VIC arc ready to move"
He is probably mistaken in this view.
A Baltimore q Ohio officer arrived in
tho city yesterday afternoon and wont
out to tho camp last evening. BE said
NO frciehts would stop at Elm Grove To-
day. They will oil coal at Boges run
and take water In the city, and then
run on past tho Grove. It was reported
last night, also, that tho sherif would
order tho army 10 movo on to-day. aud
SEQ that thoy complied with the order.
Tho men wanted to wait here for
another detachment which was lett at
Parkorsburg, but telegram from there
saws that party won't cast by way OF the
fourth division. Tho telegram saye:
last night l25 OF Kelly'6 army broke
camp at The pumping station and
marched to tho B. q o., yards, where
they boarded tho cast bound freight
The crow told tho hobos that the train
was going to Belprc instead ot out cast
aud started to go over tho bridge. when
the train arrived in front OF the depot
the hobos jumped %. The train was
run up on the bridge somo distance and
tho throttle thrown wide opon. The
train camo too fast for the hobos 10 got
aboard. Whom tho army discovered the
trick they throw rocks at the crow, but
did no damage. They then loft for
Walkers station on foot, vhero they
boarded freight trains during tho day
and won't on to Grafton"
II was proposed aI soon as tho army
now campcd cast Of town Is ready to
move, to release tho hobos In tho work.
house and escort them out to Join their
comrades. Whom this was announced
to tho prisoners ovory mother, g son OF
the fifteen declared he belonged to the
army, though all but two had denied 1t
on oath. II they know how much bot
tor thoy faro than their companions IN
camp, they would probably prefer to
stay locked Up:
Largo crowds Of mon, women and
children visited tho camp yesterday,
tho Baltimore & Ohio track being occu'
MED by continuous procession oi pco-
plo going and coming all afternoon.
rho spring 10 tho old stone spring
house beyond tho tunnel has been al-
most drained dry by the commonweal'
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