The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-07
DEMOCRACY'STR TRAMPS
Progress Of the Unemployed in
Their March to Washington.
|, Citizens Of Valparaiso Change Their
Minds and Receive Randalrs Chica-
go Army with Open Arms.
KELLYITES BUILDING A NAVY
Mechanics of the Army Spend
Sunday in Constructing Boats.
Fifty ScOws Almost Ready for the
Waters of the Des MOines-Kelly
and His angels" Test the First.

!. VALPARAISO, Ind, May 6.-Despite the
steps taken by the city authorities TO pre-
vent General Randalrs army of Chicago in
dustrials from entering the city, the army
came and was received with open arms. 1t
arrived last evening, went into camp at the
fair grounds, spent Sunday there and will
leave tomorrow. The original intention was
TO have the army camp on the banks of
Bulls Eye lake, but the people were too
anxious to see the industrials, and at the
last hour decided to give Ii the free use of
the fair grounds. So, yesterday, after the
army had tramped seven hours in the rain
the citizens took pity on the suffering men
and gave them royal welcome. The men
who threatened bullets Friday went down
ia their pockets yesterday TO buy food for
the army. Others who slept with shotguns
under their pillows Friday night IN fear of
being robbed or killed, to-day wanted TO pay
20 cents apiece for themselves and their
children to get a look at the emaciated men.
From early morning until the arrival OF
the army excitement ran high here. Men.
women and children congregated in crowds
on the street shortly after sunrise and dis
cussed the coming of the army while it
was still in camp at Hobart. Farmers
came miles to get a look at the Chicago
man in the tower of Valparalso's one hun
dred and fifty-seven thousand dollar court
house armed with telescope. 1t was his
particular duty to sound the alarm as
soon as the army hove In sight. The stu
dents of the Normal School were wild
with excitement Policeman Kelly tried TO
interfere with six hundred Of them while
they were marching and cheering the army
on their way home from the fair grounds.
The students set upon him and usea him
badly.
1t was five days since the army left Chi
cago and the men had been marching on
one meal a day, and that meal wass as
rule, sparse. Yesterday the army broke
camp at Hobart at l o'clock. 1t was rain
ing when the tramp began, and for six
hours the rain beat hard down on the
poorly-clad 'wealers" until they were
soaked The commonweal marched four
teen miles, the longest stretch it has yet
covered in equal time. Soft, black mud COW
was a hard task to plow through it. In ad-
dition 70 this the army lost the commits
sary wagon for part or the cay Inc
army's commissary consists of two wa gons
loaded with few cots and old mattresses:
Tin cans and kettles wash boilers, Old
from service, and coffee mill, fifty years
old, complete the outfit
The army passed a comfortable night.
A heavy rain set in about I'D O'Clock and
continued until this afternoon, when the
warm sur dried the clothing of the men,
which they had washed during the morn
ing About five thousand people visited
the fair grounds this afternoon, but were
refused admission by Sheriff Stoddard, who
had charge of the camp. Rev. j. ID -:
Smith, of the Christian Churcn, delivered
a short talk 10 the army in camp this
afternoon. Six hundred students from the
Northern Indiana Normal School marched
to the fair grounds this afternoon and were
addressed by General Randall, who gave
the object OF their mission to Washington.
A delegation from Westville drove over to-
day to invite the army to stay in that vii
lage tomorrow night, saying that the
seven hundred citizens had donated LIBERAL
ly for the army. The men say that Valpa-
raiso has treated them better than any
town since they left Chicago. Tney leave
here at o'clock tomorrow morning. TAX
ing the Grand Trunk road to Westville.
1t was learned tonight that Randall is
already having trouble with his army. A
number of the dissatisfied held
a meeting to-day. It was charged
that the quartermastsr was rot
dealing fairly; that sardine sand
wiches had reached the officers and favofs
in abundance; while the rank and file had
to subsist on bread and water The mu-
tinous ones also complained at the advance
work of the missionaries. and fail TO see
any result from the amount OF money put
up to keep them in the field. If the present
Indications may be depended on there will
be large number of deserters very soon.