The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-24
KELLT7S DISCIPLINE.
InOipient Mutiny Among His Fol-
lowers Quickly Quelled.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADER


Reaching the Nations CHpitaI-His Plans
Neither Revolutionary Nor Unreasona-
ble-The other Invading Armies.
AvoCA, Ia, April 24.-Kolly's reception
here last night was fully as flattering as
that which was accorded him at Nicola
The $500 inhabitants were apparently all
on the streets, and brawny countrymen
and gaily decked maidens We'd with one
another in showering attentions upon the
brigade. Many of the men had received
new clothing along the route, and the
army as it went into camp presented a
much better appearance than at any time
previous since the start from the far west.
Company c, which had been disbanded at
Nicola, rejoined the army during the after
noon, and after an abject personal apology
from each member Kelly mustered them
back into the service"
The trouble chat led to the brief expul-
sion Of Company c was brought about by
a fight in which three men were engaged.
Kelly ordered the men transferred to
another company. Company c objected,
and when Kelly ordered them back in the
ranks they refused to go. He thereupon
declared the company disbanded, saying
they so desired, and would agree to obey
orders
Previous to this affair Colonel Baker
had issued orders permitting men to leave
| the camp, which was contrary to Kelly's
| order. Baker was promptly court mar
tialed and expelled, greatly to the salts
faction of the army.
By this successful quelling Of the little
mutiny the determined young commander
has secured an even more firm hold ON
| the men, and he with them now is court
of last resort.
| Kelly consented to outline to an Asso-
ciated Press representative his plans for
the end of the journey. Should his army
be refused approach to the Capitol he will
upon his arrival in Washington, he said,
take four of his men and make personal
| appeal to Congressman Pence of Colorado
and Mcguire of California and Senator
| Allen of Nevada. Through their efforts
| he hopes to be allowed to draw up his
| men where the lawmakers of the nation
| must see them.
petitions from laboring people have
| been numerous and ineffective in the
past" said Kelly, but this living petition
will be hard to pigeon hole This is the
reason l am leading these men to the Cap
itol Once there, our plans will be sue
cessfully carried out Two congressman
are already pledged to present memorial
in our behalf That memorial is now
being drawn up by a well known
| Washington firm of constitutional law
yers, and will be ready for us when we reach
the journeys end. Our demands as sci
forth in the memorial will be about as fol
lows:
1--WE will ask that the commission al
ready in existence to look after the re
deeming of arid lands in the west be in
structed to proceed with the work. W.
will ask that the men in our army and tn
great army of the unemployed which w
represent be put to work on this irrigation
My idea is that by the time these ART
wastes have been wrested from the sag
brush and jack rabbit, and have begun Il
be useful, the men at work there will hav
saved enough money to carry then
through the first year of farming. The
can settle on the lands they have reclaimed
and within a short period will have devel
, oped from homeless wanderers into sturd
farmers and property owners.
, "rhat, in substance, is our demand. w
will not attempt to dictate what wage
will be paid What we want is work.
let the lawmakers see that we are brea
( winners, honest and sincere, we will b
5 successful in our mission, for our demand
t are not unreasonable. / have no connet
e tion with Coxey. We will combine wit
q his army if we reach Washington in timl
e but if not we will go alone"
t. Today the army went by wagons to A
e lantic, where they viii remain over t,
z morrow for rest, and then move on toward
v Des Moines Colonel Baker, who was d
G posed by Kelly, says he will follow in IL
army's wake and give the people an G,
pose of Kelly's financial methods. Bak'
charges gross Irregularities. The peop
e of Avoca place little confidence in Baker
A., statements Many express the belief thu
e Bakers contemplated action is the resu
\ of railroad scheme to prejudice IL
T. public against the Commonwealers.
h Warrants were received here for the a
d rest of the two women, Edna Harper an
l. Annie Houton, who have accompanied Il
d army since it left Council Bluffs and wi
d were with the crowd which captured Il
d train and ran it to Kelly Friday evenin
but which he refused to use. The warran
were sworn out by the Union Pacific cor
pany. The women We're given an oppC
a. tunity by the Avoca authorities to retul
to Council Bluffs, where they can secu
bonds. 1t is thought by Kelly's symp
% thizers here that serious trouble is like
to follow an attempt to arrest the WONT
Is in Council Bluffs. Warrants have be-
secured for all the people who We're co
nected with the seizing of the train.
;e COXEY's MEN IN MARYLAND.
m Tho Mountaineers Thought There w
AZ Another Civil War