The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-08-04
GENERAL KELLY BACK.
Another Army in Progresas--His Story
Of the March 70 Washin1tou.

Another Army In Progresas--His Story
Of the March to Washington.
General Charles Kelly, who led
the Industrial Army from Oakland,
CAL, on the Sd of last April, has
returned from Washington to his
West Oakland home, after one of
the most remarkable marches ever
undertaken by any body of men.
The report of his return, says the
San Francisco Chronicle, spread
rapidly in Oakland, and wherever he
went he was received by old friends
and sympathizers with demonstra-
tons of applause.
II shall rest tor a short time, ("
said the General to q reporter last
night at his residence. Il suffered
from typhoid fever at Washington
and at other points on the march.
When I shall have regained my
strength I will commence to enliet
another army and take it to Wash
ington.
IF / can take 5000 unemployed
men out of this State and place
them where they must in way be-
come a care of the Government it
is doing California a benefit. At the
same time it is bringing to the at
tention of the people the needs of a
large portion of the working class
es who are unable to obtain employ
ment. No State would undertake
to support these men by giving
them employment. To do SO would
bankrupt the State, because other
unemployed would rush in by
thousands.
"The army is quartered on res
ervation opposite the Capitol. 1t
is on neutral territory. The Dis
trict of Columbia has no authority
over it. Neither has the State OF
Virginia. The only one, guess,
who can say anything about it is
the Secretary of State. He sent
word asking us if we would move
off the reservation if we were or
dered to do so. We told him that
we would wait till we got the order
before answering.
1--WE reached Washington Wed
nesday, week ago, with 1900 men.
There have been additions to the
army since and it now numbers
about 1900. 1t is constantly in
creasing.
"Mrs. Smith who left with anoth-
er army from Oakland is now some
where in Ohio. We did not parade
in Washington. We did not think
it necessary. We had conferences
with the legislators in both houses.
Many of the men said that they
were friends of ours, but that We
wanted class legislation. They ad.
vised us to do no wrong as it would
turn them against US.
"The day before / left Washing
ton I had talk with Representative
Coffeen of Montana. He spoke
about class legislation, and l point
ed out to him that the laws were in
themselves class legislation. He
admitted the truth of my remark
and said that his own argument was
a weak one.
The Government made these men
paupers, and we want them to 60
to the power that pauperized them.
In our camp are gathered the COM
mands of Cantell, Randall, Aubrey,
Primrose, Calvin, Fry and Morri-
son. Fry Of Los Angeles is in COM
mand while am away.
"We had much the larger body
and the others readily yielded au-
thority to US. l did not see Coxey.
He was in Ohio electioneering.
Browne and his followers have
dwindled into insigni6cance. He
has Abandoned the championship
of labor and talks now only of his
religion. He proclaims himself
Immortal. He has disguised his
followers who feel that they have a
right to their own religious views.
1.-THE strike did not affect US per-
sonally in any way. We sympa-
thized with the strikers. Every
one of our men could have received
81 day, but would not take it, be-
cause it would be wrong to take the
! place of strikers.
"We have among US seventy
three Masons, 1913 Odd Fellows,
seventy-three Knights of Pythias,
twenty-eight Ancient Order of Uni
ted Workmen, twenty-three Red
Men, $50 who bear tradesmen's
cards, $50 Young Mems Christian
Association men and a large num-
Der of Native Sons.
"They said of US in some places
you don't want work, but we real
lied that every community had its
own unemployed and we did not
want to make harder their condi-
ton.
ut requires 1900 loaves of bread
every day, to say nothing of other
things in proportion, to keep the
army alive, and it requires wor <
to get such an amount of food.
That work in the main devolved on
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