The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-05-03
MAY HAVE TROUBLE
COXEY'S MEN WILL PARADE IN
WASHINGTON.

The Chief CT Police Declares That If
They Attempt TO Enter the Capitol
Grounds They VIII BE Arrested
Kelly StiII at Des Moines.
Forsythe, Mont, April 27.-The Coxey
men who stole a Northern Pacific train
will be taken to Helena for trial There
are S31 men in the party, and two COM
panles of United States troops will act
as guard for the marshal The men
are still here as prisoners of war, but
will be taken to Helena on a special train
this evening or tomorrow. After the
capture Capt. Hogan, Conductor Wiley
and Engineer Cleveland were put in
box car by themselves. When two sec
tions of the passenger train came in
from the West both conductors reported
large numbers Of Coxey recruits who re-
fused to either get off or pay fare and
the military promptly took charge of
nearly a hundred more. Before the rail-
road officials left Miles City last night
they had warrants -isSred by Justice
Glib for the arrest of Capt. Hogan,
Lieut.. Pat Meaney, Conductors Smith
and Wiley, Engineers Olney and Clev,-
land and ten others, charged with grand
la1Cepy in stealing a car of tools and a
car of coal. A further charge of burglary
will probably be lodged against some of
the ring leaders.
Troutdale, Or, April 27.-The industrial
army from Portland will undoubtedly
make an attempt to take a train to-day,
but the railroad company is determined
not to carry them. A car load of special
officers passed through ahead of the last
freight train to circumvent any move
the industrials might make.
Helena, Mont, April 28-That part of
Hcgan's contingent of the Coxey army
captured by Col. Page, numbering $50
men, is still held at Forsythe under guard
of the soldiers. Col. Page early reported
the capture to Washington and asked
instructions as to further proceedings.
1t was understood by him that the pris-
or ers would be turned over to the United
States marshal, but it is now understood
that only the leaders will be brought to
Helena to answer to the charge of con-
tempt of the United States district court
in defying the injunction forbidding them
from interfering with the Northern Pa
citic property. They will probably be
brought here within a week, as soon as
the excitement has died out, and the rank
and file will be turned loose in detach-
mentS. The state militia, which has been
under orders for three days, has been
dismissed from further duty. Under no
circumstances will the state assist in
bringing the Coxeyites to Helena They
arc low in the possession of federal au-
thorities, and the governor will look to
them to take care of them,
Stuart, Iowa, April 2S.-Gen. Kelly an=
nounces that he will make a forced
march of forty-one miles to Des Moines
to day, and that he intends to be there
Sunday. The army cannot reach the
state capital before 3 or 4 o'clock Sun
day morning, and it is PROBABLE that
the twenty-hOur march will leave many
of them by the wayside, The industrials
presented a solid front when they
arched into Stewart at 6 o'clock last
night, but not more than 800 men were
in the column which followed Kelly ]
praneing black charger. The remaining
400 came struggling in for hours On foot,
wt goEs, the railrt ad track and on the
wagon road.
Seattle, Wash, April 2S.-A battalion
of militia was called out here at mid.
night. Ninety men responded to the call
within forty-fve minutes, but most of
them were dismissed AMI told to await
Clders. Col. Green denies that there was
any other motive than an emergency call
t. test their availability, but he, with
six Orderlies, kept watch at the armory
during the night. 1t is known that the
Northern Pacific officials are disturbed
over the poss sibility that the 1000 COM
Cnwealers from this city and Tacoma,
who arc now marching to join their forces
at Puyallup Junction, will attempt to
seize a train at that point.
Troutsdale, Or, April 29.-Fifty depu-
ties who came here last night under
United States Marshal Grady and Sheriff
Kelly deferred the Portland contingent
of the commonweal army from capturing
a Union Pacific train at this point. After
the train had pulled out the 600 men
went into camp for the night They are
determined to push ahead to-day.
Tacoma, Wash, April 29.-The First
regiment state militia, has received
orders to be in readiness to proceed to
at their armory at midnight.
Des Moines, April 3O-Des Moines is
in state of intense excitement over the
arrival of Kelly's industrial army. The
men had marched twenty-seven miles
Saturday night without food and were
held by the police five miles out of the
city in a driving rain storm with no pro=
yrikj oh ht, Of h1
authorities aroused much indignation
among the laboring people, and when B
o'clock last evening the army finally
marched Up Grand avenue to the camp
on the east side of town, wet, haggard
aroused sympathy almost as great as
th8t which was theirs at Council Bluffs.
mass meeting of laboring men has been
called for to-day. Committees are at
work soliciting food and money, and
threats are made that unless transporta=
tion is secured to Chicago, radical steps
will be taken. The start from Van
Meter was made in heavy storm and
when day dawned the column was still
10 miles from It's destination. The
cOmmissary wagons W Were empty and the
men wet and hungry, but they plodded
~ANS
creek, five miles vest, before noon, The
men struggled in during the afternoon
and by 3 o'clock 1000 men gathered.
Mayor Hills sent thirty policemen and
Sheriff McGarraugh as many deputies to
meet the army and inform them that
they would have to pass on through Des
Mones to deserted stove factory, where
ample food and shelter were provided.
This Kelly refused to do, saying his men
must be fed before they marched the ad.
ditional miles. The 9fieers were OBJ
durate and the 1000 h1ngry men stood
sbiyering in the rain until 4:30 o'clock
hoping for provisions. Gen. Weaver sent
cut forty loaves of bread, and that served
as breakfast and dinner, Mayor Hills
saying that if the men would not 60 10
where the food was they should have
none. At last Kelly consented TO move
and the march began. Dozens of ear.
rieges lined the. route into town, and with
the s. sheriff, ri chief of police. mayor and a
guard Of officers and deputies, the in-
CustPiuIs maved IN the cjtv's nrin