The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-11
THEY'RE WITH US.
Gen. Sanders Industrial Army
is Captured,
And Brought Into Topeka at
1:15 Today.
A Great Crowd is at the
Depot
TO SEE THEM COME.
The CommOnweaIers Number
About 400
And They Are in the Best
of Spirits.
HEY SING SONGS.
Hang Grover Cleveland on Top
of Pixies Peak
Is One of Them-All Wear Red
Badges.
The Men May Be Taken to
LeavenWOrth.
The Men May Be Taken to
LeavenWOrth.

SCOTT CITY, Kan. May 11--General
J. =. Saunders and his army of com
monwealers are in the hands of the
law. The outfit surrendered to United
States Marshal 5. +. Nicely in the rail-
road yards in Scott City, which is 400
miles west of Kansas City, at o'clock
last evening. No resistance was offer
ed. The army will be taken to Topeka
for trial for obstructing United States
mails The men are good natured,
and the government officials do not
expect further trouble.
When Marshal Neely's train reached
Healy, seventeen miles east of Scott
City, a dispatch was handed Superin-
tendent Clark informing him that the
commonwealersh had pulled into Scott
City, and upon learning that the track
was torn up started back toward the
Colorado line An order was at once
issued to have the track at Scott City
relaid, and General Attorney Wag-
gener instructed his local attorney to
institute proceedings in Scott county
for the arrest of General Saunders
and his army for bringing stolen pro-
perty into the state and have the
sheriff and posse at the depot to
meet the special train The special
had been delayed at two or three
places, but from Healy to Scott City it
ran with the throttle of the locomO-
tive wide open
The special train arrived at Scott
City at 5 o'clock and found gang of
men busily engaged in repairing the
track. 1t took about forty minutes to
complete the work, but before tn G
train was ready to pull out General
Saunders train was seen approaching
in the distance 1t had gone back to
Modoe to allow the West-bound mail
train to pass. Marshal Neelv sta
toned his deputies about the special
train, and he and General Attorney
Waggener walked westward to the
switch to meet the commonwealers.
The stolen train stopped at the
switch and General Saunders aligh ted
from the engine and walked rapid v
toward the depot, accompanied by
half dozen of his men, He was in
tercepted by Marshal Neely and Mr..
Waggener. who stated to him their
mission Mr.. Waggener, having been
sworn in deputy, read the writ
to the general, who asked for thirty
minutes to confer with his officers
The request was granted and both
sides withdrew to their respective
trains.
At the expiration of thirty minutes
General Saunders appeared at the
door of superintendent Clarlx's special
car, where Mr. Waggener was in
waiting The party had just finished
supper, but the table was still stand
ing and General Saunders was invited
to eat He accepted the invitation
and proceeded to do justice to a square
meal After supper General Saunders
and Mr.. Waggener held n conference,
and the leader of the commOnwealers
decided to turn the stolen train over
to the Missouri Pacific railroad COM
pany and surrender the army to the
authority OF the government on a
charge of obstructing the mails.
The people of Scott City made up a
a
COW for. their supper. The animal
was slaughtered and divided among
the seven companies The meat was
broiled over camp fires and eaten with
coffee and corn bread, which the local
committees donated The stolen train
was Invested of its commonweal
decorations and side-tracked. The
commonwealerS were permitted to
keep the large American flag which
adorned the stolen locomotive.
The principal officers of the army
are General Saunders, Adjutant Gem
eral Connolly and Colonel Murphy
General Saunders is sIugle man, 80
years old. He was born in Green
county, Missouri The army is fairly
well drilled and disciplined. None of
the men We're armed but all carried
clubs.
In the meantime the commonwealers
had gone into camp on some vacant
lots near the stock yards Mr.. Wag-
gener, Marshal Neely and General
Saunders visited the different COM
panies and the men were formally
placed under arrest by the marshal,
who made a speech informing them
that they would have to accompany
their leader to Topeka. General
Saunders assured each company that
1t was all right The men cheere d
their commander to the echo.
Arrangements were then made to
escort the army to Topeka Three