Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-09-15
VETERANS MEETING.
Boys in Blue FIocking to Pitts
burg By the Thousands.
HAWAIIAN POST IS PRESENT,
A Bitter Feeling Against the Railroads
Cievelpnd People Lending a Revolt
Against the Rates Charged.

Against the Rates CHARGED.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 9.-Comrades anC
friends have been flocking into Pitts
burg all day and night, taking com
piete possession Of the city. II is es
timated, on the night before the open
ing OF he twenty-eightn national en-
campment Of the G. A. r., that a
least 100, coo visitors are lera, and to-
MORO" S arrivals will greatly swell the
mum Der. a copious shower fell this
afternoon, clearing the atmosnhefe and
| temperlHg the hea'. so that sightseeing
| has been made pleasant. The saloons
were closed, but other business was
/ transacted in q way which made the
average citizen imagine he was away
from home visiting some other place
not SO stiff III the observance Of blue
laws. The universal comment Of the
visitors regarding the decorations aud
| !he display Of patriotism Is that 10
! has Pittsburg been ouldone. As the
/
met by escorts detailed from the local
regiments of tie natona! guard, and
with flviny col"rs and bands playing
are taken to the places assigned them
and cheered 10 the echo by the throngs
on tie Sidewalks.
Notublo Arrivals.
The naval veterans who arrived to-
day are established in quarters or liver
steamers fitted up especially for their
usc. Cd times are certainly being re-
vived to them, Tor they observe the
strictest discipline OH their "ships,"
and seem to be enjoying it greatly.
Among the noted arrivals to lay We're
two men from Honolulu. They repre-
sent the full membership of the G. \.
r. in Hawaii, and We're determined TO
he present at tile last encampnent
which ibeY will likely ever eniny.
The Nomen's Relief Corps head.
quarters i'll The Mononga ell rouse
was place of activity. No business
was transac ed. but as each member @!
the corps would arrive she was taken
to headquarters aud made TO feel at
home. Among arrivals Of this corps
today are Mrs. \. y. Cheuey Of De
troit, national treasurer, and Mrs.
Elizabsth D. Kinney # San Francisco,
past national president.
Argivais-CoInnlauderin Chief Adj
ans and staff. Comman lef-.n- Chief
Ager of Michigan, q !arttrlr astei Gen
eral Louis Wagner of Philadelphia,
Inspector General UnderhilI and Mai =
S apples and Ma!os Frank Bsockett ol
Iii -:
for the encampmeH, for 1897.
Hitter Against the Railroads.
About the only matter shat could
De called disaereeable in connection
with the er ercampment SO far is the feel
ing of bitterness felt by the G. \. r. ut
the acsion of the railroads i'll refusing
Il cent per mite rate fer i-ear-hy
towns, thereby keeping down t:,c nuil-
Der CT V si1ors at least q, o10. L has
cropped out that the subject VIII ue
introduced i'll tie convention and Il
resolution offered, lacked by dee .atea
from Pennsylvania aud OAio, to the
effect that hereafter no encainpment
lie held, but that the delegates, ], 200
in number, meet and transact the
necessary business at the expense OF
their Respective posts, without asking
favors Of the railroads. lie veterans
can not understand WHY III the past, at
Columbus a d Milwaukee,, they were
granted Il l-cent rate and ut PtttsbUr4
denied IL. From what can be learned,
the Cleveland people are leading the
revolt. l. is not known hoW The Eeso-
luton viii be received.
The frs. fatality among the veterans
It pored is the s1dien death Of Com
ruue Louis Treas er If Mcclure, Peni.
On his arrival al the post Quarters
Treas'er was com rIetely exhausted ani
die of weak Heart soon after reaching
the Luilding.
Delegates En- Route
CHICAGO, Sent. 9.-Ihe q. A. r.
delegation from Minnesota reached tie
cily at $40 a. nl., and left fo- Pl!tsbure
in the afternoon. 1t was he,,ded by
Commander Sautau of the department
Of Minnesota and q !lunGer OF di7tiH-
guished uen iram the TNil cities.
| The Mi nesota delegation are going 10
Pittshlr- V it'll the determ. n1tlon %
secure its i.eXt crcampment for Mime
,oulis. General Rhea said the dele
cation vi. support Lawler of Illinois
| for CONFERENCE.-The ief.
The delegation fr ,n Utah, headed
Ay ID ptrlment Commander Ijyl,
passed through the city his Afternoon.
Another train bore several Illinois
pusts, who accom- panied Comfade
Thomas G. L9wler ot Illinois. a candi-
date for ca!nmander-it-chief AS his
escort.
Interesting III .l,t for G, mmander.
The interest in the coming ccm
nander-il -chiet fight grows and wires
are being ene,ge,lcally pulled for the
several candidates Prominently mem
! toned fer the succession are J ge
Long of Michigan, Colonel /. y.
! Walker Of Indianapolis and Colonel
/ Thomas G. LaWler Of RochfoTd, lll<.
| \ Zig con- bination is king for
L1w.er,
Tie cardidacy OF Coonel Law.er is
/ oue Of The chief tor les Of discussion. 1t
I is claimed Iowa and Wisconsin, VIII be
! for Linn L ALI is also friendly, but
their first duty is to se2r re the ii, ctj2N
IT DR.. iIytf as national chapiaiH. Nix
struc cd to V tie for Louisv ! e rs The
place Tor the next conventiot2.
POLITICS GErlING BRISK.
Nothing But the Best Can BE Said Of the
Tirst Day of tbeAnnual Encampment.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 10.-The first day
of the 2Sth annual encampment of the
G.. A. r. has closed and nothing b 4
the pest can be said Of it. The march.