The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-05-19
Minnesota Contingent.

son, bis lieutenant end the steward.
Only three industrials arrived from
Fergus Falls at 6 o'clock last night, and
there were besides only four recruits
here but several are hanging on as
though undecided whether to enlist Viii
son readily talked. He says this is the
twenty-third con pany he has organic I'd.
He and the lieutenant are busy securing
recruits, which are turned over to
Scotty,' the steward, a one-eyed man
with goatee, w1o puts them through
without costs. Their destination is St.
Cloud, where they claim that over 1000
men are to meet. Their final rendez-
vous is st. Paul, from where, Wilson
says, they will take a train through
without steps to Washington with 5000
men. They are not opposed here. but
are encouraged, in the hopes of enlisting
tte element that can be easily spared.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, May S.-A Coxey
org; nizer who was here with a wing cf
the army i'll an interview said that $1,000
was raised in Butte to help take the
army which he was organizing from the
West to the East. He says that other
cities on the coast are raising large sums
to send unemployed workingmen East.
They care nothing about the effect that
the movement is expected to have on
legislation, but it is a cheap and popular
way to return to the East large army
of men which hoated West during the
boCm days on the coast, and which is
now a drug in Western cities. While
the organizer was here a prominent and
wealthy man gave him list of 1O4 un-
desirable citizens and offered him $40 per
head for as many of them as he would
take East, the money payable when he
reached Pittsburg, SO that the men will
not drift back at once. The West has
been getting dead beats and undesirable
citizens of the East, and it is now ship
ping them back by the freight train load.
st. Paul, May S.-The following reso-
luton was presented at to-day's meeting
of the chamber of commt rec and referred
to 4 committee:
Whereas, Our country is being hu-
i iliated by the spectacle of numerous
l' dies of unemployed men from various
localities marching to the national capi-
tai to coerce congress into passing meas
ures for their relief. The worst feature
of the movement is that it is q menace
to law and order.
Res olved, That in a friendly spirit
we would advise these men to abandon
their foolish and hopeless proceeding.
The United States government has mil
lions of acres of fertile land which it do
NJ ties to actual settlers in quantities of
1GO acres to evnry head of a family or
single person above the age of twenty
one, and If they are disposed to work
they can, by taking the benefit of the
homestead law, attain competence, as
thousands of others have done.
Resolved, That the pre- sctice which has
occurred in some instances of communi-
ties, municipal and state authorities lend
ing the so-called Coxeyites facilities for
their progress, unloading them as it were
upon the next city or state, should be
heartily condemned"
Washington, May 9.-The three lead
and Christopher Columbus Jones, have
by jury Of their peers and will have
to submit to a sentence hereafter to be
imposed by the court for their recent
demonstration on the capitol grounds.
Thus ends what it's leaders styled "the
greatest march of the nineteenth cen
tury." All three of the accused were
convicted on the first count of the in
dictment which charged them with dis
playing banner designed to bring into
public notice the J. S. Coxey Good Roads
association. Jones of Philadelphia was
acquitted on the second count, which ac-
cused them of treading on the grass,
but Coxey and Browne were convicted.
Attorney Lipscombe Immediately en-
tered a motion for a new trial and an
other in arrest of judgment. Judge Mill
er gave him four days to file the formal
paper. Two weeks may elapse, during
which the trio will be free on bail, be-
fore the motion for a new trial is argued
and decided. The penalty provided by
law is the same fol each offense, viz, a
fine not to exceed $1OO and Imprisonment
in Jail for not more than sixty days, or
both, within the discretion of the court.
Accordingly, the maximum punishment
which may be meted out to Coxey and
Browne is $500 and 12O days, while
Christopher Columbus Jones is subject
to 500 and sixty days.
BY curious congressional error in a
recent bill which reorganized the district
courts there is no appellate court to
which police court case can be carried.
The only method of appealing from Judge
Miller's sentence will be an application
to higher court for writs of habeas
corpus and certiorari. Attorney Lips
combe has announced that he will take
this step if Judge Miller overrules the
motion for a new trial. However, such
a petition will not operate as a stay of
judgment to keep the defendants from
serving their sentences while it is pend
ing.
Des Moines, May 9. - Gen. Kelly's
toats are almost completed, and the
army will soon make a start from Des
Moines They have food enough for
three days. Oskaloosa will send 1000
loaves Of bread and coffee and meat be-
sides. The start will be sort of gala
procession, and the army is in better
spirits than it has been for several days.
Washington, May 10. - After hearing
Gen. Coxey to-day the house committee
On labor, ny vote of to z, decided to
report resolution for joint investiga-
tion by special committee Of the senate
and house of the Coxey movement and
the depressed condition of labor in gem
>rai. This decision was hailed with sat-
isfaction by Messrs. Coxey and Browne
and by a number Of prominent Populists
and Farmers Alliance leaders and the
chairman and secretary Of the People,
party. The vote to report the resolution
was:
Ayes-Erdman Pa.), Wells (Wis.),
Ryan On. ~, Talbert Is. C.), Democrats;
Fence lColo.), P0pulist; Phillips Pa.),
Kiefer (Minn.), Republicans. N
Nays.Dunn Dem, n. III Apsley
Rep:, Mass.) SO. 81
Chairman AcGsnl saya the favorable