The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
BACKED THEM DOWN
GENERAL KELLY HOLDS A PUBLIC
MEETING IN NEW ALBANY.
No Attempt to Arrest Him and He Pro-
ceeds to Take Up "A Collection
Hard Lines for HOganites


Special 10 the inQI6ndDO1S journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. June 2O.-General
Kelly's Industrial army is camping two
miles below this city on the river road,
having marched seven miles yesterday from
Bridgeport. Hundreds Of visitors have Wis
tied the camp during the day. Tonight
Kelly held a public meeting and made a
speech. followed by a collection Kelly
does not know when he will rid this city
OF his presence, as he expects to stay I'M
til he is given assistance. He has offered
10 accept transportation to Madison, but
the authorities refuse to stand the expense.
Kelly will speak in Louisville tomorrow at
the request of a committee Of labor union
men. and expects to raise sufficient money
10 buy provisions for the army. People are
surprised to find the men peaceable and
not disposed to commit acts of lawlessness-
The business men are beginning to donate
provisions. The Board of Health inspected
the men yesterday, but found no cases of
infectious disease among them.
While no definite steps have been taken,
sisted to Madison, as the New Albany
people think that the easiest way of Kidding
themselves of the burden
Thomas Tarnesley, on whose farm the
army was camped, gave them eight rows
Of potatoes from a field near the roadside.
esculents. and this simple fare, Kelly said,
constituted their supper last evening. The
men are well behaved, and are all stall
men In the command. They are divided
into thirty-one companies, commanded by
the full complement of line officers, three
colonies and three majors, the whole be-
ing under the ommand Of General
Kelly.
Kelly is an understood man, thirty-two
years old. with the quick, nervous action
OF a born leader. and he certainly has his
men under complete control. He was born
IN Cincinnati, but had lived in the West
for many years. A printer by trade, he
had, like many others of that craft, en-
gagged in reportorial work many years ago.
and had served on the stats Of several
leading newspapers of the Pacific coast.
In the command, he said. ara men from
every walk of life. Nearly every man is
a member in good standing in some labor
organization. while fully one-half the men
are memberS OF some one of the leading
benevolent societies.
When Kelly and his army arrived at Su-
gar Grove. yesterday afternoon, they found
the Sunday school of the East Baptist
Church ~picnicking in the grove. The con-
sternation amounted almost to a panic.
Women screamed and tainted and children
ran helter-skelter, shouting for protec-
ton from the army. The men were on the
point of calling a council of war. when
way. Sitting on his white horse. he struck
up Nearer, My God. to Thee in which
the ~anguard OF his forces joined. As the
strains of the beautiful hymn rolled through
the grove the picnickers caught Ii up, and
presently there rose above the tree tops a
chorus OF Sunday school children, churchly
matrons and rowing vagabonds. Quiet was
compliments to the assemblage in a neat
speech OF apology and explanation. and the
army marched on without having begged
for so much as a biscuit.