The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-03
MAY HAVE TROUBLE:
COXEY,S MEN WILL PARADE IN
WASHINGTON.

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WASHINGTON.
The Chief ct Police Declares That If
They Attempt to- Enter the Capitol
Grounds They VIII BE Arrested
Kelly Still ut Des Moines.
Des Moines, April 30 -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 driving rain storm with no pro-
visions or shelter The action Of the
authorities aroused much indignation
among the laboring people, and when
o'clock last evening the army finally
marched Up Grand avenue to the camp
on the east side of town, wet, haggard
and weary, their pitiable condition
aroused sympathy almost as great as
th9t 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-
ton 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
Is miles from it's destination. The
commissary wagons were empty and the
men wet and hungry, but they plodded
on, the advance guard reaching Walnut
creek, five miles west. 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
Moines 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 adj
ditionaf miles. The officers were OBJ
durate and the 1000 hlngry men stood
shivering III the rain until 4:3O o'clock
IL ping 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 go TO
where the food was they should have
none At last Kelly consented to move
and the march began. Dozens of car
rie ges lined the route into town, and with
the sheriff, chief of police, mayor and Il
guard of officers and deputies, the in
dustraIs moved up the city's principal
streets, fcebly singing their army songs.
The streets were lined with spectators,
and as the weary men marched by, weak
from hunger, women Wept and sympa-
thizers grew violent in denouncing the
authorities. The stove factory, one and
half miles east of the capitol, furnished
shelter for all the :nen, and their spirits
soon revived when wholesome supper
furnished by tic city was given them
Many struggled in during the evening
and 1850 slept in the camp.
"Of course we will get train,' said
Kelly. 1--WE will stay here until we dc
get one That is certain. l have beer
informed that arrangements are beins
made to take us out Tuesday with teams
but we won't go until we 60 on a train
and on one furnished by the railway of
fcials. We will not seize one, however
there need be no fear on that score
The army expects to remain quietly il
camp to-day awaiting the result of tn
efforts of the trade and labor assembl.
/ to secure transportation. To-day's mas
meeting is expected to decide what viii
be DONE
} Washington, April 3O-Ja,nes S. Coxey
ccmmander-in-chief of the good road
t army of the commonweal, standing on
; Bl;ebtwood driving park. waving alof
e his alpine hat to one of the most cosmf
e prlitan and extensive audiences eve
i ga thered in Washington, announced We:
$ te} day afternoon that the greatest mare
of the nineteenth cer fury had been a.
complished.
Three hundred ard fifty miserabl
dressed, woe-begotten, out-at-the-elbo
and un-down-at- the-hecls specimens
y humanity marched into the park, led b
wheeling apology for a band, pit:he
d tents and stretched themselves, in tt
J. sun. Thousands from the city turne
q out to make holiday of it and inspe'
II the curious aggr cation.
II Thick clouds of dust overhung the tW
r(ads leading to Brightwood from Il
e city all day long, and they were plowe
n with more travel than customarily beat
X Two endless professions swept along tt
y roads all day with such variety of ira
e elers as had never turned out in Was
~ ington since war times. Every horse al
It Wheel vehicle in the city had apparent
t. been pressed into service, while the i
lie tie trolly railway line which was, bu
IN for the benefit of suburban residents W;
Y. ridiculously inadequate to the deman
le upon it. Lining the entrances to t
y park elterprlSlng cOlOred citizens had {
e tablished their booths for traffic in ging
bread and sweetened water which pass
current for lemonade. The semblance
circus layout was further enforced /
the thimble riggers and shell men stall
c. ing about the outskirts of the crow
s. But when the people poured into l.
Or park enclosure the suggestion of Giro
a Gay was full-blown. In the center of t
Ia half-mile race track tapped the canv
"a enclosure which encircled the quarters
& the commonweal army.
e. In an interview Gen. Coxey said tn
I'd if they were not permitted to meet
tn front of the capitol they would appe
tn to the highest court, and if it was
ed cided against them there would be
ch revolution.
IL Washington, May 1. -. Coxey's arr
Us will start on its march past the VII
~ House., government buildings and
~ capitol tomorrow, and it is possible tt
" a collision between police and the arr
will occur Mr. COxey saw Mai Moo