The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-01

The Ind ustrfAl Generals Brutal Treat
snenf Of His Mother.

The Industrial Generals Brutal Treat
meat Of His Mother.
The Seattle industrial Army reached
Bay Ctr. Mich. July Il On stolen train
They left the train about two miles out OF
town and marched into West Bay City.
" here they we're met by Gen. Jetrses and
Brig. Gen- Shoals. who led them over
Third street bridge ~ Bay City. A stop
was made at Cooks saloon, where coffee
and sandwiches were served By the pro-
prictor. After wait of an hour the entire
command marched out TO the fair grounds
and camp vas struck, fires were buiis ana
soon the fumes of dinner were sharpening
the appetites Of the hungry soldiers. At
O'Clock Gen. Jeffries gave the order to
fall in in heavy marching order, and the
army Was soon comfortably seated IN
twelve street cars bound Tor 'the Beach,
q summer resort about four miles cut OF
town. Arrangements had been made with
the street railway company 10 carry the
army to and from town, furnish quarters
and pay $50 toward feeding the army.
Camp was reached about O'Clock. and
after about an hours hard work on the
part of the officers each company was
comfortably quartered with house to
itself, the cooking being done in the bsse-
bali park. The boys did not Ike
this plan very we'll They did
not relish the idea of wax
ing -four miles every time they wanted
10 go to town. and another difficulty was
getting provisions out to the camp. Nine
o'clock came, and, no supper being In
sight, general roar was set up, but the
men were somewhat quieted on the arrival
of 300 loaves OF bread and some coffee.
ps.f har nniU
loaves of bread were to be served another
kick was set up and private named Ward
led charge on the commissary, and the
remaining 100 loaves of bread were soon
divided between the men.
The next day being Sunday the boys
proceeded early In the morning to
the beach and boiled up their
clothes, and prepared themselves for visit
ors. The cars running TO the Beach were
loaded all day, fully 1900 people visiting
the camp. A game of baseball in the after
noon between local nine and the Indus
trials Melted the army about $50. Meetings
were held at Madison park each evening.
at which Gen. Jeifries, Brig. Gen. Shoals
and Col. Ross spoke. A good many songs
were sold and a small collection taken mp.
Monday was spent by the army in kick
ing ana growing about food. The soldiers
told the general that they would not live
on bread and coffee. They wanted to live
we'll. or they would quit the army and
rustic for themselves. One company
started for Detroit that night, and, fearing
general breakup. Jeffries opened his
heart and sent down plenty of meat, pota-
toes, bread and coffee, and peace was again
restored.
Wednesday night the army marched
twelve piles to Saginaw and pitched camp
at an old tannery just outside of town.
This city proved better town for the
army than Bay City. The Trades Council
rustled about $500 worth of pro visions and
SIS in money, beside the collections and
song money, and on Thursday Jeffries
went back to Bay City and chartered the
schooner Grampian to take the army to
Cleveland for $500. At shortly after IL
o'clock that night the army was again
afoat.
The trip from Saginaw to Detroit was a
dismal one. The men had very little to
eat, and mutiny was brewing all day and
night, Jeffriss being kept in hot water the
entire "trip.
Detroit was reached about 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, and Jeffries was at
home in the city OF his birth, the city that
the boys had all looked forward 10. JEFF
fries having promised thar he would ae-
complish wonders when Detroit was
reached. After breakfast of bread that
had been exhibited at the Worlds fair and
coffee the navy prepared for visitors, who
were soon swarming over the ships side.
paying toll of 10 cents head TO visit
schooner with the queerest cargo that had
ever anchored in the Detroit river. JEFF
- ha dau in, an
friends. The staff officers arranged for
meeting on Cadillac square, and at 8
o'clock Gen. Jeffries in his seedy Prince
Albert, dirty shirt and Uncle Sam necktic
perched himself on barrel and launched
himself out on two hours speech. He
had been talking about twenty minutes
when his aged mother, q widow of but .
few weeks, elbowed her way through the
crowd, crying: Its my Ted, it's my
Ted" and pulling at his trousers leg
begged piteously for the great general to
recognize bis old mother. "0h, why don't
ne speak to me2 I've not seen him for six
years." the agonized mother cried. wiring
ing her hands. while tears rolled down the
poor woman's face thick and fast. ITO
think my boy, my boy, won't recog-
nize his poor old mother" she
walled in despair. At this juncture
Brig Gen. Shoals tried to stop jeff
ries, telling him that he would relieve him
on the stand until he could speak TO his
mother, but his only answer was shut
| up" aud the speech rolled on. The
| crowd, noticing this, began to lose interest
and soon began to leave. At last Jeffries
| looked down, and babe his mother wait
| until he was through, and the patience
| with which the kind-faced old lady waited
| wrung the hearts of all who could see her.
Many of the soldiers, who had no mothers.
| brushed the tears away with their ragged
coat sleeves, and expressions that were
not complimentary passed freely between
/ them.
The next day on board ship Worlds
/ fair bread and coffee formed the chief
diet, and the supply was limited. The
| great general had lost the confidence of
his men and mutiny was brewing. Mon
| day all day the soldiers were leaving the
boat aud not returning. and when the
/ parade was made at o'clock there were
| just loo in line, and forty-six Of them were
| enlisted in Detroit
When JeffrIes mounted the barrel Mon
day night he announced that the Gram
| plan would sail at 10 O'Clock for Cleveland,
and after talking for two hours TO about
| 400 people, he went aboard the Cpxey
schooner, and a. IL o'clock proceeded
/ ha arAs nd