The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
A WRANGLING;CROWD
The Butte Wing Of Cexey's Army
Still Battling for Transports
/ tiOn to the East.
They Capture Director Hogan's Car
and Prevent Its Going to
st. Paul.
The Iowa Corps Of the Commonwealers.
Causes Great COmmOtiOn in
the State.

OMAHA, hpru tnOu66uu
men marched out of Omaha today with
banners flying, bound for the calap of
Kelly's commonwealers at Weston, Ia,
fourteen miles east Of Council Bluffs.
At 8 o'clock the signal agreed upon, the
ringing Of church bells and the blowing
Of whistles. we're given, announcing that
Kelley's army was still at Weston unable
to secure a train for the east. Inside Of
five minutes J 900 men gathered at Jeffer-
son square, quickly organized, and the
march taken up. At every street re.
cruits were received and formed into
companies and provided with banners.
The column had been preceded to Coun-
Gil Bluffs BY q committee Of prominent
citizens to call on Gov. jackson and the
managers of the railroad and urge that
the commonwealers be at once started
east. While the column was marching
Gen Kellogg was in Omaha with Presi-
dent st. John Of the Rock Island
road. st. John said he was not in a
position to grant a train as the matter
was wholly in the hands Of the president
Of the trunk lines. A prominent sugges-
ton was that the army levy on the farm
ers for horses and wagons, and that the
army be split into squads Of 100 and
spread over a territory of twenty-five
miles and march across the state, as such
a plan would soon bring the people to
time, for the army would devastate the
country and the railroads would thsn be
forced to carry the army out. 1t is said
there were anarchists in the. column and
had dynamite with them. The weather
is cold and the men are suffering Sc
verely, many having the pneumonia, al
though there is an ample supply Of med
icine. Manager st. John upon seeing
the wet, shivering men expressed his
willingness to carry them east and asked
permission to do 30. They may be trans.
ported to Kansas City. Five thousand
sympathizers here are ready to join this
mornings advance guard.
The column marching to Kelley's camp
had swelled to 5000 on the march. 1t
halted at Baless park, where it met the
committee appointed to present their
demands to the railroad people. Mr..
Duryea told the committee that they
had done all possible to get Transports
ton, but in vain. He said the army
must 60 back to the Chautuaqua
grounds and await transportation to
Kansas City or take advantage of the
Rock Island offer to carry the men as |
regular passengers. The spokesman re-
piled that he was positive that the army
would not 60 to Kansas City, but would
60 to Chicago.
Today Kelley had a long interview
with Gov. jackson. The governor no.
titled Kelley that the citizens of Couna1
Bluffs had arranged to furnish boats to
take the army to Kansas City, and pro.
vide shelter during the preparations
Kelley replied that he refused to 60, but .
would submit the proposition to biz :,
men. All eastern railroads have pulled n
their empty cars out Of Council Bluffs VI
avoid trouble. Fully 1900 more meES
have crossed the bridge to join the
crowd that had preceded them.
"A telegram from Weston says Henri
Fox, superintendent of the Rock Island
who was sitting in the depot, was shot q
and the bullet missed his head thre3
inches. The empty cars and unused
engines hauled from Council Bluffs, hayd
been run on the Burlington tracks and
filed and are ready to start south thh6
minute the army returns to Councsf1
Bluffs. al