The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-25
C0xEYITES CAPTURE A TRAIN.
Leave Butte by Rail and are
Coming East Rapidly.
Northern Pacific Omciais Try to Have
Them Stopped and Arrested for Lar.
cenv of a Train. but They Eiude the or.
fcers-Chicago's Contingens Preparing
to meve-Co1ey's Command at Freder-
fck.

ST. PAUL. April 24.-Shortly after
midnight 500 men at Butte, composing
the Butte contingent Of the Coxey army.
entered the engine house of the North
ern Pacific, secured and prepared for
service an engine and proceeded to
make up train of Ave coal cars and
one box car
This action occurred after struggle
OF four days between the local authorf.
ties and the mob which yesterday as.
sumed such proportions as to oyerawe
the officers OF the law and the departure
from Butte was without any opposition
upon their part.
This train was manned by members
of the mob. 1t crossed the main range
of the Rocky mountains early this
morning and reached tho main line at
Logan, seventy miles from Butte at
about O'Clock. They breakfasted at
Bozeman and few eastward at the rate
OF hfty-hve miles an hour, coming to q
sudden stop at Underline at O'Clock
on account Of a cave in.
Attorneys for the Northern Pacific
have wired the sheriff at Lin berline
to place the mob under arrest for the
larceny OF train This evening Mel
son has been asked to call out the
militia to prevent the Coxeyites from
entering Minnesota. Later the mob
showed itself out and passed through
Livingston eastward at $40 m.
The Chicago Contingent
CHICAGO, April ga mass.mee Getting of
commonweal recruits was held to-day in
the barracks at North avenue and Raj
ston street. Company officers were
elected and 1t was decided to start on
the journey to Washington next Satur-
day morning. There have been liberal
offers Of food for the men who will re-
| main In the cooper shop barracks.
Hundreds OF hungry and unemployed
men came to the recruiting station on
La Sale street during the day, and all
who said they had no place to sleep or
anything to eat were given cards en-
fitting them to admission to the bar
racks. There were not many OF the
| genus tramp.
| DR.. Randall, the commander of the
army, was at the barracks most of the
day organizing his famous. who now
number 1 300 No effort has been made
to secure transportation by rail for
| the men.
jerry Sullivan, who Ia to command the
iron moulders on their trip to Washing
ton, said to-day there would be atleast
5000 in limo when the start was nj ade
at tho end of tho week. The moulders
are to take special trains on the Balti-
moro and Ohio road.
Coxey's Command at Frederick, nd.
FREDERICK, Md, April 24.-Coxey's
command reached Frederick tonight
$40 strong, having picked up forty re.
cruits on the march to-day.
The army passed through Turner's
Gap at S:a0 this morning. The sheriff
did not meet them ON tAe county line as
was expected, but on Bolivar Heights
Zimmerman and thirty mounted depu-
ties were drawn up.
Browne was not with the column at
the time. 30 he missed chance for a
theatrical speech. The sheriff AMI his
deputies did not make any demonstra-
ton, but fell in at the head and rear of
the column. They will act as an escort
through the county, camping each night
with the army.
Kelly's Army In Atlantic, Iowa.
ATLANTIC, Ia, April 34.-The indus
trial army arrived here this evening in
Two divisions. The first column was
headed by General Kelly with 900 men,
followed by General Speed with four
Sacramento companies, numbering 800
men.
The Atlantic citizens received the
army and quartered it at the fair
grounds with ample provision to last
during the stay here to morrow.