St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-22
MANAGER ST. JOHN TALKS.
Much Praise for Kelly and His
Followers

Dies MONIES. TO-, April 21.-General
Manager st. John. of the Chicago. Rock
Island 6 Pacific railway, who passed
through this city last night from Coun-
ell Bluffs. talked differently from some
other railway men about the common
veal army, its purposes, and the men-
ace it is to the country. In fact. he
does not think the people have anything
to fear from the army in passing
through the country.
''lt Is made up OF sober, intelligent,
determined men," he said.
They are, nine tenths of them.
American-born. They are respectable,
honest and remarkably we'll organized.
There are 10 buns among them. The
statements that have been sent out about
their being tramps and all that sort of
thing are utterly untrue. Their leader
is man Of brains and character, and
great determination, and he is re.
ligious man, too. He is perfect gen.
tleman and thoroughly honest. He will
never permit any outrage to be done by
ANY OF HIS MEN.
ii there should be any inclination in tn at
direction. which there certainly is not
now. He will not permit any tramp or
diSrepEtable person to enter his army,
and he will remove tue first one be can
find. He has absolute control over his
men, which ne could never have over
body of trainps or discrepancies. He
said to me that his men would never go
back under any circumstances. They
are going to Washington i'll some way;
! of that am sure.
'We may be wrong Kelly said to
me, but we are determined to 90 to
Washington and present living petit
ton to congress; one that cannot be
thrown into waste-paper basket. We
think we are right, and nothing can
stop u.s.
What they can accomplish, do not
see, but they are bound to make pro-
found impression. There will be 100. 600
people in Washington by the 10Th of
May on this mission. And what can we
do about it? Nothing but treat them
kindly and let them go. The more OPP
position they meet the stronger they
become. The laboring classes all over
the country are i'll sympathy with them.
Ii they have few more days of such
treatment as they have had i'll the last
two days tremble to think what may
happen. You can't tell what man will
do when he is hungry and hunted
down."
Ibid you see the men?" was asked.
"Yes, l stopped at Weston at the
REQUEST OF GEN. KELLY,
and saw the men there. They are of
| the better class, and l would not BIZ one
bit afraid to take them 10 Chicago, or
| any other city, for they will do no one
any harm. They are mostly educated
men, mechanics, aud number of rail-
| way men. They have left families in
California, and they hope, many of
them, to get back East. where they
came from, and find something to do TO
get their families back. They will never
return to the West, for there is nothing
for then. to return to. They have Gee n
starving there. They are desperate men.
| desperately i'll earnest.
''fhis thing is gathering like whirl
| wind. 1t is very similar to the French
revolution. 1t is terrible thing, and it
| made ME sad to Gnd that there were
LOGO respectable, weii-meaning IN en- re-
| duced to such desperate straits in this
country. We expect these things in the
old countries. but 1t is no part or the
programme of republic. 1t makes us
feel that there is something wrong with
the government"