The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-25
The Butte Coxeyites Flying
East on Northern Pacific.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY,
Talk Of Calling Out Federal Troops
TO Stop the Army.
Gen. Coxey as Frederick. Forty four
Aiies From the Capstai--Gen. Kelley
at Atlantic. Ia--Chieago 60 send
1housands of Men.

HELESA, April 24--The Butte contin-
gent OF Coxey's army is sailing toward the
national capital on the Northern Pacific
st the rate of forty miles an hour, and un-
less stopped or some accident happens
they Will arrive in St Paul tomorrow
afternoon. At o'clock this morning the
army captured lot of freight cars
ana an engine. and 100 men
started. An old Northern Pacific
engineer. who was discharged from the
service some time ago. was engineer, and
he sent the train over the mountains At a
high rate Of speed. On arriving a, Bore
man the army found that there was cave
in in Bozeman tunnel. The regular
passenger train due IN this city q, Q a. IN.
was on this side of the break waiting for
IL to be repaired. The Butte army did not
waste any time. They went into the tun-
mel and with such tools as they had
cleared the track so that the train could
get through. They shot ont OF the tunnel
a. the speed of an express train, and the
last heard of them they were on their way
10 Miles City.
United States Marshal McDermott is in
Butte. unable to go after the army, as lie
cannot get deputies who will go with him.
issue orders TO the commandan. at Fort
keogh. which they will pass tonight at
midnight. TO have troops stop the train
and hold the army until he can set there
TO serve the warrants he has for the arrest
of the leaders. The Coxev train has no
clearance orders and all regular trains on
the road are being held up TO let il pass.
ST. Paul, April 2A-The latest news to
Ia s,sf 49, xftz II
prepared for their tramp East. and
the train was all ready To start.
Officials Of the Northern Pacific in
this city nave given orders for a clear
track. General Manager Kendrick said:
1T is all We can do. for we have too much
regard for human life to do anything
else" Nothing has been heard Of the serv-
ice of q warrant on Gen. Hogan at Liv-
ingston on the charge OF the larceny OF .
train.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. April 2a-Judge
Henry c. Cald well this evening received a
telegram from Judge Sanborn at st. Paul,
giving particulars of the seizure of a train
on the Northern Pacific by the Industrial
Army. Judge Sanborn Also telegraphed a
lengthy account of tho latter to
Attorney General olney, . COPY of which
telegram IS embodied in his statement to
Judge Caldwell. Judge Sanhorn states that
similar "armies" are now located at several
towns on the line of the Northern Pacific,
and closes by stating that traffic on the
road is in a confused state. owing to the
damage involved. Judge Caldwell for
warded the following message to Attorney
General Oiney. together with Mr.. San
born's statement:
''The right to the possession. control
and use of the property of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company in the
Eighth judicial circuit Is in the re-
ceivers of the United States circuit
court. appointed by those courts in
districts through which said road runs. 1t
is the highest duty Of the receivers to pro-
tect their officers in the possession
and use of said property. II the per-
sons who forcibiy and illegally seized
train of cars on said road in Montana shall
bring the same into the Eighth circuit il
Will be the duty of the United States
circuit court officers to use all the
power of the government at their
command to capture such train and
restore the possession thereof to the Off
GERS of said courts and punish the guilty
parties. ] respectfully request that the
general commandant of the department. be
directed to render the United States
and Minnesota such assistance as may he
necessary TO enforce the orders to the
authority of the courts in the matter of
restoring said property to the possession
of the receivers.
Henry C. CALDWELL,
~. y Circuit Judge"
Judge Caldwell teiegraphed United
States Marshal Cronan at Fargo, n. D., as
follows:
eff the persons who foreihIy and
illegally seized train Of cars on
the Northern Pacific in Montana. belong
ing 20 the receivers OF said road.
should bring the same into your
district. it will be your duty tn
seize the same and restore the possession
thereof to the receivers appointed by the
United States circuit court for your
district. II will be your duty To
Summon a posse sufficient for this
purpose. The attorney general of
the United States will be requested 10 pre-
pare a direction to the general command
ant of the department 20 render you any
assistance necessary TO enable you 10 eIe-
cute this order.
"HgSKY c. CAtpwELL."
The same order was sent to the United
States marshal at ST. Paul. MINI.