St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-12
FOR GOOD ROADS AND PIE.
CONTINGENT or THE coKN0YKsAL-
ERS ARR!rES M MINNEAPOLIS.
THE ARMY IS IN TOWN.

town junction - The PieDald
Outfit in Charge of "Command.
or" Wilson "A Consultation
He!d-Ths Bate Division Elk
pected Today.
"CoXey's here; God rist his sowl whin
he doieS," was the feeling remark of a
battered and f0rl0rn-lOOking lrishman
yesterday morning. as he shuf1 d past
h police headquarters. He was on his
way to join the army. What the police
and the people Of the city have been
~devoutiy hoping would not occur has
occurred. The C%oXeyites are here. The
lrishman was right in a certain way.
though he paid M attention to the fact
that 1t Is a physical impossibility for a
man to be in IN lre than one place at a
time. 1t was CoXey's proxy that had
arrived. one of the Labor Mes iiaf's lieu
tenants. as it We're. john Wilson, Well
fed and rotund John. was the man WAC
had struck the town with his badly
dressed and ili-smelliDg army. He & OF
in town with fifty Of his trusted COM
m~onwealerS early in the morning. He
came in FROM st. Cloud on a freight
train, and with him were q number of
officers. almost as many officers as
prlvateS, all bearing that stamp of good
feeding that shows itself on the nose
and in the size OF the abdomen. Among
these officers were Lieut.. Charles Rolfe.
Montana "ScOtty'' and George Burns.
"Seotty" is a lieutenant of the Montana
DIVISION. lie Is one among a great many
who does not eat pie.
When the ARMY arrived here the Off
GERS took up their quarters at the VIII
bur house on First street north. A flag
was hung out from the window and
several banners announced i'll flaming
letters. "CoXcy's army headquarters.
John Wilson commander" After lin
ing in a big breakfast John Wilson,
''commander." sm0Otted the wrinkles
out of his waiStcoat and sat him down
with his staff officers TOR a Consultation
Of war. The n*w of his arrival soon
spread over the city. and before noon
his recruiting officers Uegan TO show
what they wers made OF. They hal
over 800 new recruits in line. and each
or them affixed his same to the official
roster.
1t must not be understood that John
Wilson. commander" arrived at the
head of his entire army. Far from it;
the army was waiting beyond the walls
of the city. The fifty formed but the
van guard. They were the sharpshOot-
ers. the pickles and the scouts. In
nearly every small town within a radius
of fifty miles there is stationed a branch
Of the army, waiting for orders to
march on Minneapolis. Last nights
trains brought in a great many OF them.
There are several hundred Of the Coin
mOnw eaierS eucamped ut NorthtoWn
junction. They form Montana"Scotty's'
aggregation. and this morning The
Northern Pacific trains are expected 10
bring in about 600 more. These are the
Butte contingent. When the entire
army arrives it is expected that tile
total number OF men in line, all shout
ing for CuXey, good roads and pie, will
be in h lieighborhood of 1000. So far
the commonwealers have acted very
orderly. There are a great many hoboeS
among them. but John Wilson. "com-
mander." stated yesterday afternoon
that he intended to weed them out as
fast as possible.
Gen. Copeland, of whose army the
Wilson outfit Is A part, is somewhere in
the vicinity of Grand Forks, and 1t is
said he has 1000 men in his command.
He. too. is headed this way. When he
otiitCS OOHh hlSOI, C~UiuitldliuST,
will have to take a back seat. He will
drop down to a mere staff officer. 1t
will be a case OF genius nagged into
hopeless mediOcri;y." He called ON
Chief OF Police Smith yesterday after
noon. and asked permission to hold
mcetirts Oil Bridge square. The chief
referred him to Acting Mayor Kiichli,
and the ''commander" and his staff Off
GERS went in search of that il!uslrious
individual. He stated TO the chief that
his army had plenty of food to eat, and
that Minneapolis would not be sponged
on. All he wanted was a fair shake.
and a chance to show how eloquent
he is on occasions of this kind.
The chief politely informed him that
any man who went about the country
stirring up strife ought to he incar-
cerated in an insane asylum. 1t is need
less to say that John did not relish the
remarks of the chief. 1t was stated last
night by the latter that if the men be-
liaved themselves and did not raise any
disturbance lie could not prevent them
from holding a meeting on the public
square. He will not take any extra
precautions, SO far as the police force is
concerned, until he sees that it is nee
essary. He does not think that the
CoXeyites that have congregated here
are a very bad lot, and will allow them
what freedom is necessary.