The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-22

OMAHA. Neb., April 2L-General Kelly
today lost all hope of securing railway
TRANSPORTATION for his Commonweal army
and tomorrow the battered brigade VIII
move from Weston on to Washington,
overland. A call for provisions was is
sued late this afternoon, and tonight
Knights of Labor hall was packed with
enthusiastic working men who alternately
cheered for General Kelly and called out
subscriptions for his commissary. Before
the meeting had adjourned sufficient 1000
for several days march WAS promised ana
wagons and teams to transport IL were
provided.
Kelly informed his men tonight that the
march would begin at 1870 tomorrow, Du1
has not fully decided upon his route. ne
will probably divide his 1000 men into
three batalions, which will take dlHereut
routes across the state, but possibly the
entire army will move Ell masse. w nat
ever the route, the objective point Will De
Chicago, which place the Commonweaiers
regard an oasis and where they expect
transportation, subsistence. and honors
galore The mass meeting of tonight was
the only demonstration of Importance
which has occurred since yesterday. Ihe
day with the army at Omaha and Council
Bluffs was a quiet one as compared with
the feverish uncertainty and threatening
aspect which marked the preceding
twenty-four hours Kelly remained
quietly with his troops at Weston, where
the best of order was maintained.
Little knots of men gathered about the
streets of this city and Council Bluffs dis
cussing the situation, but no attempts TO
intercept trains were made and the march
ing columns of angry men Of yesterday
we're minus. On every hand sympathy for
Kelly and his men was heard and the de-
nunciation of the railroad companies was
Tar from mild, but the plan of seiZing
trains had apparently been abandoned. A
monster demonstration has been arranged
TOR tomorrow and 10000 workiDgmen are
expected 10 march TO Weston to bid the
little army God speed on its journey east
ward Although the extra deputies have
heen sworn in and The police and militia
will be held in readiness, the authorities
do not anticipate serious trouble. The
calling ont of the militia and orders to the
government troops was thought TO be
merely precautionary, as there was no III
iicstion of coming disturbance.
Speeches by prominent laboring men
roundly scoring the railroad officials Were
delivered tonight at a mass meeting, and
assurances of sympathy for the army were
numerous. Mayor Bemis, in the name Of
the city, promised / 500 pounds of meat.
1000 loaves of bread and 1000 pounds of
coffee. The county clerk promised to pay
the expenses of ten teams as far as the
Mississippi river, aud in all over fifty
teams were secured. Kelly will march TO
Nicola, Ia, tomorrow where he will be re-
ceived by a delegation of farmers and
escorted to Des Moines At tina latter city
elaborate preparations are being made for
the army's arrival, the president of
Drake university and the sheriff of the
county having today assured Kelly o. a
warm welcome. Heavy loaded provision
wagons continued to arrive at camp
Weston during the night, much of the
food coming from the farmers of the vicn-
lily, who express great indignation at the
attitude of the railroads