St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-21
OMAHA IS BESIEGED.
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way, stepped up an alley and by short
cut reached his horse standing in frcnr
or the Bee officr, and, mounting, was off
lot Weston. AS he rode away one Of
: the enthusiastic ones grabbed his leg
and strove to delay him, urging him to
talk to The crowd. but he pushed him
aside and gall0ped awav While the
committees were at work in Council
] Bluffs. other committees were bcsieging
{ the telegraph office with messages to the
presidents OF the Iowa trunk lines. At
IL o'clock the following was sent:
= Council Bluffs, TO-. April 20. 1894
TO Marvin Hrghitt, President Chicago
.North-Western railway: K. r. Cable.
, President Chicago. X. |. & p; Roswell
!, Miller, President Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway, Chicago. Kelly's
army is at Weston exposed to
the elements with provisions for two
days; are suffering badly, bat patient
iand united in their determination to go
through. Have thus far committed no
treSpaSS whatever; are orderly and
obedient 10 all
COMMANDS OF THEIR LEADERS.
and are being furnished with provisions
and transports for the same by the
charity of the people of Iowa. We have
thrown the responsibility upon our
state authorities for the great gravity
of the situation. Can you not, gentle
men, for the great corporations you rep.
resent, assume III the interests of hu-
manity what you would not be justified
in doing in this great emergency?
.'Hon. w. II. Nj. Pusey, chairman,
Finley Burk, Frank Trimble. j. e.
Lemon. II. II. Inman. A. L. Flickinger,
Judge j. E. +. MCGEE, E. A. Wyckham,
Citizens committee. Hon. H. E.
Deemer. judge district court. Charles
NJ. Hart, L. S. Campbell clerk
of court; John P. Morgan, county
attorney; John 3. Emo Il Co.. Greenwed
and SchoentgeIi, John BOisehern, presi-
dent Council Bluffs Savings bank, and
$4,000 other citizens"
This was at once followed by this
one:
''To Roswell Miller, r. R. Cable.
Marvin Hughitt. Chicago: From the
government building we are reviewing
PROCESSION of 1000 citizens of Omaha.
We understand they have come over to
demand with force of numbers that
something be done to provide transpor-
tation for KelIy's army. The citizens
are now headed towards the Milwaukee
tracks. If you were here you would
realize that something should ba done
at once. We appeal to you to help re-
lieve this community from the
IMPENDING DANGER
that threatens aud relieve the sufferinas
communities.
'1Signed] He. Deemer.j judge district
court: j. E. F. McGee. judge supreme
court; S. j. Stedman, clerk federal
court: I homas Bowman, postmaster"
While the committee which had de-
vised the second message was still in
the Office another committee was clam
Oring for the attention of Manager
Nichols, of the Western Union company.
to send another message to the man
ayers Of the roads. The only delay that
was Occasioned in sending it was the
discussion as to whether it should be
put in the form of request or demand.
The copy had been prepared to read
demand" but cooler heads objected
TO this. claiming demand was revolu-
tionary and unlawful, and as they
wanted to leave the railway presidents
no ground to stand upon to MAINTAIN
their refusal to give transportation
they desire to do nothing that could be
criticised.
II The telegram which was sent read as
follows:
Council Bluffs. To-, April 2O.-To r.
| r. Cable, Marvin Hughitt, Roswell p.
Miller, Chicago: Omaha and Council
Bluffs request immediate transportation
for Kelly's army from Council Bluffs to
yea, Charles G.. Rodoif. g. l.. Gillette,
e. ID. Aspenwall, Sam ID. Nedrl, j. j.
Edmund"
At,2 O'clock word was received that a
detachment of Union Pacific shopmen
/ were on the way across the bridge, and
Council Bluffs escort went down to
meet them. They found over 1000 men
III line with flags waving and blue rib
DOns, the badges of The army. in nearly
every bu.tonhole. To the LAUNDERING
of bass drums they marched up to
Broadway and over to Bayliss park.
The streets of Council Bluffs by this
time were black with yelling and
cheering crowd. Travel in every direc-
tiOn was almost suspended.
FLAGS WERE FLUTTERING
from numberlesS windows, and on
every corner crowds were grouped to
listen 10 the labor orators. The advance
guard of the shOpmen were armed with
lOayeS of bread borne on the end of
tlags:atfs, and The line appeared to be
endless. They joined the ranks of the
men already arrived and awaited the
result of the conference then in prog
ress. 1t was o'clock before replies
were received from the messages to the
railway presidents denying the request.
and then the conference between the
officials ended. The information that
no train would be furnished was con-
veyed to the waiting thousands who
had congregated about the court
house to await the coming Of
Chairman Tichenor. Reaching the
grounds. he elbowed his way
through the crowd. and ascended the
court house steps. When he announced
the result of the conference it was
greeted by a roar of howls, jeers and
Kisses. After making short address
he stated the committee had decided to
wait until 4 O'Clock, at which hour, if
no train was furnished. one would be
taken and run out to Kelly's camp,
where his men would be loaded and
started on their eastward journey. He
spoke ID strong terms against violence.
and cautioned the men against any de-
Struction of property. AS soon as the
meeting on the court house square ad-
Journed, led by band. and with thou
sands of flags. the men formed in line
and marched to Bayliss pare. While
the committee of Omaha men were in
terviewing the governor at Attorney
General Stones Office, somewhat
similar and yet decidedly different
scene was being enacted in the law
office of Wright & Baldwin. About
twenty-five women,
IN RESPONSE TO A CALL
I'm ft,n an,f,y
ing, had collected at Dohaney's
opera house, and under the leadership
of Mrs. Fred Hermann went to see Mr..
Baldwin. The ladies had formed a
notion among themselves that Baldwin
was an ogre who ate small babies for
breakfast, and they were consequently
prepared to use tears in unlimited guam
titles iu getting him to subscribe to the
idea of furnishing transportation for