The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-22
Citizens of Omaha and Council Bluffs
Furnish Food for the Army and
Wagons and Horses to Haul 1t.
THE COMMONWEAL RESTING
General COxey Visits New York
for a Double Purpose.
Treasury officials Taking Precautions
to Prevent Raid on the Vaults
Cleveland Unconcerned.

OMAHA, Neb., April H.-General Kelly
to-day lost all hope Of securing railway
transportation for his commonweal army
and tomorrow the battered brigade will
move from Weston on to Washington over
land A call for provisions was issued late
this afternoon and tonight Knights of La,
Dor Hall was packed with enthusiastic
workingmen, who alternately cheered for
General Kelly and called out for subscrip-
tions for his commissary. Before the meet
ing had adjourned sufficient food for sew
eral days march was promised and wagons
and teams 10 transport 1t were provided.
Kelly informed his men tonight that the
march would begin at 10 o'clock to-mor-
row. but he has not fully decided upon his
route He will probably divide his 1900
men into three battalions which will take
different routes across the State, but possi-
bly, the entire army will move en- masse.
Whatever the Route, the objective point
will be Chicago, which the commonwealers
regard as an oasis and where they expect
transportation, subsistence and honors
galore.
The mass meeting tonight was the only
demonstration Of Importance which has oc-
CURED since yesterday. The day with the
army and at Council Bluffs and Omaha was
a.
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 main
tanned. Little knots of men gathered about
the streets of this city and Council Bluffs
discussing the situation. but no attempts
to intercept trains were made and the
marching columns Of angry men Of yester-
day were minus. On every hand sympathy
for Kelly and his men was heard, and the
denunciation of the railroad companies was
far from mild, but the plan Of seizing
trains had apparently been abandoned. A
monster demonstration has been arranged
for tomorrow and 10000 workingmen are
expected to march to Weston to bid the
little army goodbye and God speed on it's
journey eastward. Although extra depu-
ties have been sworn in and the police and
militia will be held in readiness, the author
tiles do not anticipate serious trouble.
A few incidents Of the day are worth re-
cording. One soldier was court-rna rtialed.
The court was composed Of all the
captains of the army and Colonel
Baker. A. Madison, private in
Company II, was tried for violating
rules of the industrial army by furnishing
and using liquor in the camp, and he is
alleged to have been spying the men in
the interest of the railways. These charges
were proven and he was found guilty by
court and was ordered dshonorably dis
charged and publicly drummed out of town.
Madison is a new member of the army
having enlisted at Council Bluffs, and has
been a source of disturbance since enlist
ing.
This afternoon Mayor Bemis issued the
following proclamation to the citizens of
Omaha:
Notice has been served on me as chief
executive of the city of Omaha by the Off
cials of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
and the Burlington & Missouri railroads
that their companies will hold the city
liable for all damage to their property by
|, George Z. Bemis, Mayor of the city Of
Omaha, hereby caution all persons within
the boundaries of the city to desist from
interfering with their roadways, rolling
stock or other property of said corpora
tions. and in all respects to observe the
laws and maintain good order. L further
ties in sympathy with the industrial army
now detained near Council Bluffs contribute
to their relief and in securing horses,
wagon and subsistence to enable them to
pendent OF railroads and corporation char
ity. All contributions made through the
Mayors office will be forwarded to General
Kelly as rapidly as they can be conveyed"
Speeches by prominent railroad 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 1500 pounds of meat
1900 loaveS of bread and 1000 pounds of
coffee. The county clerk promised to pay
the expenses of ten teams far as the
Mississippi river, and in all over fifty
teams were secured. Kelly will march to
Neola, Ia, tomorrow, and proceed thence
to Des Moines, where he is promised a
hearty welcome.