Imperial Valley press., 1914-03-13
Omitted Press Day Service)

Sacramento, March 1.-THE unem-
ployed army refused today to heed
the order of the authorities to move
by nightfall. They issued another
statement, defying the authorities and
declaring they will remain until fur
nished with transportation eastward.
The leaders declare more men are
arriving hourly from San Francisco.
The district attorneys of Sacramento
and Yolo counties have asserted they
will not furnish penny to move the
army. The Yolo officials declare Sac
ramento county must move them, be-
cause that county turned them into
Yolo.
Sacramento, Cal, March 13.-Ev-
cry county surrounding Sacramento
and the State of Nevada have sent
in crisp and positive declarations that
they will not tolerate an invasion of
the army of unemployed which still
lies, not knowing which way to turn,
on the sandy shore of the Yolo side
of the Sacramento river.
Announcement that they will be met
with an armed force and in some
cases with orders to shoot reached
Sacramento last night, and it is now
believed that the army has made its
last stand and will inevitably break
up into small squads and scatter.
The authorities of Yolo and Sac
ramento are still in heated contro-
versy, each trying to shift the burden
for which no present solution has been
found. Sacramento is immevable in its
determination not to let the army re-
turn within it's borders.
An evidence of it's implacable atti-
tude was furnished with the announce
ment of District Attorney Wachhorss
that no more food could be sent across
the bridges from Sacramento. IT,.
Yolo is in no mood to take UP the
problem of feeding the men and with
their supplies cut off it appears that
the hungry army will become dis
couraged and begin to break up. 1t
will not be allowed to move en- masse,
but with starvation facing them it is
probable that the men will shoulder
their blankets and begin to drift away.
There is a disposition on the part OF
Sacramento to provide transportation
money if the men will scatter in
groups.
Fears of plumber and pillage by the
forces of the unemployed have been
pretty generally dissipated. The fear
that has held the city in its grip for
days is almost over Sacramento has
discovered that the lnarchers are not
one hundredth as desperate and dam
gerous as their talk.
This at least is the attitude of Gov
ernor Johnson who decided that what
ever menace had existed was gone AMI
ordered the companies of the national
guard who were guarding the $250,000
worth of arms and ammunition in the
state armory to their homes. The or
der was made on the recommendation
of Adjutant General Forbes.
Adjutant Forbes, with his staff, was
refused permission to cross the bridge
across the river into Yolo county last
night. Forbes, in civilian clothes, but
surrounded by fully uniformed staff.
started across the bridge about 3
o'clock, when he was stopped by Sher-
iff Monroe of Yolo county.
The appearance of the uniformed
and heavily armed contingent with
General Forbes on the bridge was the
signal for an outcry from the unem-
ployed, whose representatives were
then in discussion with the Sacrament
to authorities. Sheriff Monroe, see
ing the possibilities of Forbes ap-
pearance with his small army of at
taches, took immediate action and
quietly, but firmly requested the gen
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