Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — TO RESIST COXEYITES. [ARTICLE]

TO RESIST COXEYITES.

lowa’s Governor Orders State Militia Under Arms. Nine companievof the lowa National Guard in the western part of the State were under arms, ready to go to Council Bluffs in case their presence was needed, to prevent lawlessness and disorder on the part of Kelly’s Western industrial army. Governor Jackson, according to a Des Moines dispatch, received a te egram from the Sheriff of Pottawattamie County, asking him for troops to preserve the peace and prote :t property. The Governor at once ordered Company I, of the Third Regiment, lowa National Guard, at Council Bluffs, W. E. Atkinson commanding, to report to the sheriff for duty. The company numbers forty men, and is one of" the best in the State. A short time afterward N. M. Hub-, bard, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, attorney for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, arrived in Des Moines and hurried to the Capitol. He represented to the Governor that the trunk lines of railroad which touch Council Bluffs would be unab’o to protect their trains and other property from the invaders. He feared that the 000 desperado men in Kelly's army would capture trains on some of the east-west roads running into Council Bluffs and run them wild eastward, possibly causing wrecks and disaster. Gov. Jackson ahrioffheed his intention of preserving 01 tier and preventing the capture of any .trains in lowa, and in company with iM r. Hubbard started for Council Bluffs in a special train over the Chicago and Northwestern. Before leaving Gov. Jackson telegraphed to Adjutant General Prim, who is in Cherokee, to report for immediate duty and through Maj. J. R. Prim issued orders to the following companies to assemble at their armories and await marching orders: Company G, Third Regiment, Creston, 40 men, Capt. W. J. Fuggan; Company 1, Third Regiment, Bedford, 65 men, Capt. M. Miller; Company K, Third Regiment, Corning, to men, Capt. A. B. Shaw; Company B, Third Regiment, Villisca, 45 men, Capt. S. P. Moore; Company M, Third Regiment, Red Oak, 42 men, Capt. J. W. Clark; Company E, Third Regiment, Shenandoah, 40 men, Capt. 0. L. Shaffer; Company L. Third Regiment, Connell Bluffs, 40 men, Capt. W. E. Atchison; Company L, Fourth Regiment, Sioux City, 50 men, Capt. W. A. Kirk; Company H, Sioux City, bO men, Capt. J. A. Haley.

Frye’s Army Splits in Twain. Vandalia, Ill.—General Frye and his arm camped here last night. Ever since their arrival here the men argued strongly that they could make no headway walking, and many of them being sick and worn out from their long journey declared they would go no further on foot. It appeared the men censuied General Frye for not making a greater effort to get transportation, and this morning they voted by company to throw General Frye overboard and elect a new general more in sympathy with their ideas. The vote showed a very slight majority in favor of retaining General Frye. Then the men opposed to following General Frye openly declared they would go no further with him. Shortly before noon General Frye started on the National road east, followed by about 200 men. The remaining 156 held a caucus and decided to seize the first Vandalia freight train east and ride as far as possible.

Vinette's Armv Is Arrested. San Bernardino, Cal.—ln response to a call from Colton for help Sheriff Booth,with forth-eight deputies armed with shot-guns, went to Colton to arre st the second Los Angeles regiment of the army of the unemployed. After quietly leaving this city the army under Captain Vinette marched to Colton and during the night took possession of a Southern Pacific freight train. The engineer side-tracked his train and refused to haul the men. Upon the arrival of Sheriff Booth and pcsse, the army was ordered to get off the cars, whicn command they refused to obey. The town hose cart was then drawn out and water from the city waterworks was turned on the men. They did not leave, however, until the army was placed under arrest to a man. Coxey at Massillon. J. S. Coxey, the leader of the commonweal of Christ, who so suddenly disappeared from the ranks of the army at Addison, Pa., on Thursday, made his appearance in the streets of Massillon Saturday morning. Mr. Coxey arrived there Friday night, and was driven directly to his home. When questioned about his commonweal, he answered that it was a glorious success, and that Washington would be reached without trouble of any kind. To Be Vaccinated or Quarantined. The Indiana State Board of Health passed an order demanding that the Indianapolis Board of Health publish an official order that every person in the city be vaccinated immediately or submit to be quarantined. Alex. S. Paris, 16 years old, who forged the name of Agent C. Bryan, of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, at Cincinnati, and secured $675, was brought back from San Francisco.