Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country.

SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. REBUFF AT HANDS OF JOHNSON Meets Unemployed Army When California Governor Sharply Criticizes Marchers Who Avoid Work. Sacramento, Cal., March 7.- Sacrdmento wrestled all day with the unemployed problem, precipitated by the arrival hero of “General” Kelley’s arniy: on its way to Washington. Tonight no solution had been reached, but a company of the state mjlitia had been ordered out by Adjutant General Forbes to guard the state arsenal, and to be in readiness to answer a roit call. More than 190 recruits joined the army, which is now divided into two rival factions of , almost equal strength, one obeying the orders of “General” Kelley and the other composed of seceders. About 1,500 men are listed in the two camps. Leaders of the men called at the executive offices today and demanded of Governor Johnson that they be supplied with food and transportation to the state line. . The governor offered them work instead, and they refused, frankly declaring they would accept no employment until they had completed the march to Washington. They drew a sharp rebuke from Johnson.

The governor first offered the three committeemen work, and when they declined he said: “For the men who want work I have the greatest sympathy, and I am willing to do everything I can to help them. For the men who won't work, which I understand is true with the Industrial Workers of the World, I have no sympathy. “You all have admitted that you have not been seeking work. You have refused the position which I offered you this very day. 1 herefore, you do not present an unemployed problem. Those are not the actions of unemployed men.” The governor recognized in James McCameron, one of the committee, a man who had begged from the governor twice in San Francisco. McCameron admitted to the governor that he had told him a falsehood to obtain money.