Show KELLYS PECK OF TROUBLE Sovereign and Debs Appeal for Aid for Him Des Moines May 7 Kellys army will resume work on the fleet today I is said the army will move some time I tomorrow Professor King who has been giving exhibitions here will lead I the flotilla on an aquatic bicycle Up to this evening 118 of the 150 I barges had been completed Kelly has been compelled to draw nearly 500 from I his army chest t help pay for lumber The provisions have been falling low and today an appeal for help was sent out signed by J R Sovereign general master workman of the Knights of Labor Eugene Debs president of the state federation of labor and others The appeal is for organized labor allover I over the country to help Kellys army I says Kellys army is largely composed of members of organized labor They are engaged in a crusade calculated to benefit ben-efit labor in various ways and especially epecialy in an educational way The army is sadly in need of material support Every effort is being put forth by a combina I tion of corporations to impede the course of its march and if possible to annihi late the army as a body of unemployed workmen Without committing itself to any particular theory or legislative policy now is certainly one of the times when organized labor can further its cause cuse and the interests of labor in general by gneral doing a simple act of charity We therefore appeal to you in this emergency emer-gency t cntribute something toward helping Kelly feed his men We trust i every trades or labor organization in the country will contribute 1 each and that all organized labor will do its full work Remit to J R Sovereign master workman K of L Des Moines Iowa |