Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 3 | Unemployed Refuse Work When Offered

UNEMPLOYED REFUSE WORK IIH OFFERED "General" Kelly's Army at Sacramento; Militia Ready to Answer Riot Call. SACRAMENTO, Cal., March Sacramento Sacra-mento wrestled all day with the unemployed unem-ployed problom precipitated by the arrival ar-rival here of "General-" Kelly's army, on its way to Washington tonight. No solution had bet-, reached, but a company com-pany of the state militia had been or-derod or-derod out by Adjutant General Forbes to guard tho state arsenal, where a large quantity of arms and ammunition is stored, and to bo in readiness to answer an-swer a riot call. Companies at Orovillo, Stockton, Chico and Woodland wero notified to hold themselves in readiness for similar service. More than 300 recruits ;joinod the arni3 which now is dividod into two rival ri-val factions of almost equal strength, ono obeying tho orders of "General" Kelly and tho othor composed of so-ccders. so-ccders. Nearly 1500 men aro listed in the two camps. Leaders of tho men called at tho executive ex-ecutive offices today and demanded of Govornor Johnson that they be supplied sup-plied 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 tho march to Washington. No decision could be reached by city and county officials as to what disposition dispo-sition to make of "the army. Ono of the questions debated throughout tho day was whether or not to ship it back to San Francisco, whonco it had started. There wero no disturbances at the rival ri-val camps, although emissaries of the secodors added to the bitter feeling by inducing a number of " General " Kelly's Kel-ly's followers to desert. NEW YORK, March 7. The hearing in the cases of tho men in the army or tho unemployed who, undor tho loader-ship loader-ship of Frank Tannonbaum of the Industrial In-dustrial "Workers of the World, were arrested after invading St. Alphonsus' Catholic church, was continued today in tho chief magistrate's court. The ringleaders of the invasion are to be picked out for trial and the others oth-ers released,