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Show jCOXEY IS ABSENT ! From Washington and All Is Quiet There. KELLY IN A BAD BOAT. Grim Starvation Stares Him in the Face Governor Jackson Endeavors to Secure Se-cure a Train, Bat so far Entirely Without With-out Any Success Whatever. Washington, May 3. General Coxey was conspicuous by his absence from the camp of the army of the commonweal during the greater portion of the day. He remained at his quarters quar-ters at the National hotel for the purpose, mainly, of attending to matters incident to the proposed removal of the army's camping ground to a more healthy portion of the city. Which ever site is finally decided upon, the Coxeyites will retain their p-eeent location as a speaking ground, I where the leaders can address their hearers every night. "We have 525 men in our camp today." to-day." said Marshal Browne. ''We have weeded out all the bad element. Things are getting along very smoothly and there has been no trouble of any kind." IN a Very bad boat. Des Moines, Iowa, May 3. Kelly's irmy is in desperate straights. Starvation Starva-tion stares the men in the face and the demonstration of the laboring people as a last resort was not a success. Only one hundred men marched to the state house. General Weaver led them. He told Governor Jackson that his delegation wanted to know if there was any power in the executive to secure a train. He said not a laboring man in Des Moines would (countenance the violation ci law, but all were anxious to prevent the diBbandment in Dcs Moines of the suffering Industrial army. Vice President Van Horn of the Trades and Labor assembly, said the labor organisations feared the disband-ment disband-ment of the army here and asked that the men be hurried out ot che state. The governor said: "The trunk lines have refused to cairy the men for less than full fare. I will lay this matter before the executive council. The only hope is to secure sufficient funds to carry these men to the Mississippi river. If Kelly will take a boat, I have hopes that we will be able to get them out of the state." Governor Jackson will try to secure funds to pay for transportation over Des Moines and Kansas City and Keokuk Keo-kuk and Eastern railroads to the river and thence by boat to Ohio. The committee requested Kelly to consent to such a plan, and he will probably accept. Kelly agreed to accept transportation transporta-tion to the Mississippi with a view of going down that stream and up the Ohio. Henry Browne, of the army supposed to be insane, cut his throat today. He will recover. Governor Jackson spent the day in endeavoring to secure a train to the Mississippi river with a view to following follow-ing his scheme, but tonight had little hope of sua 638. |