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Show - The Army Arrives, Tho industrial army arriu'd here yesterday afternoon, about ,".00 strong. The place of location is on the stutmond on the creek bottoms, in tho upper pari uf town, about L'CHl yaulo from theU.P. track. The men are very orderly so far, .mil show no disposition lobe nthomiso. They claim not to be ot tho holm kind, as icpreseutetl by soma persons, but my they are willing to work if they can only get it, repudiate tho report that work has been ottered them at $1.60 per day. Thvre aro quite n number of them who aro discouraged, ami without doubt will leave the army hefoia many ditys imlem the army is picked up by tlio railroad. Their intention is to leue brio on Friday Fri-day morningaud make their way toward l'rovo. The arrangements to leccive them was not quite as good as might have I wen, but this was no fault of our oily uliicers. The oillcurs of Salt Lake County having promised to telephone to Mayor Elling-son Elling-son as soon as the army left that county but they did not do so, and the ntmy was Is town boforo it was looked for. The Mayor thought it wi6o to close the saloon early in the evening, n lilcli was done, thereby molding any troubh from that rource. Provisions and fuel wore gathered up to ma'ke them comfortable as tho clrcnuietancns would allow. limit mi |