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Show SAW THE ARMY OF THE UNEMPLOYED AT SAN FRANCISCO Sigmund Kohn, of Ogden, who has just returned from California, witnessed wit-nessed the movement of tho army of unemployed men which has been causing considerable apprehension among the people of several oltlcs. Mr. and Mrs. Kohn were in San Francisco at the time "Kelly's" army marched through tho downtown district dis-trict of that city and In sponklng of tho occurrence, Mr. Kohn said: "The procession was over a mile long, the men moving along jn solid ranks with an average of one American to nbout 60 foreigners, all ragged and apparently In a destltulo condition. It was surely a strange nnd terrible sight." After leaving San Francisco, ht said that at ovcry station between there and Sacramento, squada of officers of-ficers wero wnltlng for tho rabble to arrive, so that they would be able to handle them without permitting lawlessness. According to Mr. Kohn the men were very persistent In their desire to continue the journey eabt-uard. eabt-uard. They wero offered work, h said, by the railroad companies and by the Standard Oil company, but they did not want to work, but demanded de-manded that they be given food and transportation. Their demands were followed up with violence when a refusal re-fusal was met with and Mr. Kohn witnessed wit-nessed several of their lawless acts. The officers along the route separated separa-ted the army into several divisions,, thinking to handle them with less difficulty, dif-ficulty, but the men would wait for each other at the stations. |