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Show 36 The Industrial Armies began marching legislative measures from the federal govern ment to relieve their sad conditions of unemployment. Coxey led a group from Ohio, and from other parts of the United States several bands of unemployeds groups called "Industrial Armies. to Washington, IT D. C. to demand Washington. Some groups started from California; the one particular interest to Utah territory was the Industrial Army led by Charles H. Kelley of San Francisco. "Kelley' s Army" provided the Utah National Guard with its first performance of duty in its new role as protector moved towards which was of of the urban society. A problem developed on April 6, 1894, when Governor Caleb W. West apprised by Associated Press dispatches that the Industrial Army in California consisting of "1,200 organized men, without money, supplies, or means of subsistence, had been loaded into the freight cars of the Southern was Pacific Railroad" and were on their way to Utah. These men had been driven from Oakland, California to Sacramento and then further east by the govern mental authorities, police and militia of the California communities. They started their journey in 25 box cars, provided with straw on the floors and a few provisions, for the 800 mile trip to Utah. The trip over the Sierras was torturous, causing one death and much suffering from exposure, and when the train arrived, it had some cars with 50-60 men crowded into each car "like cattle'! and some cars with men standing on top. They provided a "pitiful" sight as the train, with these suffering men waving tiny American flags, 2 Governor West, afraid pulled into the Ogden Southern Pacific Railway yard. that this band of men might become unruly, began to take steps to protect the "citizens in their property and lives." The Governor earlier had stated that he intended to be prepared for "the danger which threatens us, and thereby The Mayor of Ogden, Charles M. Brough, and the to escape any violence. ,,3 Mayor of Salt Lake, Robert N. Baskin, agr-eed. Both Mayors began to make plans to meet the onslaught of unemployed wo rker s, The Mayor of Ogden called upon the Governor and Mayor Baskin for additional men for po li cl ng the mob and for 2,000 loaves of bread from Salt Lake City to help feed them. The 2Utah Executive Department Journals, Utah 1894-1895, Governor Caleb West, p, :390. Salt Lake Salt Lake Herald, p. 1; April 8, p. 8; April 9, p. 8. April 9, p. 8. Ogden Standard, April 7, 1894, p. 1; 3Salt 10, 1894, p. Lake 8. Tribune, April 8, 1894, p. 8. Territorial Records, Tribune, April 7, 1894, April 7, 1894, p. 1; April 10, p. 1. Salt Lake Herald, April |
