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Coxey Army Train Incident Ends With Federal Arrests
In April 1894 Montana unit of Coxey's Army seized a Northern Pacific freight train near Butte and pushed toward Livingston, meeting federal troops at Forsyth. The march ended with arrests by U S troops from Fort Keogh, while leaders Hogan Cunningham and others faced larceny and contempt charges, sentencing ranging from jail terms to acquittal for a Civil War veteran witness.
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Montana
Coxey
Fort Keogh
Forsyth Station
Butte
Jacob S. Coxey
Masillon
Washington
Grover Cleveland
Congress
William Hogan
Northern Pacific Railway
Hogan
Finn
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Richards
Helena
United States District Court
Knowles
United States
McDermott
Bozeman
Federal
Army
Marshal McDermott
Muir Tunnel
Bozeman Hill
Coxey Movement
Lieutenant Cunningham
Jess Leonard
Allen R. Joy
J. J. G. Burns
H. J. Miller
George Alderson
Livingston Post
Reed Point
Grey Cliff
West
Velda Kirkaldie
Robert Kirkaldie
Mr. Kirkaldie
Frige
Rucent
Emelia Mantey
Kirkaldie
Gillis
Leonard Dato
Anaconda
Healy
Billings
Charles Hardy
Forsyth
Great Falls
Pat Meany
Smith and Wiley
Olney
Cleveland
Cunningham
Philip Rogers
John Hackett
Michael Elliott
Rogers
Hacket
Thomas J. Mains