The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-21
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MISUNDERSTANDING LABOR.
OILERS ALARMING THE INHABITAyTs
or WdsBIvGTON CITY
workinnmcn Urued 10 strike, but NO Work.
inRmen Deceived by their self Elected Coun-
seIior-soIdIers their Way to the Capital.

workinnmcn U-ued 10 strike, but NO Work.
ingmen Deceived by their self. Elected Coun-
seiior-soldiers on their Way TO the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20.-Some sensational
headlines and few sensational quotations
from Cohen. since denied hy him, which ap-
peared In morning newspaper. have kept the
city In gentle tremor of excitement No other
reason has existed. The streets have been as
quiet all day as the streets Of Washington
always are in September. In one corner Of the
city. from a mile TO mile and n half from
the business part and relatively much fur
ther. few negro strollers have marched
along in disorganzed procession. which has
had little notice. made no converts and done
no harm. Tho only possible sign Of anything
remotely like coming danger is in the fact
that Cohen's strollers nre somewhat more nu.
mcrous to-day than yesterday. and ended by
being rather more intoxicated. Cohen IL man
with n turn for sashes and professions. and
carries that extremely inconvenient weapon for
riotcr. sword. He has from some unknown
source money enough TO hire drum and fife.
and lives without doing any work. SO far the
man has had no following except from few va
grant negroes. and has shown no talent for
organizing his men. His first step toward
active operations in the field was an attempt
to organize q camp last night. As the even
Ing wore ulOnR. however, MS mon iOun0 IL
extremely stupid to sleep on the ground
with nothing to eat and separated. They met
this morning at Cohen's house and fell into
some rugged order. The transparencics. which
hnve been out any time for year past, were
there. Cohen was there, with an imposing
sash also negro marshal, on horseback with
another sash. and gang Of marshals on foot
ragged. pretty we'll fed. most Of them. with big
sticks. but apparently not otherwise armed.
The avowed expectation Of the procession
was. to lead men 70 stop, working at
most nfammaiory remarks on the trans
parcncies expressed ths--nothinR more.
Tho processi2n' such as Il was. strag,
street with its drum. barely doubling in num-
hers us II advanced: went down Four-and-a-
half street To the Arsenal. whose gates were
hurricdly closed and 80 back to its stnrting
point Not man nj work left his work. There
was not n blow struck and no disorder beyond
that which any crowd makes but which the police
such uneasiness as there has been comes from
III" foeling that such n throng may pass to some
no crowd to-day which twenty policemen could
not have cleared at a word. \ company OF sol-
diers reach hero to -night-a timely but not ap-
parently a needed pre,aution.
might Cohen held n meeting at the City
Hall. He described their work of yesterday and
this morning. and declared that they would
fight It out until the merchants and contractors
saw the necessity OF yielding TO their demands
of paying the workingmen 81 80 per day. He
ridlculcd the closing of the Navy Yard gates
whilc he was marching this morning. and tho
idea that he was going to rob and steal though
he admitted that he could not be responsible for
any disturbance that might occur IL they were
not relieved by the Government. He said to
make this strike successful he needed $500 and
two bands. Several voices cried. You would
Dc the next man out OF town" No trouble 10
apprehended from him by the police. To-mor-
tion OF this city and Georgetown. What next.
he does not know.