National Republican., 1878-09-18
COHEN IN 4 CELL.
HE Demonstration Ends In the Sta.
tion-House.
waiting Upon Public OniciaIs-A Rather
Cool Reception at the District Build
inss-Hc Is Arrested on the Charge
Of Disordcriy Conduct-Meet-
ing at the Capitol Last
Night - mia Talk.
Cohen's Demonstration and Arrest.

At Cohen's meeting, at the east front Of the
Capitol, Monday night, a committee of one
hundred was appointed to wait upon officials
Of the Federal and District Governments. This
committee, ofwhom most were colored, marched
about the city yesterday, headed by Isaac
Cohen and bearing number Of ftransparcncics
The- visited several public offices, and Cohen
and few of the leaders had talks with the
officials. A squad Of police, some mounted nc.
| companied the committee on its travels. There
was no disorder.
AT THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
Shortly after elcvel O'Clock Cohen and his
| followers drew up In line in front of the
Columbia building.
A delegation passed up stairs to the COM
| missionor's room, where Mr.. Dent and Major
| Twinng were engaged in attending to their
official duties. Cohen led of by handing Mr..
| Dent paper, In which the demand was made
for the expenditure Of the appropriations
made by Congress- and fixing the price of o
days labor at Sl.5O per man.
Mr.. Dent answered that work was given out
In accordance with the law, and the District
| had nothing TO do with contract labor. The
men the District employed were paid 81 25 per
! day, which went further among families In
| providing work than If the additional twenty
| Ave cents per man was givCr.
! Cohen then branched out into a speech about
the Commissioners being the servants Of the
people aud their duty to follow their wishes
| Ito was speeding along quite lively, when Mr.
Dent sharply said they did not want a contro.
vctsy and 1t was useless to expond words in
| further talk.
One OF the crowd muttcred sufficiently loud
to hear that IL others could not bo paid well
the yfound no trouble In giving their attorney
good pay.
| Failing 10 got much satisfaction they started
| to depart, but before going handed out another
| paper, in which there was charges that the
Commissioners were hypocrites aud officially
| corrupt.
Major Twning returned tho paper to Cohen
remarking that they Il ID no use for Il there.
! Finally they withdrew and went up Penn
syyania avenue. About three o'clock ycster-
day afternoon the Commissioners together
with the attorney for the District and United
States District Attorney, held lengthy con-
sultatiOn for the purpose Of taking prompt aud
decisive measures to check the threatening
demonstrations made, stop the inccndiary Ian.
guage used at these meetings, aud sec that
order is preserved In the city. What action
| will Ge taken Is not yet known. IL decided upon.
AT THE DEPARTMENTS.
After leaving the Columbia buildings
| Cohen marched his mCu to the Agricultural
Department, but were not received very cor
daily. Commissioner Lc Due was asked TO
sigma series of resolutions, but refused, and
the delegation moved away aud bOIc down
| upon the Treasury Department.
The resolutions fixing Sl.j0 per day rs the
wages Of n lahOrer were presented TO Sccre-
tary sherman, who said that there was no one
in the c0uutry more iu favor Of paying good
wagcs for an hOuest days work than he was
Architect Ill! was called into the interview.
and stated that the aborers employed by the
Government received from $50 TO g per day.
| After leaving the Treasury Department the
delegation marched to the Patent-Otlice build
ing. but Secretary Sehura, beiug busy, could
not receive them. The committee then
marched to the Capitol AID campod for awhile
on tie east pcrticO. Soon afterward they dis.
perEtd.
Daring the movements OF the committ,e
sixteen men who were working for Mr..
stephen Tally, breaking stone at the corner OF
Second and VI streets, quit work aud joined
them.
COHEN IN TIE sTA-IOH.HoUsE
Cohen proposed to address a mas meeting at
the Capito! last evening at eight o'clock, but
about five o'clock in the afternoon hO was ar.
rested by Detectives McEllrcsh aud Miller on
u warrant charging him with disorlerly cou.
duct in the Agricultural building The war.
rant was sworn out by Special Officer H. IL
Cook, who Is on duty at the Agricultural Dc
partlncnt. Tho prisoner was found at hous,
on New Jersey avenue, between Eand strecii
north hwest, aud submitted to the arrest without
a word of objection. There were large mum
! bCr 0; his followers about the house at the tim
Of the arrest, and about Gltcen of them in tn.
room with C0iGn. One CJ!orGd man exhibited
q disposition - resist tho arrest, but CUhcl
told him TO keep quiet He also tod the Grove
r that he would meet them at the Capitol u
eight O'Clock. Ho WIS taken to Police Head
quarters and locked up, but later iu the even
ing lie was transferred TO the Fifth Precinc
, Station and chewed the cud Of reflection in OIL
, OF the cells.
, His case will come up before Judge Smell to
4 day in the Police Court. Cohen stated las
, evening that his object in paradug the street
I yesterday was to cause a general strike amOn
. the lahOrerS of the District for hi shcr wages
;. THE MEETING At THE CAPITOL
t last evening was attcnlsd by about 50Opersoa,
the majority Of whom were colOred. Addresse
were made by several men, but tho specche
were Of the mildest character and no alusiuu
| were made TO the action of the authorities .
o detail Of thirty.iyc men was held in reserve Il
headquarters until \ late hour last evening, i
y order to be on hand If needed
u At tho meeting at the east front of the Capi
Z tOl Monday night Cohen stated that lie lIl
Il 1000 men enrolled. Those present all took
p solemn affirmation, with hands uplaiset nc
a to work for less than 81 80 per day.
The Leesburg Fnir.
. The L1udUun County Agricultural Societ
!. have made extensive arrangements for one
@ the largest exhibitions ever given in LOudou
u County The officers laye been untiring /