The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-23
TEN THOUSAND MEN,
All Worklngmop, Will Hold n Con-
ventlon In Washington.
ACTION AGAINST THE WILSON BILL
VIII DC Tnltcn-rho WoriEinGmen'S
Protective Tariff League VIII March
In IA Monster Procession to the Capt..
tol and Present Their Petition 10
tho SonatG-'IhcsG Men 1.-Two No
sympathy With C0Ncy's Crank
Movcmcnt-Ihc Arrangements.

Tho Philadelphia Pres suys that ten
thousand delegates, it Is expected, will
take part IN the monster convention OF
woritngmcn to DO held in Washington
OH April 0 10 protest against tho passage
Of the Wilson bill.
The convention, which will be COM
posed exclusively OF workingmen, will
DO held under the auspices OF tho Work.
inglnen's Protective Tariff League, as
sisted by tho Workingmen's Protective
Tariff Association, OF Germantown.
Circulers setting forth the purposes OF
the convention have been prepared, and
tho work OF sending them out was be.
gun yesterday. when GOO wero mailed
10 persons Interested in tho movement.
Delegates, it is expected, will DO pros.
ent from all parts Of tho country, in.
GLIDING Il large representation from
New York, New Jersey and Ohio.
The circular sets out that ut tho meet-
ing OF the convention on April 6, n
series Of resolutions and n memorial to
the senate protesting against the pas
sage OF tho Wilson bill will be- offered,
On tho following day it is purposed
that the members of tho convention
proceed in n body to the capitol. and
that tho resolution and memorial be
presented to the senate. Tho fund nee
essNry to meet tho expenses OF the
undertaking will be raised by voluntary
contributions.
4 Press reporter yesterday asked n
number OF workingmeu who will partica.
pate in the convention; whether the;
had any - sympathy with the wild
schemes OF the industrial Army"
whose Recruiting sergeant" NJ. J.
Lynne, Is now in this city c~ndeavering
TO extend the organization mon the
unemployed here. al replied that they
had no sympathy whatever with the So
called army. j. S. Coxcy. one of the
talkicst preachers OF the cranks' crusade,
is quoted rs saying in Massillon, O., that
he had 4 letter assuring him that 10000
people would 20 from this city to Wash
lngton to join his motley crew. None
OF the worHinsmer in k~cnsinyton who
were spoken to on tho subject believed
that the assurance which Coxey said he
had was correct, and none of them
knew OF anybody that wa going to Join
his mob.
\ leading officer OF the Working.
mems Iariu League, who asked that his
name might BIO withheld, said: 1--WE
have no sympathy whatever with Byrne
or Coxey or tine alleged army. Our as
ISOLATION is composed OF w~orkingmen,
and what We propose to DO is 10 take a
few thousand members OF the league
from all Parts OF the country, including
New York, Ohio. New Jersey and sur
rounding states, TO protest against the
passage OF the Wilson bill. That is our
sole object. Our society is composed OF
both Democrats and Republicans, and
is not n party organization. We don't
care what party our members belong 10.
so long us they are against the Wilson
bill.
"1ts enough to make n mans blood
boil to see the suffering which has al
ready come to the workingmen OF this
district. Respectable women, the wives
OF men who have been thrown out OF
WIN, hAc carrying satClcIs Will Ouu9
and ends to sell, from house to house.
and begging people to buy. so they may
earn enough to keep their families in
food.
Personally, I have not had time to
follow tho movements OF Coxoy or the
pretended army, for l have been too
busy with our own work in getting
ready for the mass meeting in Wash
ington. l have read OF Byrno and tho
industrial army in the Pres, and the
movement seems to me to be 4 wild one,
and you can say that our people have
no utilization with it whatever. The
league is going to Washington to hold a
peaceful convention, and the procession
which will march down Pennsylvania
avenue will be an orderly one. Our
president announced last Thursday
night that the so.called industrial army
movement has nothing to do with ours.
We will organize on Friday, April G,
and visit the scnate in q body the next
day. We wan to persuade tho sena-
tors not to destroy the industries that
sustain U.s."