Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
TO RECEIVE coxEY.

Preparations at Washington to Welcome
the C0mmonWeal Army with Heavy Oak
BaeOns In the Hands OF Regular and
Special Police. with the militia and
Francis Train Says 1.-THE Revolution Il
CominE-A Roast for tho Capital City.
WASHINGTON. April 37.-The chief OF
police took measures yesterday to min
imize the likelihood of danger from
the Coxey invasion. Squads OF police
men in uniform were stationed at the
railroad stations with instructions to
make any large incoming bodies OF men
give an account of themselves OH
GERS have been armed with extra
heavy oak batons, riot drills OF the
police force are taking place, and
mounted policemen have been de-
tailed for duty in the suburbs where
the Coxey forces are expected to en-
ter. With all the federal troops and
the district militia to support them,
the police are confident that they are
capable to meet any emergency, but as
a precautionary measure, special po-
licemen have been enrolled. and it is
expected that 900 of them will be
sworn in and placed on duty Monday,
when CoXey's proposed entrance to
Washington is expected.
E. A. Redstone, Coxey's local agent,
SAID that several companies of men
would be organized here to-day and
sent to join the Commonweal at
Rockville or Gaithersburg, and that
the recruiting would be kept up indus
triously until the army of peace en-
tered Washington.
The officers will guard all roads lead
ing to the city Sunday.
George Francis Train arrived in the
city yesterday, and lectured at Meter
rot hall on Psychic Force" last even
Ing. In an interview he said: II tell
you the revolution is coming. 1t will
be the greatest thing this world has
ever seen. 1t will sweep everything be-
fore it. And the idea of trying to stop
these people when they want to come
to Washington! 1 tell you Washing
ton is the worst city in the world.
There are more gambling houses,
houses of ill-repute. and everything
that is evil in this city than anywhere
else. And they talk about turning
these American citizens out of the cap
itol. And then how did they surren
der when Allen and the others intro
duced resolutions into congress-:
Why, it is absurd. A truth suppressed
is the greatest kind of lie. l tel
these people to come here and sit down
in the streets. And all the talk of an
army to stop them is rank nonsense.
The Law Forbidding Parades Though the
Capitol Grounds.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-An incident
occurred yesterday afternoon that
called the public attention to the law
forbidding parades through the CAPT
toll grounds. The Odd Fellows of the
district yesterday celebrated their sew
enty-fifth anniversary with a parade
and a reception hop last night at Con-
vention hall. After the parade one di-
vision from southeast Washington, con-
:sisting of large decorated wagon ap-
propriately bearing devices indicating
the lodge and its creation, and num-
Der of horsemen led by a marshal,
started to pass through the capitol
grounds on their way. The men were
promptly stopped by the capitol police
who told them the passage of such a
procession through the grounds was
in violation of law. The wagon was
turned about and the men promptly,
and without a word of objection, left
the grounds