Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-03

the struggling mass, and before any one
knew il was bounding up the cast front
entrance 10 the Capitol. He was up TO
the tenth step before he was recognized.
Then the officers closed in about Him,
and his further passage was barred The
great crowd now recognized him, and
Shout went up from every corner vi the
vast assembiage.
CoXEY pEATHLY PALE.
Coxey turned to the crowd and raised +.
his hat. He was deathly pale. Captain +
Garden, Of the Capitol police, Stepped (
TO one side Of him, and Lieutenant I
Kelley, of the city police, was .! his I
other arm. The other officers formed /
selidly about about him. The crowd /
below was kept back by menacin- clubs. /
"What do YOU want 10 do lercs" |
asked Captain Garden.
~ wish to make an address re-
spondcd General Co&ey, his voice show
ing intense emotion.
"But you cannot do that" said Cap
tain Garden, quietly but firmly.
"Ihen can l read protest." asked
Coxey.
There was moments hesitation. He
drew from his pocket u typcwrittan
manuscript and began to unfold it.
There was a movement among the Off
GERS. Captain Garden quietly took
CoXey by the left arm and Lieutenant
Kelley took him by the right They
moved down the steps, the solid rank
Of officers following CoXey was thus
impellea downward and forward. lie
was not pulled or put under arrest, but
firmly pushed away.
At the foot OF the steps tie great
| crowd greeted Coxey and the officers
with a storm OF shouts. Again tile
mounted officers charged; the crowd
surged and for u time it looked as
though there would be trouble But the
little knot of officers pressed forward
with Goxey in their centre. They were
| flanked by the mounted officers. Thus
| Coxey made his exit from the Capitol
entrance and the east front AS he
moved away he tossed the typewriiten
protest TO Il group Of newspaper men
and said; "That is Tor the press.
There was no formal arrest of Coxey.
The officers merely moved him away
from the centre Of conflict. They were
satisfied in having prevented the use OF
the Capitol FOR Cuxey's speech and its
attendant demonstration. When the
open area had been cleared General
COXey was given unrestrained liberty.
He turned toward his army, which still
stood on i street.
BROWNE WAS A SHINING MAGK.
Carl Browne was shining marx for
the policemen on account Of lis con-
spicuUus costume, and from the same
reason the most aggressive and tuiaaltu-
ons portion Of the crowd followed him.
As he broke through the foliage If the
lawn half dozen mounted police
charged after him across the grounds,
escaping by miracle from running
down any Of the people, who scattered
right and left before them. When Browne
reached the foot Of the Capitol steps
there was hurried and exciting dia-
logue between him and the police, which
could not be heard through the lIproar.
The two policemen threw themselves ON
Browne, grabbed his flag of peace and
smashed the staff, seized Browne by the
shoulder and thrust him through the
crowd several hundred feet to the side.
walk. Clubs were seen descending upon
mems shoulders in the group, hut
whether Browne was hit could not be
seen.
As thetwo officers rushed him through
,, the crowd he was seen trying to shelter
his head as though he expected blows
', and he could be heard shouting 81 an
an American citizen; stand on my
constitutional rights"
Despite his constitutional rights TIT
dramatic marshal was dragged 10 tn,
police station.
When the police had escorted Coxel
! to his carriage he clambered into TIN
vehicle, where his wife sat, with "Lega
Tender" in her lap, and as he stooc
there a loud cheer was sent up from tn,
surrounding crowd. Then the police
men seemed to lose their heads and fall
ing upon the luckless colorcd men an,
T women nearest dubbed them Justify.
! THE BASS DRUMMER TO THE RESCUE.
|, For moment the army, which, Will
Il all this was going on, had been waitin
- on b street, not knowing what to d.
seemed leaderless and in confusion
although the men had not broken rank
in all the tumult. The honor teIl to til
n humble bass drummer OF rcscuing
: from confusion, for he started rhytt
ia mic and regular "boom" upon the il
n strument, and the Wealers fell into ste
oil and with Coxey bowling TO the right an
st left amid wild cheers, the cohorts turne
down Second street TO the south an
Is started the march to the new camp,
IN the malarious region by .hc James cree
II canal, in the extreme southern part
et the city, near the Potomac river and Il
IL Eastern branch.
II. A squad Of 20 police, under Liei
tenant Amiss, meantime had rnarchC
A over 20 the army and lined up TO pr
sarye pr1ar as II lnnnrtnl Fra,
4 haired man, with G.. A. X. button {
n. his coat, climbed the steps Of an adj
Ut cent house and began a harangue ups
he the rights of American citizens, whiC
n drew a fraction Of the crowd about hill
sc THE ARMY FOLLOWED BY HUNDREDS
". The army, as it marched down Secol
"a, street, was followed by hundreds
ea poorly-drcsSed men and women, wi
~ cheered it all the way without into
iot mission and shouted loudly for Cox
a and Browne.
lis General Coxey talked to an Assoc
Gu ated Press reporter when he reached /
nc new camp. II was careful to walk
70 the sidewalk and trespass upon no loo
W, regulations when | went up to t
ne steps, he said. "This is the beginning
hg the,movement, that is all. The peoT
ay are with us, the common people. Lo
OF at the thousands who cheered our eau
l.tc to-day. We will remain right here: otl
e. bands Of unemployed will join
": Congress will see the will Of the peol
III and will pass our bills"
:, "Marshap Browne and Citizen Jon
US who was arrested with him, VI,
OK. marched off to the police station a
Tue locked IN in adjacent cells