The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
COXEY'S ARMY OF PEACE.
ARRANGEMENTS DE1Na MADE
at Washington and Other Points For It's
Reception.

The local agent Of the army Of the no
employed" which is gathering fer a march
on Washington got introduced into the
house the two bills for whose passage the
army" Is to petition congress whe II
reaches Washington. The first bill wa for
the issue Of $500, 900. 900 OF treasury notes TO
be expended in road improvement and the
second was to provide for a non-interest-
bearing bond. treasury notes which are TO
be issued 10 any siate, county or munci-
paliiy upon Application to the amount OF
ne.hali the assessed value OF public and
private property in such state or county
The bills were introduced by Repres nt-
alive Willis Sweat. nf Idaho, who seeing
tbat they were "cfank' documents, marked
them by request and presented them
without any thnnrht Of their connec ION
with the gathering of uneml yed workirg-
men. Later hi. attention was called 4, he
fact that A. i. Red.,one, at whose rec lest
the bills were introduced, was the zeal
agent Of the CoNcy army, which IL gatner-
ing vt Massillon, o., aud the Frye army.
which is mAssilg at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr..
Sweat at once had the bulls Withdrawn.
Redstone. who is practically the orieina-
tor OF the Idle army movements the editor
ola small nationalist paper at Washington,
"Ine Iocsin.' In speaking OF the move
nent Redstone said: The preparations
fo' receiving the army are going forward
niCely, | have spoken to Senator Stevart OF
Nevada about getting the use OF his tract of
land at Chevy thase Tor them to camp on
and he says he has no objection II the pe y
lie already living there have none. There
Will also be an an escort to go out from
Washington to meet the travellers. IL will
be composed OF workingmen aud others
and We count on 10000.
MAssiLios. o.-The chiefs Of the Coxey
armv addressed the populace a,
Bu7zard $ Glory, rural town
three miles from here. In the
Ciiy peace prevails IN spite OF the alleged
storii ede into MasHllon The Oklahoma
country Is still the solitary place of recruit
Tor the army of lOD 100 Mayor Reed
said that he anticipated no disturbance.
HoMTsrFAr. PA.-ihe Coxey army has
made all the preliminary arrangements To
go into camp Tor night at Whitehall. near
this place. IL ~ alleged that a company Of
2ju men from Homestead and Muuhall have
orpanilrd and will JON the CoSey crowd
at Whitehall. Members Of the company
say that another battiliun has been formed
nt Braddock and still another at Wilmer
ding. he great majority Of the Home
stead and Munhall recruits are unemployed
men.
CANTON. O.-The approach of the date
wien tie army OF peace Of j. ). Coxey, OF
Masslllon, Will begin its march overland 10
Washington, is causing great unea.iness in
Stark county especially among the farmer
community, The county is being overrun
With tramps who have been committing
deprodd,ions of various characters. They
claim 10 be unemployed arriving here with
the honorable intention of joining Coxey's
great army ofunempoyed, IL is the gen
eral impression unless the municipal auth
orlties interfere with the mobilization that
serious, II not disastrous. results will fol-
low. There is a movement on foot here to
have Mayor Cassidy prevent the proposed
march Though Canton.