The record-union., 1894-05-02

and the army was aligned before 8
o'clock.
All the men carried slaves on whic b
futtered white flags with the motto:
peace on earth; good will to men, but
death TO interest on bonds"
The men had passed cold nigh t, the
most of them sleeping on the ground.
Before the start Carl Browne formed
the men into q hollow square and put
them through a most remarkable drill.
The slaves were handled like guns, and
when Browne shouted "Glory and Peace"
they cheered three times and waved the
sticks in the air.
The Philadelphia commune, sixty men
strong, stood on one side waiting to fall
into line. oklahoma Sam" galloped up
and down the line on stallion. The bass
drum doomed dismally and the bag pipes
emitted shrill scream.
After march twice around the grounds
the men were drawn up in line and more
cheers and drilling followed.
Browne harangued the men in his GUS
tomary street-fakir strain, telling them
they had received permission to march to
the Capitol grounds, where they must
disband and enter as individual citizens.
whether or not we will be permitted TO
speak cannot say" he added, ''but you
must be careful to preserve the peace.
Then we will reform and march to the
new camp near by. This demonstration
will be more powerful than force, than
guns or bombs" [The ragged aamy
cheered loudly.l
Browne went on: 1.-THE people said we
would not march mp Pennsylvania
avenue when We reached here. Yet the
police department informed Brother
Coxey yesterday that we could march.
Mr.. Crisp refused yesterday to allow us
to speak on the Capitol steps. We did
not see the Vice. President. We will 60
into the Capitol grounds as individuals.
They cannot prevent us doing that"
At 1O:l5 the Industrial Army was ready
and out of Brightwood Driving Park it
started for the city. AS the caravan
worked its way down the three-mile
stretch of woods to the city it was most
fantastic array.
Nine mounted police rode ahead. Then
came Carl Browne in a buckskin suit
mounted on big gray Percheron stall
ion and waving small flag.
Next was a creamy-white prancing cir
Gus steed, bearing Miss Mamie Coxey in
the role of the Goddess of Peace. She
wore a pure white riding habit. Her
head was covered by little rimless blue
cap and she shaded her face with tiny
parasol.
"Oklahoma Sam" followed on horse
back.
Next came the marshals, the bugler,
the flag bearer and band of six pieces,
playing Marching Through Georgia"
A banner with the pennant of Carl
Browne and the legend, death to inter-
est on bonds," was borne in light
buggy, decorated with flags, drawn by
two black horses, in which sat General
Coxey himself. beside Mrs. Coxey.
Then marching two by two came the
communes. Before the communes was a
committee wagon drawn by two Perch
erons. The wagon canvas was covered
with weird, allegorical illustration OF
1.-THE Curse of National Banks.''
The procession moved up B street to
the top of the hill, where the broad eX-
panse of avenue swept toward the east
front of the Capitol. Mounted policemen
were stretched from curb to curb and
made ingress toward the Capitol impos-
Sible. a squad of police in front of the
army went straight ahead. 1t was ruse
to carry the procession past the Capitol.
Half block UP b street Browne halted
the column and dismounted. He turned
over his horse to an attendant, then he
went to Coxey's carriage and spoke to the
General.
Coxey kissed his wife, sprang from the
carriage and made his way toward the
entrance of the Capitol, and Browne fol-
lowed, bearing banner. The rank and
fle of the army STOOD in the street. The
officers stopped the crowd after Coxey
and Browne. b street was impossible.
Coxey sprang to the stone pavement at
the east end of the Capitol grounds, and
with bound was inside the fence amid a
tangle of shrubbery. Browne followed.
The first officer tied his horse to the
fence, climbed the fence at a bound and
darted into the shrubbery. The other
officers followed.
Small trees, bushes and flower beds
went down before the sweep of the horse
men and the yelling crowd which fol-
lowed.
Coxey and Browne lodged through the
bushes to the open area at the east front.
There was crash when the fugitives,
officers and mob from the streets met a
wall of officers and people in the open.
The people shouted, and Coxey and
Browne were lost for the moment.
The policemen Stemmed the rush after a
minute, one officer using his baton freely.
Coxey slipped unobserved through the
struggling mass and bounded up the east
front entrance to the Capitol. He was up
to the tenth step before he was recog-
nized. Then the officers closed in above
him.
The great crowd recognized him and
shout went up from every corner. Coxey
turned to the crowd and raised his hat.
He was pale. Captain Garden of the Cap
itol police stepped to the side of him, and
the other arm. Officers formed solidly
about him.
The crowd below was kept back by the
menacing clubs.
'What do you want here?" asked Cap
tain Garden.
II wish to make an address, replied
Coxey.
His voice showed intense emotion.
stBut you cannot do that"
s'Phen can / read a protest?n asked
Coxey.
He drew from his pockets type-writ-
ten manuscript and began to unfold it.
Captain Garden took Coxey by the lett
arm and Lieutenant Kelly by the right.
They moved down the steps, solid ranks
of officers following. At the first step the
great crowd greeted Coxey and the Off
GERS with shouts. Again the mounted
police charged, and it looked as if there
would be trouble. But little knot Of
officers pressed forward with Coxey in
the center, fianked by mounted officers,
and Coxey made his exit from the Capt.
tol entrance. He tossed a type written
protest to the group of newspaper men,
saying: THAT is for the press"
There were no formal arrests. Coxey
turned toward the army, which still
stood on b street.
As Browne broke through the foliage
half dozen mounted police charged
after him. When he reached the foot of
the Capitol steps there was an exciting
dialogue between him and the police.
The policemen threw themselves upon
Browne, grabbed his flag of peace.
smashed the staff, seized Browne by the
shoulders ahd thrust him through the
crowd several hundred feet to the side
walk.
Clubs descended upon the mems shoul-
ders. but whether Browne was hit could
through the crowd, he trying to shelter
his bead, shouting. Il am an American
:.s.or,. / stand on my constitutional