The evening world., 1894-05-01

that they had received permission to
march 10 the Capitol grounds. where
vidsai nett citize ersoAn "wS Sed sn' or as not 'n %e
will be permitted to speak, I cannot
say" he added, but you must be care.
full TO preserve the peace.
Then we will reform and march to
our new camp near by, which has been
provided. This demonstration will be
more powerful than force, than guns or
than bombs 1he ragged army at this
cheered wildly.
Little interest la h Army.
Meanwhile. down in the city. although
May day, the strcts wore their ordinary
appearance and there was nothing to
indicate that the city Of PROFESSIONS was
had ever tramped the bad asphalt of
Pennsylvania avenue. a little curious
interest was manifest In the parade, but
that, was all. 1t takes brass buttons and
Washington crowd and CoXey's disso-
nant pipers and drummers could not
cause even the ragrant negro population
to get downtown beforehand.
AT 1918 o'clock the army was ready and
out of the Brishtwood Driving Park
II started for town. AS the caravan
wound tbs. way down through the mile
stretch Of woods to the city, It was
the most fantastic array ever conceived
in a dream. Nine mounted policemen
rode on ahead, clearing the way. The,
suit, MOUNTED on his big gray Percheron
stallion, and waving a small flag.
Goddess of Pence in Line.
Next was a creamy white prancing
whole parade, Miss Mamie Coxey,- In
the role Of the Goddess of Peace: She
is a slender. really handsome girl Of
drifting down her back. She wore a
pure white riding habit, which streamed
after her as the tall horse on which she
had been perched p~ranced to the music
a little rimless blue cap, and she shad-
ed her face with a tiny parasol. Alto
gether, she was a picture OF such unusu-
al beauty that a spontaneous cheer
greeted the unexpected appearance all
along the lire.
The Goddess of Peace was followed
other big stallion. Then came Roy Kirk.
and three other marshals; Thatcher.
the bugler, rode next, emitting frequent
blasts from his eGrnet and fol-
carried by a stalwdrt Cominonweaier
Next the Commonweal army band of six
pieces, mostly bass drum and cymnals.
pounding determinedly In an attempt at
Marching Through Georgia.
The CoScy Family.
The banner. with a portrait OF Carl
Browne and the legend: He 10 risen.
but death to interest on ponds was
borne after a light buggy decorated
with flags, drawn by two black. horses,
Mrs. Coxey. a rather handsome woman
in a tan-colored tailor-made gown, shad-
ing with a parasol the whitc-robed in
FAINT. Legal Tender CoXey, aged two
years.
Then. marching two by two. came the
regular of the army. Before
Zach commune was a commissary wagon,
drawn, by two Percherons, the wagon
daubed on Its white canvas cover. with
weird allegorical illustrations OF the
Curse OF National Banks"
marsnals. Who gailoped alongside; the men
bore thei. white. peace flags. and sym;
bollc, financial banners. fearfully and
wonderfully made. were sprinkled along
Finally a long, weird shrek Of the
bagpipes heralded the Philadelphii
Commune. From the city of Brotherly
Her Identity was hidden She was an
other unknown"
An unknown" Goddess.
A heavy brown wagon horse selected
Tor his docility carried her. She was a
q eighteen, ddrapeedi in the Stars and
stripes NTH not rGu in art his,s ef f"rasn a s sli1
Her escort was the leader of the Phila-
%delphians, Christopher Columbus Jones,
beard. a shabby jacket and a RULED
ancient beaver hat.
Jones was perched high on the back OF
a cavorting coal-blacks stallion, to which
he chung desperately with terror imaged
in his face. Behind him was his secre-
tary. Clinton. also on a black horse. q
tall. slim man with another d~ilapidated
high hat, an American flag ard a bearing
which indicated that the destinies of the
nation rested on his shoulders. After
him was dragged a disreputable-looking
O sank P labelle a0S G'oxe yea Ths sixty x m Paiia.
d%elphians. dragging their cart. brought up
the rear. Most OF the men carried tin
cups or canteens strapped over their
Along the roadside through the woods
were group of uniformed veterans from
the Soldiers Home a mile d%istant
one Of them contained Congressman
sibley, Of Pennsylvania, himself a
Greenbacker like Coxey, with his fam
lily.
March on Country Roads.
The first mile Of the march lay up hill
and down dale along a pretty wooded
road, from whose sides knots OF curious
country people with n few arrivals from
the city watched the procession. From
Mount Pleasant to the Capitol Grounds
pie, three deep, drawn to the scene by
idle curiosity. About 400 Commonwealers
were in line.
At Intervals the crowd cheered the
Goddess of Peace. Coxey and the buck
skin-garbed Marshal Browne. Scatter
ed among the followers OF the army
were about a score of official represent
atives of labor organizations Of various
cities, and as many more detectives
from New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Chicago and other cities.
The men marched W abreast.
For a Goddcss's Comfort.
As they left camp some one cried out
that the Goddess Of Peace was unpro-
tected by the sun. and a bystander I'M
medlately secured a parasol for herr Or
the line of march a local sympathizer
rushed out of the crowd to present a
fan.
The increase of the crowd as the army
marched dow Fourteenth street and
lnin Aha hnSlnesa mart of town lntar.