The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-05-23
PETERIN' OUT.
The Coxey Armies Are DwindIing
and Enthusiasm Seems To
Be Waning.
They will Not Work, and Their En-
thusiastic Sympathisers Send
No More Bread,
DYING A NATURAL DEATH.

The Coxey movement is apparently
petering out.
Interest in the commonweal, now that
the personality OF the most OF the men is
known to be ON the tramp order has
waned and the fact that the Coxeyites
who went in Washington have been
kicked out has made the public wonder
why it thought there was anything In
the movement anyhow.
Washington became tired of the COM
monweal and last week the army moved
TO Hyattsville, on order of the author
tiles. Hyattsville also arose in wrath
and the men were forced to make another
move. Now they are in Bladensburg,
Nd, where Coxey says they will stay
until Congress does something. They
will find it rather uncomfortable living
out doors next winter.
There is no question that the people
of the District have reason to be soured
upon the Coxeyites. They came with
great clamor. They wanted work, but
apparently with the Irishman's proviso,
"dom little of it," They were offered
employment, one man alone being able
to use 500 men in clearing a piece of
timber land on his farm. He would give
them respectable wages but the common
wealers were out solely for the purpose
of posing as freaks and didn't care to en-
gage in anything likely to start perspira-
ton. And there they are in Bladensburg.
The people kick and wonder when in
heavens name they'll move.
Randall Chicago band is plugging
along in Indiana, having as usual thing,
a rather rocky time. Gen" Sullivan
still keeps his rebellious companies and
marches right along in the wake of
Seen" Randall. Another general was
created Monday, when, at Goshen,
George Coleman led Is dissatisfied COM
monwealers out OF the ranks and set up
the standard OF another ''army." If this
sort OF thing keeps up the Randall army
when it strikes Washington July will
have 400 generals and not a dodgasted
private.
William Hogan, leader OF the Montana
Coxeyites will keep off the capitol grass
for some time to come. He has been
sent to Jail from Helena for six months
for the slight matter of stealing a
Northern Pacific train. Several of his
companions will agitate for good roads
behind the bars for 60 days. The rank
and file was told not to do it again.
Kelly's flat boats have been going
smoothly down the Des Mones river,
their occupants getting something to eat
once in while but not so often as to
cause illness through overloaded stom-
achs. The towns they strike usually
make the Kellyites promise to land some
where else before provisions are given
them. The army was exhibited at
Ottumwa for 10 cents an exhibit.
Galvan's army is starving in Pennsyl-
vania. Calvin gave warning to Green's
burg authorities Monday that if food
we're not forthcoming he would turn his
men loose to get it as best they could.
Two hundred Coxeyites captured a
train from United States marshals at
Montpelier, Wyo., Monday and started
merrily eastward over the Oregon Short
Line. Another gang, accompanied by
fifty women, confiscated train at Wash
ington, Iowa. r
Gen. Frye has been getting along fair
II L A..
are above the average struck by members
OF the other armies
At commonweal meeting at Colum'
bus, Ohio, Sunday night, one Il. T
Adams made an anarchistic speech in
which he said;
every unemployed man should go tC
Washington and demand justice at the
hands of congress. Go peaceably If it II
possible to do 30, but If you cannot q
peaceably, then go, nevertheless. The
working people are hungry, and we can
not tell where this movement will end
1t may end in peace, and it may end II
strife. 1t should be carried forward
however, let it end where it may. W.
must have work at proper wages, and w
must have bread, and We will have boil
II they can be secured. II this form o
government cannot give them to US
then we must effect change "-Chicag
,plada