Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-09
Coxey's Marchers Cheered by d
Sunny Sky.
UNIONlGHN SENDS THEM A WELCOME
Marshal Browne Comments on the
Order Maintained.
RECRUITS NOT DESIRED
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, April 9.-The most
| comfortable night that has yet been spent
by the army of "vags'' passed without in
cident and the morning dawned bright and
clear. All indications point to a favorable
passage through the hills today. Owing to
/ the late hour at which the army arrived
last night reveille was not sounded until =
O'Clock, followed by breakfast of bread, Boz
lcgna and coffee at 8. Generous citizens
contributed good supply of provisions, and
through them a comfortable sleeping place
was also secured. The cash receipts
! amounted to nearly thirty dollars.
The Coxeyites will probably have a big
feed at Uniontown, as large supplies of all
kinds have been shipped TO. that point. No
recruits have been enrolled at this camp.
Many have applied for admittance, but
the leadecs will take no more until the
noun tains have been crossed. Two more
men have been sent back to the hospital at
Mckeesport.
Before leaving here Coxey and Browne
both made speeches. and quite a sum of
money was corraled The crowd is very en-
thusiaStic The commonweal band have six
pieces, and they play remarkably we'll
A telegram received this morning from
Cniontown said that an escort of one hum
dred men had left there, and would join the
Commonweal as early as possible
By Associated Press
Many Visitors to Camp.
BROWNSVILLE, Pc. April 9-Visitors
arrived in this historic town by the scores
today for the express purpose of catching
glimpse of the camp of the Army of
Peace and watch it 1t passed out for
Cniontown. Camp Chicago. located on a
level piece of meadow near the Bridge
port bridge and Just on the banks of the
Moncngahela river. was visited by the
members OF the army early as they pulled
cut of their warm quarters in Bracebridge
Hall into the fresh air. They had enjoyed
themselves and spent such a night of pleas
ing rest as had not been their portion
since their departure on this overland trip.
This state of comfort was greatly en-
HANGED by supper of unusual delicaey.
Cans of corn, peas, tomatoes and other
vegetables were opened with great prodi-
gality and sixty gallons Of vegetable soup
were made fer the haR-famished men.
1t was their first trear IT. the way of a
decided chang 01 " ma and weak
coffee and was h,. F. 20" ted.
The announcement. f0reigners need
apply for admission - lrmy has de-
TERED several VINO are II. sympathy with
the move from making applica ton. The
men are in excellent spirits and at 10
O'Clock stepped out brisilly on the march to
Uniontown.
In his order No. Il Marshal Browne an
nounced that after Camp DalZell at Laurel
HILL Tuesday night, the mountainous trip
of seventy miles will begin and the fare
with ham for supper. He scores the state
militia and compares their lawlessness on
march to the peaceful progress of the
army of peace. He petitions the men to
guard carefully Congressman Dalzell's
property and to be watchful of the noun
taineers, who are a hospitable people, but
dangerous class when imposed on.
In a binding snowstorm. with bitter
cold wind accompaniment. Morrison I.
Swift and group of devOtees held meet
ing on Boston Common yesterday after
noon to make arrangements for battalion
of LOCO of Bostons unemployed TO join
CoXey's commonweal army. An appeal to
the rich, asking for funds to purchase food
and transportation for the Boston contin-
gent. was unanimously adopted. Swift then
made a speech. in which he denounced the
newspapers in general charging them with
sending out biased reports about the Coxey
movement. He said the men following
Coxey were like the men who followed John
Brown.
\ company of about siXty-five unemployed
men whose avowed purpose is to unite with
CoNeys army of the commonweal has been
organized at Baltimore. They propose to
tramp to Washington to join the main body
and VIII time their departure so as to meet
IL its arrival the capital