Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-21
COXEY WANTS FURLOUGH

Intends to Have Big Crowd Witness Hi. Demonstration In Washington-Feast of Loaves and Fishes Repeated With varia- tions In Hagerstown.
 HAGERsTowN, Md, April 21.-General Coxey left his army at this town for four days absence in New York, during which | time he will stop at the Hotel Imperial and will attend the sale of some of his Ken lucky thoroughbreds. Besides this he will try to arrange with the railroads for ex- Cursion rates to Washington for the dem- enstration on May 1. It is from this ar. engagement that he hopes to get the greater part of his crowd in the city Should this plan succeed, he and Browne declare that there will be no trouble in getting 50, 900 people to the capital besides those on the road.
 To prevent any conflict of authority be- tween Jesse Coxey and Browne in his ab- | sence MT. Coxey invested Browne with the power of attorney to act for him. Young Coxey has not been on good terms with Browne since the attempted uprising of Smith, and thereis a probability of a col lision between the two as soon as Coxey is gone.
 A Feast on Fish. Browne's general order for the day was more than usually unique. It was as fol- lows
 COMRADES OF THE CoMMoNwEAL-This town has surely been welcomed, for the expected op- position of bankers and business men, as fore cast in my general order of yesterday has been happily dssipated. Upon our entrance into this city Mayor Keely met us stating that we were welcome to camp upon grounds within the city limits and bestowing other courtesies on behalf of other citizens in caring for our stock, so this has been our battle of Yorktown. (Nr, sword. Shortly after the establishment of the camp J. D. Simmons, prominent farmer, came with 12Q loaveS of bread. Following him came Robert Warner and brought with him 300 pounds of fresh fish. Our multitude was fed by modern miracle. John w. Ritter brought three dozen pairs of socks and several shirts, and there is no doubt that there will be many other contributions from the generous citizens.
 In spite of the favorable comment on Hagerstown in this order the army had to buy it's own firewood to cook supper on Logan hill, and as the town authorities re- fused to allow the army to draw on the hydrants. of the town the camp was with out water until the railroad company gave the use of plug in the railroad yards. Later in the evening, when severe thun- derstorm arose. Mir. H. c. Kohler, the agent of the Western Maryland road, again came to the rescue, giving the tramps the use of an empty warehouse after a farmer named Ballantine had refused them shelter in an empty barn near by. Certificates of merit were issued to all of the army who had made the passage of the mountains the certificate entitling the holder to the sou venir of the trip that is to be prepared by Browne.
 Tramping Over the Pike.
 The march over from Williamsport was made under most favorable conditions. The nikn h11f 6naflaes all fho trees and fields green with the recent rains, and at one of the halts by rustic pump the ragged, hardened looking crowd gathered beneath a clump of apple trees, whose white petals rained down upon them like a midsummer snow, while the men drank deep of the cold water as though they had never been used to any other drink.
 There was & striking example on the march of the sort of discipline that the leaders of the army at least try to pre- serve. John Lindsley, an enlisted man, who had been expelled by Marshal Brod- erick for stealing a comrades tobacco on Thursday night, sought MT. Coxey's bug gy and made an appeal of his case. patriarchal court was convened, Browne and Coxey acting as judges, and the case was given another hearing.
 The evidence was strongly against Linds- ley, and the sentence of the marshal was confirmed, the man being forced to quit the ranks
 At the tollgate, a mile outside Hagers- town, there was a delay, the old white haired gateman refusing to let the army pass without paying toll on the horses. Browne declared that this was another ex- tortion of themonopolists and ordered for ward the flag. The old gateman respect fully doffed his hat to the stars and stripes, but shut down the bars tight on the horses and carriages Coxey was forced to pay 9S cents toll.
 The army was accompanied into town by a constantly growing crowd of cyclists, horsemen and pedestrians and the march through Hagerstown to the camp was equal relatively to an inaugural procession for Washington.