The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-01
COXEY SQUELCHED.
Washington Police Prevent
His Speaking From the
Steps of the Capitol.
CROWDS VIEW THE PARADE
Browne and Jones Attack the
Police--Clubbed and Taken
to Jail.
CROWDS VIEW THE PARADE

WASHINGTON, May /, 1S94.-A perfect
day, with brightly-shining sun, which Citi-
zen Coxey took as propitious omen, was
the portion of the Army of the Commonweal
for its demonstration in favor of the Coxey
good roads bills. The dropping spirits Of
the commonwealers cheered up consider
ably. In this particular something was due,
of course, to the two eggs and the bread and
coffee which each of the men had for break
fast, Delmonico meal as compared with
the ozone and water on which the men were
obliged to subsist until two o'clock yesterday
afternoon
The Commonwealers spent another cheer
less night. The air was cold and damp, and
the men who were without covering land
there were few who had any shelter what
ever suffered much. But breakfast, which
was served early, braced them up after their
night of misery, and they fell to work with
will to break Camp George Washington,
when Marshal Browne gave the order. By
nine o'clock there was no vestige of the camp
remaining in the Brightwood Driving Park,
except few piles of straw and the general
litter, which told of the presence of men and
horses.
CHEERS FOR PEACE.
Shortly before ten o'clock Marshal Browne
formed the men in a hollow square, and
standing in the centre called for three cheers
for peace. The cheers were given and the
Commonwealers waved their little cotton
flags of peace with which they had been
armed.
sNow,n cried Browne, Gwen march
around the grounds and try it over again, 7"
and the band started up a slow step, to
.inhf f1,a ichf n
to point about 100 yards from the former
camp Here Browne formed them in a long
line and put the men through little drill
with their peace slaves. Then he harangued
them counselling peace. Their banners of
peace, he said, would be more forcibie than
men cheered aud Browne waved his hat.
''Carry, peace,n cried Browne. shoulder,
peace and with their little flags pointed up
ward at an angle behind the head, the
Commonwealers started off to show Con-
gress what it should do The bugle sounded,
the band played and the Scotch bagpiper
brought forth doleful sounds from his instru-
ment.
Just then the leader of the Commonweal
arrived in his pony phaton. With him was
Mrs. Coxey and in her arms she carried
Little Legal Tender Coxey, her baby of a
few weeks. Citizen Coxey held the reins.
At 1915 Marshal Browne called sAttentionn
again and with Shoulder, peace" and
Forward, march," the Commonweal Army
started for washington, led by Browne,
Coxey and the band, and a platoon of
mounted police.
THE ORDER OF MARCH.
The sorder of march" as furnished by
Browne and printed in labor organ news
paper with all its coarse irreverence was as
follows
The members of the Public Committee for the Com
mission Of washington, D. G.
dress white, necktie red with silver heart
Liberty esp With syer cerl letters to Peace
Chief Of staff. J. A. Coxey.
Aides-Roy Kirke, J.; Z Thayer yda and M s Primmer.
Pittsburg, Allegheny banner.
Homestead Banner.
Commopweai Band;
Banners-Fath HSpe ,Sp and 5astiee The cerebrum of
c9Sy Presdsnt Of o The eSofxfe Good
BannerUGo te operation, the cerebrum Of the Com
Of TIE CHRIST the Whole Peopie
Banner-sChrist is Leader
Broderick; Commune Marshal, John Kelly
Panorama Wagon-lhe Great Fina ancial Conspiracy.
snn e and aae
Commune c, Marshal T. Hague; Commissary wagon
Commune D, Marshal, T. Brennan: Camp equipages
wagon.
H..
Commune f. 9. c.. c. Humphreys.
Miss Virginia LavalIette. Goddess of Liberty.
Philadelphia Community.
C. g. Jones, Marshal
Commune A. p. G.
Marshal, George G. Clinton.
THE ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION.
The route of the procession was down the
Fourteenth street road to Mount Pleasant,
thence along Fourteenth street proper to
Pennsylvania avenue to the Peace Monu-
ment and around the Capitol grounds.
Fourteenth street road was very dusty,
and the marchers were plenti.
fully besprinkled as they marched along.
The Commonweal moved at a funeral pace,
and it was three-quarters of an hour in
reaching Mount Pleasant, a suburb of the
city. At the head of the dusty soldiers of
peace were three mounted policemen. Then
came Mrs. Annie L. Digger, the Populist
orator Of Kansas, in an open barouche, with
her husband and two daughters. And then
appeared the greatest attraction of the whole
show, Miss Mamie Coxey. typifying Peace"
mounted on a white palfry. Miss Coxey would
attract attention anywhere, even II not
dressed in her symbolic garments She is
beautiful girl Of sixteen, perfect blonde,
with long waving golden hair, on which the
little blue liberty cap sat jauntily. To pro-
tect her cream and red complexion from the
sun she carried black parasol Mrs. Coxey
wore suit of cream colored cloth, relieved
by big red bow at the throat.
She seemed perfectly at home on the
palfrey but appeared somewhat embarrassed
at attracting SO much attention. She nodded
smilingly at the people who saluted her and
was altogether the most pleasing thing in
the parade. Two old soldiers, one con-
federate and the other a federal, both mem
bers of the commonweal, formed her guard
of honor, marching on foot.
The march down Pennsylvania avenue
was without incident. Coxey and his army
passed the Peace Monument, at the foot Of
the Capitol grounds at fifty minutes past
twelve. and at fifty five minutes past twelve
Of the Capitol building, skirting the Capt.
tol grounds, and not attempting to pass
through them
At one o'clock Coxey arrived at the east