Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-23
CAUGHT BEGGING
1ndustrials Up Before Judge Miller's
Court Today.
THE LEADERS SEVERELY SCORED
Two Begging Parties Sent to the
Workhouse.
A S T E r n W a MN G

Where's the Coxey camp at?' was asked
Of Policeman Brady at early hour this
morning. The officer was doing duty near
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks In
Northeast Washington at the time, and the
man who asked the question was tramp
who had just arrived on a freight train.
Standing across the street were five of Ills
companions, and the dirt, mud and coal
dust from the train gave them a very
rough appearance.
There was also hungry look about the
men, giving them the appearance of being
nearly starved out, and the officer thought
they were going to a bad place if It was
food they wanted. but he put them on the
road to Bladensburg. and they started to
make their way IN the direction CT Prince
Georges county. The arrival of these men
on the train this morning is nothing new,
for a, most every freight train that enters
here has two or more Of this class of UNI
welcome visitors on IT.
Besides those who are coming on trains.
there are a number of groups OF from
three to six coming over the road between
tera and Baltimore, so the police have been
informed, and if they continue to arrive as
they are now there VIII be fully 100 OF
them here before the end OF this week. II
may be, however, that the action OF Judge
Miller will have the effect of frightening
on some OF those who are now in the
camps In Ms rylsnd and Virginia. The
country people are tired of supporting
them, and there will soon be no crops in
the fields 70 steal and b,ackberries are gone.
There are still some fish left in the river
and the Eastern branch, but unless the
men can beg in this city they are likely to
suffer for want OF the necessaries of life.
and will either have to move away or go 10
the work house. where they know they will
get something to eat.
1t has been stated from time to time that
the Coxeyites. Kellyites and others would
Int. nit ovN1v Nnz
the residents for food in order that taey
might be arrested and sent to the worl,
house. but those who have been srres>ed
thus far have shown no desire whatever to
go down and be fed by the District Sew
eral Of them. however, have found their
way to the farm and been required to per
form some manual labor, which 1t is IN
necessary to state they did not at all relish.
The warning given the members of the
groups of men who are living lives Of idle
ness when several of their number ap-
peared before Judge Miller Friday did not
seem to have had a wholesome effect on
those In camp, for number OF them, prob
ably suffering the pangs of hunger, Que to
conditions brought about by themselves ap-
peared on this side of the river yesterday
and started out on house to house or
store to store visits. asking for aims.
The begging, of course, has not been done
by the leaders. but by the rank and file OF
the alleged Industrial armies so that the
police have had to prosecute the poor men
:
ises made to them by the so-calIed leaders.
Two Were Sentenced.
Saturday night the police made several
arrests of commonwealers who were laying
in a store of provisions 10 feed the idlers on
Sunday, and this morning three additional
arrests were made. These prisoners were
called up in Judge MiIler's court about 10
o'clock. the judge having concluded IL ct
week what he would do with them In event
of the officers making out CAGES against
them. There was no array Of LEGAL talent in
court to look after them and they appeared
in the crowd of men and women the same
as other prisoners. and, as they have had
tc do since their arrival in camp. they had
10 hustle for themselves. and only two of
them were represented by counsel! John
Murphy and Thomas Smith. Lawyer John
Lawton had their cases. He wanted to set
his clients off on their personal bonds ii
possible. and when the clerk arraigned
them they said they were guilty Of having
been found begging on X street.
Il have had a talk with them" he said.
They a1e members of the Calvin array and
i hope your honor will deAi mercifulIy with
them"
Policeman Willis was called. and ne told
the court about their begging on n street
Saturday night.
They were going from place to place
about the Western market" he said. zone
of them had a sack on his shoulder and IA
1t he hid some potatoes. apples, beans and
Otner eatdD!eS, and they SAID they had moth
Ing to eat over at the camp.
Can you blame them for begging?" ask
ed counsel.
Certainly" said the judge. Are the peo-
pie Of the District obliged to feed them
when they came here and brought this con-
dition on themselves
They want to leave town. your honor"
said counsel. and II You take their per-
sonal bonds they Will not give the officers
reason to arrest them again"
Where are you from?'' the court in
CURED of the prisoners.
LOS Angeles" enc OF them answered
The judge told them that he had warned
them last wead and they had not needed
1t. and now they would have TO suffer the
consequences.
I'VE have plenty Of poor people of our
own to feed" the judge said. without hav-
ing to look after the poor from ell over the
country. You have been told by your lead
ers that you are in the right. but our peo-
pie think otherwise
They were sentenced to give bond In the
sum OF so or go down fer thirty days.
The Leaders Scored.
The two Galvinitas went down, and then
Mr.. Pugh called two KelIyites who also
came here from the west. One of them
gave his name as Edward Mack lie is or
was a captain in the Kelly contingent and
his companion on this occasion gave his
name Albert SucI,crnocl
Capt" Mack wanted the court to unCkr-
stand that he was not Cuilty of the charze
as he understood 1t. ana attempted to have
his cCL panion shoulder tie whole respon-
sibility, and Judge Miller told him he ought
not to initiate his leaders in trying to max.
Others stand the punis hment and SUFFERING
''As l understand IT," he said Il am
charged with soliciting aims, a charge of
which l am innocent. / was with Albert"
he admitted, and received stuff for the
ccmp. but 1 did n0 ask for it
JUICE Muller told him that such 4 techni-
cality would avail ham nothing. He went
out with the other defendant On a begg!ns,
ex pedition. and although the other man
actually did the begging. he received the
proceeds. and he Vas, therefore, equally
guilty.
Policeman Jack arI esteu them. He saw
them go from store to store. At one place
they got some baking powder, at another
place some bread and rolls. and then they
went to a third store and asked fer some
lard.
After Mack had made his denial Judge
Miller questioned him He said ne had a
good home in California, but ne left and
came here with the Kelly organization
This prisoner admitted that his expecta-
tio1 had not been realized, and had he
known he would have Jared he has he
would have remained at home.
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