Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-05-11
,rHECOMMONWEALERS
COPS CORRALLED COXEY AT
THE CAPITOL.
The General Tried to Speak FrcSa the
Steps of the Capitol Building, but Was
Called Down-other Leaders Arrested
News of Other Divisions of the Army.

Washington: On the day appointed
for the demonstration by the common
veal army and the speech by Gen
Coxey, tho army arose bright and
early. At 8 o'clock 400 men were in
line, and all carried slaves on which
fiuttered white flags with the motto,
Peace on Earth, Good VIII Toward
Men, but Death TO Interest on Bonds. y
The feature of the whole parade was
Miss Mamie CoXey on white prancing
steed in the role of Goddess OF Peace.
She was a slender, really handsome
girl of II years, with long golden
hair drifting down her back. She
wore a pure white riding habit which
streamed after her as the tall horse
on which she had been perched pranced
to the music of the band Her head
was covered by little brimless blue
cap, and she hid her face with tiny
parasol. Altogether she was a picture
of such unusual beauty that a spon-
taneous cheer greeted the unexpected
appearance along the line. The army
was preceded by squad Of mounted
police. CoXey and his wife and baby
Legal Tender CoXey-rode in their
carriage, and Marshal Browne was
conspicuous in his cowboyish uniform
When the head of the procession
reached the point where they were t.
turn toward the capitol a solid front
of mounted police headed them Off
and before the army leaders fully real
lied it they were marching up "B
street away from the capitol. There
was a hurried consultation between
CoXey, Browne and Jones, of Philadel-
phia. Coxey sprang TO the heavy stone
paling which surrounds the foliage OF
the east front of the capitol grounds
and with bound was inside the fence
and lost amid the tangled shrubbery,
Browne and Jones followed. The mol
shouted at their disappearance. The
police were not 10 be daunted, and
urging their horses over the wall CAV,
chase with yelling crowd following.
The commonweal leaders made q
dash for the capitol steps, but CoXcy
was the only one to reach them al.
was about 10 steps up before he was
recognized. Capt. Garden and Lieut.
Kelly, of the capitol police, asked him
what he wanted there. CoXey replied
that he was going 10 make Il speech
Capt. Garden refused to allow il and
when CoXey tried TO read a protest the
officers hustled him down, out through
the crowd TO his carriage and let him
free. Browne and Jones were not SC
lucky. The officers captured them anC
they resisted, but were promptly ar
rested. Meantime the army had re-
NAMED in line intact and aided by the
thousands of spectators continually
cheered Coxey and when the genera
was again in his carriage the army
marched TO their new camp in the
southern part of the city. Many hun
dreds of people followed and THEN
hearty cheers were source Of com
fort 20 the much-abused poor cusscs'
in the ranks.
Browne and Jones were locked VI
on the ground of violating the United
States statutes. Bail was fixed at 500
and Mrs. Emily Briggs q wealthy resi-
dent and Mrs. Anna Hahn. prominent
labor sympathiZer. undertook; Browne
bond and the chief marshal was sci
free. Mrs. Briggs conveyed him in heI
carriage To her home where he took
dinner and then returned to the army
in its new camp near the river.
Gen. Coxey talked to a reporter when
he reached the new camp. Il was
CAREFUL w VAIN vi NAlC Sluth dlh dIA
trespass upon no local regulations
when l went up TO the step. This is
the beginning of the movement, that
is all. The people are with us. the
common people. Look at the thousands
who cheered our cause today. We will
remain right here. other bands of un-
employed will join us, congress will
see the will of the people and pass our
bills"
The following morning when Browne
and Jones were to have their hearing
there were large crowds about the
court rooms. Among the earliest !, :.
rivals were CoXey, Browne and JCAes.
Coxey was promptly arrested and
signified his readiness for trial, as did
Browne and Jones. The hearings were
postponed; bail was placed at $500 and
was soon forthcoming. The three
men have n considerable array of Pop
ulist lawyers to defend them, their
counsel including Representative
Pence, of Colorado; Baker, Of Kansas
KEN, of Nebraska; Boon, of Minnesota
and Acknowledgement Tarsney. of Col
orado, a brother of Representative
Tarsney, of Missouri.