The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-07
COxET ~ B'K LEsPORI
Trye's Army Driven Out of 81. Louis-The
Pacific sope ARMY.

Pacific sope Army.
McKEESPORT. PA, April 6.-Coxey's
army is camped tonight in a suburb Of
McKeesport II numbers tonight a lit
tie more than 900 men.
FRYE's Army DfHEs OUT or ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April G.-Under the orders
of the chief Of police OF East st. Louis
General Frve's industrial army took an
other but very short. step toward Wash
ineton to-day satisfied that the rail-
roads would not voluntarily transport the
travellers. Chief Walsh ordered General
Frye to get his men beyond the city
limits as soon after \. NJ. as possible.
Frye accepted the situation, and after
an early and abbreviated breakfast. con
sisting principally Of beans, he got ms
men I'm line and quietly moved from camp
Relay. i'm the muddy bottoms OF East
81 Louis. to a point on tEe Collinsville
turnpike lust outside the limits of East
81. Louis.
There they halted and went into camp
again to await developments. In the
meantime the ST. Louis outposts were re-
inforced and orders issued 10 prevent
the return into the city limits. Just what
would become Of the men was generally
given up as too hard conuhdrum, as
they are left practically without iood'
and the refusal Of the east-bound roads
to move them farther. both on their own
account and because Of instructions re-
ceived from eastern cities not to bring
the wanderers into their limits, has added
to the difficulties of the situation
The lack OF food for the men increases
as the citizens learn OF the unwililngness
OF the men 70 accept the offer OF the
East ST. Louis water board Of N.D per
day for one year for 200 men TO lay
pipes. and unless something new develops
the chances to-day seemed increasing that
Frye might put into effect threat made
Yesterday TO surrender to the East 81
Louis police as vagIants and thus COM
pei the city TO care for them.
At o o'clock the bugler sounded Boots
aud Saddlef +" and b, e brigade tramped
out over the dusty turnpike on their
march 10 Washington. The army re-
ceived about one hundred recruits while
encamped here, and now numbers about
EIGHT hundred men. 1t Is expected they
Will continue on the turnpike until they
reach Cincinnati.
rnoupLtD rIrH THESE COMMoNwFA ERs.
OAKLAND. CAL. April 6.-The city or
Oakland has had many exciting events
I'm its history, but nothing occurred mere
TO compare with the turmoil caused early
this morning by the regiment Of unein-
nloved men which left san Francisco
Wednesday TO join CoXey's army on us
tourney 10 Washington. All night every
man. woman and child in Oakland was
on the streets. Riot alarm was sounded
the Governor was asked TO call out the
national guards, extra police and deputy
sherins were sworn In and armed with
rifles and preparations made for night
inc of the bloodiest kind, because six nun
dred and forty unemployed. desperate
men refused to leave the city.
ONLY a rash word or All ynlucky shot
was required 10 precipitate conilict,
which would have resulted in the extinc-
ton of this branch of the Industrial
army. for the men who composed II were
mostly unarmed and could have made
but a feeble resistance to the officers and
citizens
But the word was not uttered. nor the
shot fired, nor the army overcome Dy
force II consented 10 move when it was
seen that the further resistance 10 the
will Of the citizens Of Oakland was use
less
SACRAMENTO. CAL. April g. The
San Francisco regiment Of the Industrial
army. 500 strong. arrived on train from
Oakland shortly after noon to-day. The
train was rur, 10 Agricultural Park, about
a mile from town. where the men disem-
barlxed and were given substantial din-
ner. consisting of soup, beef, bread ana
coffee. by the city authorities. An ar
rangement was made with railroad COM
panles 10 take them, together with the
Sacramento contingent OF 2lD, through 10
Ogden this evening on a special freight
train