The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-29
MANY NEW RECRUITS
Are Added to Coxey's Army
While in an Ohio Town.
THE SICK LIST GROWS LONGER
Food and Exposure TO Cold the Rea-
son Assigned-Coxey Attending TO
His Business as Usual i'm Chicago,
Trading Horses-What He Says.
Bv The Associated Press.

SALEM, ", March xv.--Salem mas trehteu
the Coxey commonweal most generously,
by supplying food and shelter and re-
cruits. The quality of these contribu-
tions Of men and things was of the high
est The lie lders are more hopeful in
their talk than ever.
Shortly after s o'clock the army filed
into the town, 70 strong. Mayor Northrup
provided two halls-kauffman's armory
and the Federation of Labor hall-as
sleeping quarters. Quantities of food.
such as coffee, bread, meat, sandwiches
and 10 dozen boiled eggs. had been pre-
pared by committee OF citizens, and this
was turned over TO Marshal Browne.
Camp Anna Diggs was vacant lot near
the depot, donated by a prominent man
for the purpose. In miserable sleet
storm the army camped and was fed.
Carl Browne held a crowded meeting In
the Opera House at o'clock. Sixteen
recruits enlisted and Joined Immediately
after camp was reached. Two are cooks,
and were hailed AS acquisitions. One
walked from Ashtabula in four days
Another came from Connecticut and two
from Alliance Three men are sick under
DIR. Kirkland's care. The food and ex-
posure TO the cold are responsible.
bfOWnt WAS lHlormtu mere lHdt 0Ou
striking potters at East Liverpool would
join the army. A late start was ordered,
as the march from Alliance was trying
Camp Trenton, at Colum biana, is where
Coxey expects to meet the commonweal
A Band For the Army.
PITTsBURG, March 20. = The steamer
Hudson, from Cincinnati, had on board
small detachment OF the forces Of the
commonweal army. 1t consisted of 10
men, IL horses and eight wagons. The
Coxeyites. with their horses and wagons,
were taken at Bellaire. o. They expect
TO Join the commonweal army at East
Palestine or Beaver Falls.
A large military band is being organ
lied in ward l5 Burke is at the head of
the enterprise and expects TO have COM
plete, fully-equipped band ready TO meet
Coxey when he reaches this city. The
band Is to march out to meet Coxey's
army, when it will return with him to
Pittsburg and then accompany the COM
monweal to the capital.
At the Washington End.
WASHINGTON, March 80 - The head
quarters of the Washington contingent
OF the Coxey commonweal has not thus
far presented any busy scene, though
Colonel Redstone insists that most of the
unemployed in this city are interested in
the movement. According to statement
made by the local representatives, POS
groups of recruits, ranging f.om five to
Is men each, have already been or
ganized. Colonel Redstone complains
that newspapers are misrepresenting the
movement.
Coxey Visits Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 29-Jacob S. Coxey
reached Chicago yesterday, and spent con-
siderable time at the stockyards. Mr..
Coxey, 1t was said, came to Chicago
mainly to look after an interest he had in
q consignment of horses offered for sale
1t the stockyards.
Coxey's horses brought but s450 while
he had expected not less than $1,000, and
with this for cue he certainly scored
existing conditions. He charged the hard
times to a lack of money" This evil,
he said he proposed to remedy by COM
pelling government issue Of $500, ZOO, 900.
Coxey's Chicago lieutenant, Albert
Mason, claims that he will leave for the
east Saturday with 5000 men. At present
the 5000 is represented by a foregoing
shadow, consisting of 81 men.
A Plain Statement.
DALLAS, March 30 - Governor Hogg
telegraphed the following to The Times
Herald; "You can truthfully say that
neither the cormorant nor the commune
can disgrace Texas while am governor
When railroad company hanls tramps
or unemployed penniless men into this
state, 1t cannot dump them in barren
desert, and murder them by torture and
starvation without atoning for IL. il there
is any virtue in our machinery of jus
tice."