The Portland daily press., 1894-03-24
TWO WEARY RECRUITS.
Rank and File Of the Army Of Peace
Slept in a Freight Car.
THE ADVANCE GUARD OF COXEY'S
HUNDRED THOUSAND.

Marshal Browne, the Converted Cow
boy, lHas Issued General Orders-If
Any of the Army Ever Reach WASH
ington, the Police Are Likely to Pull
Them in as Migrants.
Massillon, Ohio, March 2S.-This eve
ming two weary travellers with bundles
swung across their shoulders, arrived
here overland from Twinsburg, Ohio.
They took up their quarters in an
abandoned freight car ON the outskirts.
They constitute the advance guard OF
Coxey's great Commonweal Army, and
are as yet all there is to it. General
Coxey and Chief Marshal Browne, the
converted cowboy, have been flying
about all day making speeches from the
tops of nail kegs. They calculate that
the march to Washington will be begun
Sunday noon. Coxey received letters to-
day containing money. There were two
checks for one thousand dollars each and
several for smaller amounts. The general
opinion is that the checks are worthless.
Coxey received assurances today that
over &c, 900 men will reach Massillon be-
fore noon Sunday. Just now the Com
monweal Army exists on paper only.
Coxey has made public large number
of letters. One was signed "Turpen-
tine"
General Coxey remarked that he had
never heard that name Eefore, and
Marshal Browne suggested that he was
one of those foreigners who have
peculiar names anyway. "Turpentine"
wrote from Somerset, Pa: Success to
Won Seven hundred swarthy sons OF
thunder will join you at Somer1eld, and
don't you forget it. Hurrahl We are
the people.
Fletcher Crabtree, Samuel Rouse and
Dan W.Young of Portsmouth, o., write
that they are not buns and want to join.
They want to know what arrangements
have been made for board and necessary
expenses.
John Downey, baker, of 211 Fifth
avenue, Pittsburg, sends this order
"Payable to J.S. Coxey, or order, 100
loaves of bread on presentation, to be
used for the Army OF the Commonweal,
on passing through Pittsburg."
JIG. Decker of Washington, Pa, says
that he is a cartoonist "of considerable
note" He is with the movement, heart
and soul.
Light Luncheons, nCleveland, writes that
tons of literature will be distributed on
the line of march.
A. A. Matchett, of the Bourbon, Ind,
Whiskey Cure company, says he is
q creditably informed that the plutocrats
will have host of detectives join the
army to create all disturhaGcs possible
to bring reproach on your command. )"
He resumes: "Let the hope of the slave
ln;v l, hi 10 sfndIU q gnnGEInp thaQa
spies, and if need be by throttling them
before their vile work is DONE"
CT. Mckee of Chicago, says: "The
authorities are getting worked up to
nigh pitch. We shall probably have a
circus before we get through"
A letter from the Woman's National
Industrial League of America indorses
Coxey's scheme, and the president OF the
organization, Charlotte Smith, says she
has been delegated to head small army
of women to Washington, bearing the
white flag of purity and peace to meet
the stalwart men of the West and unite
with them in demanding of Congress to
take action at once to relieve the
financial and industrial depression now
existing in these United States" The
letter states that this band will represent
sc, 900 women, who are on the verge of
mot though any fault of their
own, but because of trusts, ombines,
contract labor and the accursed sweating
system fostered by both Democrats and
Repu ublicans:."
Field Mar b Al Browne came to town
this afternoon in a uniform consisting of
buckskin and mud in about equal pro-
portions. He said he wore che mud as
an object lesson in support of Coxey's
for good roads. After an ex-
animation of the big batch of letters and
telegrams that had accumulated in his
absence he promulgated general order
mol, dated Headquarters of the Com
monweal of Christ. On to Washington!
Coxiana, Ohio, March 25, 1894" The
order opens as follows:
"Brothers-Greeting:-The first camp
urday morning, March "a, in the city
Massillon, Ohio, through the courtesy Of
the Massillon Gun Club on their
grounds, and the marshals OF all groups.
communes, .. communities and cantons
will please report to the undersigned in
the headquarters tent of the Us. Coxey
Goodroad Association on the said
grounds as soon as possible after arrival,
first marching their commands to the
inside of the spacious tent adjoining,
that will be erected for the purpose.
i Gall such officers will please refrain
from the use of titles used by snobocracy
for the old dispensation OF General
Colonel Captain Lieutenant
soldiers and so on"
Continuing, the marshal expects all
mem bers of the army to conduct them.
selves in an orderly manner and closes
with the following:
"The exercises of the day will consist
of a meeting in the large tent at one p. M.
Citizens of the Commonweal are ex-
pected to mass in front. Brother Us.
Coxey will explain his two bills now. in
the Senate through the courtesy of
Senator PETER of Kansas, Nos. 1, 7S7 and
/, 7sS respectively. The undersigned will
exhibit and explain his panorama of the
national banking system. While this
meeting is going on those who wish to
contribute to our commissary wagons
can do SO. The remainder of the day and
evening will be spent in perfecting the
organization of the Commonweal in the
tent, and all who choose to spend the
night there will be welcome.
..a Hereditary bondsmen, know We not he
who would be free must himself first
strike the b low?
"CARL BROWNE, Marshal"
Marshal Browne has also published
Two poems, one entitled, after the
Com monweal March is Over to be sung
to the air "After the Ball." and the
other from his own pen to the air of
" John Browns Body" The opening
verse of the latter is: