The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-12

I their old encampment. and eVidently se.
| thing themselves for STEADY octupsaue' 90
| ,he Aouedtct bridge, and remlnulnk ohe
| ~ two historical objects rolled INTO one
| Nohammeds coffin suspended between
| heaven and earth, and the unfortunate ~
| dlvidual who found himFet pet"ee" '
devil and the deep blue sea
BRIDGE vIsIToHs.
,rbore was not much OF crowd OF
snoctators on the bridge when the militia
| arrived, but later on the people vi
| I;corgetown, as well as many persons
| from the city, turned out 10 get a LOOK II
| the motley crowd al well as az the uu ~
| covered militlamen. When the FRYE loi-
lhyers had left the jurisdiction OF tne
Old Dominion and reached the bridge they
were az bad off as ever, so they tious,|
for Ike the soldiers. they were under the
impression that the authorities OF the
National Capital would take as Doiu "
stand as that taken by the Governor OF
Virginia. But in this they were nus
taken. for not only mad the autnoi l, ,',
not taken any stand in the matter, Dut
there were only the regular poilceIen VI
nnty. and no EFFORT was made to preNent
the members OF the ffye army my r ,ew eX
cepttons the Industrials squattc1 on the
bridge and almost directly over the al
le..ed weak pier, but the crack did not
widen. so far as is known, nor did the
bridge fall
The bridge was now virtually In posses
sion OF the COmmOnWcalerS, and the nun
rry crowd begged right and left, while
many Of them tried to sell CommonWeaI
literature. but in this they did not appear
very successful, for the citizens attracted
there. as a rule, appeared 70 be almost
as bad off as many OF the tOnlmohNcdl-
.re so far as the question OF money was
concerned. The men obstrncted the loot
WAY as well as the carriaeeWay. As the
noon hour approached some women anu
a few male sympathizers from George,
town called on the COmmOnwealers and
,.,ptr.Vfa1 the bridge into "A house.
Buckets Of coffee and water were iur-
nished. as were sandwiches. bologna and
bread 49,,
ambulance arrived at the scene, and three
sick men were removed 90 the hospital
f0r treatment. Two or thrm ahIS"uiy
ana Gardner-are from San Francisco ana
the third one-a man named Emminger-
is from Terre Haute.
oN THE TowpATH.
The "Wealers" remained on the bridge
until nearly noon. They were ANXIOUS 10
hear from the advisory board or IT'S req,
resentatiyes, Who had been sent 70 can
on the commissioners and N Just twenty
minutes before u o'clock the crowd start
"a I'm the direction of Georgetown BE
fore reaching this end Of the bridge now
ever. they descended the STAIRS "u5m
we're not at all golden. ana soon nearly
three hundred OF them were marching
UP the towpath 20 camp, short Instance
above the bridge. not FAR from inc blS
stOre-house of the Independent Ice Com
Before the crowd had got fairly started
some soup from Georgetown Tclchth ll'
bridge. and one of the hrst 10 g., III u
good supply was Genera" Carroll, VINO
carried his allowance with him in a pan
to the new camp.
General carroll soon made his pail
Of soup disappear, ana then ne returned
10 direct the movements Of thc men en-
gdgcd In moving The cooking utensils
aud what little bedding and cl0thinS
there was 10 be found among the runs
Tho flames had consumed some or the
blankets and clothing so IL was reporter.
ana some Of the curious people on ih'
bridge had more 10 say aRainst the CON
duct Of the soldiers than lid the Com
monvcalcrs themselves Twenty men
were engaged In this work, ana Wh'h
the COMMUNICATES had an lett the
bridge the crowd soon dispersed.
General" Carroll. who brought up the
rear, was the happiest man in the party.
we are going TO be sent away M last
he told "A reporter. I'VE would have left
here not later than Monday and saved
the soldiers all their trouble, but We
couldn't move in so short while
You know" he added. IAN army can
move everything at a moments notice
He said he was glad the army h7d
been moved. for now something viii hayr
to toe done There We're about Sixty OF
jectionable men in the crowd, h" added
who would not leave. ana VINO mad re
fused 10 accept transportation. No" they
viii either have to leave or take the CON
sequences of remaining here.
The commissioners have had 4 number
of conferences in reference 10 the matter
to-day. ana have viewed the problem
from every standpoint. They realize that
the matter is urgent, hut at the same
time. as Commissioner Ross expressed
il 20 star reporter. these men are
human beings and must be treated with
some sort Of consideration. II would be
inhuman 10 keep them out for any len-th
Of time without food or shelter, and il
was. Of course. out Of the question 20
think Of leaving them indefinitely on the
bridge
The commissioners looked about for
some place 10 store the COmmonwealcrs
over Sunday. They finally hit upon the
old Naval Observatory grounds, which
is wooded and supplied with running
water. This afternoon they sent 20 thu
Secretary Of the Navy for permission to
use the grounds for a coupe Of days
but up 10 Il late hour no answer had been
received TO their request.