The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-29

WASHINGTON, April as.-The Coxey
party now at Rockville, hid, eight miles
from the District line. numbers about
400 men, including tho Philadelphia
contingent, which WAS awaiting the
arrival OF Coxey's men at the Rockville
fair grounds. Another party occupied
the fair grounds, but they were chiefly
cast. offs from the Coxey band who had
exercised their rights as American citi-
zeDs and had determined to como to
Washington in spite of Coxoy and
| Browne
The army is scheduled TO reach
Brightwood Driving Park, just inside
the lioe Of the District OF Column bia, but
i've miles from she outskirts of the city
at 2n'clock Sunday afternoon.
The park includes a half mile race
track, is enciosel by a high ferce, and
| Ia admirably adapted In TINS res pect for
! Coxey's purpose OF charging al ad.
mission fee and putting his party on
exhibition. The people VINO own tho
park also own the street railway line
from tho city to Brightwood. a heavy
travel over the road will set in to.mor.
row, and that accounts for the readiness
OF the owners TO turn tho park over TO
Coxay
rho two Washington detectives, who
| joined the Coxey army at Cumberland,
have made their report to the chiof Of
police. They say that the army is
mostly composed OF disrcpulAhlo
crowd of buns" and "hobos," number
| ing PTS The detectives say that abou.
forty OF the uen have labor union cards,
but tho rest would not work i, they
could get il, and those belonging 10 la
Dor unions were of q kind that never
stick 10 g JOB more than two weeks.
One OF lac officers says: Tho army
10 IN Is badly disorg anizod state. All
along the line thoy have heen kicking
ars1 1t he food and then at their lead
els. Coxcy and Browne ride line horses
eat goou food and have comfortable
beds, while the poor commentaries
must content themselves with walking,
eating bareback and coffee, and slcep-
Ing at The besJ they can get.
| THE men are SO dirty, somo OF them
tbato.hey are afraid Of their own refcc
ton in . glass. Many OF thom are
covered with Verolin, and, take them
| oil in all, they are the most forlorn set
| OF men that ever walked the rough
Maryland hills.
AT every stopping place the unfor-
| tunates have been exhibited BY Browne
and CoXcy and tho revenue derived hag
| been considerable. Tho leaders have
kept this monny and have not ex-
| pended cent for tho comfort OF their
| miserable followers"
Osmond, one OF Coxcy's lieutonants,
arrived in town to-day 10 arrange with
Redstone, the LEGAL com monweal agent,
for route to the capitol and for the
meeting on the capitol steps. He snd
Reds.one saw several populiet Con-.
gressmen
Residents of what is known as "tho
| county" that part OF Washington out
side Of the city limits, are holding
meetings to devise means for protection
white the Coxey army is in the vicinity
OF their homes, and it was decided to
ask the com missionc-s tor police aid.
Leonard VanharltoE. alies windy"
the ccmmonwcal bugler, and Tom Mur
ply, waom Coxey dismissed from the
army, were arraigred in the police court
to-day for begging on the streets and
sent 10 the ~crkhouse for thirty days.
This makes four OF the Coxeyites lanaod
in tho workhousa thus far.
a sergeant OF police was placed on
duty at the White House so-6aymakinr
the total force OF police there now
twenty-five. Fifteen policemen will be
on duty in eud about the White House
every nlSnp ana seven In the day, in
addition to tho uthere and messengers,
| who are authorized TO act as police of
| 1cers The local Coxcyites establish
mene headquarters is in largo store
! hoase ~ Gas ID street. a central locality,
where stores for the supporter the army
will be received. Severa! barrels OF
! provisions have been contributed
Citizen RedSt0ne says ne has secured
q tent mat will hold 1900 people. and
ne will send it to Brightwood Park, to
be used for Coxcy meetings He says
that Coxey's circus tent, OF which SO
! much has been heard, will hold 1000
people.
The number of men thst viii appear
In the good roads demonstration ON
Tuesday, if IL is allowed to taSo place,
is purely problematicsl. Undoubtedly
the Coxeyites will be joined .by unem-
pioyed men, but whether this reinforce
mont will be great or small cannot be
stated.
The efforts OF the local Coxeyites to
organize d body OF marchers have appar-
emily been unsuccessful. Those who
have been to see the Coxeyites are firm
in the belief that one look at them will
be enough; that no decent laboring man
will DO willing to march with them.
STATE TROOPS CAPTURE THE TRAIN
Colonel Galvin's Contingent Gives Up tho
Is. Il o. Freight at Once.
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