Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07
THE ADVANCE GUARD
CoXey's Skirmishers Are Close to the
City Limits.
In POSSESSION OF BRU NSVICK
Some Sixty of the Army Expected
Here Tomorrow.
COL. REDSTONE EXPLAINS

The advance guard OF the Coxey army is
| expected here from the west this evening.
and the police are making the necessary
preparations to meet the early arrivals.
This information was received at police
headquarters this afternoon in the nature
OF a dispatch from Z. L. Grannon, chief OF
the Baltimore and Ohio detective corps HIS
dispatch reads:
"A crowd of about sixty men. who claim
to be part Of the Coxey army, have tres
passed on our freight trains from Cincin-
natl. Ohio. and are now in our yard at
brunswick station, Maryland, a point fifty
miles west Of Washington. They are max
ing their way to your city, and are travel
ing In body and will reach there tonight.
send You this Information and will see
you in person this evening"
AS stated In the dispatch, Brunswick IL
about nifty miles from this city. on the
Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore snd
| Ohio railroad. There the railroad shops are
! located, and on account of the many rail-
road tracks at this point trains of coal cars
ana freights are often sidetracked there
ana held there. The railroad shops from
| Martnsburg were removed to this place
about two years ago. and the town, which
Is known as Brazil, is made I'D entirely Of
Iailroaa people. and there is not single
| drinking saloon there. There are seventy
| three miles OF track in the town. besides
machine shops, round houses and other
| sheds.
The first information received Of stranr-
ers or tramps being there was this morning
when two men. arraigned in the Police
| Court for vagrancy, said that they had
| tramped here from Brunswick
| These men, as stated elsewhere in The
Star. were arrested in the vicinity OF Ana
| costa yesterday. Their appearance indi-
Gated that they had been sleeping in a barn.
! for when the officer met them they were
brushing hayseed from their rough gar.
ments.
Preparing n Reception.
As soon the dispatch was received this
afternoon Maj. Moore had conferences
with Inspector Hollinberger and agreed up-
on a plan Of action.
Soon afterward a telephone message was
sent to the various police stations. espe-
cialy those embracing portions Of the coun-
ty through which Coxey's cohorts would be
most likely TO pass. notifying them OF the
receipt of the Information and directing
that the officers be on the lookout for them.
The mounted officers were especially no.
tilted to patrol the county. and send to
headquarters any Information concerning
the approach of the advance guard.
Maj Moore said to a Star reporter this
afternoon that the officers would do their
duty in the matter The county end OF the
District, he said, will be looked after by the
mou3ted police. and the men will be re-
ceived by them.
He said that in addition to the dispatch
from Chief Crannon he had been told by
an official OF the msssing OF these men In
Cincinnati and they expected to reach here
tonight or Monday
1t is thought by the police that the men
VIII probably not reach here before Monday
morning IL they are faring well in Mary
land, for late Saturday night or Sunday
morning would not be a good time for them
TO reach a large city.
Coxey's Loaf of Bread.
There was delivered at the White House.
by the expressman this morning a small
loaf OF very stale. bread bound with strings
and addressed ITO the Commissary Gen.
eral, Coxey's Army, Washington, ID. C.
care Of Grover Cleveland" The label was
stamped I'D. H., account OF charity" and
showed that the package came from
Arkansas The expressman said he had
taken the package to Mr.. Redstone as the
local repr esentative Of Gen. Coxey. but that
he would not receive IL, and told him TO take
II to the President. as it had been sent in
his care. A receipt was given for the bread
and 1t was taken into the mansion. but the
President will not be made acquainted with
the fact of its arrival until he reads of Il
In The Star.
AT the commonweal headquarters Col
! hedstoEe was very much exercised about
the LOAF, maybe on account of its sugees-
| uVeness OF the confirmed habit followed by
the great majority OF Coxey's army.
I'd like to get that loaf of bread" he re-
marked earnestly. 1T would be worth 500
! to the cause. Raffie It? No, I'd have Il
photographed and sell the pictures. /
wouldn't receive IL yesterday because IL
was addressed in care of Grover Cleveland.
Col Crook was very much put out, appar-
entity, when / saw him today, about the
enrontery of any one sending such an ar
ticle in care Of the President ] told him IL
showed that Mr.. Cleveland had not yet lost
the sympathies Of all the people. / don't
think he liked that either.
The Local End.
There is very little that is new" he
continued, in response to The Stars m
terrogatories. Il have received reports
which conclusively prove TO me that the
statements in the press about the move-
ments of the commonweal are altogether
Inaccurate. The army, as Il is erroaeously
called, is receiving recruits as rapidly 40
they can be handled and taken care Of
1T will be here on time and will perform
the duties for which IT set out / would not
like to state the number of men who will
come. Three hundred thousand? Yes, I
believe more than that. They are on q
mission Of peace You can tell something
OF the character Of the men in the move
ment when all who have recruited in Penn
sylvania nave brought their temperance
pledges with them. Immoral men do not
carry those sort Of documents
. Things are moving quietly and success
fully in Washington. About go groups
numbering five or more men In each have
been formed and week from tomorrow
night We will hold an open meeting in
this hail. i am more than encouraged by
the progress OF the movement SO far"
The Objects.
'T am asked many times daily" he con-
tinued. What is the object OF Coxey's
movementT My answer is TO secure the
passage of measures that will employ the
now enforced idle improve the public roads,
circulate money make a demand for the
product of the farm. the revival Of trade
with the merchant and manufacturer; re-
suit, a prosperous country. Peace on earth
and good will among men And now, IL any
statesman can and will propose a measure
OF more speedy relief to destitute people
and Congress will pass IL. than the bills pre-
sented by Mr. CoXey, they will be accepted
readily. IL they cannot do this. why should
they not pass Mr.. Coxeys bills, which none
can deny will accomplish the production
from the natural resources as all means Of
advancement and comfort come from de-
veloped natural resources by the operation
of labor"
JenersOn's birthday.
The secretary of the National Association