Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-19
SENTENCES POSTPONED
0oxsy, Browne and Jones Will Wait Until
Monday.
Last Nights Storm Was Rough on the
Commonwealth In Their Camp
at Dladensburg.

The case Of the three men, Coxey, Browne
and Jones, under conviction for the offenses
committed at the Capitol grounds on the
1st Of May, did not come UP in the Police
Court this morning. as was expected
Judge Miller. as stated in The Star yester-
day. has been sworn in and was on the
bench this morning ready to proceed with
the regular business of the court He had
not been off1cially appriscd of Judge Brad
ley's action in overrulng the motion for a
writ OF certiorart in the case however
and the district attorney did not move for
sentence this morning. The result was that
the case was held over until Monday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock when sentence will be i'm
posed upon the three men without any
more postponements. Coxey and Browne
were In court this morning when Judge
Miller gave his decision, and they at once
left. the bond which Mr.. Frank Hume gave
for them still holding.
A Very Wet Camp.
The camping grounds of the army of the
commonweal were considerably hooded last
evening. Large pools of water were In that
portion where the Philadelphia commune
is located, and several tents, including the
big circus one, were deep in the water
When The Star representative visited the
place he found squads of men in the vari-
Gus communes drying their wet garments
the rain had put out the fires In the Phila-
delphia commune, and that the water was
deeper there than In any other part of the
grounds. A ditch was dug In the rear OF
the grounds. which carried on a portion of
the water into the branch. The common
wealers resembled drowned rats, and look
ed very detected. A number OF the COM
monwealers were at the Catholic Church
sell, pastor. Gen" Coxey and Marshal
Browne were at the hotel. The general
said that he had been invited by several
citizens OF Hyattsville to speak on their
private property. The citizens OF Bladens-
burg. he said, had treated his army very
kindly. In reference to his nomination for
Congress, he remarked that he had not
decided what to do In the matter, as he
had not been officially Informed Of this
action on the part of the people, but only
by telegram. Marshal Browne issued his
usual order for the following day. IL al
luded to Father Russelrs sermons. and
spoke of Capt. Bartiette Of Highlands haV-
ing kindly sheltered forty of the common
wealers In his barn from the rain. and
Of a number of them having slept In the
Methodist Church. 1t denied the report
that Kelly would take charge of the army
should Coxey and himself be sent to jail.
and stated that orders would be issued
from the Jail 10 Jesse Coxey. who would
then be in command.
expected to remain where they were until
their leaders returned from Jail. The
marshal stated that ne would spend the
night in the camp. with the boys. as II
might be the last one he would be able to
be with them for thirty days He said that
he would write his sermon in jail and send
II to c. T. Mckee of the Philadelphia COM
n.une, who would read II on the following
Sunday A letter had been received from
Philadelphia. urging the raising of 5000 for
bail to release Fitzgerald from jail, said
brownie but II is as much as We can do TO
keep out OF Jail ourselves. He produced the
E-t..@ IDr.r~ lon
Oregon. and showed, with smile of su-
prene satisfaction. an article. advocating J:
8. Coxey OF Ohio for President and Carl
Browde OF California for Vice President In
1s98. upon a platform declaring Peace on
earth. good will to men, but death TO inter
eet on bonds" Wouldn't look nice pre-
siding over the Senate In my leather coat
said the marshal \ prominent alliance
nan named Tucker. residing at West Hope.
Va had written to him, suggesting that ne
draw UP a constitution by which a number
of comrnonweal clubs in the country could
be formed and governed as the date OF
alliance was past, and the commonweal
theory embraced all classes of labor as Wen
es the business men and producers.
The marshal considered, II a good sug-
gestion and said that he would act upon IT.
He stated that he had received hve recruits
from Fitzgerald's contingent three from
Frye's and six from Galvin's during the
day. and that he had formed California
commune. composed OF twenty-four men. OF
the advar ce guard. The marshal seemed TO
be hopeful. and entertained hopes Of sue
cess after his return from Jail.
Coxey's men are still deserting him, and
II dc es not look as IL the army will remain
together long. AS a rumber OF the COM
morwealers were returning from church
last evening company c, fifth battalion
of the National Guards OF the District of
Columbia under Capt jenkins, marched
through the village on its way TO River
dale where II intends to camp until sun
day. The presence Of these men greatly
alarmed some Of the Coxeyites. who thought
that they were Maryland troops sent here
for the PURPOSE OF driving them from their
camping grounds.