The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29
COXEY'S ARMY OF EATERS,
His Force Larger at Meal Times Than
at Any Other.

The Soldiers Leave Alliance and En-
camp Near Salem-The Astrologer
Claims 500 Men in Line, But Noone
But the Soothsayer Sufficiently
Gifted to See That Many-Coxey's
Horses at Chicago Sold for a Song.
Alliance, O., March 2s.-Coxey's army
evacuated Camp Bunker Hill early this
morning, and by force marched on foot and
via freight train, moved toward Camp
Diggs, near Salem. The astrologer claims
a strength of $500, but Brown and Smith,
who are conservative, put it lower The
war correspondents have never yet
counted a hundred in line. Brown
says that the actual strength only
develops at meal times. The farce is
likely to continue just as long as farmers
and merchants are willing to feed the
wanderers, who are having a good time
without responsibility No trouble oc-
CURED by reason of the absence of Com
mander Coxey. Discipline has been con-
siderably improved among the citizens of
the Chicago and Coxiana communes by
Adjutant Smith, the unknown, who is a
rigid disciplinarian.
CoXEY AT CHICAGO.
Chicago March 2S.-Gen. Coxey, of the
commonweal army, arrived here today
to attend horse auction al which he had
pair of horses to be sold His horses.
however, had been sold yesterday at
prices much below Coxey's hopes. He
will rejoin his army at Salem, O., to-
night. He was well interviewed while
| here From his utteranCes he did not an
pear favorably impressed with the work
OF the correspondents accompanying the
army, and complained of efforts to create
the impression that it was burlesque.
ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION.
New Orleans, March 2S,-A special to
the Times-Democrat front San Antonio,
Tex, says The Southern Pacific Of
| ticials here to-day received news of a
startling nature from the agent at Sierra
Blanca, where the united in
| dustrial army, commanded by Gen.
Frye is camped. This news is
to the effect that at least 400
of the members of the army are in a starry
| ing condition and that they are so weak
| for the lack of food, that they are unable
| to walk, and some of them cannot even
! stand up on their feet, having gone with
out bite of food for three days. There
is large number of mere boys in the
| army and these are the greatest sufferers
| There is absolutely nothing but desert
| Of sand of cacti for many
miles from Sierra Blanca, and
| the army has no means of obtaining food
! supplies of any kind. Their suffering is
so intense that open threats were made
! by the men TO. daT that they would COM
| mence committing depredations upon the
| railroad company's trains and property
| if they were not hauled out of the place
| within the next few hours.
To RF IT AVEN TO TT pAoO
"These threats have caused great un-
easiness among the railroad officials and
negotiations were closed this evening
with the people of Ei Paso
| for the removal of the army
| to San Antonio, on a special train
which will leave Sierra Blanca
tonight. The railroad is paid by the
| people of Ell Paso for hauling the men to
| this city. One hundred members of the
army left Sierra Blanca last night via
the Texas and Pacific railroad for St.
Louis, via TeXarkana and the Iron
| Mountain. There is still 500
men to come to San Antonio
Gen. Frye has again joined his army, ar
irving at Sierra Blanca last night. He is
doing his utmost to prevent the men from
committing depredations, and will accom-
pany them to San Antonio. The police
authorities here state that if the army
comes here as paid passengers, they will
have no authority to corral the men and
make them continue on their way east"
DROPPED IN THEIR TRACKS.
A special to the Times-Democrat from
San Antonio, Tex, says: "A dispatch
was received here tonight from Sierra
Blanca describing the condition of the
industrial army, which left that place to-
night at 9:30 o'clock on spe-
cial train, provided by the people
of FL Paso for San Antonio. This
dispatch states that when the army ar
rived at Sierra Blanca some of the men
were so faint from hunger and exposure
that they dropped in their tracks and
were picked up and carried to their camp
by their comrades. A beef and 400 pounds
of -four were at once purchased by
the citizens of Sierra Blanca,
which made one good meal. The
men were so famished that their
stomachs would not retain the food. Yes
terday morning another beef was slaugh-
tered and the men had another meal.
Gen. Frye endeavored to get the men to
leave on foot last evening, but his follow
ers could not walk owing to weakness.
The dispatch further states that the men
are gentlemen, and that there are minis
ters, lawyers, merchants and mechanics
among them"