Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

Nero fddling while Rome burned. Il was
a motley gathering on the bridge. The
men brought their flags and their insignia
of all sorts with them, and behind the folds
of many of these enblems the men shelter
ed themselves from the rays of the sun.
There they were at II O'Clock, looking at
the blackened ashes of their old encamp-
ment. and evidently settling themselves for
steady occupancy of the Aque1uct bridge,
and reminding one of two historical objects
rolled into one-Mohammed's coffin slis-
pended between heaven and earth, and the
unfortunate individual who found himself
between the devil and the deep blue sen.
Bridge Visitors.
There was rot much Of u crowd of spec
tators on the bridge when the militia ar
rived, but later on the people Of Gearge-
town as well as many persons from the
city turned out to get look at the motley
crowd well at the dust-ecverei II Ii
tianlen. When the Frye followers hti left
the jurisdiction of the Old Dominion AMI
reached the bridge they were as bad OF
as ever. so they thought for ike the sol
disrs, they were under the impression that
the authorities of the national capliaI yyoIlI
take as bold a Stani as that takcn by the
governor of Virginia. But in tins they
were mistaken, Tor not only hid the aG-
thoritieS not taken any stand in the matter
but there were only the resGiar policemen
on duty and no effort was made - preyent
the members Of tac- Frye army from cater
ing Georgetown. With but few exce2ti-ns
the industrfals squJttej on the bridge ana
almost diIectiy over the a.legel wax PEE,
but the crack did not widen, so far as is
known, nor did the bridge fail. .--.. ...
The bridge was now virtually in pcsses-
sion Of the commonwe llefs. and the hungry
crowd begged right AMI left while many OF
them tried to sell commaawe3l literature
but in this they did net appear very sue
cessfui, for the citizens attracted there as j
rule appeared to BE- almost As bad Of as
II any OF the cOmmonwea leTs 80 IA az the
question of money was concerned. The
men obstructed the fOotway as weIi as the
Carriageway. AS the noon hour approached
some women and 4 few male synlpathizers
from Georgetown called on The common
wealerS al q converted the bridge inta a
soup house. BCckets Of coffee ana water
were furnished, as were Sandwiches bo-
lcgna and bread.
Later in the day the Garfield Hospital
ambulance arrived at the scene and three
sick men were removed 10 the hospital Tor
treatment. Two of thcal--Sa ulsbury. and
Gardner-are from San Frcncisco and the
third one-a man named Emminser-js from
Tefre Haute.
Give Then, Free eoin8ge. ..-'---
While the crowd on the bridge sew
eral of the commonw callers were anxious to
make themselves heard, and they discoursed
nonsense about the free coinage of gold
and silver, the tariff and congressional an
Preparations md their audiences. as a rule.
knew no more about these questions than
DID the commonwealerS. -.-. ----
Civ" us free coinage of silver" said one
cid man to Police Sergeant Hess. land, al
though | am penniIess, III send d telegram
that will put 5000 men at work Monday
morning"
There, now" said little woman to the
81 rgeant. why don't you take him al his
word and give him what he wants. Then
the poor men would work.
Gen. Ninnette of Sc tile, one of the
leaders of the CamD. when no
rived went Oft with other members of the
comm0nweal advisory beard to see the
C1mmis sionhrs, ana during his absence the
men looked to Gen" Carroll for advice
Gen" Carroll is little cid rncn. who
SAYS he is connected with the cid Carroll
fcuiily of Maryland, and who says he is a
l"Wyer doctor and mechanic. The old man
was comfortably dressed and wore a tilapi.
dated silk hat aud smoked an old pipe he
brought here with him from the west
we've done all We expect" he said to a
star reporter, and we were about ready to
return home. We came here on foot and
we expected to get home the same way
Eut here we are, with the militia at one
end and police at the other. hue the canopy
OF heaven is good enough roof We are
here and We are satisfied with anything"
On the To,vpath:
The 'wealers' remained on the bridge
Until nearly neon. They We're anxious to
hear from the advisory board or its renre-
"Ao tisit btth sent TO call on
the Commissioners, and at Just twenty
minutes before II o'clock the crowd started
In the direction of Georgetown Before
reaching this end of the bridge however
they descended the stairs, which were moi
at all golden, and soon nearly three hun
dred OF them Were marching up the tow
path To camp, a short distance above the
bridge, not far from the big store house OF
the independent Ice Company.
Before the crowd had got fairly started
some soup from Georgetown reached the
bridge, and one of The first to get in good
supply was General Carroll, who carried
his allowance with him in pail to the new
camp
Gen" Carroll soon made his pail of sour
disappear, and then he returned to direc,
the movements of the men engaged In
moving the cooking utensils and what little
bedding and clothing there was to be found
among the ruins. The flames had consum.
ed some Of the blankets and clothing sc
1t was reported and some of the curious
people on the bridge had more to say against
conduct no h.