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

be given an hour 10 leave the state All
agreed to do so quietly, and without put
ting the militia to any inconvenience, ex-
cept Gen" Salisbury's California con-
tingent. That worthy hero said his party
did not want to go out unless a show of
ioSe was made by the militia, and Gen.
Anderson promised him that he would not
be disappointed in this respect
Stopping Uncle Sam.
The Virginia general and his aids then
retired through the picket lines, leaving
the industrials to prepare for their final
departure. The most severe discipline ever
seen, probably, outside actual war was OBJ
served by the guards of the Virginia mi
Htla No one was allowed 10 pass the pick
ct line into the Industrial camp or out of in
and this rule was riSidly observed regardin 2
even the newspaper men, who fiCally had
recourse To Gen. Anderson and secures
written passes giving them the privilege
Many of the indUstrials left camp as soon
as IL became known that a general break
Up was to occur, but each was forcad To
90 OH the Aqueiuct bridge No one vaS
allowed 10 enter Virginia without passing
Nhe scrutiny of the corporal Of the guarJ
Betore the picket line had been thrown and
when the. militia was campei on the rod
half mile above Rosslyn many sol5ie,.-
returning TO Fort Myer in time for morn
ing roll call were stopped and had 10 DIV.
G0od account OF themselves before pro
ceeding further. After the advance bs,
been made and the picket line estahlfsbaS
wagon bearing the cabalistic letters -,
>. A all over IL came trundling over IN
pIidse pound Tor Fort Myer but was held
Up 10y uniformed Nir,sinian in short o,d.r
one of the industrals who saw This tnci'
cent turned 10 d companion and remsrkas.
ihefe no use, boys, We got to go Tbesa
!eiers s amt play soldiers; they're the real
What makes You think SOP, asked ,b.,
man addressed. ~ '"e
Why" said the other. don't you see
now prave they are? tell you 1t takes ths
Gamest kind of a man TO hold nm . ,s1
ernnent mule. and that man held I'M fS,o,.,
mere were many incidents of an amusing
as well as interesting character durinp tbs
,a lioar OF grace given TO the commonwealers
ana which was made the most Of h. -
virginia heroes. A sleepy-lookinp coI,, ,r
man dfiNihg a weary horse was perchaJ m
IN wagon containing several cans OF r1irL
ne ne oidn bring the lacteal fluid into Wash
ihston. The soldiers greeted his annaaranno
with great enthusiasm and he WOKE M, ,-,.t
alacrity. Then he proceeded to disnensa
every urop OF Els stock at probably the hest
psices ne ever received in his life Several
or the soldiers mixed rk-looking contar1-
or canteens with the milk and appearad -
enjoy the combination with great relish
but tnere was not enough of this sort of
ming TO hurt anybody. The man who keeps
saloon at Rosslyn is probably wisbip,5
now that he didn't sleep so hard this norr7
ing, for he would have done a rousing trad
If every man who tried the door OF his Ne
a buyer oeei'
Exodus Commenced
A little after o'clock the militiamen wars
ordered to fall in, and the enforced exo5us
OF the industrials began. A scene that
might have been pitiable was made laugh
provoking by the manner in which the In
dustrlals accepted the inevitable MANY of
them had not finished breakfast and In
such cases they were allowed TO continue
their me9ser repast, but a large number
started off eating as they went; some way
ing fiapJack with one hand and holding a
TIN can of coffee aloft in the other COM
pany of soldiers marched down to the sec
tton occupied by the Salisbury, Cal. con-
tingent. and made the show of force con-
sidered technically necessary by that leader
and then continued its march to the west
ern end of the encampment Here the
soldiers right-about-faced and were deploy-
ed from the picket line to the bank. of the
river. and the order was given to advance
and drive out all persons in the doomed
territory.
Every man I'm the camp was awake save
one. and he was slumbering soundly in a
wickiup made from the branches of bushes
being pulled together and tied at the top
Gontinued on Second Paga)