The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-04-14

tIkC ~ - ~ 'N"H IN SoASS
Coxey, Coxey" all day long. The crowds,
packed forty deep on the dusty pavements,
stood for hours and shouted "Coxey, Coxoy.
until they were horse. Shop girls wiisp
cred "Coxey" to one another in. the half
deserted stores. The children in the public
were dismissed because Coxey was coming
to'tovn, and they danced merriIy away
with eyes as round as saucers to catch q
glimpse of Coxey and hear him speak.
1t was Coxey at breakfast, Coxey at
lunch, Coxey at dinner. Badgea in red.
white and blue bearing the name Of Coxey
in giJdod letters huttercd from 5000 coat
lnpe!s. The telegraph wires were hot with
Coxey and the story of his exploits. The
specialized face of Co1ey glared from the
newspapers and his name besprinkled
every page. The band played "Coxy's
March, and c local theatrical mpa
sung Coxey's songs. The bakers worked
"Coxsy" into tho f%rosting Of their cookies
and ''Coxey' cossonrno was served at
many a lunch stand.
Coxey was held up to ridicule and joered
at, Coxey was iampooned and reviled,
Coxey was congratulated with lips that
trenablod with emotion, but above all,
Coxey was cheered wildly, enthusiastic ally,
from the moment the commonwsalers
swept into Wow at the head of Brighton
road until midnight. 1t was q Coxey day.
Pittsburg and Allegheny heard nothing,
talked nothing, but Coxey. Since the bat
le-scarrsd regiments fresh from south ern
nearly thirty years ago nc body of men
have beon accorded sach an ovation as the
army of peace received to-day.
Gen. Frye Reaches st. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April 3.-Gen. Frye's
army of unemployed workmen arrived at
jefferson arrived Mt Jefferson barracks
from Poplar BluG to-day, and are o
ca,nped in the railroad yards at Ivory
Station. The army presented a Pictur-
esque sight as the train pulled in. The
coumonwealers were all III the tops of
box cars, many dressed in blankets to
ward off the cold, for which they were
anprepared. They were eighteen cars IN
the train, some loaded with cattle. Over
the car III which Gen. Frya's headquarters
noated the American flag. Old 'glory
was saluted by a company of United
States regulars as The train came to a
lI-,l lf,cn fl,n 1orroira ,,lntfTrvr -
These same regulars, while worry friendly
inclined toward the industrial army, had
orders to prevent them from getting OF
their train, II their orders were prompt,
ly carried out.
There were 600 men in FrY's army il
all, AID they appeared to be a we'll disci
pinned and a respectable lot of men. A
squad Of police from the city under Capt
Sam Boyd met the army at the barrackt
and escorted them to their quarters al
Ivory station. Capt. Boyd requested Gen
Frye to keep his men together. The gen,
I eral Mt once posted pickets about hi:
camp, while Capt. Boyd and Capt. Young
posted police officers at every Dad lead
9 ing into Carondelet, with orders not tt
v let my of Frye's army enter the CITY,
t After getting into camp breakfast wa'
e cooked, consisting largely of cornmca
: mush. of which. there was scarcely enough
t to go around.
g The Boston Contingent.
e BOSTON, April SIN a binding snoy
c storm, accompanied by a biftor cold wine
accom- paniment, Morrison I. Swift and
G group of deyotees held a meeting OH Bos
y ton common this afternoon, to make ar
y range1ments for a battalion of 1000 o
Boston's unimployed to join Coxey's Coin
monweal army. An appeal to the rlci
asking for funds to purshase food an
transportation for the Boston contingen
y was unanimously adopted. Swift the
made Il speech in which no denounced til
newspapers in general, charging thor
with sending out biaised reports about tn
Corey movement. He said the men fol
lowing Coxey were like the men who fol
!. lowed Johh Brown. They were men wit
; a purpose in view. and were willing t
tramp and snffer hunger and all othe
Il haraships in order to reach the plac
n whege our laws and made, to seek ameliol
,r alton from white slavery.