The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-29
COXEY AND HIS CREW.
TO BE INVADED BY
100000 UNEMPLOYED. 80


100000 UNEMPLOYED. 49,
There il Danger Lurking In Such All Amy
Tho NJ arch Must Is } Stopped or Bio nd-
shed May Result -DsuHar OF Revolu-
t1oD.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-The CAPT
tai will soon be invested with 100000
unemployed IL steps are not taken to
stop CoXey in his mad Intentions. The
army which he threatenened to raise Is
not a myth, and there Is some agitation
visible on the usual calm exterior of
the city which pEufant SO carefully laid
out to prevent revolutions.
This army to be composed OF cranks,
anarchists AMI tramps IS fast being
formed. It cOntemplates starting for
Washington Easter Monday with the
purpose of demanding from Congress
the issue of sS500,O00,O00 Of non inter
est bearing bonds Little attention was
paid at first to Coxey's fulminatons,
his proclamations and general orders.
lie was simply regarded as man with
wheels, commonly called crank.
These wheels have evolved faster and
more effectually than Lamont even
imagined possible, and the great fear
now Is that with nuclus started, every
VagabOnd tramp and desperate charac-
ter in the country will swarm down
upon Washington and tho movement
will get beyond control cf the officers
of peace. What is feared most Is that
the mob will fall prey to red handed
anarchists who would welcome such an
uprising. TO such q mob they would ap-
ply the torch of their inllammatory
speeches. Dynamite and nitrogly ce-
rlne would do the rest. No civil au-
thorlttes could cope with a great army
Of desperate and reckless men under
such leaders.
Once the standard of anarchy was
raised much destruction of property +,
and probably loss of many lives, would
follow before the disorder could be put
down. If the route marked out by
Coxey Is followed 1t will be through the
region around Pittsburg where there
are thousands upon thousands Of Poles.
Huns and other nom English speaking
people, most Of whom at present are
unemployed, and all whom are by ma
ture reVolutionists aud enemies of law
and order.
They are the material from which
Coxey's recruits would naturally come.
Should the army start and swell into
alarming proportions the authorities
here would of course expect the Cover
nor OF PennslVania to call out troops, if
necessary, to disperse them. But If no
violent demonstration we're made no
| legal means could be used to dispel a
peaceful gathering and some fine morn
ing In the letter part of April, the whole
vast noEdescript concouse, headed by
Coxey and his crew.. might march into
nOf hnf fI,nu
reach here, however, the National Capt.
tai would have become the paradise for
rag-tag and bob.tail OF the country. If
by q miracle, the leaders are able to
prevent riot, bloodshed arson and rob-
berry enroute, all control would be lost
when the army baked at it's failure to
force Congress to issue $500 900, 600 for
their benefit, without funds, driven to
the walls, would in its despair aHd des-
peration become the easy prey of anarch-
Observation-Disclosures. The leaders if
they counciled peace, il there were any
would be swept aside, and the army
would become Il ming, furious mob
bowling for blood and plunder. The
awful scenes of the French revolution
and the reign of terror might be re-
enacted in the enlightened capital Of
the American Republic. CoXey little
dreams, in his Don QuiXotic scheme to
furnish employment for all those with
out work that he may be melting re-
bellion, that may shake the Repu bic
from turret to foundation stone. 1t is
worthy Of comment that COXey In the
organization of his army has followed
closely the plan Of the French revolu
ton. Ills divisions, commune aud can
teen are those of the French revolution
He has even gone to the extent of Dor.
rowing the little "citiZen and cetizeene,' -
| which obtained in Paris In the dark
! days when the victims of the revolution
were carted over the cable stones of
guillotine by the hundred, when pros
titute was enthrOned as the goddess OF
reason and all the monarchs Of Europe
gaaped and trembled in horror at the
sight. That was a revolt of oppression
against royalty and caste, this might be
revolt OF poverty against entrenched
wealth.
Were such an unfortunate state of
affairs to be the result Of Coxey's sense
less descent upon the capital, no city in
the country is so well situated to stamp
out such riot as Washington.
The city was laid out by L'Enfant
q French engineer employed by Wash
ington with the special object of defence
IN view. From several central points,
ths Capitol, the White House, Dupont
Circle and Scott Circle, broad avenues
radiate in every direction. From these
central points cannon and Calling guns
could command the entire city. LEN
fant who experienced all the horrors
of the French revolution with all its
countless barracades In long crooked
narrow streets, drew the map of Wash
lngton with an eye to preventing a
repetition Of such horrors here. at
Fort Meyer, on Arlington Heights, OPP
posite Washington there are several
regiments of cavalry and infantry
which could be thrown into Washing
ton at a moments notice, and at the
Marine barracks are quartered thous-
and tried ana trained marines. With
cannon, gun and sabre they could play
sad havoc with Coxey's army, and the
Congress Of the United States, besieged
in its citadel, would not hesitate to au-
| thorizs the use of every man and gun
| at Uncle Sans command to put down
anarchy and laWleSsness.
The general impression here is that
the State Of Ohio, where this incipient
rebellion Ia belnP nnrSpd and cradlpl to