The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-29
CoXEY'S ARMY.
The General in Charge in Carriage,
Marshais a.horseback,
With tho Rag-Ts5 Asosa Leave ha's'i'on
Oh the M~rsh IS Washington A Snow
Storm ssis In nna duH.bar !e-
sert-In Ca1np a. Caution

Storm ssis In nn& HuH.bIr Le-
sert-In Ca1Np a. Caution
| CANTON, O., March o6-CO1ey's army
| Of the Commorweal moved out OF Mas
sillon sunday on schedule tii%e. There
were perhaps rs stc.sy!srs in linz ~
! the start nnd Is lcsa ~heu Canton. {
miles sway, WIS reached. Cxr! browne,
chief marshal, headed the procession.
| He was mounted on white !.orsc and
| was followed by hall Ic2en lids. al!
/ ,nourtcd On horses belong ius 20 CoXey.
] vs. h. rode 10 q carriage dr&%n by pair
CT spirited steeds
| The rroce..!Cn consisted of the mar
| shals Coxey, his wits AID sister, 4
! bugler, four covered wagons, contain
ing camping outfits lAler straw acd
several quarters OF beet, brass baud
! that played I'll kinds OF nu'ic at once.
| and the soldiers Of The cCn'u;cn"sai or
foot They uurci.ed single t.c and
two abreast IN pleased their fancy.
With very fen exceptions they were
hard-looking lot OF citizens. This
| they claimed WIS not their tAU't but
the fault Of our system Of govern
ment
The weather was pleasant when the
Atart was made, hut TIE prcce:sion was
soon oyertakeu by II aeve-e snow storm.
This had depressing tendency and
| number Of Gesertionh were reported be-
fore Iedurbsn, the fast ntcp, was
reached After tr.cf stay at Eednr-
| ban, The army resumed lis onward
marcel, md reached Canton shortly at
ter o'clock. where camp Lexington
was pitched.
On the march from Nnssil!on 20 Crn-
ton the com monwcal army was followed
by mob Of nearly y thousand people.
in carriages, on horseback and afcot-
On re aching Canton the army was
greeted by fully 10. COO people, who were
| crowded on the sidewaike and III win
dows and balconies along Tnscarawas
street Every one regarded The affair
as huge joke, and good hrmor pre-
vailed among Ill. Camp Lexington
WAS pitched on vacant lot near tic
workhousc, shortly after o'clock, and
the tramps, constituting the army Of
| the comInorweal at once began build
| ing bon.ircs, scattering straw upon -hc
ground md malliog otncr preparations
to keep comfortable during the night
The army hGd to start ON It's in4rch
| without the "Goddess Of Peace, ~ no
maiden could DC found to assume that
role. Instead OF u goddess burl; No
gro has been enlisted to carry TIE ban-
ner. thus giving the African race repre-
sentation in the movement
One group OF five soldiers deserted n
! body before Canton was rcuch"d.
Their marshal thought this celestial
powers were not exercising proper Dis
erection In Gcnding srowstorm upon
tho advancing hosts, Hnd advised his
train. They broke, and have not bccn
heard from since. 1t is feared by some
! of Coxeys lieutcnants that there will
| be more assertions before morning TN
loss the weather nodcr..tcs, owing To
the prevalence of comfortable haymcwe
in these parts
Coxcy's life insurance policy has been
revoked, the officials OK the company
| fearing he muy meet with n
violent end before finishing the
present enterprise. Coxey is c!thus-
iastic, and claims the movement
thus far exceeds his mos. sanguinr cx.
pectations, hut this is hardly in keep
ing with his former declarations Cam.
ton and MaSsillon we're lcsh cycw1rd
sunday with people wl.o had cone ii
from surrounding towns and cities to
witness :hc sigh.
With the grcrni covered 10 the
| depth of half an irch with srCW,
nothing to CIT knit q *ko,t supply OF
! bread and cheese nnd q itt)" r.raw tc
sleep en-, the Ccxcy recruits wsio in
anything but Ii .oyous inood Sunday
night MurrurinG under the liZ CIR.
Gus tent where The colnlnonwcal army
is CHARTERED Is Loud cnd general
! Coxcrs soldiers declare things must
| improve at once CT they will go rach
to begging. Coxev and his lieu,euants
are still sanguine and are cndcavcrin2
| to i1nbuc their followers with cont
dence by making speeches, which. now
ever, do rot seem 10 have the desired
effect
Coxey said Sunday night: 8! All now
satisfied that will lie followed into
! Washington by 49,, oG9 lien. AZ geo,
pie hear thnt VIC have actually ata".cG
they will begin falling in. Up to this
| time they have Occn afraid that we
were blutiing. Now. they see that we
,neun business
Dr. Kirkland, OF Pittsburgh, known
rs THE Cyclone" arrived ct Canton
Sunday evening aud joined the array.
lie says he has figured ont by astrolc&y
that this is to be the gre n.ics. move the
world HIS ever Seen. Even II il we're
10 die out now, it would bc revived
/ apain- Ec knows this, because the
| xtars have told him so.
Lieut. Browne announced Sunday
night that seven groups OF five from
Canton and two from Cleveland had
| Just been enlisted. Scion {. 'h:.yer,
chief com:nissarY marshal, got Iiscour-
! couragcd and resigned Oil re.cnlng
Canton Oklahoma SaH. Was pnro;n tee
his successor Joan O'&o!ll, OF Cleve-
land, WAS appointed chef OF the CON.
rissary lnarst4l's stuf?. Ccxcy ssys :.s
has assurances that sympathetic clti-
zers OF Canton Will feed his mel. on
boiled ham and po.a toos Monday morn
ing.
Two birds nuHtx.
! ArYI4y,v q Li.vcf pc y liiancc sent
r large crowd Of paori+. to M.s*il!on sun
day morning to SIC the start OF CoScy''
! Commonweal army They arrived hong