The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-13
HOBO ARMY ON A BRIDGE !
Driven from Virginia by
Troops.
THE COXEYITES IN A PANIC
They Dare Not Touch the District
If Columbia.

The Navy Department Gave the Wretched
Four Hundred Ground VIII, reon to Lay
/ Their Heads-Virginia Had Three Com
panies of Infantry on the Scene-Where
Will They Go Next"
Special to the New York World.
WAsHINGToN, August 11-When the
last despatch for todays World was filed
here at 2 o'clock this morning, Governor
O'Ferral's troops were on their way from
Alexandria to Roslyn, Va , to drive the
400 Coxeyitcs, Galvanists and "Indus
trials" encamped here from Virginia soil.
There was great excitement in the hobo
camp, old fires were freshened and new
ones were started, and men with torches
fitted from tent to tent At O'Clock the
hobo scouts reported that the Virginia
militia men were near at hand. The
COxeyites were on the verge of panic
when other scouts brought the news that
the militia men had gone into camp, and
were sprawled on the ground snoozing
under a picket guard. So both sides
rested on their arms till daylight.
The troops consisted Of Companies A,
B and {, from Richmond, and the Alex
andria Light Infantry. They were in
command of Adjutant General Charles
j. Anderson, Colonel Henry C. Jones and
Lieutenant Colonel A. L. Phillips
At daybreak General Anderson put his
men in motion, and soon the ragged and
shivering 400 heard the tread of troops
and the clang of accoutrements up the
turnpike. While the hobOes stood, nei-
ther preparing to fight nor preparing to
run, the troops took possession of the
Aquilduct Bridge, and from that point
line of skirmishers over mile long was
thrown around the hobo camp. The
men were given strict orders to allow no
man to pass back into the state of Vir-
ginia. Thus the Industrals were hem
med in on all sides, their only way from
camp being the Aqueduct Bridge to
Washington.
General Anderson and his officers then
went to the leaders of the Industrials and
tod them in plain but courteous language
that they must leave the state. An hour
was allowed for breakfast All of the
ragged army offered to go without
word of protest except the California
men, who said they wished a show of
force before they stirred.
General Anderson ordered a company
of the militiamen down the steep slope to
the camp. Pointing to the company Gen.
eral Anderson said Here is your show
of force. Now yon must go"
Not a murmer or grumble was heard.
The men packed up their tin cans and
marched on to the Aqueduct bridge. A
at the Virginia end of the bridge, and no
one who could not give proper account
ing of himself was allowed to return.
The hoboes squatted about on the bridge,
afraid to touch either Virginia or District
of Columbia soil,
After the camp had been routed, and
all the picket line drawn in, a company
was sent back to the flats upon which
the men had been encamped, and in
few minutes the flames were destroying
everything that had been left behind.
The huts, which had bean erected from
boughs of trees, straw, hay and other
materials, made splendid bonfres, but
the wrctched men on tie bridge looked
on in a solid fashion, taking the destruC-
tion of their home of some months as
matter Of course.
Three men who were too sick TO move
were placed by General Anderson in
charge of his surgeons, and today they
were taken to the hospital. General
Anderson was pleasant and humane, but
( firm in his treatment of the men.
Major Moore, superintendent of the
Washington police, was early in confer
ence with the district commissioners as
ID the disposal Of the men on the bridge.
/ Policemen guardei the Washington end
with orders TO keep the hobOcs out. The
official were greatly veXed at Governor
! O'Ferralls action, saying that the char
itably inclined were sending the men in
punches to the Western homes, and that
the army OF 400 would soon have melted
away.
/ At noon The official got permission
! from Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
McAdoo for the army OF camp on the
old Observatory grounds until Tuesday
under guard o; police AID marines.
/ Accordingly word TO move was sent
/ IN the hridys and the men marched uD0n
District soil and up the towpath OF The
/ Chesapeake and Ohio canal. They had
been on the bridge six hours crowd
+ followed them and sympatbizing resi-
dents Of Georgetown brought baskets Of
food for the dusty and hungry wander
ers. The men formed in groups and de-