Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-24
N d. r E SIT RAFT S
lndustrials and Coxeyites Suffering fol-
Food and Shelton
ME-. COxey Still Wants Men to Come
to Washfngtons.Hfa Plan
for a jail.

The horrible weather Of the past few days
ana the empty conditioned the commissary
have caused a number Of the industrials to
desert their camp near Rossyn, Va. and
start out on begging expeditions to COM
munities where the sympathies Of the peo-
PIE have not been worked down to
rcck-bottom hardness. The supper of the
men remaining consisted last night Of weak
tea and small ration of bread, and the
question Of breakfast this morning ap-
peared to be the hardest problem the fol-
lowers of Frye. Kelley ct al had ever been
Called upon to solve. Judge Milier's action
In sending the begging agents of the in
Nousfrials to the work house. and the de-
sertion Of the men after they got in the
tolls by the leaders themselves, and the
politicians in Congress who were alleged to
have promised to give legal assistance in
such emergencies. has caused the majority
OF the crowd to lose all faith in the prom
Uses that are held out about the future, and
the chances are that few of the men now In
camp Will remain for any length OF time.
Many OF the campers at Rosslyn are
succumbing to the effects of starvation and
the inclement weather combined, and there
are numerous cases of chills and fevers and
rheumatism, while illness of a more serious
character is freely limited at by people who
have visited the place sufficiently to be In
innate with its Inhabitants. 1t was impos-
stDle last night for the men to get either
dry or warm, as their miserable tenements
anorded no protection from the rain, and
the water put out the fires as often almost
as they were lighted. Many of the indus
trials sought shelter in the car house of the
Arlington electric railroad, others occupied
resting places on the porches of houses in
Rosslyn. while still more took the cold COM
fort under the culvert Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal. Out near Highlands
the men in camp are actually starving, and
In spite OF this condition nearly hundred
other hungry fellows reached the place yes
terday. They are all that remain OF Ran
dalfs contingent Of the Chicago common
veal, that left the windy city a thousand
strong. They had expelled Randall from
leadership, and had selected no permanent
commander in his place.
The Randallites are about the most ig-
norant crowd that has as vet reached here
SO far as a knowledge of the Coxey move
ment Is concerned. They didn't know what
they came for and didn't know how they
would subsist while in this vicinity or bow
long they would remain. They found 10th
ing to eat awaiting them in the Coxey
camp, and good many of them left later
In the evening for the outfit across the
river. Gen. CoXey made speech at Ridge
wood Park near Brooklyn on Sunday after
noon. Here is what Gen. Coxey said
In Brooklyn among other things:
Tell all of the tramps whom you find
sleeping in your parks to organize and
march to Washington, where the cushions
on the park benches are as soft as they are
anywhere else. Tell them to present their
cases to Congress in person. and their
wants will be taken care of. Send food to
keep them for few days and 1 will at
tend to their future wants. The govern
ment has established a. precedent in my
own case which will apply to theirs. When
they grow hungry / viii march them up
to the Capitol where for stepping on the
grass the penalty is twenty days in jail
Send 100000 Of these men to Washington
The Jail there only holds 300 and Ii is full
now. will have the government convict
the 100000 and then employ them to build
jails In which to confine them.'