The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-03
COXEY CASES UP IN COURT
Browne, Jones and the General Plead
Not Guilty.


Trial Postponed Until Tomorrow.
All Out on Bond-An Old Law Found
Under Which Coxey's Live Stock
and Wagons are Liable to Seizure.
Washington, May 2-When the cases
OF Carl Browne and Christopher Colum-
bus Jones were called in the police court
this morning, Gen. Coxey was in court
and warrant was served upon him,
charging him with the same offenses as
are alleged against Browne and Jones.
Shorn of its verbiage and technicalities,
the accusation is trespass on the capitol
grounds, and damaging the shrubbery and
lawns. Coxey was surprised at his new
trouble. All pleaded not guilty
and demanded jury trials. At the re-
quest of their counsel the cases were
postponed until Friday to give time for
preparation. Brownies bond, given last
night, was still in force and was sufficient
for him Frank Hume, a well known
wholesale grocer of Washington, gave
bond in $500 each for Gen. Coxey and
Jones, and they were released.
PoPULIsT UONGREssMEN PRESENT.
Inside the bar of the court were n num-
| Der of well-known populists. They were
! Congressman Baker of Kansas, Lafe
Pence, OF Colorado, Boen, of Minnesota,
and kem of Nebraska Adiutant Cen
eral Tarsney, of Colorado, was also pres
ent, and Mrs. Olivia Briggs, the writer,
was another spectator.
An old law, long forgotten, has been
| resurrected and It's application to Gen
| CoXey is suggested. 1t prohibits bring
| ing into the district people without means
! OF livelihood, or who are liable to become
! charges upon the public. The penalty
not less than S45 nor more than $50 for
! each otiense, is made lien upon such
! boats, horses, wagons or other means of
! transportation as may be used to bring
/ the iuterdicted people into the district.
! Several thousand dollars worth of Gen.
| COXey's fine stock was used for this pur-
! pose, and this is where the application
/ comes in.
CONEY REVIEWS HIS LICENSE.
When released from the tolls of the
law, Gen. CoXey took out another license
for the day to exhibit his camp for an ad-
mission fee. His present location is so
manifestly an unwholesome one that Gen.
| Ooxey is said TO be looking about for an
| other. 1t is not probable that he would
/ be permitted to remain long in his present
camp if he desired to do so, as the health
! officers are not likely to allow such a
/ /
! disturbed.
With the aid of the high fence and the
! canvas brought with them the common
wealers have sheltered themselves from
! the sun but not from the rain, when it
comes. The men roamed around the city
at will to-day, and three orlfour of them
were arrested one for begging and the
| others as drunk and disorderly. All got
a few days in the workhouse.
TUE urArrr OpErCpp oprpcre
Health Oficer Hammot has made re-
! port to the district commissioner con-
! demning the lot on which CoXey's army
! is encamped, as place likely to breed
| disease. He says that so large
! a body of men assembled in such
! an enclosure, with the probability
of increased aggregation, fear may be
! entertained of an outbreak of typhus
! fever, or malarial and catarrhal diseases,
! also that isolation would be impossible in
/ case of contagious diseases. He recon-
meuds that the army should be moved to
| a place provided with shelter and sug-
gests the Ivy City race grounds as
! suitable place.
WILD TALK N KANSAS.
! Chicago, May "A special from
Topeka, Kan. says: "R. S. Osborne,
secretary of state, when told that Gen.
Coxey had been arrested, became much
! excited anu gave uLGGIduCeS 10 SOll6 VIII
| remarks. He said 81 know what the
charge is l expect that this uprising
must be put down. There will be no
over action by the people until the next
election. Then simultaneously with the
! returns flames will be shot up
into the air from the Attain
tic to the Pacific, and every palatial
residence in the land will be destroyed in
this spontaneous uprising of the people.
,tf,t hot n baE va fO or
this tide for the last six months The
farmers are preparing for this. They
| are selling their houses and cows and are
buying rifles with the proceeds, and many
mechanics are doing the same"
Gov Lewelling believed that the arrest
of Gen. Coxey will prove to be a serious
blunder. He said: ''It will have the
effect of uniting the masses in a common
cause. The populists as rule look upon
the demonstration in Washington to-day
as the beginning of a revolution"
KELLEY's BAND STRANDED.
Des Moines, Ia, May 2.-This after
noon Gen Kelley led nine picked Inen
from his army to Athletic park to con-
test with the Des MOines Stars, a local
ball team of considerable reputation.
Kelley PLAYED first base The committee
on transportation appointed at Friday
nights Kelley meeting, to-day received
from JH6 OnCidlS VI every IOdQ WHICH
could carry the army to the Mississippi
river, positive refusals to make any rate
less than full passenger fare.
There of course, remains General Mas
ter Workman Sovereign's plan to have
the knights of Labor and the American
Railway Union force the roads to make
special rates to Kelley's men, or submit
to being tied up. After his radical utter
ances of Tuesday night, when he boldly
threatened a general strike, Mr. SoYer-
eigR- subsidized and has persistently re-
fused to talk to press reporters.
THE UNION NOT TO AFFILIATE.
The statement that the American Rail
way Union would affiliate with the
Knights ofLabor in the strike was denied
to-day by President Debs.
The novelty of feeding the army has
worn of, and the citizens committee is
becoming disheartened at the prospect
that Kelley will make a prolonged stay.
1t is probable that vigorous measures will
be taken In a few days TO compel him to
draw his visit to a close. Twenty men
are now seriously sick at camp, the re-
suit of continued exposure.
The trades and labor assembly will
meet tomorrow morning and march in a
body to the state house to request Gov.
Jackson TO secure train for Kelley.
GALvIN's ARMY AT WHEELING.
Wheeling, w. Va, May 2.-Col. Gal
WINS army of commonwealers encamped
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