The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-09
mTEY'SCOMMONwEALARMY
,ur WELCOME MAT AWAITs IT IN
1uE NATIONAL CAPITAL


a.. communicative Police s-a Militia
80, for Any Emergeney thst May Arise.
w,sutxarox. April a-The burlesnue fea-
- =, the CoNey tramp m arch on Washing
a. disappear as more or less Trustworthy
...ounts reach the Capital that bodies Of men.
..,,od into existence by the CoNey manifesto
81 Al. publicity given It. are likely to ar
.,. here within the next few days. some OF
.Asm having in fact already arrived and are
80 ,umbering the vagrant wards OF the
s..p.ctive police stations. The gross tniduity
:, ,he proposition to precipitats body
=, probably lnvless and irresponsible
IAN on the national capital. without the
,amo,est prospect OF any beneficial result to
,ha men themselves. and with the risk OF
.,ays disturbances. certain to Affect preiu-
sIci.lly the standing Of this Government be-
a.. nations abroad. Is fully appreciated.
whs,h,- the tramps TO be turned loose here
,nmber hundreds or thousands. the Rnarcbis-
az feature OF tho movement lie recognized by
Oh. authorities, and measures commemorate
18th the emergency will be taken.
Some fifteen years ago demonstration OF q
,,milar Kind was attempted by an Illinois la
hor snitator, or walking delegate" who then
carried on his operations in the Capital
There we're large bodies OF unemployed men
IN and around the city whom he endeavored to
kXcite into q OemOnstthbou VI tuo ChhhectoE
trhich Coxsy has copied. Gen. John A. Logan
Suggested and Con Raum. then Commits
AIoner OF Internal Revenue. carried out
n plan which at that time relieved
anxiety as to what was oredibly reported
ito be a plan in contemplation OF making
sudden descent upon the open vaults OF the
Treasury during business hours. oyerpower-
Ding the guard. which amounts to only Few
men at any time and footing" the contents.
All the nun erous old army men in the various
departments. but especially in the Treasury.
Were taken into confidence and were formed
hnto companies. with designated telephone
Snd other signals and places Of assembly.
Army reviewers. quietly issued by the
kWar repartment were served to them.
zach maa giving his individual receipt
for his weapon. and number oil
rifles. issued for internal revenue service
AGAINST Moon shine rs." were kept in readi-
ness for use in emergency. BY one or two
krial alarms 1t was demonstrated that 300
veterans fully armed. could be concentrated
at any given point in the Treasury building at
q few minutes notice. revival OF this plan
may be suggested II the prospect OF disturb
snce becomes greater than now seems ap-
parent
The Prom pit arrest Of what is taken to be the
advance guard of the Coxey movement last
might and their possible committal to the
workhouse farm by the police court to-mor-
row. may serve to dampen the movement. but
It Is. OF course. admitted to be impossible for
the District Of Columbia TO take charge OF and
support several thousand tramps. and. in case
the numbers reach that amount. the efforts OF
the authorities will ! Q directed to securing the
leaders and giving them dose OF District law
which fully r;arl.s their case s issvinT theis
leniently as circumstances will allow.
The s"pIag-ols and isTeI n;aa q, Po ys.eran;
will have control OF the operations against IN 9
Coyey Iosee. hns S Sssn nusy io9kSinETp laws
District. In addition 10 the very broad vag.
rancy law OF the District. aud another law
weaiers from holding their proposed meeting
on RE ha ,s'f found III two which
apply to the case ~, Under the PROV.
his "' alleged Sd aiiiuence can be arrested.
as he undogbtedly viii be. and fined or i'm.
person or persons to bring into the District OF
Columbia any person or persons likely tobe:
S sH@s prsSe11. roxsy's case. The pen.
atty i'm posed tor violations Of the Law 10 small.
sSief Com1onweaIer and his fieutensnts in
durance until his soldiers ars disposed OF In y
sh snnss to the city and etiHsns
y 4 the ss % Ssn n' 'ss asss
Tex is locke up on the charge Of violating
1 and he T n sfSs oar, @
row morning. Primrose's forty CON panions
are in various police stations charged with va.
. IS ~ eqnnse Shs whatsssr With eoHsYs
idea and that he Decent believe In Coxey. but
II. Cshs When sor Moore think.
tnay he called on to enforce provides that no
os srosna he
capitol nor the other public buildings In
For several days past the police force. of the
District have been Put through the riot and %
fSSgS st 81. month anS RI. p.ries mian Sss
bad an fIT!s The
santags Of training his soldiers to support his
Major Moore said tonight that he had not
tpads any definite plans for reeeiying the Cox;
Ton. Then shall Be- able % sstimsts rust
Srmy. .undoabtedly the police will have their
hands null In any event and Pt Art SO II
potssy lust what will be done. but we are for
tunAte IN having ample authority OF law TO ar,
ssnS enassRsr 10 carry Ss oat my
Esdss9Hs WsS PSsss here ,p ss :ss
locked up in the police stations, He says
pc * mot goins to employ counsel Tor them
arrest all the unsmp loysd men who came here,
90 that when the army OF the Commonweal
arrived there would be no place where they
could be locked up. He concluded with the
statement that IT was out Of all reason that
an unoiiendiuR american citizen should DO
locked up when he had committed no crime
The inearcerated men seem to be enioying
LIE reasonably well under the eiTeuIn stances.
Ihey are being well fed. and in some OF the
sntlon houses smokinR tobacco was fur:
hiahsd them. They are quiet we'll behaved
siowd; the most OF them foreigners. TO nudge
nom their names and accent; They were Averss
talking for publication. but all refused to
Seknowisdgs any Iorganic connection with
SoIeys army, though they said it was the idea
olorRaniZed idlsnsss as preached by the Mas;
silon man and his associates that first led
them to band together for their trip East.
None OF them had any plans for the future.
and none expressed any desire for lawyers at
questions to Capt" Primrose. though that
Individual insisted that he had reinquished
command at Brunswick. Md. and the com
Psny came 10 Washington together simply
BECAUSE they had travelled thar way all along,
.Gag 70 lator organizations. though nearly all
stalm TO have trades. A young American In
the crowd Charles Howard said that IL was