The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-17
CONEY,S ARMY
Fed Bountoously Mt Cumbcrlnnd-Much
Discomfort Ailayed.

Fed Bountcousiy mt Cumbcrlnnd-aIucl,
Discomfort Ailayed.
CUMBERLAND, Mp., April 16.-The
army Of the commonweal will leave
Tuesday morning early on caual.boa,s
for Hancock. the next stop. 1t may bo
that this route will bc continued to
Hagerstown. Tonight camp was
broken. and the boats loaded. The
men arc being fed and enjoying their
feast after the prolonged fare Of hard
tack.
For breakfast oyster soup, coffee,
bread and jam. pork and beef wero sup
piled in abundance. Dinner and sup
per will be served as abundantlv, THIS
action has in great measure allayed
the ieoiiug Of discomfort among the
great number, who favor following the
leadership OF tho "Unknown" and
Coxey, jr., who were ignomimonslv dis
charged at Frostburg. 1t is rumored
that several score OF unemployed from
various points, who are cam ping beyond
the coke works, are being organized ior
an opposition march to Washington. A
public meeting was held ut. the
Academy OF Music this evening, at
which General CoIey and Marshal
Browne spoke.
Coxey hired canal boats to take tho
party eighty.dYe miles down tho canal
to Williamsport. Coxey will work his
hoaters in blocks OF TWO, one barge for
the men and tho other for the
horses aud camp paraphernalia. Tho
canal company was not anxious
to transport tho party, but Coxey
showed his abilities as q manager,
tolegraphing Washington for pcrlnis.
sion OF General Nicholson to pass the
boats through the locks and securing
job lot freight rates at Gfty-two cents
ton on all OF his company, men, horses
and lumber. This was twelve cents
higher than tho rate on coal, but will
make three days OF pleasant travel
against the same amount OF weary
tramping. The company has been
docility itself since the reappearance OF
Coxey in camp.
Pizzaro. formerly known as the
Great Unknown" aunk out Of sight
and was forgotten twelve hours after
his expulsion from Scamp Victory"
which was tho title bestowed on the
Cumberland ball park by Browne in
commemmoratiou OF the restoration to
command. Smith Pizzaro'a last play
for notoriety and favor was made to.
night and was neatly checked by
Coxey. Smith advertised tho appear
ance OF himself, Jesse Coxey and the
voiled lady at q twenty-five cent lecture
in Cumberland.
Coxey then sowed broadcast a fam.
ing hand bill, announcing free lecture
BY himself and Browne Just across tho
street from Pizzaro's hall, adding TO the
announcement that Jesse Coxey would
not appear at any meeting, contrary re-
ports Notwithstanding. Smith was out
pointed. Coxey's hall was crowded to
the doors. and tho audience applauded
vigorously the old stories and SMILES OF
Browne, who, in spite OF his uncouth
appearance and rough speech, is great
stump artist. But across the street the
ex-patent medicine man leaned YEARLY
on the rostrum. Ue had not single
auditor.
All looks like smooth sailing for the
Commonweal for week to come, and
there is little prospect OF any o,her mu-
tiny. Barring such an occurrence or
the coming of probably bad weather,
there now seems no chance Of the COM
mouwealers breaking up before reach
ing Washington. The great crowd is
expected to congregato during the
march from Hagerstown to the national
capital.
CoMMoNwEALERs BoYCorrED.