Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
MARCHING ALONG.
Coxey's Column, However. Moves Slowly
Checked by Cold Weather.


LOUISVILLE, o., March 2S.--Coxey's
commonweal army left Canton at II
o'clock Monday and at night encamped
near the town woodpile of Louisville,
miles away. Late Monday night the
mayor rendered the frozen army the
use of the town hall for sleeping
place.
Stripped of all its following of curl
GUS onlookers CoXey's army came out
of Canton just 100 strong. This was
somewhat of SURPRISE for desertions
had been many during the night. For
the preceding twenty-four hours the
mercury lowered near the zero mark, and
bitter, piercing wind was blowing.
No less than sixty men sneaked out of
camp Sunday night and sought quar-
ters in the town lookup. In the way
of what the Coxey army calls ''chuck"
Canton proved a good town. Several
bakers sent n quantity of bread to the
camp; other merchants contributed eat
ables and fodder, and the "army" was
fed.
Mondays battalion resembled the
crowd of Sunday. There were few
more of them; that was the only diff
ference. They were just as cold, just
as dirty, just as thinly clad as ever.
The surprising thing about this army
is that under command of it's officers it
both can and will work. The men are
divided into ''groups" of FIVE; each
group has a captain who is known by
number and to whom orders are given.
When the outfit goes into camp every
thing is done quickly and in order
Some drive pegs and erect the tents;
Others start fires; sentries keep back
intruders, and others care for the
hors es. Everyone has his work, and so
far seems willing to do it.
Coxey did not join the "army" until
late in the day. He saw Senator Stew
arts letter in the papers and sent out
the following reply over his signature.
The document shows traces of Browne,
condensed in as follows:
~ have seen your letter in the newspapers
! addressed to Cen Coxey. Allow me to in
form you that am not a general would
/ respectfully announce that ap simply presi-
| dent OF the Coxey Good Roads association of
| the United States and ex-officio OF the Com
monweal OF Christ am not leading
| army no matter what subsidized press at
| the command of money power tries
| TO make 1t appear. and all the epithets hurled
| weight from i'll admissions by our friends
| The warfare of silver men against the
| gold power under your leadership is mag
nihcent The morning dispatches say that
even the president OF the United States
| is engaged in q conspiracy with Wall
street and he has vetoed the Bland seign-
! forage bill in the sole interest of gold. So the
| die is cast. We shall march peacefully and de.
| pend on the outpouring of peaceful public to
] defend us against Pinkertons either in police
Vfnf1i
| CoXey's financial troubles have caused
the following letter to be issued. This
also is understood to have emanated
from Browne:
ITO the Common People of the United States
The Shylocks OF the United States are doing
all in their power to crush j. S. Coxey and ruin
him financially They are trying to divert atten-
tion from his real purpose to relieve the dis
tress and suffering of the common people by
raising n hue and cry that all his creditors are
| closing in on him The plutocratic press of
| the United States is assisting the Shylocks in
their attempts TO ruin him financially and
place him before the public in q ridiculous
light. When Gov Mckinley was in financial
distress the plutocrats of the United States
contributed about $4,000 for his relief Mr.
Coxey, like most business men who transact
| a large amount OF business, has Indebtedness
which in the ordinary circumstances of
business he would be able to meet But
because OF his activity in the interest OF
! the common people some of his creditors have
been induced to close in on him This will be
done and his property sacrificed unless imme-
diate help is forthcoming. Let the great COM
mon people of the United States look upon 1t
as privilege to contribute. in sums however
small, for his relief The common people of
Canton, citizens who have undertaken this
work of relief, have chosen Allen Cook as
chairman and he can be found at No. % South
Market street. Canton, o.
The members of the committee are
Allen Cook, chairman; j. j. Ashen-
hurst, ii. w. Kerchs and DIR. III. X
Siby. The committee say they will
begin raising the money at once.
According to the records at Canton
Coxey's mortgage Indebtedness is
about $4,000. On his big stall
lion, which cost him $40, 900, it
is said he still owes s24,O and
that the horse had already been
attached. A story had been sent out
from Alliance to the effect that Coxey
would desert his army at Alliance and
, would go to Chicago, leaving Carl
Browne in charge of the ''army." At
, the Hartford house Coxey denied this
| story He stated that he would
, have to be in Chicago Wednes-
. day, as he had some horses to
, sell, but he insisted that he would
, be away only one night and would be
with them again Thursday. 1t is known
that Coxey's financial condition is
troubling him and that this movement
may result in his financial ruin. He is
, still enthusiastic, however, and de-
clares that he will go on to Washing
ton.
t SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 2S.-The
5 main body of 700 unemployed men
: which entered Texas at El Paso ON its
way east is now at Finlay in dis
tressed condition. Finlay is a small
station with only about twenty inhabi-
Q tants, SO miles from Ell Paso. After
hauling the army out of Ell Pasc
the Southern Pacific railroad side
tracked it at this point and have so fai
succeeded in preventing the men riding