Evening journal., 1894-03-27

The Commonwealth Are Duu at Alliance
Today, whore There Are oity Recruits
Coxey VIII Not March iii, Men Haci,-A
Feast Preparing at Economy. Pa.
LOUISVILLE, o., March e7.-But q OF
Coxey's oommonwealers had the courage
70 march away from Canton i'm the face ni
the wintry blast that was blowing at the
time set for the start. The band deserted
at that point also, and chat took much oi
the spirit out of the soldiers Tho march
from Canton TO this place through tw
inches Of snow and i'm "A temperature ode
grees above zero was anything but pleas
ant experience for the thinly clad wander
ers. who had imagined that the entire trip
10 Washington would be a sort of spring.
time frolic.
Fifty tramps were picked up betwee,
Canton and this place, and when the army
went into camp it numbered l22 aside
from the officers. The claimed enlistments
are 25O
Much excitement was created by the an
nouncement that three OF the tramps had
robbed "A man named John Ruegg of
watch and $40 in money. This was the
first attempt at lawlessness, but no arrests
We're made.
Re-enfOrccments at Alliance.
The Coxey crowd is due in Alliance at
noon today and the excitement there j,
unbounded There are many people who
sympathize with Coxey, and the army
win be REINFORCED there. Several con.
signments of food arrived from nearby
country villages.
There is anxiety about the possibility oi
a row while it is there. Ii is stated that
the men in the ranks--the privates-have
said that if CoXey tries TO abandon them
ON the preteXt of going 20 a Chicago horse
sale there will be a smashup of the whole
business and a scrap 10 finish it. The mem.
hers of Company X, Eighth regiment, un.
derstood that they may be called on at any
moment, and If trouble occurs this after
noon the militia viii be called out mt once.
Forty destitute men, hungry and hat
frozen, arrived at Alliance ON freight trains
and sought shelter i'm the city lookup.
They said they had come to Join the com.
monweal army. Colonel Richard mana.
ger of the fair grounds where the army
camps, says that IA men from Bergholz, q
mining village in the northern part of JEFF
ferson county, applied to him for lodgings
until the army arrived
CoXey and his army of the ccmmonweal
fAAA -NN 20 A'f ga ANNN tlN W ANii ilAt-N NItAaN
quaint old Economy, Pa, If they ever get
Tint far on their way to Washington
This was decided on by the board of trus.
tees of the Harmony society A wagon.
load of potatoes, several hundred lonyes of
bread and a lot of good, old fashioned gin.
ger cakes, such only as can be found at
Economy, have been set aside for the army
of peace. Furthermore it has been settled
that a steer is to be slaughtered. dressed
and cooked ON tine hillside when the Buck.
eye Quixote and his followers approach the
village. A member of the bourd says
Trustee Duss met Coxey last week aud ex-
tended an invitation to the commonweal
to dine there. During the conversation
Mr.. Duss asked CoNey IL he was going to
march his men from Washington back to
Massillon if his mission failed.
"March them back" said Coxey IN as-
tonishment. "Not bya iugful / win get
on train and come home myself, but the
army must get home as best they can TO
my mind this Is the worst feature of che
expedition When the army breaks camp
in Washington, the men VIII start home in
I gangs 1t twin be simply case of for,g-
ing all the way. They will DO more harm
coming nome than ,hey will do on the way
/ N.. I'd. i. 90